The Leading Speakers Bureau

Professor of Economics & Co-Director LSE Global Governance, LSE

Danny T. Quah is a highly respected figure in the world of economics. He is a Council Member on Malaysia’s National Economic Advisory Council. He serves on the Steering Committee of the Abu Dhabi Economics Research Agency (ADERA) and the Editorial Boards of East Asian Policy, Journal of Economic Growth, and the Journal of Global Policy and is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Economic Imbalances. At LSE he is also Senior Fellow at LSE IDEAS, Senior Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights, and Chair of the China Summer School Board for the LSE-PKU Summer School.

Danny Quah continues to make a significant contribution to the field of Monetary Economics

[expand title=”In detail”] Danny Quah obtained his Ph.D. from Harvard University and his A.B. from Princeton University. He joined LSE in 1991 after having taught as an assistant professor in MIT’s Economics Department. In 2001 he was named one of ten heroes of dissemination by the ESRC. As a regular contributor to major economic journals, he also found a place in Who’s Who in the World and Who’s Who in Economics (1997). When not at work, Danny, a second dan blackbelt holder, competes in regional and national taekwon-do tournaments.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In economics, Danny Quah has made huge contributions across a very wide range of areas, ranging from time-series econometrics, business cycles, inflation, and international income inequality to, most recently, technology and economic growth. His experience includes working as a consultant for the World Bank, governor of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and consultant to the Bank of England among his credentials. He regularly speaks at seminars around the world on his focus subjects, including inequality in economic growth and policies that affect societies such as international property rights issues.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Exceedingly passionate about economics and other important issues, Danny introduces his audience to new thinking in a fluid and relaxed style, being both articulate and soft-spoken; he regularly presents to groups from over 120 different nationalities and cultures on a weekly basis.[/expand]
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Fund Management Guru

Nicola Horlick is a senior fund manager and the CEO of Bramdean Asset Management LLP. Nicola has worked in the fund management industry for over twenty-five years and has participated in the growth of some of the UK’s premier asset management businesses.

“A leading fund management guru”

[expand title=”In detail”] Nicola joined SG Warburg as a graduate trainee in 1983, which became Mercury Asset Management. In 1991, she joined Morgan Grenfell Asset Management as Director and became Managing Director of the fund management division of the UK business in 1992. Over the next four years, funds under her management rose from £4 billion to £22 billion. After leaving Morgan Grenfell, Nicola took six weeks out to write her autobiographical account of her daughter’s traumatic treatment for leukaemia, revealing the real woman behind the headlines. The book was called ‘Can You Have It All?’ and the proceeds went to Great Ormond Street Hospital. In 1997, Nicola co-founded the UK arm of Société Générale Asset Management (SGAM), pulled in £7 billion worth of investments for SGAM and also took time off to have her sixth child.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Nicola is highly respected for having survived an extensive array of challenging experiences in her life both personally and professionally and under the intense gaze of the national media. Drawing from these experiences, Nicola provides her audiences with practical insights into the drive and energy needed to succeed in today’s world. She shares invaluable advice on leadership and the work-life balance and is immensely popular with a variety of audiences.[/expand]
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Leading Strategic Advisor on Branding Excellence

Martin Roll is founder and CEO of VentureRepublic, the leading strategic advisory firm on Branding Excellence to corporate boards and top-management teams in multiple industries across Asia Pacific and Europe. Martin brings 15 years of senior experience from the global advertising industry, and he also served as Chief Marketing Officer for a global technology company and a healthcare company. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and divides his time between Asia and Europe.

“Martin was instrumental in supporting our initiative, and particularly in focusing the audience”
Andrea Ragnetti, Chief Marketing Officer, Royal Philips Electronics

[expand title=”In detail”] Martin Roll is Visiting Professor in Strategic Brand Management at the China European International Business School (CEIBS) in Shanghai recently ranked the top Executive Education in Asia by Financial Times. He is guest lecturer at INSEAD, and he also lectured at The Danish Marketing Association, the Danish Design Academy and the Copenhagen Business School.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Martin delivers the combined value of an experienced international branding strategist, a senior advisor to boards and management teams and an internationally renowned speaker and sought-after workshop host.[/expand]
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Director of Global Logistics for Amazon.com

Girish Lakshman has been a part of the Amazon.com e-logistics strategy since July 1999, he has been instrumental in shaping the logistics strategy of the company and is now a recognised leader in this field. He has thirteen years experience in the manufacturing and automotive industry, and has provided corporate strategy advice in the biotech industry in India.

Through his presentations he explains how to develop prototypical decision support systems to demonstrate the benefits of using IT for creating an optimal level of core inventory. Girish also uses his expertise to enable business leaders to design and implement systems to project production at cost for different manufacturing facilities to level load production and reduce manpower requirements.

[expand title=”In detail”] He has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, India, and studied a variety of topics at the Graduate School of the University of Missouri Rolla. He has been an officer of the Young Orators Club for several years, learning and teaching the art of public speaking.

He has led the effort to establish an optimised inventory distribution plan across the network at Amazon.com, including formulating the functional specifications to correlate split shipments with inventory placement and distribution centre capacity, systems evaluation and integration.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Girish has been an inspirational leader in transforming traditional business culture into an environment ready to compete intelligently in the e-commerce world. His experience has been hands-on and has left a legacy of leadership and forward thinking in all the places he has worked.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Most recently he has designed several decision support systems, and has implemented a number of training programmes to demonstrate the complexities of IT systems and the benefits that can be reaped by correct system application.

