The Leading Speakers Bureau

Founder & Member of the Fujitsu Executive Institute and Senior Associate at the Judge Business School, Cambridge University

Roger Camrass is an accomplished author and international business strategist with over 25 years of experience in tackling Innovation in rapidly changing corporate environments. From 1999-2001 Roger headed Ernst & Young’s European electronic commerce practice and in September 2003 he was appointed Executive Director of Fujitsu Plc.

Innovative Strategist in a Connected World

[expand title=”In detail”] A graduate of Cambridge University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he became a research fellow at MIT, participating in the early design of the Internet. After numerous senior roles in the UK, Netherlands and the USA, he headed Consulting Operations of Butler Cox plc, followed by appointments as Partner at Arthur D. Little (92-94), and then European President of SRI (the Stanford Research Institute).[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]An innovative and provocative thinker with unequalled practical experience, he demonstrates how to channel the ever more disruptive and radical forces of change in the connected world to your company’s advantage. His expertise on organisational structure and innovation in today’s business environment expands into consumer trends and individual development within the corporation.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A highly provocative and inspiring speaker, Roger is in great demand as an advisor, speaker and facilitator for senior executives around the globe.[/expand]
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2010 Joint Nobel Prize Winner for Economics

Prof. Christopher Pissarides was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2010, for his contributions to the theory of search frictions and macroeconomics. The first Nobel winner with Cypriot citizenship, he is Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and holder of the Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics. He has served on the European Employment Task Force and has been a consultant on employment policy and other labour issues for the World Bank, the European Commission, the Bank of England and the OECD.

“His book ‘Equilibrium Unemployment Theory’ is a standard reference in the economics of unemployment”

[expand title=”In detail”] Prof. Pissarides served as Vice President of the European Economic Association in 2009, becoming President Elect in 2010 and President in 2011. He has served as Head of the Economics Department at LSE, and he is an elected Fellow of the British Academy, the Econometric Society, the European Economic Association and the Society of Labor Economists. He is also a member of Council of the European Economic Association and the Econometric Society. He is the chairman of the Economica board, and a member of other editorial boards. He is also a Non-National Senior Associate, Forum for Economic Research in the Arab Countries, Iran and Turkey and a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Cyprus (2000-2007).[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Prof. Pissarides provides specialist analysis of the economics of unemployment, labour-market theory, labour-market policy and growth and structural change. Through his work as a research fellow of the Centre of Economic Performance at the LSE, of the Centre for Economic Policy Research (London), and of the Institute for the Study of Labour (IZA, Bonn), he explains the importance of structural change and economic performance as indicators of the strategies required to stimulte economic growth.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]One of the pioneers of matching theory approach to unemployment theory and a distinguished speaker, Prof. Pissarides’ explanations are clear, informative and expertly delivered, making him one of the most sought-after Nobel Laureats.[/expand]
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Expert on Macroeconomics, Corporate Strategy & Business Leadership

Margaret Doyle is the Financial Services Columnist for Reuters. She comments regularly on business, the stock market and the economy for a variety of news organisations, including BBC Radio and Television, America’s NBC and NPR networks, Japan’s NHK, Sky News and CNN. She currently advises KPMG International on thought leadership.

“The Economist’s fiendishly intelligent finance correspondent” – David Cox, New Statesman

[expand title=”In detail”] Margaret Doyle earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard Business School (HBS), where she was a Fulbright Scholar and a Baker Scholar. She began her career as a management consultant in the Financial Institutions Group of McKinsey & Company. She covered business and finance for The Economist and The Daily Telegraph for a decade and for two years edited Global Agenda, the magazine of the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting at Davos. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2003.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]An expert in all things financial including banking, accountancy, regulation, insurance and public finance Margaret has a particular skill for analysis. As a frequent chair of conferences, broadcast commentator and radio presenter, Margaret Doyle is known for her ability to present new insights on complex subjects in a straightforward and engaging way.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Margaret Doyle has charm, intellect and is a powerful communicator. Her superior grasp of current topics and strong skills as a moderator keep sessions engaging and of great interest to worldwide audiences.[/expand]
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Group Chief Investment Officer, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Pte. Ltd.

Ng Kok Song is managing director and group chief investment officer of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation. He is currently founding chairman of the Wealth Management Institute. He is also a member of the senior advisory council of the International Capital Markets Association (ICMA), and an adviser to Agency France Tresor.

