This is a list of members of the Forum of Young Global Leaders by their year of induction. Each member is asked to join the forum for a five year period. Members the first year were identified with one of six categories: business, political, intellectual, arts and culture, societal, and opinion.

Business

• Pravin Trambak Tayde - Managing Director, Microtherm India Private Limited, subsidiary of Microtherm Germany
• Shai Agassi
  Shai Agassi
  Shai Agassi is an Israeli entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Better Place, which has developed a model and infrastructure for employing electric cars as an alternative to fossil fuel technology. Agassi was President of the Products and Technology Group at SAP AG...
  
   - Germany, SAP
  SAP AG
  SAP AG is a German software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Headquartered in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg, with regional offices around the world, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software...
  
  
• Bandar Bin Khalid Al Faisal - Saudi Arabia
  Saudi Arabia
  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
  
  , Al-Watan
  Al-Watan (Saudi Arabia)
  Al-Watan is a leading reformist newspaper in Saudi Arabia. The main production centre is at Abha in the south of the country, close to the Yemen border.-External links:*...
  
   newspaper
• Michael R Alexander - Latin America, Asia Pacific Banking Group (APBG) Partner
• Mohammed K.A. Al Faisal - Saudi Arabia
  Saudi Arabia
  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
  
  , Al Faisaliah Group Holding
• Assilah Z. Al-Harthy - Oman
  Oman
  Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...
  
  , Oman Oil Company
  Oman Oil Company
  The Oman Oil Company is a national oil investment company of Oman. It is wholly owned by the Government of the Sultanate of Oman. Creation of the Oman Oil Company was proposed in 1992 and the company was established in 1996. The chief executive officer of the company is Ahmed Al-Wahaibi...
  
   Corporate Affairs
• Abiodun Pedro- click pr consultancy CEO
• Mike Adenuga-Globacom Nigeria company Chairman
• Tushar Mehendale - India, Electromech Material Handling Systems India Pvt. Ltd. Director
• Ayodele Onafeko-Woodstock Electronics CEO
• Barry Appleton - Canada, Appleton and Associates International Lawyers Partner
• Matteo Arpe - Italy, Capitalia
  Capitalia
  Capitalia was an Italian banking group headquartered in Rome. Capitalia was formed in July 2002 in a merger of Banca di Roma, Bipop-Carire, and Banco di Sicilia...
  
   CEO
• Rajiv Bajaj - India, Bajaj Auto
  Bajaj Auto
  Bajaj Auto is a major Indian vehicle manufacturer started by Jamnalal Bajaj from Rajasthan in the 1930s. It is based in Pune, Maharashtra, with plants in Chakan , Waluj and Pantnagar in Uttaranchal. The oldest plant at Akurdi now houses the R&D centre Ahead...
  
   Director
• Charlene Begley - USA, General Electric Rail CEO
• Marc Benioff
  Marc Benioff
  Marc Russell Benioff is Chairman & CEO of salesforce.com, a cloud computing company.Benioff started salesforce.com in March 1999 in a rented San Francisco apartment and defined its mission as The End of Software...
  
   - USA, Salesforce.com
  Salesforce.com
  Salesforce.com is an enterprise cloud computing company headquartered in San Francisco that distributes business software on a subscription basis. Salesforce.com hosts the applications off-site...
  
   Chairman/CEO
• Kumar Mangalam Birla
  Kumar Mangalam Birla
  Kumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian industrialist and the Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerate corporations in India. He is also the Chancellor of the Birla Institute of Technology & Science.-Education and career:...
  
   - India, Aditya Birla Group
  Aditya Birla Group
  The Aditya Birla Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Mumbai, India. It operates in 33 countries with more than 133,000 employees worldwide...
  
   Chairman
• Thor Bjorgolfsson - Iceland
  Iceland
  Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
  
  , Actavis
  Actavis
  Actavis is an international generic pharmaceutical company based in Iceland that was founded in 1956 as Pharmaco. Listed on the Icelandic Stock Exchange until 2007, it was taken private by Novator Partners, an investment vehicle of the chairman Björgólfur Thor Björgólfsson.In the late 1990s,...
  
   Chairman
• Sergey Brin
  Sergey Brin
  Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin is a Russian-born American computer scientist and internet entrepreneur who, with Larry Page, co-founded Google, one of the largest internet companies. , his personal wealth is estimated to be $16.7 billion....
  
   - USA, Google
  Google
  Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
  
  , Co-Founder/President
• William F. Browder
  William Browder
  William Felix Browder is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of the investment fund Hermitage Capital Management.-Hermitage Capital:...
  
   - Russian Federation, Hermitage Capital Management
  Hermitage Capital Management
  Hermitage Capital Management is an investment fund and asset management company specializing in Russian markets founded by Bill Browder and Edmond Safra...
  
   CEO
• Roy Brandon Burgess - USA, NBC Universal
  NBC Universal
  NBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company engaged in the production and marketing of entertainment, news, and information products and services to a global customer base...
  
   Biz-Dev XVP
• Amy Butte - USA, New York Stock Exchange
  New York Stock Exchange
  The New York Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at 13.39 trillion as of Dec 2010...
  
   XVP/CFO
• Angel Cabrera
  Thunderbird School of Global Management
  Thunderbird School of Global Management is a private business school whose main campus is located in Glendale, Arizona. Founded in 1946 by retired U.S...
  
   - USA, Spain Thunderbird School of Global Management
  Thunderbird School of Global Management
  Thunderbird School of Global Management is a private business school whose main campus is located in Glendale, Arizona. Founded in 1946 by retired U.S...
  
   President
• Lisa Caputo
  Lisa Caputo
  For the astronaut see Lisa Caputo Nowak.Lisa Caputo is currently Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Corporate Affairs for Citigroup. She has been has been Founder, Chairman and CEO of Citi's Women & Co. business since January 2000...
  
   - USA, Women and Co. President/CEO
• Nigel M.K. Chanakira - Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
  
  , Kingdom Financial Holdings Founder
• Tianqiao Chen - China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  , Shanda Interactive Entertainment CEO
• Alvin V. Cheeks - USA, ClinDev Global Inc. Chairman/President/CEO
• Mitsuru Claire Chino - Japan, Itochu Corporation Counsel
• Jean-Charles Decaux - France, JCDecaux
  JCDecaux
  JCDecaux Group is a multinational corporation based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, that is active primarily in advertising....
  
   Chairman
• LaMae Allen deJongh - USA, Accenture
  Accenture
  Accenture plc is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company headquartered in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. It is the largest consulting firm in the world and is a Fortune Global 500 company. As of September 2011, the company had more than 236,000 employees across...
  
   Partner
• Olga K. Dergunova - Russian Federation, Microsoft
  Microsoft
  Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
  
   Regional Chair
• James Ding - China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  , AsiaInfo Technologies Chairman
• Bozidar Djelic - Serbia
  Serbia
  Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
  
  , Altis Consulting President
• Nobuo Domae - Japan, Fast Retailing Co. XVP
• Suzanne Donohoe - UK, Goldman Sachs Asset Management Europe Co-Head
• Fang Xinghai - China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  , Shanghai Stock Exchange
  Shanghai Stock Exchange
  The Shanghai Stock Exchange , abbreviated as 上证所/上證所 or 上交所, is a stock exchange that is based in the city of Shanghai, China. It is one of the two stock exchanges operating independently in the People's Republic of China, the other is the Shenzhen Stock Exchange...
  
   Dep. CEO
• Anthony Francis Fernandes - Malaysia, AirAsia
  AirAsia
  AirAsia Berhad is a Malaysian-based low-cost airline. AirAsia is Asia's largest low-fare, no-frills airline and a pioneer of low-cost travel in Asia. AirAsia group operates scheduled domestic and international flights to over 400 destinations spanning 25 countries. Its main hub is the Low-Cost...
  
   CEO
• Sulajja F. Firodia Motwani - India, Kinetic Engineering Director
• Miguel R. Forbes - USA, Forbes
  Forbes
  Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
  
   VP
• Scott J. Freidheim
  Scott J. Freidheim
  Scott Jon Freidheim is Chief Executive Officer, Europe for Investcorp International Ltd. He was previously an Executive Vice President, President Kenmore, Craftsman & Diehard for Sears Holdings and CAO, and Executive Vice President of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.Freidheim was born in Dearborn,...
  
   - USA, Sears Holdings Corporation
  Sears Holdings Corporation
  Sears Holdings Corporation is a retail conglomerate formed in 2005 by the merger of Sears, Roebuck and Co., of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, with Kmart Holdings Corporation, of Troy, Michigan...
  
   EVP
• Helen Greiner
  Helen Greiner
  Helen Greiner is the co-founder of iRobot and currently CEO of CyPhyWorks.-Career:Helen Greiner holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's degree in computer science, both from MIT...
  
   - USA, iRobot Corporation Chairman
• Andrea Guerra - Italy, Luxottica Group CEO
• Isabelle Guichot - France, Van Cleef and Arpels CEO
• Michelle Guthrie - Hong Kong
  Hong Kong
  Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
  
  , STAR Group CEO
• Stelios Haji-Ioannou
  Stelios Haji-Ioannou
  Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou , born 14 February 1967) is a British entrepreneur of Greek Cypriot origin, currently a resident of Monaco. He is the scion of a wealthy, shipowning family, but is best known for setting up easyJet, a highly successful and profitable low-cost airline, with start-up funds...
  
   - UK, easyGroup
  EasyGroup
  EasyGroup , founded in 1998, is a conglomerate & the holding company controlling the "easy" ventures; it is privately owned by Stelios Haji-Ioannou....
  
   Chairman
• Sahar Hashemi
  Sahar Hashemi
  Sahar Hashemi is a successful business woman who co-founded the coffee chain Coffee Republic with her brother Bobby Hashemi and low calorie sweets brand Skinny Candy. Sahar left Coffee Republic in 2001 to write bestselling book: “Anyone Can do It”...
  
   - UK, Coffee Republic
  Coffee Republic
  Coffee Republic is a British coffee bar and deli franchise chain founded in 1995.- History :* 1995Coffee Republic is founded by brother and sister team Bobby and Sahar Hashemi, opening its first site in London's South Molton Street.* 1996...
  
   Co-Founder
• Mellody Hobson
  Mellody Hobson
  Mellody Hobson is the president of Ariel Investments, LLC, a Chicago investment firm managing over $3 billion in assets. It is also one of the largest African American-owned money management and mutual fund companies in the United States. She is also the Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of...
  
   - USA, Ariel Capital Management President
• Howard I. Hoffen - USA, Metalmark Capital
  Metalmark Capital
  Metalmark Capital, formerly Morgan Stanley Capital Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout investments in middle-market companies across a range of industries. Metalmark was acquired by Citigroup Alternative Investments in December 2007....
  
   Chairman/CEO
• Kazutomo Robert Hori - Japan, CYBIRD CEO
• Kashif Naveed - Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
  , KN Holdings CEO
• Esam Janahi - Bahrain
  Bahrain
  ' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
  
  , Gulf Finance House
  Gulf Finance House
  Gulf Finance House is an Islamic investment bank with headquarters in Bahrain Financial Harbour, Bahrain.Gulf Finance House was Euromoneys "Best Islamic Real Estate Finance House" in 2005 and Arabian Businesss "Bank of the Year" in 2006....
  
