The Leading Speakers Bureau

Leading Authority on Pollution & its Effects on the Environment, Nobel Joint Prize-winner in Chemistry

Dr. Mario Molina was a co-recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his role in elucidating the threat to the Earth’s ozone layer of chlorofluorocarbon gases (or CFCs), becoming the first Mexican-born citizen to ever receive a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he is one of the world’s leading authorities on pollution and the effects of chemical pollution on the environment.

“One of the most prominent precursors to the discovering of the Antarctic ozone hole”

[expand title=”In detail”] In 1995, 20 years after a seminal article José Mario Molina-Pasquel Henríquez co-wrote appeared in Nature magazine, the production of CFCs was banned in developed countries by the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement convened by the UN Environment Programme. In recent years, he has directed a joint project between MIT and local government in Mexico City to improve the dangerous air quality situation in his hometown. In 2009 he was appointed to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST), an advisory group of the US’s leading scientists and engineers, and in 2004 he opened a new research center, the Molino Center, in Mexico City.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Mario Molina is a groundbreaking pioneer in the way air pollution affects human health who continues to teach and research. He has used his brilliance to heighten public awareness of the risks of air pollution and helps to open our eyes to the impact of our own actions, championing new thinking about our stewardship of the earth’s resources.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]With a deep understanding of science, technology, and innovation and widely praised for his breakthrough discoveries and research in the field of chemistry throughout his lifetime, Mario Molina is a much sought-after, knowledgeable and respected speaker at prestigious events worldwide.[/expand]
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Leading Expert on Leadership and Start-ups and First Chair of the London 2012 Olympic Bid

Barbara Cassani CBE is a leading expert on leadership and start-ups. She founded the low cost airline Go and spearheaded the successful London 2012 Olympic bid. She is currently a partner in 3x + Y Ventures which was established to identify start-up and growth opportunities in the UK travel and retail sectors. She was named President of Vueling in 2007 and appointed Executive Chairperson of Jurys Inn hotels in 2008.

In 2002, Barbara Cassini was named as the Veuve Clicquot Businesswoman of the Year

[expand title=”In detail”] Upon graduation in 1984 Barbara worked as a management consultant for Coopers & Lybrand before moving to work in the U.S. operation of British Airways. There she worked in sales, marketing, and on the team that integrated Dan-Air into BA’s business. She was awarded an honorary degree from Cranfield University in 2004. She started her career in management consulting then worked in wide variety of roles at British Airways. In 1997, Barbara started-up Go, the low-cost airline, with a £25m investment from British Airways and guided the airline to profits in less than 3 years as its CEO. She then headed a £110m management buyout and a year later Go was sold to easyJet for £374m.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Through her experiences within the airline industry and the successful London 2012 Olympic bid Barbara is well positioned to explain to decision makers how to create a highly motivated team, increase competitiveness and develop winning business strategies. She gives fascinating insights into how to create a successful company with limited resources in a short space of time.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]An engaging and dynamic speaker, Barbara’s presentations are filled with innovative ideas and are guaranteed to show audiences how to leapfrog the competition, delight customers and increase both sales and profits.[/expand]
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Founder, Chairman & CEO of LVMH, Europe’s Richest Man

Bernard Arnault’s high-end luxury goods empire LVMH, with brands including Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Christian Dior and Mokt & Chandon, posted record sales of $16.6 billion. He made it his business to own the most attractive names across the spectrum of luxury goods, cosmetics and beverages. As chairman and CEO of Moét Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), he had an intense drive and seemingly insatiable corporate appetite that earned him a reputation as a financier interested only in profits. His shrewd moves proved that his expertise in brand management was unmatched by the competition.

