Mar
08
2010
Media Mogul and Broadcaster
Andrew Neil is a publisher, broadcaster and company chairman working out of London, New York, Dubai and the South of France. He is currently Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Press Holdings Media Group, publishers of The Spectator, Spectator Business, Spectator Australia, Spectator India and Apollo, the world-renowned art magazine. He currently presents four editions of the Daily Politics on BBC2 every week, the award-winning This Week on BBC1 and Straight Talk with Andrew Neil on BBC News 24.
“An acknowledged expert on British, European & US politics & business”
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Mar
05
2010
Former British Ambassador to the United States
Sir Christopher Meyer is one of the most highly respected diplomats of the last 20 years. After retiring as British Ambassador to the US in 2003, he became Chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, a post he stepped down from at the end of March 2009. He also serves on the board of GKN and runs his own consultancy. In 1998 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.
“Sir Christopher is an expert in Media Relations”
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Mar
03
2010
Human-rights Activist, Film Producer & Director, Producer of “Total Denial”
Milena Kaneva is a journalist who has covered humanitarian crises and genocide (Rwanda), shooting reports in Eastern Europe, Africa, South America and Asia. Her exclusive interview with Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Prize laureate kept under house arrest by the military dictatorship, connecting her to Burma forever. In 2000 she produced her first long-form documentary, The Initiation, about female genital mutilation in Mali, and won first prize at the Festival of Due Mondi. She has become an activist herself, creating the “Freedom from Fear Foundation” to expose human rights problems, to promote and help causes around the world.
“If people around the world know the truth, there is a chance for change. Milena’s film makes it happen!” Vaclav Havel
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Feb
19
2010
British Actor, Writer, Comedian, TV Presenter and Film Director
Stephen Fry is one of the few living legends of acting and comedy and a great after dinner speaker and host. As a solo actor, he played the lead in the film Wilde, was Melchett in the Blackadder TV series and is the host of the erudite, but comedy-based quiz show, QI. He also presented a 2008 television series Stephen Fry in America having become known to American audiences for his recurring guest role as Dr. Gordon Wyatt on the Fox crime series Bones.
Stephen has been described as a “national treasure”, “a phenomenon”, and “an epitome of the Renaissance man”
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Feb
10
2010
Philanthropist, World Famous Author & Creator of the Harry Potter Series
Joanne “Jo” Murray OBE better known as J. K. Rowling is perhaps equally famous for her “rags to riches” life story, in which she progressed from living on welfare to multi-millionaire status within five years. The Potter books have gained worldwide attention, won multiple awards, sold more than 400 million copies, and been the basis for a popular series of films. Time magazine named her as a runner-up for its 2007 Person of the Year, noting the social, moral, and political inspiration she has given her fandom.
Forbes ranked J. K. Rowling as the forty-eighth most powerful celebrity of 2007
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Jan
08
2010
Chair Professor of Communication Technology & Society
Manuel Castells is Professor of Communication and the holder of the Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communication Technology and Society at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He is a Research Professor at the Open University of Catalonia in Barcelona and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley. He is currently the co-editor of the International Journal of Communication.
“Governments can no longer govern; they can only negotiate”
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Jan
06
2010
Chairman & Former CEO of Xerox Corporation
Anne M. Mulcahy is credited with leading the printer and copier maker out of a deep financial slump earlier in the decade. From 2001 to 2009, she was also CEO and retains the position of chairman. The Wall Street Journal named her one of 50 women to watch in 2005 and Forbes Magazine ranked her at the sixth position among the Most Powerful Women in America in 2005. In 2008, she was selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders. She has been selected as CEO of the Year 2008 by Chief Executive magazine.
“One of America’s Best & Courageous Leaders”
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Jan
04
2010
Editor in Chief of MoneyWeek Magazine
Merryn Somerset Webb is the Editor in Chief of the respected weekly financial magazine MoneyWeek. As well as editing Moneyweek she now has regular columns in the Sunday Times, the Spectator and Saga Magazine and has written for a variety of other publications including Harpers and The Week. Merryn is also a frequent radio and television commentator on everything to do with money.
“Make your money and buy your freedom”
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Dec
23
2009
Former HR Director at the BBC and Author of ‘Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?’
Gareth Jones is a Fellow of the Centre for Management Development at London Business School and a visiting professor at INSEAD, the international business school in Fontainebleau. His articles have appeared in the European Management Journal, Human Relations, and the Harvard Business Review. His research and consulting expertise is in the areas of corporate culture, authentic leadership and change.
“Expert on Corporate Culture and Authentic Leadership”
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Oct
23
2009
Technology Guru, Founder & Director, Persuasive Technology Lab, Stanford Univ., Palo Alto
B.J. Fogg is best known for promoting the concept of “captology,” a word he coined to describe the overlap between persuasion and computers. The founder of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab is one of the most sought-after thinkers in Silicon Valley today. As a psychologist he brings a new perspective on working with technology innovations. He holds at least seven patents, and has additional patents pending.
Fortune Magazine recently listed BJ as one of “10 New Gurus You Should Know”
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