   CEO
• Steve Jurvetson
  Steve Jurvetson
  Steven T. "Steve" Jurvetson is a Managing Director of Draper Fisher Jurvetson . He was a Venture Capitalist investor in Hotmail, Interwoven, and Kana...
  
   - USA, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
  Draper Fisher Jurvetson
  Draper Fisher Jurvetson is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $7 billion in capital commitments....
  
   Director
• Georges Kern
  Georges Kern
  Life and background=Georges Kern studied Political Science in Strasbourg, France, and obtained a degree in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland...
  
   - Switzerland, International Watch Company
  International Watch Company
  International Watch Co, also known as IWC, is a high-end Swiss watch manufacturer located in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. IWC is an active member of the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH....
  
   (IWC) CEO
• Uday Harsh Khemka - UK, SUN Group
  Sun Group
  Sun Group is a business conglomerate, which is based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The group is founded by the DMK Chief Dr. Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi and now owned and headed by Indian billionaire Kalanithi Maran and his family members including his wife Kaveri Maran. In a short span, Sun Group's...
  
   Director
• Naguib Kheraj - UK, Barclays Bank Group Finance Director
• Taek-Jin Kim - S.Korea, NCSoft
  NCsoft
  NCsoft is a South Korea-based online video game company, which has published massively multiplayer online role-playing games including Lineage, City of Heroes, Wildstar, Exteel, Guild Wars and Aion.-History:...
  
   President/CEO
• Mi-Hyung Kim - S.Korea, Kumho Asiana Business Group XVP
• Ali Y. Koç
  Koç family
  The Koç family is a Turkish dynasty of business people founded by Vehbi Koç, one of the wealthiest self-made people in Turkey. His grandsons, the third generation of the Koç family, today run Turkey’s largest and prestigious group of companies....
  
   - Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
  , Koç Holding
  Koç Holding
  Koç Holding A.Ş. is the top industrial conglomeratein Turkey. The Koç family, one of Turkey's wealthiest families, controls the company with its headquarter in Nakkaştepe, Istanbul...
  
   President
• Sallie Krawcheck
  Sallie Krawcheck
  Sallie L. Krawcheck , is the former president of the Global Wealth & Investment Management division of Bank of America. GWIM includes Merrill Lynch and U.S. Trust, the largest wealth management business in the world at $2.3 trillion in client assets...
  
   - USA, Citigroup
  Citigroup
  Citigroup Inc. or Citi is an American multinational financial services corporation headquartered in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. Citigroup was formed from one of the world's largest mergers in history by combining the banking giant Citicorp and financial conglomerate...
  
   CFO
• Aerin Lauder - USA, Estée Lauder
  Estée Lauder Companies
  Estée Lauder Companies, Inc. is a manufacturer and marketer of prestige skincare, makeup, fragrance and hair care products. The company has its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.-History:...
  
   SVP
• Jae-Woong Lee - S.Korea, Daum Communications President/CEO
• Victor Li Tzar-kuoi - Hong Kong
  Hong Kong
  Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
  
  , Cheung Kong Holdings Director
• Ma Yun (Jack Ma) - China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  , Alibaba.com
  Alibaba.com
  Alibaba Group is a privately owned Hangzhou, China-based family of Internet-based businesses that includes online marketplaces that facilitate business-to-business international and domestic China trade, retail and payment platforms, a shopping search engine, and data-centric cloud computing...
  
   CEO
• Ayisi Makatiani
  Ayisi Makatiani
  Ayisi Makatiani is the Managing Partner and CEO of which manages the Fanisi Venture Capital Fund for investing in East Africa . Makatiani has been featured in The Economist, Fortune , CNN, NHK, BBC, Financial Times and has been voted several times by his peers as the most respected CEO in East...
  
   - Kenya
  Kenya
  Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
  
  , Gallium Capital Partners CEO
• Misa Matsuzaki - Japan, Agasta President/CEO
• Donald A. Mattrick - Canada, EA Worldwide Studios
  Electronic Arts
  Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...
  
   President
• Mark P. Mays
  Mark Mays
  Mark P. Mays is the president and CEO of Clear Channel Communications, Inc., a global media and entertainment company based in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Mays took over as president and CEO in October 2004, after serving the company in other roles. Mays holds a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in Math...
  
   - USA, Clear Channel Communications
  Clear Channel Communications
  Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
  
   President/CEO
• Lorenzo Mendoza
  Lorenzo Mendoza
  Lorenzo Mendoza Giménez oversees Venezuela's largest privately held company, $ 4 billion Empresas Polar. He is the son of Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Quintero and Leonor Giménez Pocaterra.-Early life:...
  
   - Venezuela
  Venezuela
  Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
  
  , Empresas Polar
  Empresas Polar
  Empresas Polar is a Venezuelan corporation, that started as a brewery founded in 1941 by Lorenzo Alejandro Mendoza Fleury in Antímano, Caracas. It is the largest and best known brewery in Venezuela, but has since long diversified to an array of industries, mostly related to food processing and...
  
   CEO
• Paul Meyer
  Paul Meyer
  Marie-Paul-Hyacinthe Meyer , was a French philologist.-Biography:Meyer was born in Paris and educated at the Lycée Louis le Grand and the École des Chartes, specializing in the Romance languages....
  
   - USA, Voxiva
  Voxiva
  Voxiva, INC. is a privately owned, global provider of mobile solutions. Voxiva leverages the world’s 5 billion mobile phones to communicate and interact with people to help them live healthier lives...
  
   President/CEO
• Hiroshi Mikitani - Japan, Rakuten
  Rakuten
  operates and manages business to consumer electronic commerce site, Rakuten Ichiba, and consumer to consumer auction site, Rakuten Freemarket. Its business is centered in Japan, although it has began international expansion through acquisitions. The chief executive officer is Hiroshi Mikitani...
  
   President/CEO
• Axel Miller
  Axel Miller
  Axel Miller is a Belgian businessman. From January 2006 to September 2008, he was chief executive officer and chairman of the Management Board of Dexia S.A...
  
   - Belgium, Dexia Bank Belgium Chairman
• Aditya Mittal
  Aditya Mittal
  Aditya Mittal is a CFO, Responsible for Flat Americas, Mergers and Acquisitions , Investor Relations, Strategy and Communications of the world's largest steel firm ArcelorMittal, which is controlled by his father Lakshmi Mittal, who was ranked the fifth richest person in the world by Forbes in...
  
   - UK, Mittal Steel Company
  Mittal Steel Company
  Mittal Steel Company N.V. was one of the world's largest steel producers by volume, and also one of the largests in turnover. The company is now part of ArcelorMittal....
  
   President/CFO
• Gugu Moloi - South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  , Umgeni Water, CEO
• Christian Mumenthaler - Switzerland, Swiss Re Group Chief Risk Officer
• Papa Ndiaye - Senegal
  Senegal
  Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
  
  , Emerging Markets Partnership Director
• Curtis Nelson
  Curtis Nelson
  Curtis Alexander Nelson is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Plymouth Argyle.-Playing career:Nelson spent seven years with Stoke City as an apprentice before being released in February 2009. He joined Plymouth Argyle two months later...
  
   - USA, Carlson Companies
  Carlson Companies
  Carlson is a privately held international corporation in the hotel, restaurant, and travel industries. Headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota, near Minneapolis, Carlson brands and services, including franchised operations, employ more than 170,000 people in more than 150 countries and territories...
  
   COO
• Nicky Newton-King - South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  , JSE Securities Exchange Dep. CEO
• Bill Nguyen
  Bill Nguyen
  Bill Nguyen is a technology entrepreneur who founded Lala.com, Color, and Onebox.-Life:He grew up in Houston, the son of Vietnamese immigrants whom he says he consistently disappointed. They wanted him to score A's. Instead, he scored an unpredictable mix of A's and F's, and earned a 1.4 grade...
  
   - USA, Seven Networks
  SEVEN Networks
  SEVEN Networks, Inc. is a privately funded American corporation founded in 2000. Headquartered in Redwood City, CA, SEVEN develops and markets a push-based software platform and applications, which include SEVEN Mobile Applications, Push Notifications and Open Channel...
  
   Founder/CEO
• Juan Jose Nieto - Spain, Palmera Capital y Servicio Chairman/CEO
• Tony O'Reilly, Jr. - UK, Wedgwood
  Wedgwood
  Wedgwood, strictly speaking Josiah Wedgwood and Sons, is a pottery firm owned by KPS Capital Partners, a private equity company based in New York City, USA. Wedgwood was founded on May 1, 1759 by Josiah Wedgwood and in 1987 merged with Waterford Crystal to create Waterford Wedgwood, an...
  
   CEO
• Godwin N. Obaseki - Nigeria
  Nigeria
  Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
  
  , Securities Transactions and Trust Company Founder/CEO
• Jonathan Oppenheimer - South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  , De Beers Consolidated Mines Director
• Larry Page - USA, Google
  Google
  Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
  
   Co-Founder
• Pescarmona, Lucas E. - Argentina
  Argentina
  Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
  
  , Mercantil Andina Compania de Seguros President
• Alejandro Ramirez - Mexico, Organización Ramírez COO
• Nazir Razak
  Nazir Razak
  Dato' Seri Mohd Nazir bin Tun Abdul Razak is a Malaysian banking executive. He is the managing director and chief executive of CIMB Group, one of the largest financial services providers in Malaysia...
  
   - Malaysia, Commerce International Merchant Bankers CEO
• Marcel S. Reichart - Germany, Hubert Burda Media Marketing and Communications Director
• Anne Richards - UK, Aberdeen Asset Management
  Aberdeen Asset Management
  Aberdeen Asset Management plc is an international investment management group, managing assets for both institutions and private investors from offices around the world. Its head office is in Aberdeen, Scotland. The company is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.-History:The company was...
  
   CIO
• Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui - Mexico, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, IGNIA. Chairman, Compartamos SAB
• Nathaniel Philip Rothschild
  Nathaniel Philip Rothschild
  Nathaniel Philip Victor James Rothschild , also known as Nat, is a British-born financier who has settled in Switzerland, and a scion of the prominent Rothschild family. He is the Chairman of "JNR Limited", an investment advisory business primarily focused on emerging markets and the metals, mining...
  
   - UK, Atticus Capital Co-Chairman
• Ferit Sahenk
  Ferit Sahenk
  Ferit Şahenk is Chairman of Turkey's Doğuş Holding conglomerate and one of the country's wealthiest individuals, with a personal fortune estimated at USD$ 2.0 billion.-Background:...
  
   - Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
  , Dogus Holding
  Dogus Holding
  Doğuş Holding A.Ş. is one of the top three largest private-sector conglomerates in Turkey, with a portfolio of 25 companies that cross industry verticals, including one of Turkey's largest banks, Garanti Bank, as well as high-end Porsche, Audi, and Volkswagen dealerships, retail and food stores,...
  