“The key to success is this duality–timelessness and the utmost modernity” Bernard Arnault

[expand title=”In detail”] Bernard Arnault gained a taste for the flavour of entrepreneurship from an early age. After graduating from the Maxence Van Der Meersch High School, he was admitted to the École Polytechnique from which he graduated with an engineering degree. After graduation, he joined his father’s company convincing him to liquidate the construction division of the company for 40 million francs, and to change the focus of company to real estate. He transformed Louis Vuitton, having taken charge of LVMH in 1990. He has long made a crusade of bringing haute couture to the developing world, to places like China and India.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Bernard Arnault’s insights from his experiences at the helm of the world’s largest luxury group are invaluable. He has infused many of his brands with a cutting-edge hipness and gained widespread respect for his business strategy and penchant for risk taking. Unique among the world’s leading CEOs, he provides insights into his rare ability to relate to both the creative and financial aspects of running a business.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]The “Pope of fashion”, Bernard Arnault is a speaker with amazing energy. Having often gone for innovative ideas as opposed to conventionally accepted wisdom, he has extensive sensibility and flair and an onvious passion for his work.[/expand]
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Joint Winner of 1997 Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), Chairman of the Nobel Women’s Initiative

Jody Williams was instrumental in creating a sweeping international treaty banning antipersonnel landmines. She received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the campaign she worked for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). One broader aspect of her work was her pioneering use of People Power. She continues to serve the ICBL as a campaign ambassador and editor of the organization’s landmine report, and, since 2003, has held a faculty position of distinguished professor of social work and global justice at the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work. In 2006, she was one of the founders of The Nobel Women’s Initiative.

“Jody Williams is a renowned activist & humanitarian”

[expand title=”In detail”] Jody Williams first trained as a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL), receiving a BA from the University of Vermont and a Master’s degree in teaching Spanish and ESL from the School for International Training. She received a second M.A. in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She was the Head of Mission of the High-Level Mission dispatched by the Human Rights Council to report on the situation of human rights in Darfur and the needs of Sudan in this regard (established at the 4th special session of the Human Rights Council in decision S-4/101). The Mission issued its report in 2007.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Jody Williams has overseen the growth of the ICBL to more than 1,300 non-governmental organizations in more than 85 countries and served as the chief strategist and spokesperson for the campaign. She aims to strengthen work being done in support of women’s rights around the world. In her speeches she highlights the largely unrecognized efforts of women around the world in conflict situations to hold family and community together while struggling for peace during armed conflict. She discusses “security” in today’s globalized world, arguing that if the security needs of individuals and communities are disregarded, and all emphasis is put on “national security,” sustainable global peace and security will not be achievable.[/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Named by Forbes Magazine in 2004 as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world in the publication of its first such annual list, Jody Williams is an expert speaker who has presented for The UN and the European Parliament. She’s an outspoken peace activist who struggles to reclaim the real meaning of peace. [/expand]
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New York Times Bestselling Science Writer, Chairman of The International Center for Life

Dr. Matt Ridley is a highly respected, award winning popularizer of science, and a very incisive writer and thinker. He has been a scientist, journalist and science editor, Washington correspondent and American editor of The Economist and Wired magazine columnist. He has written books that give a clear explanation of very complex biology, such as the description of the human genome sequence, and poses debates about the constant scientific and technological implications for human societies.

“Matt Ridley tackles some of today’s most pressing modern problems”

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Matt Ridley received his BA and D. Phil at Oxford, researching the evolution of behaviour. He is the chairman of the International Centre for Life, in Newcastle, England and is also a visiting professor at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York. He was science editor and American editor of The Economist between 1983 and 1992. He was a columnist for the Sunday Telegraph and Daily Telegraph between 1993 and 2000. He was the founding chairman of the International Centre for Life, a £70 million science park and education project, between 1996 and 2003. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Matt Ridley sweeps the entire arc of human history to powerfully argue that “prosperity comes from everybody working for everybody else”. At TEDGlobal 2010, his stand out presentation showed how, throughout history, the engine of human progress has been the meeting and mating of ideas to make new ideas. It’s not important how clever individuals are, he says; what really matters is how smart the collective brain is. As the mayor of London recently wrote, Matt offers “an elegant and devastating rejoinder to all gloom-merchants everywhere”.[/expand]

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Always a scintillating speaker, Matt Ridley does more than describe how things are getting better. He shows why; and he explains why human beings are the only creatures that experience prosperity or poverty, making his arguments with such brilliance and historical breadth.
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Cultural Theorist, Novelist & One of the Most Relevant Philosophers Today

Prof. Kwame Anthony Appiah is one of America’s leading public intellectuals and an eminent philosopher. A renowned philosopher known for forging a code of ethics to fit a globalized world, he was once described as “our postmodern Socrates”. He has spent the last decade thinking about what it takes to turn moral understanding into moral behaviour. He challenges us to look beyond the boundaries — real and imagined — that divide us, and to see our common humanity. He is the Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and the President of the PEN American Center, the internationally acclaimed literary and human rights association.

