Kristen Hanby is an English social media influencer who is best known for his YouTube channel and his Facebook. Hanby rose to fame after releasing his first YouTube video which was a remake of the film “Step Brothers” song, “Boats and Hoes.” He found his love for making videos at the time and has since gone on to post weekly... read full bio
Ellen MacArthur is a retired English sailor who is known for her career as a solo long-distance yachtswoman. MacArthur was born in Whatstandwell, Derbyshire, England, and found her love for sailing at a young age as she idolized Sophie Burke, and loved the book series of ‘Swallows and Amazons.’ She first started sailing on her aunt’s boat in England and... read full bio
Ed Gillespie is an environmental entrepreneur and author who specializes in sustainability and innovation. As an author, Gillespie has published the book ‘Only Planet – a flight-free adventure around the world,’ which is a book about how you can travel the world without even boarding a plane to do so. Gillespie has previously earned his BSc in marine biology from... read full bio
Ed Butler is a former British Army officer who has been the commander of Task Force Helmand. Since serving in the British Army, Butler has gone on to be a security and risk expert who has worked as Head of Risk Analysis at Pool Re, which is a company that helps to support the UK economy by reinsuring terrorism risk.... read full bio
Dominic Alldis is best known for being founder and CEO of Music and Management. He is also a jazz pianist, musician, arranger and conductor who is from London, England. Alldis was born into a family of musicians so while growing up, he began to learn to read music and also studied playing the cello, piano, and organ before moving on... read full bio
David Reid is an experienced business leader based out of Europe. He has been the Chairman of Intertek Group Plc, which is a quality and safety service groups that has been featured on the London Stock Exchange. Reid was born in Scotland, United Kingdom, and he has previously earned his degrees from Fettes College and Aberdeen University. Reid began his... read full bio
David Heymann is an American infectious disease epidemiologist and public health expert who is based out of London. Heymann has worked as the Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at LSHTM and has also been head of the centre of global health security for Chatham House in London. Heymann was born in Pennsylvania and has earned his B.A. from Pennsylvania State... read full bio
Dan Cobley is an entrepreneur and investor who works in innovative tech start-up companies and who has been the former managing director for Google UK and Ireland. Cobley has earned his BA in Physics from the University of Oxford and went on to earn his Masters in Management from the University of Cambridge. He began his career first working as... read full bio
Christopher Meyer is a former British diplomat who served as the British Ambassador to the United States. Meyer has previously earned his degree in history from the University of Cambridge and went on to also study at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Meyer began his career working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the West and... read full bio
Christian Busch is the Director of the CGA Global Economy Program at New York University and is also an author best-known for his book ‘The Serendipity Mindset.’ Busch has earned his BBA in International Management from Hochschule Furtwangen University and his BS in Politics and Organization from FernUniversitat in Hagen. He then went on to earn his MSc in Management,... read full bio
Christian Baudis is an entrepreneur, futurist and is the former Managing Director of Google Germany. Baudis is known for being an expert on Green-Tech and is an advisor for investors and corporate organizations on digital strategy. He is also a keynote speaker on these topics and has earned several digital awards of the course of his career. Baudis has earned... read full bio
Chris Roebuck is a British economist that has a focus on leadership and organizational performance. Through his work, Roebuck helps leaders, teams and organizations reach their full potential. He has previously been an honorary visiting professor of transformational leadership at Cass Business School in London. Roebuck has previously earned his degree from University College London before going on to earn... read full bio
Baudouin Prot is the former CEO and Chairman of BNP Paribas and is also a senior advisor at Boston Consulting Group. During his time working for BNP Paribas, Prot turned the bank into a French centered company, into a company that was used throughout all of Europe. Prot helped make this so by acquiring BNL in Italy and Fortis in... read full bio
Andy Green is a keynote speaker who is best known for being the holder of the World Land Speed Record of ‘The Fastest Man on Earth.’ Green was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire, England, and he has been a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot who has earned the World Land Speed Record. Green has previously studied at St Olave’s Grammar... read full bio
Andrew McMillan is a speaker, consultant, facilitator and non-executive director who is best known for his leadership at John Lewis Partnership. McMillan began his career working at John Lewis where he had various management roles running selling teams in branches in the Oxford Street Flagship. McMillan also went on to be manager of the Department Store Intelligence Team where he... read full bio
Ambarish Mitra is best known for being the CEO and co-founder of the augmented reality browser, Blippar, which uses AI and computer vision to allow people to see an augmented reality through their browser. Mitra is a leader in AI, AR, food tech, and genomics and he is also a serial entrepreneur and investor. Since leading Blippar, the company has... read full bio
Achim Steiner is a Brazilian-German environmentalist who currently serves as the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme after being nominated by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Through his career, Steiner has become an expert on political issues as well as environmental issues and he is a specialist on climate change, water, sustainable development, green economy, and the future of mobility. Steiner... read full bio
Daniel E. Dawes is an author, scholar, educator, and leader in health equity, reform and mental health movements. He has been the Executive Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine and has also been a professor of health law, policy and management. Dawes has also been known for being the co-founder of the Health Equity... read full bio
Alexander Rahr is the Research Director of the German-Russian Forum and has also been director of the Russian-Eurasia Program and the coordinator for the institute’s EU-Russia Forum. Rahr has worked as a German management consultant, is a historian, political scientist and publicist. He has previously studied History at the Ludwig Maximillian University of Munich and earned his MA in History... read full bio
Jerry I. Porras is an American organizational theorist, author, and educator who has been the Lane Professor Emeritus of Organizational Behavior and Change at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Porras has previously earned his BSEE from Texas Western College and went on to earn his MBA from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los... read full bio
