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Dr Claire Norman-Maillet is a multi-award-winning counter-fraud expert and has worked in industry since 2014, having progressed from Analyst to Director within 4 years. Claire’s counter-fraud background spans risk, product, operations, and strategy, across a range of product types such as global retail, investments, foreign exchange and cryptocurrency. Claire complements her practitioner experience with academic research, having successfully defended her PhD Viva in January 2026 with no corrections. As a result of her own lived experience at University during her undergraduate degree,...
Andrew Paul Ayres is a senior strategist, AI governance expert, and thought leader in enterprise transformation, currently serving as Master Strategist for UK & Ireland at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). At HPE – one of the world’s most innovative edge-to-cloud technology companies – Andrew advises boards, CIOs, and policy leaders on how to navigate the complexities of AI adoption, cloud transformation, and digital governance across highly regulated sectors. He is a Discussion Leader at HPE’s London Customer Innovation Centre, where he...
One of the world’s leading business thinkers, David’s forward-thinking ideas and bestselling books are changing how companies approach leadership, teamwork, and collaboration. A skilled researcher and inspiring communicator, Dr. David Burkus is the bestselling author of five books about business and leadership, including the most recent Best Team Ever: The Surprising Science of High-Performing Teams. His books have won multiple awards and have been translated into dozens of languages. Since 2017, David has been ranked multiple times as one of the...
René Meulensteen is a renowned Keynote Speaker on Leadership, Team Building, and Cultivating a Winning Culture, leveraging his extensive experience alongside the legendary Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson. Born in Beugen, Netherlands, René has forged a distinguished career in football management, marked by his tactical acumen and expertise in player development. His coaching journey began in Qatar, where he honed his skills under the tutelage of the influential coach Wiel Coerver, shaping his vision for player development and style of...
Having spoken in over 40 countries on six continents, rock and roll roadie turned entrepreneur Richard Mulholland knows first-hand the impact that eloquent and persuasive leadership can make. That’s why he and his team work with executives and speakers around the world, helping them be more confident, more compelling, and more authoritative. He’s the founder of persuasion powerhouse Missing Link and has written three books; Legacide, Boredom Slayer, and his latest; Here Be Dragons. Richard Mulholland was voted top 40 under 40...
Dr Angus Hervey is an economist and journalist, and the founding editor of Fix The News, an independent media company that reports on rising living standards, global health, human rights milestones, clean energy, scientific breakthroughs and conservation victories. He is one of the world's leading experts on the topic of human progress, and his weekly email newsletter is regarded as one of the internet's most authoritative and comprehensive sources of good news. Dr Angus Hervey has spoken at hundreds of events...
Cedric O is a french entrepreneur and the former Secretary of State in charge of digital transition (2020-22). He is the non-executive cofounder of Mistral AI, a startup dedicated to Generative AI. He is a board member of Artefact, a consulting agency specialised in data and AI. He is also a member of the National Experts Committee on AI in France. Cedric O graduated from HEC business school (Paris) in 2006. After working for Dominique Strauss-Kahn then in consultancy, Cedric O...
Kjetil André Aamodt is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Norway, a champion in the Olympics, World Championships, and World Cup. Born in Oslo, Aamodt is the only alpine skier to win 8 Olympic medals, and has won 5 World Championship gold medals as well as 21 individual World Cup events. Described as an all-round alpine skier, Aamodt participated in all alpine skiing disciplines in the World Cup and World Championships, and is one of only 5 male alpine...
How can we increase our influence? Change minds and action? Get our products, services, and ideas to catch on? Professor Jonah Berger has the answers. He is a Wharton Professor, internationally bestselling author, and world‐renowned expert on change, word of mouth, influence, natural language processing, and how products, services, and ideas catch on. He has published over 80 articles in top-tier academic journals, teaches one of the world’s most popular online courses, and accounts of his work often appear in places...
Michael Wooldridge is the Ashall Professor of the Foundations of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Oxford, where he is a Fellow of Hertford College. He served as Head of Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford from 2014-21 (sabbatical 2018). Before joining Oxford in 2012, he was for 12 years a Professor at the University of Liverpool, where he was Head of Department of Computer Science (2001-05), and then Head of School (= Dean) of Electrical and...
Michael Fuller had a long and distinguished career in the Police Service. He started his police career as a Cadet in 1975 and worked in a number of uniformed and senior CID roles, rising to the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police. In 2004 he made history in the UK when he was appointed Chief Constable of Kent and became Britain’s first black chief constable. During the year of this appointment he received the Queen’s Police Medal...
Heiko Maas' career as a politician spanned three decades, during which time he held various ministerial posts - most recently the office of Federal Foreign Minister. In 2023, the Social Democrat decided to make a fresh start and take his leave from politics. Heiko Maas (*1966) studied law at Saarland University and passed the Second State Examination at Saarbrücken Regional Court in 1996. As a law student, he became a member of the SPD in 1989 and was considered a political...
Juan Antonio March is at present, the President of Fundación Onuart, an organization specialising on the value and positive impact of art on international relations. He has been Spanish Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva (2004-2007) to the World Trade Organization (2004-2007) as well to Russia (2007-2011) to Armenia (2009-2011) - to Belarus (2009-2011) to Uzbekistan (2009-2011) and to Turkmenistan (2009-2011). During his 30 years of involvement in international relations as a career Diplomat, he has covered most of the...
Dr Paul Dongha is a deep technologist who has pioneered the development and implementation of responsible AI strategies in large financial organisations. His approach brings together the troika of technological advancement, corporate integrity and the responsible use of AI. Paul is currently Head of AI Strategy and Responsible AI at NatWest Group and has extensive hands-on experience of building service-based, high-performance systems that use Big Data. Paul Dongha is the author of Governing the Machine: How to Navigate the Risks...
George Yip is Professor of Management and Co-Director of the Centre on China Innovation at China Europe International Business School, which is the top business school in mainland China. He is based in London, Shanghai, and Maine, U.S.A. He is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business and of the International Academy of Management. He is also a Visiting Professor at Imperial College Business School. He is Co-Executive Editor of Chinese Management Insights and serves on the Editorial Advisory...
Professor Lawrence Juen-yee Lau received his B.S. degree (with Great Distinction) in Physics from Stanford University in 1964 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley in 1966 and 1969 respectively. He joined the faculty of the Department of Economics at Stanford University in 1966, becoming Professor of Economics in 1976 and the first Kwoh-Ting Li Professor in Economic Development at Stanford University in 1992. He retired from Stanford University in 2006 and...