“In fitting abstract concepts to the changing demands of the modern world, he is trying to make philosophy relevant again”

[expand title=”In detail”] Kwame Anthony Appiah was educated at Cambridge University, where he received a Ph.D. in philosophy. As a scholar of African and African-American studies, he established himself as an intellectual with a broad reach and has now taught philosophy on three continents, having taught at Yale, Cornell, Duke, and Harvard universities and lectured at many other institutions in the US, Germany, Ghana and South Africa, and Paris. In 2008, he was recognized for his contributions to racial, ethnic, and religious relations when Brandeis University awarded him the first Joseph B. and Toby Glitter Prize.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]In his acerbic presentations, Kwame Anthony Appiah explores some of the central ethical questions of our time. Named by Foreign Policy magazine to its 2010 list of top global thinkers, he offers answers that are grounded in a new ethics (Cosmopolitanism) which celebrates our common humanity, while at the same time offering a practical way to manage our differences. He lays out a concept that is, not only compelling in its own right, but also suggests a connection that may in time help to collate biological and cultural exploration of human morality.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]With wit, reason and humanity, Kwame Anthony Appiah offers a new approach to living a moral life in the modern age, often achieving a Malcolm Gladwell-like balance between argument and storytelling. With fluency of argument and erudition, he asks profound questions about identity and ethics in a world where the sands of race, ethnicity, religion and nationalism continue to realign and reform before our eyes.[/expand]
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Award-Winning Singer, Actress, Songwriter, Devoted Mother, Humanitarian & Breast Cancer Survivor

Olivia Newton-John’s distinguished career has spanned more than three decades and she is still a vibrant, creative individual that is adored by fans across the world. With three Grammys, numerous American Music and People’s Choice Awards, five #1 hits, and 15 top ten singles to her credit, she also starred in one of the most successful movie musicals of all time, Grease. Her music has been successful in multiple formats including pop, country and adult contemporary and has sold over 100 million albums worldwide.

“Olivia Newton-John’s public appeal has proved to be timeless”

[expand title=”In detail”] Olivia Newton-John was born in Cambridge, England, to a Welsh father and a Jewish-German mother, the eldest child of the Nobel prize-winning atomic physicist Max Born. She was bestowed an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in 1978 for services to the performing Arts. In 1991 she co-founded the Children’s Health Environmental Coalition (CHEC). In the 90’s, she successfully overcame her own battle with breast cancer. Most recently, she was named Woman of the Year by the American Red Cross. She was invited by the Vatican on behalf of Pope John Paul II to perform at the Jubilee Celebration for the Sick and Healthcare Workers and, she was thrilled to perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics to an estimated global viewing audience of four billion people.[/expand]

[expand title=”What she offers you”]Olivia Newton-John’s charitable work and commitment to making others’ lives and the life of the planet better is so inspiring. A role model, using her experiences to gain greater self-awareness and became a positive inspiration to millions of people battling cancer, she continues to give back to the community generously and has been acknowledged many times by charitable organizations for her contributions. [/expand]

[expand title=”How she presents”]Having enjoyed one success after another during her illustrious career, Olivia Newton-John is a remarkably down-to-earth, charismatic personality who talks openly about cancer and promotes awareness of the importance of early detection – something she continues to do today.[/expand]
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Academy & Oscar Award-winning Actor, Activist, Humanitarian & Prominent Producer

Michael Douglas is one of the most successful and respected actors of our time. The son of actor Kirk Douglas, he has won three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards; first as producer of 1975’s Best Picture, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in Wall Street. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009. He recently returned to the limelight having battled successfully against throat cancer.

