Recent Speakers
Over the past 12 months, we have hosted 200 leading Chairmen/CEOs, government decision makers, opinion-formers and industry experts. They covered a broad array of global issues – ranging from innovation and sustainability to global mobility and capital markets – and of geographies – ranging from “Chindia”, Russia and Kazakhstan to the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Our recent guests/speakers include:
Joaquín Almunia
Vice President, European Commission
Lionel Barber
Editor-in-Chief, Financial Times
Maria Bartiromo
Anchor, CNBC
Dominic Barton
Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Sir Roger Bone
President, Boeing UK Ltd
David Brennan
CEO, AstraZeneca
Martin Broughton
Chairman, British Airways
Robert E. Diamond, Jr.
Group Chief Executive, Barclays PLC
Daniel Doctoroff
President, Bloomberg
Thomas J. Donohue
President & CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Dan Glaser
Group President & COO
Marsh & McLennan Companies
Tom Glocer
CEO, Thomson Reuters
Sir Mark Lyall Grant
UK Ambassador to the United Nations
Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint
UK Minister of State for Trade & Investment
Stuart Gulliver
Group Chief Executive, HSBC Bank plc
The Rt Honourable William Hague MP
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
William E. Kennard
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
Robert P. Kelly
Chairman and CEO, BNY Mellon
Ian King
Chief Executive, BAE Systems
Neelie Kroes
EU Commissioner for Competition
A.G. Lafley
Chairman and CEO, Procter & Gamble
Christine Lagarde
(then) Minister of Finance, Economy & Employment, France
Shelly Lazarus
Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Sir Deryck Maughan
Managing Director, KKR; Chairman, KKR Japan
Raymond McDaniel, Jr.
Chairman and CEO, Moody's Corporation
Harold (Terry) McGraw
Chairman, President & CEO, McGraw-Hill Companies
J.W. Marriott, Jr.
Chairman & CEO,
Marriott International, Inc.
John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief,
The Economist
Andrew Moss
Group Chief Executive, Aviva
James Murdoch
Chairman & CEO Europe and Asia, News Corp.
Dennis Nally
Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd
Michael Neeb
President and CEO, HCA International
Duncan Niederauer
CEO, NYSE Euronext
Dick Olver
Chairman, BAE Systems
Mike Oxley
Vice Chairman, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
Vikram Pandit
CEO, citi
Pete Peterson
Chairman, Peterson Foundation & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group
Joe Plumeri
Chairman and CEO, Willis Group Holdings plc
Steve Ridgway
CEO, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Wilbur Ross
Chairman and CEO, WL Ross & Co LLC
Nouriel Roubini
Professor of Economics, New York University & Chairman, Roubini Global Economics
Peter Sands
Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Steven Schwarzman
Chairman, CEO & Co-Founder, The Blackstone Group
Sir Nigel Sheinwald GCMG
(then) UK Ambassador to the United States
Jeff Smisek
President & CEO, United Continental Holdings
Sir Martin Sorrell
Chief Executive, WPP Group
The Hon Louis B. Susman
US Ambassador to the UK
Peter Sutherland
Chairman, BP
Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
Ratan Tata
Chairman, Tata Sons
Robert Thompson
Editor in Chief, Wall Street Journal
Rex Tillerson
Chairman & CEO, ExxonMobil
Jean-Claude Trichet
(then) President, European Central Bank
James Turley
Chairman and Chief Executive Office, Ernst & Young
Lord Turner
Chairman, UK Financial Services Authority
Peter Voser
Chief Executive, Diageo, plc
Paul S. Walsh
Chief Executive, Diageo, plc
Willie Walsh
CEO, British Airway
William C. Weldon
Chairman and CEO, Johnson & Johnson
Sandy Young
CEO, Allied Healthcare