   Chairman
• Oliver Samwer - Germany, Jamba!
  Jamba!
  Jamba! is a premium-rate monthly SMS mobile phone content provider, based in Berlin, Germany. In China and the company's English-speaking markets—currently Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States—the company operates under the name...
  
   Co-Founder/CEO
• Domenico Scala - Switzerland, Syngenta
  Syngenta
  Syngenta AG is a large global Swiss agribusiness company which notably markets seeds and pesticides. Syngenta is involved in biotechnology and genomic research. The company is a leader in crop protection, and ranks third in total sales in the commercial agricultural seeds market. Sales in 2010 were...
  
   CFO
• Olivier Sichel - France, France Télécom
  France Télécom
  France Telecom S.A. is the main telecommunications company in France, the third-largest in Europe and one of the largest in the world. It currently employs about 180,000 people and has 192.7 million customers worldwide . In 2010 the group had revenue of €45.5 billion...
  
   XVP
• Malvinder Mohan Singh
  Malvinder Mohan Singh
  Malvinder Mohan Singh is the son of Dr. Parvinder Singh, and is the former Chairman and CEO of Ranbaxy Laboratories. He is the grandson of Bhai Mohan Singh, the founder of Ranbaxy. He and his brother Shivinder Singh are among the top twenty richest Indians in the world...
  
   - India, Ranbaxy Laboratories
  Ranbaxy Laboratories
  Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited is a pharmaceutical company that was incorporated in India in 1961. The company went public in 1973 and Japanese pharmaceutical company Daiichi Sankyo gained majority control in 2008...
  
   President
• Jonathan Soros - USA, Soros Fund Management
  Soros Fund Management
  Soros Fund Management LLC is an American, privately held, hedge fund management firm founded in 1969 by George Soros. In 2010 it was reported to be one of the most profitable firms in the hedge fund industry, averaging a 20% annual rate of return over four decades.-Overview:Soros Fund Management...
  
  
• Martin South - UK, Zurich International Businesses CEO
• Jacek Szwajcowski - Poland, Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna President/CEO
• Jon S. Tetzchner
  Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner
  Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner is the founder and former CEO of Opera Software. He and Geir Ivarsøy were part of a research group at the Norwegian state phone company where they developed browsing software called MultiTorg Opera...
  
   - Norway, Opera Software
  Opera Software
  Opera Software ASA is a Norwegian software company, primarily known for its Opera family of web browsers with over 220 million users worldwide. Opera Software is also involved in promoting Web standards through participation in the W3C. The company has its headquarters in Oslo, Norway and is...
  
   CEO
• Beatrice Trussardi - Italy, Trussardi Group CEO
• Wang Sing - Hong Kong
  Hong Kong
  Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
  
  , TOM Group
  TOM Group
  TOM Group Limited is a Chinese-language media company in the Greater China region, with business interests across markets in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong...
  
   CEO
• Arzuhan Yalçindag
  Arzuhan Yalçindag
  Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ, née Doğan, is the daughter of the Turkish media proprietor Aydın Doğan and a businesswoman. On January 1, 2010, she became the chairwoman of the Doğan Holding as her father stepped down...
  
   - Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
  , Kanal D
  Kanal D
  Kanal D is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey and part of Doğan Holding which is owned by the Turkish media tycoon Aydın Doğan.Kanal D also runs an international channel, Euro D which is available online....
  
   CEO
• Yoon Suk-Mynn - S.Korea, SBS Seoul Broadcasting System
• Zennström, Niklas
  Niklas Zennström
  Niklas Zennström is an entrepreneur best known for founding several high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis including Skype and Kazaa. More recently he founded the investment group Atomico and has become a significant figurehead for entrepreneurs in the tech sector.-Career:Zennström started...
  
   - UK, Skype
  Skype
  Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
  
  
• Zhang, Charles C.Y. - China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  , Sohu.com CEO
• Zhang Xin
  Zhang Xin (businesswoman)
  Zhang Xin is a businesswoman from Mainland China. Presently, she is the CEO of SOHO China, the largest real estate developer in Beijing.Her parents returned to China from Burma in the fifties and worked as translators at the Bureau of Foreign Languages...
  
   - China
  People's Republic of China
  China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
  
  , SOHO China
  SOHO China
  SOHO China Limited , founded in 1995, is the largest real-estate developer in Beijing, China . The company is incorporated in Cayman Islands. The founders are Pan Shiyi , a former Oil Ministry employee, and his wife Zhang Xin , a former Goldman Sachs employee...
  
  
• Zungu, Sandile - South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  , Denel
  Denel
  Denel Ltd is a South African state owned aerospace and defence technology conglomerate established in 1991. It was created when the manufacturing subsidiaries of Armscor were split off in order for Armscor to become the procurement agency for South African Defence Force , now known as the South...
  
   Chairman
• De la Espriella,Fernando - Florida
  Florida
  Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
  
  , De La Espriella Enterprises, Inc. CEO
• J. Prathuesh - Chennai
  Chennai
  Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
  
  , India, Ticketsbingo.com, CEO

Political

All posts held, unless otherwise stated, as of early 2005

• Salaheddin Al-Bashir - Minister of Justice, Jordan
  Jordan
  Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
  
  
• Zeid Raad Al-Hussein - Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Jordan to the UN, Permanent Mission of Jordan, Jordan
  Jordan
  Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
  
  
• Milinda Moragoda
  Milinda Moragoda
  Asoka Milinda Moragoda is a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He is Opposition Leader of the Colombo Municipal Council and was, until recently, a Senior Adviser to President Mahinda Rajapakse. He was a former Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament representing the Colombo District...
  
   - Sri Lanka's Minister of Tourism and served as Minister for Economic Reforms, Science and Technology as well as Deputy Minister for Plan Implementation and Development
• Fabrice Seiman - Adviser to the Minister for the Budget, Government Spokesperson, France
• Maria Consuelo Araujo
  Maria Consuelo Araujo
  María Consuelo Araújo Castro is a Colombian politician. In 2006 she was appointed Minister of Foreign Relations of the government of President Álvaro Uribe Vélez...
  
   - Minister of Culture
  Minister of culture
  A culture minister is a Cabinet position in some governments responsible for protecting the national heritage of a country and promoting cultural expression....
  
  , Colombia
  Colombia
  Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
  
  
• Paul Thumbi Kirehu (P.K. Thumbi) - CEO Access Media International (AMI), Programe Associate Media and communications NCEC, Alumni Political Leadership Developmernt Programe (PLDP) - Kenya
• Keiichiro Asao
  Keiichiro Asao
  is a Japanese politician of Your Party, formerly of the Democratic Party of Japan . He was expelled from the DPJ after announcing he would run for a district seat in Kanagawa during the 2009 General election....
  
   - member of House of Councillors of Japan
• Bassem I. Awadallah - Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Jordan
  Jordan
  Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
  
  
• Ali Babacan
  Ali Babacan
  Ali Babacan is a Turkish politician and the current Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey responsible for the Economy. He was previously Minister of Economy in the 58th cabinet from the Justice and Development Party . On August 29, 2007, he was named Minister of Foreign Affairs of in the cabinet of...
  
   - Minister of State for the Economy, Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
  
• Edward Balls - MP for Normanton
  Normanton (UK Parliament constituency)
  Normanton was a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-Boundaries:...
  
  , Labour Party
  Labour Party (UK)
  The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
  
  , United Kingdom
• Scott Brison
  Scott Brison
  Scott A. Brison, PC, MP is a Canadian politician from Nova Scotia, Canada. Brison has been the Member of Parliament for the riding of Kings-Hants since the 1997 federal election. Brison was originally elected as a Progressive Conservative but crossed the floor to join the Liberal Party in 2003...
  
   - Minister of Public Works and Government Services, Canada
• Gabriel Chalita - author and Secretary of Education, State of São Paolo, Brazil
• Yvette Cooper
  Yvette Cooper
  Yvette Cooper is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 2010, having previously been MP for Pontefract and Castleford since 1997. She served in the Cabinet between 2008 and 2010. She is the Shadow Home Secretary...
  
   - Member of Parliament
  Parliament of the United Kingdom
  The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
  
  , House of Commons
  British House of Commons
  The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
  
  , United Kingdom
• Clayton Cosgrove
  Clayton Cosgrove
  Clayton James Cosgrove is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the Labour Party.-Early life:Cosgrove was born in Nelson, New Zealand. He received a BA, in American Studies and Political Science, from the University of Canterbury in 1992 and received an MBA in 1996...
  
   - Member of Parliament, New Zealand
• Lujaina Mohsin Haider Darwish - Member of the Consultative Council
  Consultative Assembly of Oman
  The Consultative Assembly has 83 elected members and it's the legislature of Oman. However, the monarch makes final selections and can negate election results. Oman doesn't allow political parties. Only non-partisans have been elected...
  
   (Majlis al-Shura), Oman
  Oman
  Oman , officially called the Sultanate of Oman , is an Arab state in southwest Asia on the southeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest. The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the...
  
  
• Thoko Didiza
  Thoko Didiza
  Angela Thoko Didiza is a South African politician. She became Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs on 17 June 1999 and is currently the Minister of Public Works....
  
   - Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs
  Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs (South Africa)
  The Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs was, from 1996 to 2009, a Minister of the Cabinet of South Africa, with responsibility for the Departments of Agriculture and Land Affairs. The portfolio was created in 1996 when the positions of Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Land Affairs were...
  
  , South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  
• Valdis Dombrovskis
  Valdis Dombrovskis
  Valdis Dombrovskis is the Prime Minister of Latvia. He previously served as Latvia's Minister of Finance and as a Member of the European Parliament for the New Era Party.-Education and science career:...
  
   - Member of the European Parliament
  European Parliament
  The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
  
  , Latvia
  Latvia
  Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
  
  
• Dvorkovich, Arkady - Head, Expert Department of the Russian President, Russian Federation
• Frederik André Henrik Christian (Frederik of Denmark) - Crown Prince of Denmark, Denmark
• Furukawa, Motohisa - Member of the House of Representatives of Japan
  House of Representatives of Japan
  The is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. The House of Councillors of Japan is the upper house.The House of Representatives has 480 members, elected for a four-year term. Of these, 180 members are elected from 11 multi-member constituencies by a party-list system of proportional representation,...
  
  
• Gandhi, Rahul
  Rahul Gandhi
  Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician and member of the parliament of India, representing the Amethi constituency. His political party is the Indian National Congress.-Early life and career:...
  
   - Congress Member, Parliament of India
  Parliament of India
  The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body in India. Founded in 1919, the Parliament alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all political bodies in India. The Parliament of India comprises the President and the two Houses, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha...
  
  , India,
• Jihyun Julianne Lee - Spokesperson, National Security Council, President's Office, Korea
• John Githongo
  John Githongo
  John Githongo is a former Kenyan journalist who investigated bribery and fraud in his home country and later, under the presidency of Mwai Kibaki, took on an official governmental position to fight corruption. In 2005 he left that position, later accusing top ministers of large-scale fraud...
  