“Ng Kok Song was a key member of the team that conceived and expanded the trading of gold futures to include financial futures at the Gold Exchange of Singapore”

[expand title=”In detail”] Ng Kok Song holds a physics degree from the University of Singapore and a management degree from Stanford University. Previously, he worked at the Ministry of Finance and the Monetary Authority of Singapore (including director of the international department and of the banking department), and he was the founding chairman of the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX, now incorporated into the Singapore Exchange). He pioneered the establishment of the first financial futures exchange in Asia, SIMEX. His initiatives helped to stimulate the establishment of the larger Asian futures industry. He laid the foundation for SIMEX’s success, which has built up into SGX’s position today as the Asian Gateway for derivatives.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Responsible for global asset allocation and global currency risk management, as well as for the operations of the equities department, bond department, foreign exchange unit, economics department, and client services, Ng Kok Song’s highly informative presentations are sought-after by decision makers at prestigious events worldwide.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A true visionary, Ng Kok Song is an eloquent and captivating speaker.[/expand]
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Renowned Economist and World Expert on Transition and Development Policy

Grzegorz Kolodko currently heads a think-tank TIGER, Transformation, Integration and Globalization Economic Research, at Kozminski University and is professor at the Leon Kozminski Academy of Entrepreneurship and Management in Warsaw (WSPiZ). He held positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance four times between 1994 and 2003, under four different Prime Ministers. He was a consultant for the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, United Nations and OECD. He has authored 40 books and over 300 scientific articles in the area of economics, translated into over 25 languages.

Grzegorz Kolodko has been awarded honorary degrees from eight foreign universities

[expand title=”In detail”] Grzegorz Kolodko graduated from Warsaw School of Economics and received a scholarship from Fulbright Program during his appointment at University of Illinois. Prior to his appointment at Kozminski University in 2000, he had various lecturing positions at schools including Warsaw School of Economics, Yale University, UCLA and University of Rochester. While Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance (1994-97) he led Poland to the OECD. In 1989 he participated in the historical Polish Round Table, which led to the first post-communist government in East Central Europe.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]A world renowned economist, Grzegorz Kołodko is recognised as a key architect of Polish economic reforms, professor of economics and renowned economist specializing in development economy, system reforms and public finances.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]An experienced and articulate speaker, Grzegorz Kolodko is in great demand by decision makers eager to benefit from his political and economic insight into the changing Eastern European economic markets.[/expand]
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One of the Most Recognisable & Trusted Market Commentators

With twenty years experience following the ups and downs of the markets, Justin Urquhart Stewart’s assessments, predictions and witty observations guide investors worldwide. Marketing Director and co-founder of Seven Investment Management, he is also a founder member of the Entrepreneurial Working Party, a group dedicated to developing and promoting entrepreneurship and new business in the UK.

Justin innovated the UK investment market with the introduction of the first Sterling Wrap Account”

[expand title=”In detail”] Trained as a barrister, Justin moved into international corporate finance. He specialised in International and EC Law (LLB Hons) and worked in Corporate Finance in Africa and Singapore, and then in Marketing with a focus on Electronic Corporate Cash Management in Europe. This led to him helping to found Broker Services in 1986, which later became Barclays Stockbrokers, the largest retail stockbroker in the UK. He was named Favourite Financial Personality by Proshare, writes regularly for national magazines and newspapers and frequently appears on TV and radio.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]An engaging, lively and entertaining character, Justin Urquhart Stewart is a commentator in the media on market events and developments and appears regularly on television and radio. He is frequently invited to speak on a wide range of topics attracting media and press coverage for his corporate events. He shares his wealth of knowledge and offers a calm, clear-sighted view of the markets.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A former trade union shop steward and a vineyard manager, Justin Urquhart Stewart’s presentations are highly memorable, both for the content and for the powerful, eloquent and captivating way in which they are delivered.[/expand]
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Former Director of E.C.L.A.C in Washington

For 24 years Dr. Isaac Cohen worked at the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean region. He served as Director of ECLAC’s Washington, D.C. office and as the Economic Affairs Officer in charge of economic integration in Mexico. He is currently President and CEO of Inverway LLC, a Washington DC based company dedicated to business development in the Western Hemisphere.

