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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Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, People's Republic of China
2006, founded the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE), a Beijing-based, registered non-profit organization that has developed the ...
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Chairman, Wing Lung Bank, People's Republic of China
PhD in Economics, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, China. Former Deputy Director-General, People's Bank of China, based at the ...
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Founder and Principal Architect, MAD Architects, People's Republic of China
Graduate, Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture; MA in Architecture, Yale University; Scholarship for Advanced Architecture ...
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Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, United Kingdom
Round-the-world sailor. 2005, became the fastest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handed. 2010, Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, ...
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Vice-President, Access to Sport, Nike, USA
Former Chartered Accountant, KPMG, Australia. 2001, joined NIKE; in business leadership positions incl. Strategic Planning Director, USA Region, ...
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Director, The British Museum, United Kingdom
Degree in French and German, New College, Oxford; degree in Philosophy, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris; LLB in Law, University of Edinburgh; ...
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Chief Executive Officer, Syngenta International, Switzerland
Degree in Economics, Kalamazoo College, Michigan, US; studies at University of Strasbourg; MBA, Harvard University. Formerly: 1987-96, with Mead ...
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Chairman, SABMiller, United Kingdom
BSc in Engineering; BCom. 1978, with South African Breweries: Systems Manager, South African Beer Division; 1987, Managing Director; 1994, Chief ...
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Professional, Muslim Minorities Department, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Jeddah
Graduate, International Relations and Diplomacy, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. Currently with the Political Affairs ...
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Chief Executive and Editor-in-Chief, Prospect Magazine, United Kingdom
Degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, St John's College, Oxford. Formerly: investment analyst in the City and on Wall Street; Director, ...
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President, Rhode Island School of Design, USA
Bachelor's and Master's in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, MIT, US; PhD in Design Science, University of Tsukuba Institute of Art and ...
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Dean, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Graduate in Philosophy, Singapore and Canada. 1971-2004, with Singapore Foreign Ministry: 1993-98, Permanent Secretary; served twice as ...