   - Permanent Secretary for Governance, Office of the President, Kenya
  Kenya
  Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
  
  
• Haakon Magnus (Haakon Magnus of Norway) - Crown Prince of Norway, Norway
• Lily Habash - Special Assistant to the Bureau Chief, Office of the Prime Minister, Palestinian Authority
• Kepta Ombati - Chief executive officer, Youth Agenda Kenya

Societal

• Violet E. Awotwi - Founder and Executive Director, Women's Initiative for Self Empowerment, Ghana
  Ghana
  Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...
  
  
• Rodrigo Baggio - Executive Director, Center for Digital Inclusion
  Center for Digital Inclusion
  The Center for Digital inclusion is a nonprofit organization that uses technology to fight poverty and stimulate entrepreneurship. CDI and partners create community centers in low-income, rural, indigenous communities, hospitals, prisons, and psychiatric clinics...
  
  , Brazil
• Jennifer Corriero - Executive Director, TakingITGlobal
  TakingITGlobal
  TakingITGlobal, which is also known as TIG, is a charitable non-governmental organization focusing on global issues by promoting awareness and engagement among global youth. It was founded in 1999 in Toronto, Canada by Jennifer Corriero and Michael Furdyk, who are the Executive Director and...
  
  , Canada
• Diana Waituika - Founder and Deputy National Cordinator (World March of Women Kenya), Kenya

Intellectual

• Angela Belcher
  Angela Belcher
  Angela M. Belcher is a materials scientist, biological engineer, and W.M. Keck Professor of Energy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. She is director of the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT and a 2004 MacArthur Fellow.Belcher grew up in San...
  
   - Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
  
  , USA
• Afshin Molavi
  Afshin Molavi
  Afshin Molavi is an Iranian-American author and expert on global geo-political risk and geo-economics, particularly the Middle East and Asia. He is a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, where he is co-director of the World Economy Roundtable, an ambitious exercise to re-map the global...
  
   - Author and Journalist, New America Foundation
  New America Foundation
  The New America Foundation is a non-profit public policy institute and think tank with offices in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, CA. It was founded in 1999 by Ted Halstead, Sherle Schwenninger, Michael Lind and Walter Russell Mead....
  
  , USA
• Youusf] - Philosopher and Founder of New School of Thought in Philosophy, MetaExistence Organization, Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
  
• Beatrice Weder di Mauro
  Beatrice Weder di Mauro
  Beatrice Weder di Mauro is a Swiss economist. Since June 2004 she is a member of the German Council of Economic Experts, as the first woman and the first non-German in that council....
  
   - German Council of Economic Experts
  German Council of Economic Experts
  The German Council of Economic Experts or ' is a group of economists set up in 1963 to advise the German government and Parliament on economic policy issues. Every year the Council prepares the annual report which is published before or by November 15...
  
   and Professor of International Macroeconomics
  Macroeconomics
  Macroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of the whole economy. This includes a national, regional, or global economy...
  
  , University of Mainz, Germany
• Usman Khan (UK)

Arts and culture

• Nurul Arifin - actress, Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
  
  
• Daniela Mercury
  Daniela Mercury
  Daniela Mercury , is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Brazilian axé, samba-reggae and MPB singer, songwriter and record producer. Since her breakthrough, Mercury has become one of the best known Brazilian female singers, selling over 20 million albums worldwide...
  
   - singer, Brazil
• Nini Achinoam (Noa
  Noa
  -Name:*Noa is a popular traditional Hawaiian name, meaning "free" and "freedom". *Noa , is the most popular feminine Hebrew name, derived from a root that means "movement". Noa is a biblical name; she was one of the Daughters of Zelophehad...
  
  ) - singer/songwriter, More Productions Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
  

Opinion

• Matthew Anderson - Chief Executive, Asia Pacific, Europe, Africa and Middle East, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide, United Kingdom
• Thomas Crampton - Correspondent, International Herald Tribune
  International Herald Tribune
  The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
  
  /The New York Times
  The New York Times
  The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
  
  , Paris

Intellectuals

• Daron Acemoglu
  Daron Acemoglu
  Kamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian origin. He is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal. He is among the in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc...
  
  : Professor of Applied Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Payam Akhavan
  Payam Akhavan
  Payam Akhavan is a Professor of International Law at McGill University. He is the co-founder of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Centre in New Haven, Connecticut, an organization devoted to documenting human rights violations in Iran....
  
  : Professor of Law, McGill University Faculty of Law, Canada
• Michael R. Auslin: Assistant Professor of History, Yale University, USA
• Brian Behlendorf
  Brian Behlendorf
  Brian Behlendorf is a technologist, computer programmer, and an important figure in the open-source software movement. He was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the Apache Group, which later became the Apache...
  
  : Founder and Chief Technology Officer, CollabNet, USA
• María Blasco: Director, Molecular Oncology Programme, National Centre for Cancer Research (CNIO), Spain
• Angel Cabrera
  Angel Cabrera
  Ángel Cabrera is an Argentine professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and PGA Tour. He is known affectionately as "El Pato" in Spanish or in English as "The duck" for his waddling gait. He is a former U.S. Open champion and Masters champion. He is the first Argentine to win either...
  
  : President, Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management, USA
• Hilary Cottam
  Hilary Cottam
  Hilary Cottam is a design strategist and founder/ principal partner of Participle. She studied at Oxford, Sussex and the Open University.Participle, set up in 2007, is a small not- for- profit social enterprise that creates new types of public services addressing the big social challenges of our...
  
  : Founder and Partner, Participle
• Armen Darbinian: Chairman of the Board of Trustees, International Centre for Human Development (ICHD), Armenia
• Esther Duflo
  Esther Duflo
  Esther Duflo is a French economist, currently the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is also co-founder and the Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab...
  
  : Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Juan Carlos Eichholz Director, Center for Strategic Leadership, University Adolfo Ibañez, Chile
  Chile
  Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
  
  
• Larry Gaiters: Presiding Bishop & Prelate - Etaministries Worldwide, Inc. - Toronto, Canada]]
• Sergei Guriev
  Sergei Guriev
  Sergei Guriev is a Russian economist. He is currently a Morgan Stanley Professor of Economics and a Rector at the New Economic School in Moscow, Russia. He joined NES in 1998 focusing on research and teaching and became a full-time permanent faculty member in 1999. He became the school's Rector in...
  
  : CEO, Centre for Economic and Financial Research, Russia
• He Fan: Assistant Director, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
  Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
  The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences , established in 1977, is the premier and highest academic research organization in the fields of philosophy and social sciences as well as a national center for comprehensive studies in the People's Republic of China. It was described by Foreign Policy...
  
  , People's Republic of China
• Ayanna M. Howard
  Ayanna M. Howard
  Ayanna MacCalla Howard is an American roboticist and an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. To date, her unique accomplishments have been documented in more than a dozen featured articles...
  
  : Associate Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
• Mineko Kengaku: Laboratory Head, Laboratory for Neural Cell Polarity, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Japan
• Ivan Krastev
  Ivan Krastev
  Ivan Krastev is the Editor-in-Chief of the Bulgarian Edition of Foreign Policy, and Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 2004 Mr. Krastev has been the executive director of the International Commission on the Balkans chaired by the former Italian Prime Minister...
  
  : Chairman of the Board and Research Director, Centre for Liberal Strategies, Bulgaria
• Sedat Laçiner
  Sedat Laçiner
  Sedat Laçiner , academic, columnist and author, is a Turkish academic specialist on the Middle East and International Relations, with particular reference to Turkish foreign policy. Prof. Dr...
  
  : Director, International Strategic Research Organization
  International Strategic Research Organization
  The International Strategic Research Organization ) is a Turkish think tank, directed by Sedat Laciner.ISRO believes that the study of international relations "suffers from limited Western-centric understanding and needs different approaches"...
  
   (USAK-ISRO), Turkey
• Corinna E. Lathan
  Corinna E. Lathan
  Corinna E. Lathan is the founder and CEO of AnthroTronix, an R&D robotics firm located in Silver Spring, Maryland. She received a BS in Biopsychology and Mathematics from Swarthmore College, a MS in Astronautics, and Ph.D. in Neuroscience from MIT...
  
  : Founder and CEO, Anthrotronix Inc., USA
• Martin Nowak
  Martin Nowak
  Martin A. Nowak is Professor of Biology and Mathematics and Director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics at Harvard University.-Career:Martin Nowak studied biochemistry and mathematics at the University of Vienna, and earned his Ph. D. in 1989, working with Peter Schuster on quasi-species...
  
  : Professor of Mathematics and Biology, Harvard University
  Harvard University
  Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
  
  , Department of Mathematics, USA
• Rouzbeh Pirouz: Chairman, Civility Programme for Middle East Reform, The Foreign Policy Centre, United Kingdom
• Raenette Taljaard: Senior Lecturer, School for Public and Development Management, WITS University, South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  
• Gadi Taub: Professor, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
• Keith Schwab
  Keith Schwab
  Keith Schwab is an American physicist born in St. Louis, Missouri. His contributions are in the areas of nanoscience, ultra-low temperature physics, and quantum effects.-Biography:...
  
  : Professor of Physics, Cornell University, USA

Political

• Alexander, Christopher: Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, United Nations Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA), Canada
• Aun Porn Moniroth: Secretary of State, Ministry of Economy and Finance of Cambodia, Cambodia
• Blunt, Matt: Governor of Missouri, USA
• Cubeisy, Emile: Vice-president, Group Business Development, Accelerator Technology Holdings, Jordan
• Daimagüler, Mehmet Gürcan: Board Member, Free Democratic Party (FDP), Germany and Turkey
• Erbenová, Michaela: Member of the Board and Chief Executive Director, Czech National Bank, Czech Republic
• Ferreiro, Alejandro: Superintendent, Securities and Insurance, Chile
• Forsyth, Justin: Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, Downing Street Policy Unit, United Kingdom
• Joe Hockey
  Joe Hockey
  Joseph Benedict "Joe" Hockey , is an Australian politician and member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of North Sydney for the Liberal Party of Australia since 1996....
  
  : Minister for Human Services, Australia
• Járóka, Livia: Member, European Parliament, Hungary
• Kennedy, Patrick J.: Representative, Rhode Island, US House of Representatives, USA
• Kilpatrick, Kwame: Mayor, City of Detroit, USA
• Leghari, Awais Ahmad Khan: Minister of Information Technology, Pakistan
• Martin, Kevin J.: Chairman, Federal Communications Commission, USA
• Oyun, Sanjaasurengin: Member of Parliament, Parliament of Mongolia, Mongolia
• Plata Páez, Luis Guillermo
  Luis Guillermo Plata Páez
  Luis Guillermo Plata Páez is a Colombian Business Administrator who served as Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia from 2007 to 2010 and before as President of Proexport from 2002 to 2007, both during the administration of president Álvaro Uribe Vélez.-Personal life:Luis Guillermo...
  
  : CEO, Proexport, Colombia
• Qin Min: Third Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China
• Ramírez Lezcano, Rubén
• Vice-Minister for Economic Affairs and Integration, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Paraguay
• Rubin, Nilmini: Professional Staff Member, International Economics, US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, USA
• Tohá Morales, Carolina: Deputy, Liberal Party for Democracy, Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chile
• Wisse Smit, Mabel Martine
  Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau
  Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau is the wife of Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau ....
  
