The Leading Speakers Bureau

Pioneer of “market-based” philanthropy

Jacqueline Novogratz founded and leads Acumen Fund, a nonprofit that takes a businesslike approach to improving the lives of the poor. She’s become a leading voice of the new philanthropy, which emphasizes sustainable bottom-up solutions over traditional top-down aid.

One of the most innovative players shaping philanthropy today, Jacqueline Novogratz is redefining the way problems of poverty can be solved around the world. Drawing on her past experience in banking, microfinance and traditional philanthropy, Novogratz has become a leading proponent for financing entrepreneurs and enterprises that can bring affordable clean water, housing and healthcare to poor people so that they no longer have to depend on the disappointing results and lack of accountability seen in traditional charity and old-fashioned aid.
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Winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature

Orhan Pamuk is a Nobel Prize-winning novelist and is the recipient of numerous national and international literary awards. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature on October 2006, becoming the first Turkish person to receive a Nobel Prize. He is currently a Fellow with Columbia University’s Committee on Global Thought and holds an appointment in Columbia’s Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at The School of the Arts.

“One of the world’s most celebrated novelist”
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Leading Authority on Leadership

Manfred Kets de Vries is a clinical professor of leadership development; he holds the Raoul de Vitry d’Avaucourt Chair of Leadership Development at INSEAD. He is the Director of INSEAD’s Global Leadership Centre, program director of INSEAD’s top management seminar, and the program “Consulting and Coaching for Change”, and has on five occasions received INSEAD’s distinguished teacher award. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than twenty books and has published over 200 scientific papers.

“One of the world’s leading thinkers on leadership”

Manfred Kets de Vries has been ranked among the top 50 most influential business thinkers. In 2009 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers

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Psychologist and Author

Karen Moloney is a Chartered Psychologist, consultant, writer, speaker, and a Director of Moloney Minds. In 1986, conscious of the growing interest from HR in measuring competence at work, she founded Moloney and Gealy with Norman Gealy. Clients included many household names such as the British Government, the NHS, GlaxoSmithKline, Volvo, Philips, Centrica. Karen set up Moloney Minds in order to concentrate on thinking, writing, speaking and working with a smaller group of select clients worldwide.

“As a young woman, growing a successful business from nothing to turning over a million pounds was an achievement in itself, but collecting an enviable client list along the way has been a delight”
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Prominent Economist and Futurist

Hamish McRae is the principal economic commentator for The Independent newspaper. He is a visiting professor at Lancaster University and a council member of the Royal Economic Society. His latest work focuses on excellence in the world economy, the shift of economic power to Asia and how technology interacts with human capital to shift competitive advantage.

A proven visionary of the global economy
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Former Secretary General of the European Parliament

Sir Julian Priestley is currently writing, commenting and speaking on EU affairs, and the politics of the member states of the Union. His book, “Six Battles Which Shaped Europe’s Parliament” will be published in spring 2008. He was Knighted in the Queen’s Birthday honours list, 2007. He has been officially involved with the European Parliament from 1973-2007.

“A proven political visionary”

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Leading Business Advisor and Author

Ram Charan is a highly sought after business advisor and speaker, famous among senior executives for his uncanny ability to solve their toughest business problems. For more than thirty-five years, Dr. Charan has worked behind the scenes with top executives at some of the world’s most successful companies, including GE, Verizon, Novartis, Dupont, Thomson Corporation, Honeywell, KLM, Bank of America, and MeadWestvaco. He has shared his insights with many others through teaching and writing.

“…even more than his dedication, it’s his insights that have won him the ear of hundreds of top managers…” Fast Company

Ram Charan has been ranked among the top 50 most influential business thinkers. In 2009 Thinkers 50, the global ranking of management gurus, placed him among the list of most influential thinkers

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Dr. Charan’s introduction to business came early while working in the family shoe shop in the small Indian town where he was raised. He earned an engineering degree in India and soon after took a job in Australia and then in Hawaii. When his talent for business was discovered, Dr. Charan was encouraged to pursue it. He earned MBA and doctorate degrees from Harvard Business School, where he graduated with high distinction and was a Baker Scholar. After receiving his doctorate degree, he served on the Harvard Business School faculty.
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 Authority on Managing Cultural Diversity

Fons Trompenaars is the Managing Director of Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Intercultural Management Consulting (previously known as the Centre for International Business Studies; CIBS).  An acclaimed author and advisor, he works with major global corporations to benefit from the vast opportunities presented by cultural differences.

For many years Fons Trompenaars has been an acclaimed world-class management guru and author on culture for business issues.

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Fons serves as Visiting Professor for the international MBA Programme at the Erasmus University – Rotterdam School of Management. He read Economics at the Free University of Amsterdam and later studied for his PhD from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, writing his dissertation on the ‘differences in conceptions or organisational structure in various cultures.’
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