The Leading Speakers Bureau

Professor at the IESE Business School

Luis Maria Huete is a leading authority on management issues and is a specialist in the creation and development of profit enhancing business strategies. He is a best-selling author and has been a visiting professor at a number of prestigious universities and business schools throughout the world. In his most recent book, ’Clienting’, Luis explores low cost systematic processes aimed at gaining the loyalty of customers.

Leading Expert in Customer Value Management Strategies

[expand title=”In detail”] With a Degree in Law (1978), Master in Business Administration (IESE, 1982) and Doctor in Business Administration (Boston University, 1988); his doctoral thesis was given an academy prize by the Decision Sciences Institute of Atlanta, Georgia, as the best doctoral thesis completed in the year 1988 in the United States.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Luis is able to offer decision makers from all fields the ideal business strategies for their organisations aimed specifically at creating customer loyalty and consequently customer driven profitability.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]An accomplished teacher, Luis is an energetic and motivating speaker who captivates audiences with his information-filled and enlightening presentations.[/expand]
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World’s Leading Futurist, a proven and powerful forecaster on the global economy

John Naisbitt is widely acknowledged as the World’s Leading Futurist. John is currently professor at Nankai University, Yunnan University, Yunnan Normal University and Tianjin University of Finance and Economics. He is also the Chairman of the Naisbitt China Institute. Based on the research of the institute, John is currently working on an analysis of China’s key economic, cultural and political transformations and their impact on the global business landscape.

A proven and powerful forecaster on the global economy

[expand title=”In detail”] He has become the global philosopher among futurists, as much in the limelight with worldwide corporations as he is a calming influence among leading politicians. He served as a presidential appointee in the John F. Kennedy administration and as a special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson. Since the global success of Megatrends and the 12 books that followed, he has travelled around the globe several times a year and has spoken to almost all the major corporations of the world. He is the recipient of 17 honorary doctorates in the humanities, technology and science.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]With his articulate and inspiring message, John has become the global philosopher among futurists. John Naisbitt’s goal is to help his audience to step back from short term disruptions, alternating favoured business theories and practices and create a picture of the fundamental restructuring that is taking place in the world today. A sense of the near future allows us to create and communicate a vision, based on the demands and needs to come.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]John Naisbitt is a highly thought-provoking speaker, who delivers far sighted and accurate predictions and offers a concentrated picture of what the future holds.[/expand]
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Foremost Futurist and speaker on the future of Business

Dr. Michio Kaku is one of the most widely recognised scientists in the world today. A theoretical physicist, futurist and Professor of theoretical physics, Michio is the co-founder of string field theory and continues Einstein’s search for a “Theory of Everything”. Seeking to unify the four fundamental forces of the universe—the strong force, the weak force, gravity and electromagnetism. He has hosted several major TV specials, such as Sci Fi Science, Time and Visions of the Future and 2057. He has written for popular science publications and several of his books are ‘New York Times’ and world-wide best sellers, including ‘Physics of the Future’, and ‘Physics of the Impossible’.

‘You have to realise that most of science is not done by direct experiment at all.’ Michio Kaku

[expand title=”In detail”] He holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York, where he has taught for over 25 years. He has also been a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, as well as New York University (NYU). He is the author of several scholarly, Ph.D. level textbooks and has had more than 70 articles published in physics journals, covering topics such as superstring theory, supergravity, supersymmetry, and hadronic physics. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]AUsing the cutting edge research of today’s foremost scientists, Michio explores the science of tomorrow: computers, artificial intelligence, reshaping our genetic inheritance. He explains how science is opening entirely new avenues for society and organisations at large and provides valuable advice on how to prepare for change. Michio’s research directly impacts on the world of business, finance, and the economy. He interviewed over 300 of the world’s top scientists for his NY Times best seller, Physics of the Future, to give the most accurate description of the next 20, 50, and even 100 years.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A mesmerising and humorous speaker, he conveys a contagious sense of the wonders of science at the most prestigious conferences world-wide. Fantastic visuals captivate audiences.[/expand]
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Author and Acclaimed Contemporary Historian

Professor Timothy Garton Ash is an internationally acclaimed historian, commentator and best-selling author. Having charted the spectacular transformation of Europe over the last quarter century, his current work focuses on the emerging geopolitical triangle between Europe, the United States and Asia, and on how we can avoid a “Clash of Civilizations” with Islam. He is Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford, Isaiah Berlin Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