An experienced economist and accomplished negotiator

[expand title=”In detail”] Dr. Cohen received his B.A. in Law and Social Sciences from the Universidad de San Carlos in Guatemala and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the Graduate Institute of International Studies at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He is a regular guest on business television commenting on current world economic affairs and he is frequently quoted in Latin America newspapers and periodicals. More recently he has been a consultant to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Washington DC and consultant to Caja Navarra (Spain), on the strategy to access the US banking market. In 2007, for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guatemala he was advisor to negotiators of an association agreement between Central America and the European Union.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Dr Cohen has considerable expertise in the area of international trade negotiations and his understanding of issues such as globalisation, free trade agreements and the future of Latin American political economies is unparalleled.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A brilliant communicator and teacher, Dr Cohen’s presentations are tailor-made to suit clients’ individual needs and offer practical information in a clear and concise manner.[/expand]
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Author of ‘China and the Credit Crisis: The Emergence of a New World Order’

Giles Chance is a leading expert on Chinese business, and on China’s new role in the world. He is professor at the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University. His experience in China over the last 20 years has given him a detailed insider’s view of doing business there and a unique perspective on the aspirations of the Chinese people. He has written articles for leading journals and spoken about China on television, radio and at conferences.

“Leading expert on China”

[expand title=”In detail”] Giles Chance was educated at Eton College, at St Andrews’ University in Scotland and at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. After military service, he spent 2 years working in the Horn of Africa prior to the famous and tragic famine of 1984 in Ethiopia, before working at the World Bank in Washington DC. He has completed numerous sales of Western technology to Chinese companies, in fields as diverse as submarine communications, transfer lines for machining auto parts, submersible pumps and black box recording systems for civil aircraft. In 2003 he originated and found backing for a successful China-focused investment bank based in London, Shanghai and Hong Kong, Evolution Securities China.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Giles Chance provides a unique view of the global economy based on many years of experience of China and of the financial services industry. He describes how China’s emergence in the 1990’s played a key role in establishing the economic conditions which led to the global credit crisis of 2007-08 and analyses China’s new global role after the crisis in relation to a number of key topics which include the future role of the US dollar, and the future of relations between China, America, the emerging world, and Taiwan and Hong Kong. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Directly involved on a full-time business basis with China since 1990, Giles Chance is an eloquent and highly informative expert on Chinese business, giving insights into what Chinese people think of Westerners, and vice-versa.[/expand]
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Director of the Institute for International Economics

Fred Bergsten has been director of the Institute for International Economics since its creation in 1981. He is chairman of the “Shadow G-8,” which advises the G-8 countries on their annual meetings. He frequently testifies before Congressional committees. He was chairman of the Competitiveness Policy Council which was created by Congress from 1991 to 1995 and chairman of the APEC Eminent Persons Group throughout its existence from 1993 to 1995.

Leading authority on the global economic landscape

[expand title=”In detail”] He was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs from 1977-80 and Under Secretary for Monetary Affairs from 1980-81. From 1969-71 he served as Assistant for International Economic Affairs to Henry Kissinger at the National Security Council. He has been a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Council on Foreign Relations.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Few can claim to even come close to the level of expertise and understanding of global imbalances and the understanding of deeper sources which determine growth in industrial and developing countries. Decision makers across the globe will learn from his surveillance of the state of thinking on growth and the role of globalization in this context, making the case that the world is in need of globalization for the benefit of the poor and the rich equally.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Skillfully highlighting crucial issues and trends, Fred’s presentations are engaging, informative and always well received.[/expand]
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Economics Writer for The New Yorker, Author of How Markets Fail

John Cassidy is one of the world’s leading business journalists. A writer at The New Yorker and a contributor to The New York Review of Books, he has covered economics and finance there since 1995, writing on topics ranging from Alan Greenspan to the Iraqi oil industry and English journalism. He is also a financial commentator for the BBC and Contributing Editor at Conde Nast Portfolio where he writes the monthly Economics section column.

“John Cassidy is a highly respected financial journalist”

[expand title=”In detail”] John Cassidy joined the Sunday Times, in London, in 1986, and served as the paper’s Washington bureau chief for three years, and then as its business editor, from 1991 to 1993. From 1993 to 1995, he was at the New York Post, where he edited the Business section and then served as the deputy editor. He is the author of the highly successful ‘Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era’ which examines the dot-com bubble, and ‘How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities’ which combines a sceptical history of economics with an analysis of the housing bubble and credit bust. Two of his articles have been nominated for National Magazine Awards. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Using psychology and behavioural economics thought, John Cassidy shares his views with worldwide audiences about the crisis as well as the political and ideological factors behind the global meltdown. He provides unmatched analysis of the important current economic issues.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]John Cassidy illuminates complex issues with great clarity, in an eloquent and astute manner.[/expand]
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