Stanford Professor, China Security Expert & U.S. Air Force Reserve Lieutenant Colonel
Former Head of the British Army and Expert on Geopolitics, Defence & Strategic Leadership
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (2018-2021), Head of the Federal Chancellery, Federal Minister for Special Tasks (2013-2018)
Bestselling Author and Professor of Global History at Oxford University
VIII Executive President of Sri Lanka and Leader of the United National Party
Senior Fellow of the British Foreign Policy Group, founder of Rebeccanomics the strategic advisory firm, and founder/CEO of the Centre for Economic Security
Acclaimed International Business Investigative Journalist and Author
Senior Strategist at Sixth Street, Former Chief of Britain’s legendary MI6, the UK Secret Intelligence Service
Emmy-award winning journalist, event host and moderator for global changemakers
Vice-Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (2021–2025), Federal Chairman of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (2018–2022)
ITV Political Editor, The Rest is Money
World-leading authority on strategic foresight, sustainable futures, and transformative change
Brady-Johnson Professor of the Practice of Grand Strategy at Yale University
BBC News Presenter and Analysis Editor
Partner "Berlin Global Advisors"; Ambassador of Germany to Russia (2014-2019)
Executive Chair, Earth4All, Honorary President, The Club of Rome
Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
Vice-President of the European Parliament (2009-2011), Founder & President, Women Political Leaders (WPL), Venture Partner
Professor of International Relations and Political Science, Istanbul Kadir Has University
Special Advisor to the United Nations Global Compact, acclaimed figure on a broad range of global maritime-related topics; Co-chair of the ocean track under the G20 presidency of South Africa 2025; Author of "The Ocean: How it Has Formed Our World - and Will Shape Our Destiny"
Geopolitical Strategist, Investor, Writer
Political Editor, The Spectator
Founder and CEO of Emerging Transport Advisors, former Chief Innovation Officer at San Francisco MTA
CEO EADS and Airbus (2005-2019); President of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)