Timothy features in Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people

[expand title=”In detail”] Prof. Garton Ash’s honours include the David Watt Memorial Prize, Commentator of the Year in the ‘What the Papers Say’ annual awards for 1989, the Premio Napoli, the Imre Nagy Memorial Plaque, the Hoffmann von Fallersleben Prize for political writing, the Order of Merit from Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic, and the British CMG. In 2005, he featured in a list of 100 top global public intellectuals chosen by the journals Prospect and Foreign Policy, and in Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people. In 2006, he was awarded the George Orwell Prize for political writing.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Timothy offers audiences his expert views on exactly why the United States can never rule the world on its own, why the new, enlarged Europe can only realise its aspirations in a larger, transatlantic community and why the conflicts in the Middle East and the rise of Asia can only be addressed by a wider community of democracies. Sweeping historical insight related in his own conversational style, help his incisive commentary on world affairs stand apart from its competitors.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A compelling and enlightening speaker, few historians match Timothy Garton Ash for his combination of clarity and reportorial brilliance. His superlative presentations defy conventional wisdom and challenge contemporary thinking.[/expand]
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Author and Internationally Renowned Business, IT Strategist

Peter Keen is a professor, adviser to senior management in business and government organizations, a prolific writer and executive educator. He is regularly ranked as one of the top ten consultants in the world in IT. He is also renowned for his invaluable insights into corporate strategy, international business development and leadership issues. He is currently working closely with companies and universities in Mexico, Singapore, Australia, and the Netherlands.

“One of the top 100 business gurus in the world and thought leaders with impact”

[expand title=”In detail”] Peter has held faculty positions at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford with visiting professorships at Wharton, Duke, The University of Stockholm, Oxford University and the London Business School. He is a Professor at The Technical University of Delft, co-founder of the International Institute for the Advancement of Decision Support at the University of Nebraska and co-founder of the University of Maryland Supply Chain Management Center.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]A major area of his current research and consulting focuses on the opportunities and challenges of mobile technology: building the business models for a new generation of mobile value services, knowledge mobilization as organizational advantage, mobile supply chain management, and the use of mobile for social and economic development.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Authoritative and in depth, Peter is in great demand for his highly informative workshops and keynote lectures in which he provides practical and essential tools for business innovation[/expand]
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Authority on Western and Third World Economies

Hernando de Soto is currently President of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD) based in Lima, Peru. The ILD has been described as one of the most important think-tanks in the World and Mr de Soto as the “World’s Greatest Living Economist”. In 2004 he received Cato Institute’s the Milton Friedman Prize.

The World’s Greatest Living Economist

[expand title=”In detail”] Mr. de Soto was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1941 and did his post-graduate work at the ‘Institut Universitaire des Hautes Etudes Internationales’ in Geneva. He has served as an economist for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, as President of the Executive Committee of the Copper Exporting Countries Organisation (CIPEC), as Managing Director of Universal Engineering Corporation, as a principal of the Swiss Bank Corporation Consultant Group, and as a governor of Peru’s Central Reserve Bank.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]As his principle activity he designs and implements capital formation programmes aimed at strengthening the economy in developing countries in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Mr de Soto is widely regarded as one of the most influential development theoreticians of the last millennium and offers corporations the benefit of his wealth of experience.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A brilliant speaker and charismatic personality, Mr de Soto’s presentations are both entertaining and enlightening. [/expand]
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Professor of Information Management & Strategy , IMD, Switzerland

Dr. Donald Marchand is a world authority on demonstrating the business value of using information technology. His special research and teaching interests include how organizations and leaders use information and knowledge to collaborate and compete, how companies develop business models to leverage standardization and flexibility in processes and information systems locally, regionally and globally, and how leaders create organizations where people can fully share and act on what they know and discover what they do not know to learn and change closer to real time.

Champion of the formula for competitive advantage and superior business performance.

[expand title=”In detail”] A former Dean and Professor of Information Management at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University; before that, he founded and directed the Institute for Information Management, Technology and Policy in the College of Business Administration at the University of South Carolina. From 1997 – 2000, while Director of the IMD / Accenture Navigating Business Success research project, the largest externally funded Partnership Research Project at IMD, a new business performance predictor was discovered namely, ‘Information Orientation’, IO. He is Founder, Chairman and President of enterpriseIQ®, a leading business analytics company.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Donald Marchand is an international expert and popular speaker on the centrality of information management and technology to the competitive strategies of industries, companies and managers. He has been in the unique position of taking his ideas from research directly to management practice. He is a frequent and acclaimed speaker on a variety of compelling business topics at corporate seminars and conferences worldwide. Over the years, he has been an advisor and consultant to over 100 companies as well as public and not-for- profit organizations globally.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]With over 30 years experience gained in research, teaching and executive program development at IMD, he speaks in a clear and concise manner using real case studies to demonstrate the business value of using IT. [/expand]
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Bosnia Bob – Former UN Commander

Bob’s extensive experience of managing in the most challenging circumstances and his experience in policy-making at highest level during his two years as Chief of Policy at the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe make him ideally positioned to inspire today’s business leaders about strategic planning, effective leadership and teamwork.

