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More than 5 million jobs will disappear from manufacturing and customer service by 2020. Image: REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

Alain Dehaze

Chief Executive Officer, Adecco Group AG

Pierre Nanterme

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Accenture

Shea Gopaul

Founder and Executive Director, Global Apprenticeships Network

Jean-Philippe Courtois

Executive Vice-President; President, National Transformation Partnerships, LinkedIn

Sergio P. Ermotti

Group Chief Executive Officer, UBS

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