Girish Lakshman is a highly motivating and articulate speaker, his enlightening presentations are always well received. He not only inspires but also presents his clients with actionable solutions that can be implemented immediately.[/expand]
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Founder and Director of the Lean Enterprise Academy

Daniel Jones is Founder and Director of The Lean Enterprise Academy where the main thrust of his work has been to develop and help to implement the ’Lean Business System’. Based on ‘Lean Thinking’ principles learnt from Toyota, this starts by defining customer value, which then leads to the reorganisation of every step required to design, order, build, deliver and maintain this value across all the organisations involved.

Professor Jones has helped to establish a global network of institutes dedicated to researching, educating and publishing action-oriented knowledge on the Lean Business System

[expand title=”In detail”] After a research career at the National Institute for Economic and Social Research in London and the Sussex European Research Centre and Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University he was appointed Professor of Manufacturing Management at Cardiff University Business School in 1989, where he was the founding Director of the Lean Enterprise Research Centre (LERC) from 1994 to 2001.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Daniel is dedicated to helping corporations to identify and achieve first-class performance levels throughout the globe. In his enlightening presentations he shows decision makers how, by implementing ‘Lean Thinking’, firms can do more with less, respond more quickly to customer needs, create more rewarding jobs for employees and reduce their impact on the environment.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]An experienced speaker, Professor Jones’ presentations are filled with actionable information and are invaluable for all businesses wishing to apply the innovative approaches in making the transition to ‘Lean Management’.
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Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology & Innovation at INSEAD

Yves Doz is a Professor of Business Strategy and the Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation at INSEAD.

His business experience includes work on multinational aircraft programmes, along with consulting for many major multinational corporations and teaching in their internal development programmes.

“The metanational hypothesis is becoming reality.”

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Former CEO of Burger King

Barry Gibbons earned the title of ‘Turnaround Champ’ from Fortune Magazine thanks to his phenomenal success in boosting Burger King’s fortunes. Within a year of taking on the role, Burger King was opening two new restaurants a day around the world. Having retired from big business, he is now a successful author, speaker and is co-founder of the UK publishing business Infinite Ideas.

Believing that managing isn’t enough he debates what it really takes to be distinct in your leadership, product development, service delivery and customer relationships

[expand title=”In detail”] During Barry’s 5 years as the US-based Chairman/CEO of Burger King he received international acclaim. He has since co-founded and invested in a variety of ventures including a branded food service business, a magazine-CD publishing company, speciality coffee bars and a Latin theme restaurant that opened in Disneyland. He was also Executive in Residence at the University of Miami School of Business and is a regular on the BBC’s Bottom Line business broadcast.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Barry has made over 250 speeches to blue-chip corporate audiences on four continents. His aim is to show audiences – internal and external – how to stay ahead in fast changing and unpredictable markets.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]With his Anglo-Irish charm he shows how to lead (not manage), and how to energize people who work for you, with you and above you. He illustrates how, in a world of virtually unsatisfiable customers, to develop a connection with them that is beyond satisfaction, exploring ‘intuitive marketing’. Above all, he offers ideas on how to bring it all together to get distinction and excellence in all that you do. Wit and energy are in plentiful supply from this refreshingly alternative thinker and business leader.[/expand]
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Former Chief Investment Officer of Baring Asset Management

Michael Hughes is one of the City of London’s best-known economists and as the Chief Investment Officer of Baring Asset Management, he was responsible for the management of US $47 billion in funds. Michael uses his considerable knowledge of the global and European economic landscape to provide essential information and insights to enable decision makers to plan strategically and gain the all important competitive advantage.

“A highly respected Global Finance Expert”

[expand title=”In detail”] Michael Hughes joined Baring Asset Management in 1998, from Barclays Capital, where he was the Group Economic Advisor and the Chairman of Barclays Capital Pensions Ltd. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Economics and Investment Strategy at BZW Securities Limited.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Michael has the skill and knowledge which allows his audience to delve into the extremely rich and varied vein of economics and business strategies. Business leaders benefit from his astute insights and analytical brilliance of the economic landscape.[/expand]
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International Business Consultant, Author & Lecturer

Dr Jonas Ridderstråle is at the forefront of the new generation of European-based business gurus. He cuts through the madness and hyperbole surrounding the global economy and his appeal is truly global. Jonas has attained tremendous media coverage throughout the world. The 2005 Thinkers 50, the bi-annual global ranking of management thinkers, ranked him (and his colleague Nordström) at number nine internationally and as the leading European business guru.

“Rebel with a cause”

Dr. Jonas Ridderstrale has been ranked among the top 50 most influential business thinkers

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Best-Selling Author and Expert on HR, Management Issues

During his 17 years with The Gallup Organization, Marcus Buckingham has helped lead their research into the world’s best managers, leaders and workplaces. He has continued to gain experience in management practices and employee retention and has spent the last decade helping clients find and motivate their most talented employees.

“Marcus is the most engaging and useful business speaker working today. His advice is grounded in research and at the same time appeals to common sense.”

Marcus Buckingham 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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