World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2013
Speakers
The Annual meeting of the World Economic forum involves some 3,000 participants representing all sectors of global society, from business and government to civil society, spiritual and media leaders. The people on these pages appear in the public programme, streamed live and archived on the internet.
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Editor-in-Chief, Nature Magazine, United Kingdom
BSc in Aeronautical Engineering, MSc in Astrophysics and PhD and postdoctoral research in Upper Atmospheric Physics. Following research, became ...
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Director and Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Formerly, 14 years as Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; organized two major ...
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Majority Leader and Congressman from Virginia (Republican), 7th District, USA
Degree in Law, College of William and Mary; Master's, Columbia University, New York. Formerly: small business owner; got start in politics after ...
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Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam
Doctor of Economics, Belarus Academy of Agriculture; Master of Public Administration, Harvard University. Former: Head, Subject Division, Deputy ...
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Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking, Mexico, Citi, Mexico
Bachelor's in Chemical Engineering, Manhattan College; Master's (Hons) in Administration, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; MBA, ...
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George W. Taylor Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
1978, BSc, Cornell University; 1983, DPhil, University of Oxford. Formerly with: University of California, Berkeley; University of Illinois; ...
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Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia
1993, General Manager, Empresa de Energía de Bogotá, Colombia; 1994, Minister of Economic Development, Colombia; 1994-96, Research Associate, ...
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Minister of International Development Cooperation of Sweden
1982-83, Accounting and Auditing courses, and non-degree courses, Linköping University. 1984-90, Accountant; 1989, Member, Vadstena Municipal ...
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Governor of the Bank of England
1988, Bachelor's in Economics, Harvard University; 1993, Master's in Economics and 1995, Doctorate in Economics, Oxford University. Thirteen years ...
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General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS), Basel
Formerly: headed investment services company and fund management company for nearly 10 years; Director-General, Spanish Treasury; Financial ...
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Charles M. Geschke Director, Human Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Degrees, Université de Besançon & Dartmouth; MPhil, Univ. of Edinburgh; PhD in Linguistics and Psychology, Univ. of Chicago. 1995-2003, Professor, ...
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Chief Executive Officer, Planetary Skin Institute, USA
BEng in Chemical Eng. and MEng in Biochemical Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK; MBA, INSEAD, France. Formerly: Partner, Financial Services and Telecoms ...