[expand title=”In detail”] “Bosnia Bob” became a familiar face to television viewers around the world as he handled the intricacies of Balkan politics- crossing borders when he wasn’t supposed to, negotiating and manoeuvring his way to keep the peace, delivering much needed aid to the most lawless country that Europe had seen in many years.Commissioned into the British Army in 1969 after officer training he was sent to University where he took a First Class degree in International Politics and Strategy. Service as an intelligence officer in Northern Ireland led to his return for a further tour as an infantry company commander. He was the officer tasked with control and response to the Ballykelly bombing in 1982, gaining the personal commendation of the GOC Northern Ireland for his actions.

For the next seven years his appointments covered aspects of Operations at the Ministry of Defence and a spell at the Joint Services Staff College. He then became Military Assistant to the highest ranking NATO officer at NATO Headquarters. In 1991 he became the first British United Nations Commander in Bosnia.

He left the Army in 1995, joining a major London firm in their Political Affairs and Corporate Policy Division. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]From 1998 until 2001 Bob was Senior Vice President Europe for WorldSpace Corporation.

He is a frequent commentator on radio and television and captivates audiences around the globe with his insights on team management and effective leadership.[/expand]
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Senior Maverick at Wired Magazine

Kevin Kelly a technology visionary who has been reporting on the information technology revolution for the past 20 years. He was the founding Editor of Wired Magazine and is currently their Senior Maverick. In addition he is Editor and Publisher of the Cool Tools website, which gets one million visitors per month and Chairman of the Board of All Species Foundation.

“The Internet like a mirror. It reflects us rather than reforms us” Kevin Kelly

[expand title=”In detail”] From 1984-1990 he was publisher and editor of the Whole Earth Review, a journal of unorthodox technical news. He co-founded the ongoing Hackers’ Conference, and was involved with the launch of the WELL, a pioneering online service started in 1985. He helped launch Wired in 1993, and served as its Executive Editor until 1999. Kevin Kelly has no college or university degrees; however his writing appears in the New York Times, Esquire, The Economist and other periodicals. Among Kelly’s personal involvements is a campaign to make a full inventory of all living species on earth, an effort also known as the Linnaean enterprise. Earlier in life, he was a photographer in remote parts of Asia (instead of going to college), publishing his photographs in national magazines and recently in the photo art book Asia Grace.[/expand]

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In his content rich and groundbreaking presentations Kevin Kelly encapsulates and demystifies the future of business and economics. He talks in depth about the ways in which new technologies and the Internet are impacting the global economy and the opportunities they are also providing. Organisations around the world are reaping rich rewards by following his visionary and innovative strategies.[/expand]

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Kevin’s cutting edge presentations often bridge the gap between technology and philosophy. Unconventional in his approach, he has the ability to convey fascinating facts and his visions on the world of technology in a unique and highly thought-provoking manner. [/expand]
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Founder of Interdisciplinary Unit for Sustainable Economy and Professor of Anthropology and Economics

Prof. Dipak R. Pant advises governmental, non-governmental and business organizations on policy and planning issues for environmentally sustainable and socially sound development. A tireless world explorer, he is regarded as the pioneer of ‘Extreme Lands Program’ which conducts ethnographic field surveys, economic studies and collaborative economic and social development planning in the most marginal and difficult terrains of the world. He is credited with shaping the global development debate by linking social and environmental sustainability with market competitiveness through the strategic concept of ‘place-brand’.

“Italy’s leading speaker on sustainable economic development”

[expand title=”In detail”] In addition to his role as the leader of Interdisciplinary Unit for Sustainable Economy and Extreme Lands Program, he lectures on sustainability issues, development planning and global human security issues in some West European, Chinese and US scientific institutions. His field experience, insight and informed perspective are regularly sought by the business community, scientific organizations, governments and NGOs.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]By exploring vastness, diversity and complexity of human conditions in our world that is ever getting closer by transportation, technology and economic globalization, he clearly conveys the far reaching implications for organizations, communities and nations. He explains how unprecedented risks, challenges, and opportunities are emerging out of the global churning of eco-systems, ethnic identities and economies. The originality and freshness of his first-hand real-life experience and the profoundness of his reflections and vision are unparalleled.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]A lively and fluid speaker, Prof. Pant is deeply thoughtful and simple and uses comprehensible common terminology.[/expand]
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