  : European Action Council for Peace in the Balkans,Chief Executive Officer of the Global Elders, European Council on Foreign Relations, Netherlands

Arts and culture

• Viswanathan Anand
  Viswanathan Anand
  V. Anand or Anand Viswanathan, usually referred as Viswanathan Anand, is an Indian chess Grandmaster, the current World Chess Champion, and currently second highest rated player in the world....
  
  : Chess Player, India
• Ólafur Elíasson
  Ólafur Elíasson
  Olafur Eliasson is a Danish-Icelandic artist known for sculptures and large-scale installation art employing elemental materials such as light, water, and air temperature to enhance the viewer’s experience. In 1995 he established Studio Olafur Eliasson in Berlin, a laboratory for spatial research...
  
  : Artist, Denmark
• Githuku, Ndungi: Founder, Mulika Communications Trust, Kenya
• Grimaud, Hélène
  Hélène Grimaud
  Hélène Grimaud is a French pianist.-Biography:Grimaud was born in Aix-en-Provence, France. Although her autobiography Variations Sauvages suggests a...
  
  : Pianist, France
• Hallowell, Elvis Gbanabom: Founder and Executive Director, Save Heritage and Rehabilitate the Environment (SHARE), Sierra Leone
• Michael Hersch
  Michael Hersch
  Michael Nathaniel Hersch is an American composer and pianist.-Biography:Initial inspiration and musical educationBorn in Washington, D.C., and raised in Reston, Virginia, Hersch was introduced to classical music at the age of 18 by his younger brother Jamie, who showed him a videotape of Georg...
  
  : Composer, USA
• Kameric, Sejla
  Šejla Kamerić
  Šejla Kamerić is a Bosnian artist. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, at the Department of Graphic Design. Between 1994 and 1997, she collaborated with the design group Trio, also of Sarajevo. Then she worked as art director for the advertising agency Fabrika until 2000. That...
  
  : Member, European Cultural Parliament, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Keller, Samuel: Director, Art Basel, Switzerland
• Kuzmanovic, Maja: Director, FoAM
  Foam (organization)
  FoAM describes itself as "a laboratory for the propagation of lived and living experience." The networked, Brussels-based collective constitutes a group of designers, scientists, cooks, artists, engineers and gardeners who share an interest in taking knowledge from their respective areas of...
  
  , Belgium
• Lang Lang
  Lang Lang (pianist)
  Lang Lang , born June 14, 1982, in Shenyang, Liaoning, China, is a Chinese concert pianist, currently residing in New York, who has performed with leading orchestras in Europe, the United States and his native China. He is increasingly well known around the world for his concert performances,...
  
  : Pianist, People's Republic of China
• Midori Goto
  Midori Goto
  is a Japanese American violinist. She made her debut at the age of 11 in a last-minute change of programming during a concert highlighting young performers by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. When she was 21, she formed the philanthropic group Midori and Friends to help bring music to...
  
  : Violinist, Japan
• Tiago Monteiro
  Tiago Monteiro
  Tiago Vagaroso da Costa Monteiro is a Portuguese racing driver. He drove for Jordan, Midland and Spyker MF1 teams—all different iterations of the same team as it was bought by new owners during a two year stint as part of the Formula One paddock...
  
  : Formula One Driver, Portugal
• Nawwab, Nimah Ismail: Poet, Saudi Arabia
• Oliveira Junior, José Pereira de: Founder and Coordinator, Grupo Cultural Afro Reggae, Brazil
• Prieto, Carlos Miguel: Music Director, Xalapa Symphony Orchestra, Mexico
• Shazia Sikander: Artist, Pakistan
• Chris Tucker
  Chris Tucker
  Christopher "Chris" Tucker is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for playing the role of Detective James Carter in the Rush Hour film series.-Early life:...
  
  : Actor and Producer, Eternal Entertainment, USA
• Jorge Volpi
  Jorge Volpi
  Jorge Luis Volpi Escalante is a Mexican author best known for his 1999 novel En busca de Klingsor. Volpi was born in Mexico City. He studied law and literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico and received a PhD in Spanish philology at the University of Salamanca in Spain...
  
  : Writer, Mexico

Societal

• Abdullah, Reem: Founder, Women's Charitable Organization for the Elimination of Poverty, United Arab Emirates
• Abiola, Hafsat: Founder and Director, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), Nigeria
• Adelegan, Ashlea: Communications professional, USA
• Adelegan, Joseph Akinkugbe: Director-General, Global Network for Environment and Economic Development Research, Nigeria
• Aquino IV, Paolo Benigno: Chairman and CEO, National Youth Commission, Office of the President, Philippines
• Bitar, Hania: Director-General, Pyalara, Palestinian Authority
• Bullain, Nilda: Senior Legal Advisor, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Hungary
• Burzaco, Eugenio: Founder, Fundación Fundar Justicia y Seguridad, Argentina
• Casey, Caroline: Founder, The Aisling Foundation, Ireland
• Shami Chakrabarti
  Shami Chakrabarti
  Shami Chakrabarti CBE , has been the director of Liberty, a British pressure group, since September 2003. Chakrabarti is the Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University.-Early life:...
  
  : Director, Liberty (Human Rights Group)
  Liberty (pressure group)
  Liberty is a pressure group based in the United Kingdom. Its formal name is the National Council for Civil Liberties . Founded in 1934 by Ronald Kidd and Sylvia Crowther-Smith , the group campaigns to protect civil liberties and promote human rights...
  
  , United Kingdom
• Oung Chanthol
  Oung Chanthol
  Oung Chanthol is the founder and executive director of the Cambodian Women's Crisis Center . She has documented cases of rape, trafficking, and domestic abuse in Cambodia. Under her leadership CWCC has mounted awareness campaigns against sex trafficking, educating local authorities and...
  
  : Founder and Executive Director, Cambodian Women's Crisis Center (CWCC), Cambodia
• Charas, Erik: Director, Endowment and Investments, Foundation for Community Development (FDC), Mozambique
• Colondam, Veronica: Founder and CEO, YCAB (Yayasan Cinta Anak Bangsa) Foundation, Indonesia
• Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: President, Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations
  Gaddafi International Foundation for Charity Associations
  The Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation , known as GIFCA, is an international non-governmental organisation with headquarters formerly located in the Libyan capital Tripoli and offices in Chad, Germany, the Philippines and Sudan. GICDF was established in 1998 upon signature of...
  
  , Libya
  Libya
  Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
  
  
• Fletcher, Adam: Founder, The Freechild Project and Executive Director, CommonAction, USA
• Gooch, Charmian: Co-Founder and Co-Director, Global Witness, United Kingdom
• Gwiyo, Collen: Deputy Secretary-General, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, Zimbabwe
• Idriss, Shamil: Deputy Director, Alliance of Civilizations
  Alliance of Civilizations
  The Alliance of Civilizations is an initiative proposed by the Prime Minister of the Government of Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, at the 59th General Assembly of the United Nations in 2005. It was co-sponsored by the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...
  
   (AoC), USA
• Kapelus, Paul: CEO, African Institute of Corporate Citizenship, South Africa
• Kim Joo Young: Executive Director, Center for Good Corporate Governance, Republic of Korea
• Johann Olav Koss
  Johann Olav Koss
  Johann Olav Koss is a former speed skater from Norway, considered to be one of the best in history, and current assistant coach of Norway's speed skating team.-Biography:...
  
  : President and CEO, Right to Play
  Right to Play
  Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve health, develop life skills, and foster peace for children and communities in some of the most disadvantaged areas of the world...
  
  , Norway
• Kwelagobe, Mpule: Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Botswana
• Lanzarini, Paola: Acting Executive Director, Fondazione Isabella Seràgnoli, Italy
• Ellen MacArthur
  Ellen MacArthur
  Dame Ellen Patricia MacArthur, DBE is an English sailor, up until 2009, from Whatstandwell near Matlock in Derbyshire, now based in West Cowes, on the Isle of Wight. She is best known as a solo long-distance yachtswoman. On 7 February 2005 she broke the world record for the fastest solo...
  
  : Founder, Ellen MacArthur Trust, United Kingdom
• K.F. Malindi Jr: Rights Club Co-Founder, Human Rights Activist and former Junior National Debate Champion, Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...
  
  
• Mountain, Janet: Executive Director, Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, USA
• Nowak, Arkadiusz: Director, Krajowe Centrum D/S Aids (National AIDS Plan), Poland
• Onishi, Kensuke: CEO, Peace Winds, Japan
• Pánek, Simon: Director and Co-Founder, People in Need Foundation (PINF), Czech Republic
• Pereira, Faustina: Advocate, Supreme Court, Bangladesh
• Waldron, Robert: President and CEO, Jumpstart, USA
• Sophie D. Ogutu
  Sophie D. Ogutu
  Sophie Dowllar Ogutu is a Kenyan Human Rights Activist who does theater for Social Transformation and also the President of the World March of Women Kenyan Chapter. In the recent years, Sophie has mobilized communities while targeting women with the aim of strengthening women's protagonism in the...
  
   Coordinator 5Cs Human Rights Theater Group and the National Coordinator World March of Women -Kenyan Chapter, Human Rights Activist and researcher - Kenya

Opinion

• Adesina, Debo: Editor, Guardian Newspapers, Nigeria
• Brûlé, Tyler: Chairman/Creative Director, Winkorp, Canada
• Chappatte, Patrick: Editorial Cartoonist, Globe Cartoon, Switzerland
• Chua Chim Kang: Associate Local News Editor, Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore
• Dobson, William J.: Managing Editor, Foreign Policy, USA
• Escobar, Paula: Magazines Editor, Empresa Periodistica El Mercurio SAP, Chile
• Hadidi, Lamees Ali: Executive Chief Editor, Al Alam Al Youm Newspaper, Egypt
• Jain, Sonu: Special Correspondent, Indian Express, India
• Makhanya, Mondli: Editor, Sunday Times, South Africa
• Manji, Irshad
  Irshad Manji
  Irshad Manji is a Canadian author, journalist and an advocate of "reform and progressive" interpretation of Islam. Manji is director of the Moral Courage Project at the Robert F...
  
  : President, Project Ijtihad, Canada
• Prieto-Romualdez, Alexandra: President, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippines
• Rodriguez Martínez, Sonia H.: Editor-in-Chief, CM&, Colombia
• Sadr, Shadi: Editor-in-Chief, Women in Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran

Business

• Allard, J: Corporate Vice-president, Microsoft
  Microsoft
  Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
  
  , USA
• Anestis, Matthew: Manager, Boston Consulting Group
  Boston Consulting Group
  The Boston Consulting Group is a global management consulting firm with offices in 42 countries. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious management consulting firms in the world. It is one of only three companies to appear in the top 15 of Fortunes "Best Companies to Work For" report for...
  