“A Hollywood Legend”

[expand title=”In detail”] A powerhouse talent and household name, Michael Douglas started his film career in the late ’60s. He has been a familiar leading man of both small and big screen and his top films as a leading man include The China Syndrome, Romancing the Stone, Fatal Attraction, Wall Street and Basic Instinct. He has consistently chosen socially relevant films that reflect the most pressing issues of the day. Honoured at the Palm Springs International Film Festival with the Icon Award for his work in nearly 40 films, he joined the project Soldiers of Peace, a movie against all wars and for global peace. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Michael Douglas’ work has always been complex, thrilling, and contemporary. He is most passionate about his role as humanitarian and activist, serving as a vocal advocate for social and environmental causes. Honored with the title of UN Peace Messenger, he focuses worldwide attention on nuclear abolition and the vital role the UN plays in preventing small arms proliferation.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A vocal and inspiring proponent of universal human rights, Michael has used his high profile and profound talent to draw attention to the plight of the less fortunate. In his candid presentations, a passionate weave of experiences and insights, Douglas speaks frankly and with great compassion in a distinctive voice that is known to millions worldwide.[/expand]
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Former President & Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs)

Toby Bishop is the director of the Deloitte Forensic Center for Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP in Chicago. A thought leader on fraud prevention and detection with a special focus on the issue of financial statement fraud, he is the former president and CEO of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the global professional body for anti-fraud specialists.

“One of the most recognizable leaders in the anti-fraud world”

[expand title=”In detail”] Toby Bishop is a graduate of the University of Oxford. He is the former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the global professional association of nearly 45,000 antifraud professionals in 125 countries. He is a contributing author and member of the board of editors of Business Crimes Bulletin. He is a CPA licensed in Illinois and Massachusetts, a CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner), and a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (FCA).[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Named five times to Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in the Accounting Profession, Toby Bishop provides a practical guide for executives to assist in managing the risks of fraud and corruption within organizations, practical insights and highlights traps to avoid. He thoroughly identifies new ideas and unique ways of looking at the world.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Toby Bishop describes in plain English terms, with many clear, practical points of advice, a proactive fraud and corruption risk management process that can enhance corporate resiliency. He expertly walks his eager audiences through the process of fraud risk assessment, incorporates the theoretical with real-world strategies for building anti-fraud controls in corporations.[/expand]
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Renowned European Hacker, OPSA, OPST, ISECOM International Trainer & Worldwide Security Researcher

Raoul Chiesa is a cybercrime advisor. As well as being the Founder (former CEO, CTO), Strategic Alliances Director at @ Mediaservice.net, he is a founder member of CLUSIT – the Italian Information Security Association – and he is a Board of Directors member at ISECOM, CLUSIT, OWASP Italian Chapter, Italian Privacy Observatory (AIP/OPSI). Both Raoul and its security team work on research areas such as X.25 and PSDN networks, VoIp Security, Malware Analysis, Social Engineering, SCADA & Industrial Automation, Home Automation, Satellite communication, Mobile Security, SS7 threats and much more.

“One of the first hackers in Italy”

[expand title=”In detail”] After being among the first Italian hackers back in the 90’s (1986-1995), Raoul decided to move to professional InfoSec, founding in 1997 @ Mediaservice.net Srl, a vendor-neutral and well known security consulting company. His career also includes working as HITB CFP Reviewer & Technical Board (Panel) at Hack in the box Jobs, Partner, Southern Europe and Africa Referent at TSTF.net Telecom Security Task Force and Speaker at APWG. Since 2003 he started cooperating with the UN agency “UNICRI” (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute) and nowadays his role at UNICRI is “Senior Advisor, Strategic Alliances and Cybercrime Issues, Technical Contact Officer”.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Raoul “Nobody” (his hacking name) Chiesa helps companies manage privacy & security related issues. His mission is to verify and improve the security posture of IT infrastructures and services on which core business depends. He explains and analyzes most of the false myths surrounding the hacker’s world and tells you some of the funny things that have happened along the way, trying to let the audience deeply understand such a complex and constantly changing phenomenon. He brings audiences into an unsual world, where today’s new Crime Lords, along with Governments and Military forces, are starting something never seen before, while “working” from two totally different PoWs and scenarios.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]With vast technical knowledge, Raoul Chiesa delivers fascinating and memorable presentations, backed up with quality content and examples of his experiences in yesterday’s and today’s cyber world.[/expand]
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