  , Canada
• Reddy, Siddharth: CEO, Country Club India Limited
• Bahamdan, Kamal A. S.: Vice Chairman and CEO, Sara Holding, Saudi Arabia
  Saudi Arabia
  The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
  
  
• Beck, Christophe: Member of the Executive Board, Nestlé Deutschland A.G and Managing Director, Maggi GmbH, Switzerland
• Bird, Adam C.: Senior Vice-president and Managing Partner, Global Media and Consumer Practice Booz Allen Hamilton
• Blanco, Jorge R.: Vice-president, Strategic Marketing, Avaya
  Avaya
  Avaya Inc. is a privately held computer networking, information technology and telecommunications company that is a global provider of business communications systems. The international head quarters is in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, United States...
  
  , USA
• Blumer, David: CEO, Asset Management division, Credit Suisse Group, Switzerland
• Bo Shao: Chairman, eBay EachNet, People's Republic of China
• Bonchristiano, Antonio: Partner, GP Investimentos, Brazil
• Boyner, Osman F.: CEO, Boyner Sanayi AS, Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
  
• Bulakul, Choak: President, Farm Chokchai Group of Companies, Thailand
• Cheah, Hanson: Co-Founder and Managing Partner, AsiaTech Ventures, Hong Kong SAR
• Chung Eui-Sun: President and CEO, Kia Motors
  Kia Motors
  Kia Motors , headquartered in Seoul, is South Korea's second-largest automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company, with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010...
  
  , Republic of Korea
• Corta Fernandez, Vicente: Partner, White & Case, Mexico
• Darkoh, Ernest: Founding Partner and Chairman, BroadReach Healthcare, Botswana
• De Pesquidoux, Hubert: President and CEO, Alcatel North America, Canada
• Elsztain, Alejandro Gustavo CEO, Cresud SACIF y A, Argentina
• Freidheim, Scott J. Global Head of Strategy, Lehman Brothers, USA
• Garrett-Cox, Katherine: Chief Investment Officer, Morley Fund Management, United Kingdom
• Gill, Mack: President, SunGard Offshore Services, USA
• Hamlin, John: Senior Vice-president, Americas, Dell Inc, USA
• Horvat, Darko: Founder, Chairman and CEO, AKTIVA Holdings, Slovenia
• Jacobs, Alice: Founder, Chairman and CEO, Intelligent Medical Devices, USA
• Jamaluddin, Khairy: Deputy leader, United Malays National Organisation for Youth (UMNO YOUTH), Malaysia
• Jones, Imara C.: Director, KNOW HIV/AIDS, Viacom International, USA
• Joshi, Prasoon: Regional Creative Director, McCann Erickson, India
• Justus, Philipp: Senior Vice-president and General Manager, eBay Europe, Switzerland, Germany
• Hakam Kanafani: CEO, Palestine Cellular Communications, Palestinian Authority
• Kapoor, Ekta: Creative Director, Balaji Telefilms Limited, India
• Karahan-Ay, Asli: Executive Director, UBS
• Kejriwal, Manish: Managing Director, Temasek Holdings Advisors India Pvt Ltd, India
• Khurram, Shahzada: Sr. Manager, Business Development, Aegis Limited, India
• Kim, J. Joseph: Co-Founder, President and CEO, VGX Pharmaceuticals, USA
• Kim, Yeon-Hee: Partner, Bain & Company, Republic of Korea
• Kittnar, Mark: Global Technology Liaison, Kantar Operations, USA
• Koenigsfest Sanabria, Kurt: General Manager, BancoSol SA, Bolivia
• Krings, Frank Chief Operating Officer, Europe, Deutsche Bank, Germany
• Kunstmann, Heike Maria Director-General, Gesamtmetall, Association of Metal and Electrical Industry Employers, Germany
• Leong, Justin: Head of Strategic Investments, Genting Group, Malaysia
• Ma Huateng, CEO, Executive Director and Chairman, Tencent, People's Republic of China
• Maphanga, Treasure: CEO, Federation of Swaziland Employers and the Swaziland Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Swaziland
• Mehta, Amish: Chairman, Corel Corporation, Canada
• Meswani, Nikhil: Executive Director, Reliance Industries, India
• Molefe, Brian: CEO, Public Investment Commissioners, South Africa
• Montag, Bernd President of Computed Tomography (CT), Siemens Medical Solution, Germany
• Nazer, Loay Chairman, Nazer Group, Saudi Arabia
• Nevado, John President, Nevado Roses, Ecuador
• Neumann, TOM!,Founder & Senior Vice President, - Berlin, Germany
• Nkontchou, Cyrille CEO and Founder, LiquidAfrica, Cameroon
  Cameroon
  Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
  
  
• Nursalim, Cherie Executive Director, Gajah Tunggal Group (GTG), Indonesia
  Indonesia
  Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
  
  
• Odebrecht, Marcelo President, Construtora Norberto Odebrecht SA, Brazil
• Ojakli, Ziad S. Group Vice-president (Corporate Affairs), Ford Motor Company, USA
• Ojanpera, Tero Chief Strategy Officer, Executive Vice-president, Member of the Group Executive Board of Nokia
• Olechowski, Jacek Partner & General Manager, DougFaberFamily, Poland
• Osborn, John President and CEO, BBDO New York, USA
• Oxenford, Alec Founder and CEO, Argentina
• Pan Gang, Chairman, Yili Group, People's Republic of China
• Peabody, Bo Co-Founder and Managing General Partner, Village Ventures, USA
• Punt, Richard Partner, Deloitte & Touche LLP, UK
• Ramo, Joshua C. Managing Director, Kissinger Associates, USA
• Read, Mark Director of Strategy, WPP, United Kingdom
• Reddy Chaitanya, CEO Accumedscript LLP, Columbus Ohio, USA
• Rokerya, Shezad Chairman, The Interlink Group, Pakistan
• Saeed, Faiza Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  Cravath, Swaine & Moore
  Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP is a prominent American law firm based in New York City, with an additional office in London. The second oldest firm in the country, Cravath was founded in 1819 and consistently ranks first among the world's most prestigious law firms according to a survey of partners,...
  
   LLP, USA
• Santo Domingo, Alejandro Member of the Board of Directors, Grupo Empresarial Bavaria, Colombia
  Colombia
  Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
  
  
• Sarayli, Murat National Chairman, Turkish Young Businessman's Association of Turkey (TUGIAD), Turkey
  Turkey
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
  
  
• Schwartz, Jonathan President and Chief Operating Officer, Sun Microsystems, USA
• Shevchenko, Igor Managing Partner, Shevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners, Ukraine
  Ukraine
  Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
  
  
• Siu Yat, CEO, Outblaze
  Outblaze
  Outblaze is a technology company that develops and provides digital media products and services including smartphone games and other apps, social media applications, computer and video games, online transaction systems, and web communication software...
  
  , Hong Kong SAR
• Slimi, Rachid Director, General Affairs and Corporate Relations, Omnium Nord-Africain (ONA) Group, Morocco
• Smith, Tad: CEO, Reed Business Information, USA
• Suhas Gopinath: CEO & President, Globals Inc India
• Sulaiman, Omar: rector-General, Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFC), United Arab Emirates
• Tabaza, Khaldoon: Chairman, Riyada Ventures, Jordan
• Thani, Hanadi N.: Managing Director and Vice-Chairman, AMWAL, Qatar
• Ruben Vardanian
  Ruben Vardanian
  Ruben Vardanian is Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of the Troika Dialog Group. He has worked at Troika Dialog since it was founded and has been head of the company since 1992...
  
  : President and CEO, Troika Dialog
  Troika Dialog
  Troika Dialog is an independent full service integrated investment bank and asset management firm in Russia and the CIS. Since the company’s founding in 1991, Troika Dialog has developed its core lines of business: securities sales and trading, investment banking, private wealth and asset...
  
  , Russia
• Wenig, Devin President, Business Divisions, Reuters, USA
• Wu, Thomas: Deputy Managing Director, Hopewell Holdings, Hong Kong SAR
• Xu Ming: President, Dalian Shide Group, People's Republic of China
• Yoon, Songyee: Vice-president of Communication Intelligence, SK-Telecom, Republic of Korea
• Zarur, Andrey: Managing General Partner, Kodiak Venture Partners, USA

Business

• Richard Stromback
  Richard Stromback
  Richard Stromback is a former professional hockey player , Venture Capitalist and Entrepreneur. In 1997 he founded Web Group, a technology staffing and search firm and served as its CEO and President until 2003. During this time Web Group ranked 189th on Inc. Magazine’s annual list of the 500...
  
   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ecology Coatings, Inc. (OTCBB: ECOC)]
• Muna Abu-Sulayman
  Muna Abu-Sulayman
  Muna AbuSulayman, is Secretary General and Executive Director of the Alwaleed Bin Talal Foundation, the philanthropic arm of HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal's Kingdom Holding Company and formerly co-host of one of MBC TV’s most popular social programs, Kalam Nawaem .As a public and media...
  
  
• Kohey Takashima, CEO, Oisix Inc., Japan

Arts and culture

• Lera Auerbach
  Lera Auerbach
  Lera Auerbach is a Russian-born American composer and pianist.-Early life & education:Auerbach was born in Chelyabinsk, a city in the Urals bordering Siberia. She holds degrees in piano and composition from The Juilliard School, where she studied piano with Joseph Kalichstein and composition...
  
  : Composer, pianist, writer
• Tomomi Nishimoto
  Tomomi Nishimoto
  -Biography:Tomomi Nishimoto was born in Osaka, Japan on April 4, 1970. Her experience learning to play the piano from her mother at the age of three as well as her mother's musical influence are what fueled her interest to become a conductor in the future...
  
  : Conductor

Political

• Alfredo Romero, Lawyer, Partner RHR, Human Rights Activist, Venezuela
• Jaime de Bourbon de Parme
  Prince Jaime, Count of Bardi
  Prince Jaime Bernardo of Bourbon-Parma, Count of Bardi, Duke of San Jaime is the second son and third child of Princess Irene of the Netherlands and late Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, and is member of the Royal and Ducal House of Bourbon-Parma, as well of the Dutch Royal Family. The prince is heir...
  
  , Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

Societal

• Roberts, Kate
  Kate Roberts (YouthAIDS)
  Kate Roberts is a British human rights advocate and humanitarian. She works on a global scale to develop programs and services which target malaria, child survival, HIV/AIDS, gender equality, reproductive health, and non-communicable disease...
  
  , Director and Founder, YouthAIDS, Population Services International (PSI)

Asia/Pacific

• Ahmad Nader Nadery, Head and Commissioner, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
  Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
  The Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission is an Afghan organisation dedicated to the preservation of human rights and the investigation of human rights abuses....
  
  , Afghanistan
• Rory Stewart
  Rory Stewart
  Roderick 'Rory' James Nugent Stewart OBE FRSL MP DUniv is a British academic, author, and Conservative politician. Since May 2010, he has been the Member of Parliament for Penrith and the Border, in the county of Cumbria, North West England.- Overview :Stewart was a senior coalition official in a...
  
  , Chief Executive, Turquoise Mountain Foundation
  Turquoise Mountain Foundation
  Turquoise Mountain Foundation is a non-governmental organization operating in Afghanistan, legally established in Scotland as a component charity of The Prince's Charities...
  
  , Afghanistan
• Marcela Bilek, Professor of Applied Physics, University of Sydney
  University of Sydney
  The University of Sydney is a public university located in Sydney, New South Wales. The main campus spreads across the suburbs of Camperdown and Darlington on the southwestern outskirts of the Sydney CBD. Founded in 1850, it is the oldest university in Australia and Oceania...
  
  , Australia
• Cameron Clyne
  Cameron Clyne
  Cameron Clyne is an Australian businessman, currently executive Director & Managing Director and Group CEO of the National Australia Bank Group, a position to which he was appointed on 1 January 2009...
  
  , Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of New Zealand
  Bank of New Zealand
  Bank of New Zealand is one of New Zealand’s largest banks and has been operating continuously in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in December 1861...
  
   (BNZ), Australia
• Sara Hossain, Lawyer, Supreme Court of Bangladesh
  Supreme Court of Bangladesh
  The Supreme Court of Bangladesh is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Division and the Appellate division, and was created by Part VI Chapter I of the Constitution of Bangladesh adopted in 1972. This is also the office of the Chief Justice, Appellate Division...
  
  , Bangladesh
• Kashif Naveed-CEO of KN Holdings, Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
  
• H.R.H. King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan, Bhutan
• Somaly Mam
  Somaly Mam
  Somaly Mam is a Cambodian author and human rights advocate, focusing primarily on needs of victims of human sex trafficking, and has garnered official and media acclaim for her efforts.-Early life:...
  
  , Director, AFESIP, Cambodia
• Deborah Kan, Journalist, STAR News Asia
  Star News Asia
  Star News Asia is a half hour television newscast broadcast from Hong Kong on STAR World in Asia and STAR News in other parts of the world. The principal anchor is Deborah Kan.It was pre-empted starting from January,2008....
  
  , Hong Kong SAR
• Paul Chan, Artist, Hong Kong SAR
• Li Wai-yee, Professor of Chinese Literature, Harvard University
  Harvard University
  Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
  
  , Hong Kong SAR
• Anoushka Shankar
  Anoushka Shankar
  Anoushka Shankar is a British Indian sitar player and composer who lives between the United States, the United Kingdom, and India. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sukanya Shankar...
  
  , Musician, Sitar player, India
• Ratul Puri, Executive Director, Moser Baer
  Moser Baer
  Moser Baer is the world's 2nd largest optical storage media manufacturer and supplies to the world's top dozen brands. They now make CD-R's for Memorex , TDK , Verbatim Sony and Agfa-Gevaert . They used to make CD-R's for Imation and Staples . The company was founded in New Delhi in 1983...
  
   India, India
• Barkha Dutt
  Barkha Dutt
  Barkha Dutt is an Indian TV journalist and columnist. She is currently the Group Editor, English News at New Delhi Television.Dutt gained prominence for her reportage of the Kargil War. She has won many national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian...
  
  , Senior Editor, New Delhi Television (NDTV), India
• Allah Rakha Rahman, Music Composer, India
• Sabeer Bhatia
  Sabeer Bhatia
  Sabeer Bhatia is an Indian American entrepreneur who co-founded the Hotmail email service and Jaxtr.- Background :...
  
  , Chairman, Bhatia Enterprises, India
• Pia Singh, Managing Director, DLF
  Dlf
  DLF may refer to:*DLF Limited, India's largest real estate firm, formerly known as Delhi Land and Finance*Darfur Liberation Front*Dhofar Liberation Front, a Marxist movement based in southern Oman*Development Loan Fund, former lending arm of the U.S...
  
   Universal & DLF Retail, India
• Suhas Gopinath, Chief Executive Officer and President, Globals Inc., India
• Jehangir Wadia
  Jehangir Wadia
  Jehangir Wadia , also known as Jeh Wadia, is an Indian businessman belonging to the Wadia family. He is currently the managing director of GoAir, a budget airline which he founded, as well as, Bombay Dyeing, a flagship textile company...
  
  , Chairman, Wadia Group
  Wadia Group
  The Wadia Group is one of the oldest conglomerates of corporate India. It was founded by Sir Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia in 1736. Lovji Wadia secured contracts with the British East India Company to build ships and docks in Bombay in 1736. This, and subsequent efforts, would result in Bombay becoming...
  
  , India
• Anurag Behar, Managing Director, Wipro
  Wipro
  Wipro Limited formally Western India Products Limited is a global IT services and consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. As of 2011, Wipro is the second largest IT services company by turnover in India and employs more than 120,000 people worldwide as of March 2011...
  
   Infrastructure Engineering, India
• Sachin Pilot
  Sachin Pilot
  Sachin Pilot is an Indian member of Parliament. He represents the Ajmer constituency of Rajasthan and is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is presently the Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.- Early life :Sachin Pilot was born in Saharanpur,...
  
  , Member of Parliament, India, India, India
• C V Madhukar, Director, PRS Legislative Research
  PRS Legislative Research
  PRS Legislative Research is a not-for-profit, non-partisan research initiative based in New Delhi, India. It aims to strengthen the legislative debate by making it better informed, more transparent and participatory. Founded in 2005, PRS is the first initiative of its kind in...
  
  , India
• Sandeep P Parekh, Executive Director, Enforcement and Legal Affairs, Securities and Exchange Board of India
  Securities and Exchange Board of India
  The Securities and Exchange Board of India is the regulator for the securities market in India.-History:It was formed officially by the Government of India in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being passed by the Indian Parliament...
  
   (SEBI), India
• Meher Pudumjee, Chairperson, Thermax Limited, India
• Vikram K. Akula, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, SKS Microfinance
  SKS Microfinance
  SKS Microfinance Limited" is a non-banking finance company , regulated by the Reserve Bank of India. SKS claims its mission is to eradicate poverty by providing financial services to the poor....
  
  , India
• Nikhil Sharma
  Nikhil Sharma
  Nikhil Sharma is a fictional character, from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Rik Makarem. He made his first on-screen appearance on 11 September 2009.-Character creation and casting:...
  
  , Co-Founder, Soul Trails Adventures, Founder, Himalayan Xtreme India
• Pooja Shetty, Director, Adlabs Films, India
• Trilochan Sastry
  Trilochan Sastry
  Prof. Trilochan Sastry is presently the Dean at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is a professor of Quantitative Methods and Information Systems at IIMB since 2003. Prior to joining IIMB, he was a professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad...
  
  , Founder and Director, Association for Democratic Reform & Centre for Collective Development, India
• Muhammad Lutfi, Chairman, Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), Indonesia
• Naomi Kawase, Film Director, Japan
• Norika Fujiwara
  Norika Fujiwara
  is a Japanese beauty queen, model and actress. She became Miss Japan in 1992 and was an exclusive model for CanCam magazine. She has appeared in various commercials and TV series and a number of films in Japan.-Career:...
  
  , Actress and Journalist, Japan
• Kiyohiko Toyama
  Kiyohiko Toyama
  is a Japanese politician of the New Komeito Party, a member of the House of Councillors in the Diet . A native of Chiba, Chiba, he graduated from Soka University and received a Ph.D in the study of peace from University of Bradford in the United Kingdom. He was elected to the House of Councillors...
  
  , Member, New Komeito Party
  New Komeito Party
  The , New Kōmei Party, or NKP is a centre-right political party in Japan founded by members of the Nichiren Buddhist organization Sōka Gakkai. The leadership and financing of the two groups are currently independent...
  
  , Japan
• Teruhide Sato, President and Group Chief Executive Officer, netprice.com, Japan
• Eriko Yamaguchi, Chief Executive Officer, Motherhouse Company, Japan
• Akihiko Hoshide
  Akihiko Hoshide
  is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut.He was born in 1968 in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, but grew up in New Jersey. He received an International Baccalaureate Diploma from the United World College of South East Asia in 1987, a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Keio University in...
  
  , JAXA Astronaut, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
  The , or JAXA, is Japan's national aerospace agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on October 1, 2003, as an Independent Administrative Institution administered by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the...
  
   (JAXA), Japan
• Yusuke Hatori, Senior Managing Director, Gulliver International, Japan
• Risa Wataya
  Risa Wataya
  is a female Japanese novelist from Kyoto.-Life:She rose to fame in 2003 upon receiving the Akutagawa Prize for her short novel Keritai Senaka , while at Waseda University. The prize was shared between Wataya and Hitomi Kanehara, another young, female author...
  
  , Author, Japan
• Taku Otsuka
  Taku Otsuka
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo, he attended Keio University and received a master's degree from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the United States...
  
  , Member of the House of Representatives of Japan, Japan, Japan
• Hideki Makihara
  Hideki Makihara
  is a Japanese politician of the Liberal Democratic Party, a member of the House of Representatives in the Diet . A native of Tokyo he attended the University of Tokyo and law school at Georgetown University in the United States. He was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time in...
  
  , Member of Parliament, Japan, Japan, Japan
• Tomoaki Nigo Nagao, Founder, A Bathing Ape
  A Bathing Ape
  A Bathing Ape is a Japanese clothing company founded by Nigo in 1993. The company specializes in men's, women's and kids' lifestyle and street wear, running 19 stores in Japan, including Bape Stores, Bape Pirate Stores, Bape Kids Stores, Bapexclusive Aoyama, and Bapexclusive Kyoto...
  
  , Japan
• Koichi Mizutome, Managing Partner, Roland Berger
  Roland Berger
  -References:...
  
  , Japan
• Aashmi Rana, Managing Director, Himali Pashmina Udhyog, Kathmandu, Nepal
• David Skilling, Chief Executive Officer, The New Zealand Institute
  The New Zealand Institute
  The New Zealand Institute is a privately funded think tank based in Auckland, New Zealand.It was set up in July 2004 and is "committed to generating ideas, debate, and solutions that contribute to building a better and more prosperous New Zealand for all New Zealanders"...
  
  , New Zealand
• Mark Weldon
  Mark Weldon (New Zealand)
  Mark Rhys Weldon has achieved prominence as a manager and a sportsman.- Career :Weldon has served as the CEO of NZX Limited . NZX runs the national stock exchange located in Wellington, New Zealand...
  
  , Chief Executive Officer, New Zealand Exchange
  New Zealand Exchange
  NZX Limited is a stock exchange located in Wellington, New Zealand. Since July 2005 it has been located in NZX Centre, the renovated Odlins building on the Wellington waterfront...
  
  , New Zealand
• Hina Rabbani Khar
  Hina Rabbani Khar
  Hina Rabbani Khar is a Pakistani politician and the current Foreign Minister of Pakistan. Appointed in July of 2011, she is the first female and the youngest person to ever head Pakistani's Ministry of Foreign Affairs....
  
  , State Minister for Economic Affairs and Statistics, Economic Affairs Division, Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
  , Pakistan
• Munizae Jahangir, Film Producer, Human Rights Activist, Pakistan
• Su Xianze, Chairman and President, Zheijiang Supor Cookware Company, People's Republic of China
• Wang Weixian, Founder, SPG Land Holdings, People's Republic of China
• D.F. Dong, Chairman, TechFaith
  TechFaith
  TechFaith Wireless , founded in July 2002, is one of the biggest handset solution providers in China. It employs around 1300 engineers. It has been listed in Nasdaq since 2005. Their revenues were 80.8 million US dollars in 2006 and 143.3 million US dollars in 2007.In their annual report for 2007 ...
  
  , People's Republic of China
• Zhang Donghai, Chairman and President, Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal, People's Republic of China
• Hou Songrong, President and Chairman, Konka Group, People's Republic of China
• Liu Shichun, President and General Manager, Finance Street Holding, People's Republic of China
• Liang Xinjun, Co-Founder and Vice-President, Fosun High-Tech Group, People's Republic of China
• Lu Weiding, Chief Executive Officer, Wanxiang Group Co., People's Republic of China
• David Zhang, Managing Director and Head of China, WI Harper Group, People's Republic of China
• Li Xinhai, Vice-Chairman and President; Acting Chairman of the Board, Xinjiang Talimu Agriculture Development Co., People's Republic of China
• Li Xiangqian, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Shenzhen BAK Battery, People's Republic of China
• Leng You-bin, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, American Dairy, People's Republic of China
• Zhu Jun
  Zhu Jun
  Zhu Jun , style name Gongwei , was a politician during the late Han Dynasty period of Chinese history. As a character in Luo Guanzhong's historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he was attributed certain actions that he did not actually carry out.Zhu Jun achieved a number of victories over...
  
  , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The9 Limited, People's Republic of China
• Xiangjun Liu, Director, Bioinformatics Laboratory, Tsinghua University
  Tsinghua University
  Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...
  
  , People's Republic of China
• Charles Chao, President and Chief Executive Officer, Sina.com
  Sina.com
  SINA is an online media company for China and Chinese communities around the world. SINA operates four major business lines: Sina Weibo, SINA Mobile, SINA Online, and SINA.net. SINA has over 100 million registered users worldwide...
  
  , People's Republic of China
• Zhou Hongyi, Founder, Qihoo.com, People's Republic of China
• Michelle M. Wu, Chief Executive Officer, MediaZone, People's Republic of China
• Yiyun Li
  Yiyun Li
  Yiyun Li is a Chinese American writer. Her debut short story collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers won the 2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, and her second collection Gold Boy, Emerald Girl was shortlisted for the same award...
  
  , Author, People's Republic of China
• Lei Liang, Composer, People's Republic of China
• Wei Dong, Artist, People's Republic of China
• Chen Xiaowei, General Manager, Multimedia, China.com, Inc., People's Republic of China
• Chang Dingjie, President and Chairman, Beijing Hualian Group Investment Holding, People's Republic of China
• Luo Weibing, Visual Artist, People's Republic of China
• Zhong Biao, Artist, People's Republic of China
• Shen Bing, President, Bodao Culture, People's Republic of China
• Xin Zhou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, E-House (China) Holdings, People's Republic of China
• Michael Ma Jun
  Ma Jun (environmentalist)
  Ma Jun is a Chinese environmentalist, non-fiction writer, environmental consultant, and journalist. He is a director with the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs ....
  
  , Director, Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, People's Republic of China
• Peng Xiaofeng
  Peng Xiaofeng
  Peng Xiaofeng is a general in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China, and the former political commissar of the PLA Second Artillery Corps....
  
  , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, LDK Solar, People's Republic of China
• Gong Wen, Senior Editor, Economic Department, People's Daily (Renmin Ribao), People's Republic of China
• Charles Huang Qin, Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Netbig Education Holdings, People's Republic of China
• Francis Joseph Escudero, Senator, Philippines
  Philippines
  The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
  
  
• Illac Diaz, Founder, CentroMigrante, Philippines
• Ellana Lee, Managing Editor, Asia Pacific, CNN
  CNN
  Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
  
  , Republic of Korea
• Ju-ha Kim, Anchor, MBC TV- Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation, Republic of Korea
• Sarah Chang
  Sarah Chang
  Sarah Chang is a Korean American violinist. Her debut came in 1989 with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. Shortly thereafter, Chang was recognized as a child prodigy. She enrolled at Juilliard School to study music, graduating in 1999 and continuing university studies...
  
  , Violinist, Republic of Korea
• Jin Kim
  Jin Kim
  Jin Kim is a South Korean Baroque violinist.A native of Seoul, she studied in Seoul National University's Department of Music, and then came to the United States to study at the University of Michigan under Ruggiero Ricci...
  
  , Attorney, LeeAn, Republic of Korea
• Hines Ward
  Hines Ward
  Hines E. Ward, Jr. is an American football player who currently plays the wide receiver position for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers, where he is the longest-tenured current player on the team. He was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL. He played college football at the University of Georgia...
  
  , Founder, Hines Ward Helping Hands Foundation, Republic of Korea
• Adrian Cheok, Director, Mixed Reality Lab, NUS, Singapore
• Thomas Lembong, Partner, Quvat Management, Singapore
• Saehong Hur, Vice-President, GS Caltex Corporation, Singapore
• Kongpan Pramojna Ayudhaya, Director, Gaysorn Property, Thailand
• Parinda Hasdarngkul, Managing Director, Thailand, The Procter & Gamble Co., Thailand
• Hammad Youusf - Philosopher and Founder of New School of Thought in Philosophy, MetaExistence Organization, Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
  

Europe

• Gabriel Naouri - France, Groupe Casino
  Groupe Casino
  Groupe Casino is a large French multinational corporation, formerly part of the CAC 40 index, whose main business is with retail and distribution in hyper and supermarkets. The company's head office is in Saint-Étienne....
  
   Managing Director
• Gazmend Haxhia, President, Avis Rent A Car Albania, Albania
• Severin Schwan
  Severin Schwan
  Severin Schwan is the CEO of the Roche group, a Swiss-founded, but now global pharmaceutical company.-Early life and career:Schwan studied economics at the universities of Innsbruck, York and Oxford, graduating in 1991...
  
  , Member of the Corporate Executive Committee, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Austria
• Aaron McCormack
  Aaron McCormack
  Aaron McCormack is a former leader of the Youth Wing of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland who more recently has been a business leader and CEO in the IT sector - most notably as CEO of ....
  
  , Chief Executive Officer, BT Conferencing, BT
  BT Group
  BT Group plc is a global telecommunications services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the largest telecommunications services companies in the world and has operations in more than 170 countries. Through its BT Global Services division it is a major supplier of...
  
  , Belgium
• Emil Tedeschi, President and Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Grupa
  Atlantic Grupa
  Atlantic Grupa is a Croatian company, active in a number of industries. Its primary activities comprise production and distribution of food products, including sports nutrition products and dietary supplements. Additionally, Atlantic Grupa is also a manufacturer of personal hygiene products and...
  
  , Croatia
• Ivo Lukacovic
  Ivo Lukacovic
  Ivo Lukačovič is a visionary and founder, chairman and of Seznam.cz, the largest and most-visited search engine in the Czech Republic.- Biography :...
  
  , Founder and Chairman, Seznam.cz
  Seznam.cz
  Seznam.cz is the most visited web portal and search engine in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1996 by Ivo Lukačovič in Prague as the fist web portal in the Czech Republic. In 2008 Seznam reached a turnover of around 1.7 billion CZK. Seznam started with a search engine and an internet version of...
  
  , Czech Republic
• Christina Hvid, Managing Director, Danske Siagterier, Denmark
• Soren Eriksen, Executive Vice-President, Danish State Railways (DSB), Denmark
• Anu Tali
  Anu Tali
  Anu Tali is an Estonian conductor. She started her musical training as a pianist, and graduated from the Tallinn Music High School in 1991. She continued her studies in the Estonian Music Academy as a conductor with Kuno Areng, Toomas Kapten and Roman Matsov. From 1998 to 2000, she studied at...
  
  , Music Director, Estonia
• Yannick Bolloré, Directeur des programmes, Direct 8
  Direct 8
  Direct 8 is a national French TV channel, owned by Vincent Bolloré. It is available through digital terrestrial television network "TNT" and the Astra 1H satellite position....
  
  , France
• Apollonia Poilân, Chief Executive, Poilâne Bread Company, France
• Rama Yade
  Rama Yade
  Rama Yade is a French politician who served in the government of France from 2007 to 2010. She was Secretary of State for Sports and married to Joseph Zimet - son of Yiddish singer Ben Zimet, an adviser to Secretary of State Jean-Marie Bockel.- Early life :Yade was born in Ouakam, Senegal. She...
  
  , Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Human Rights, Republic of France, France
• Tristan Lecomte, Founder, Alter Eco
  Alter Eco
  Alter Eco is a France-based alternative trading organization, founded in 1998 by Tristan Lecomte, which specializes in the import and distribution of Fairtrade products....
  
  , France
• Andrea Sanke, Senior Presenter, Journalist, France 24
  France 24
  France 24 is an international news and current affairs television channel. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW-TV, NHK World and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the channel started broadcasting through...
  
  , France
• Tariq Krim, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Netvibes
  Netvibes
  Netvibes is a personalized dashboard publishing platform for the Web including digital life management, widget distribution services and brand observation rooms.-History:The company was founded by Tariq Krim and Florent Frémont in 2005.-Technology:...
  
  , France
• Mohamed Elkeiy, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development was established in 1964 as a permanent intergovernmental body. It is the principal organ of the United Nations General Assembly dealing with trade, investment, and development issues....
  
   (UNCTAD), Switzerland, France
• David Martinon, Spokesperson, Office of the President of the Republic of France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
  , France
• Steffi Graf
  Steffi Graf
  Steffi Graf is a former World No. 1 German tennis player.In total, Graf won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, second among male and female players only to Margaret Court's 24...
  
  , Founder and Chairperson, Children for Tomorrow, Germany
• John Mollanger, Director, Business Units, Puma
  PUMA AG
  Puma SE, officially branded as PUMA, is a major German multinational company that produces high-end athletic shoes, lifestyle footwear and other sportswear. Formed in 1924 as Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik by Adolf and Rudolf Dassler, relationships between the two brothers deteriorated until the two...
  
  , Germany
• Lars Hinrichs
  Lars Hinrichs
  Lars Hinrichs is a German entrepreneur and founder of XING, a worldwide social networking website dedicated mostly to cultivating business contacts....
  
  , Chief Executive Officer, Xing
  Xing
  Xing may refer to:* an abbreviation for crossing, primarily used in North America* Qiao Xing Universal Telephone Inc. * XING, a social network platform* Xing County, in Shanxi, China* Xing - A Korean boyband...
  
  , Germany
• Carola Ferstl, Anchor, N-TV
  N-tv
  n-tv is a German television news channel owned by the Bertelsmann AG Media's RTL Group and an affiliate network of CNN since the networks creation in 1992....
  
  , Germany
• David Schmutzler, Chief Executive Officer, CareerConcept, Germany
• Melanie Kreis, Executive Vice-President Corporate Office, Corporate Organisation, Deutsche Post World Net, Germany
• Alan Hippe, Member of the Executive Board, Finance, Controlling and Law, Continental
  Continental AG
  Continental AG, internally often called Conti for short, is a worldwide leading German manufacturer of tires, brake systems, vehicle stability control systems, engine injection systems, tachographs and other parts for the automotive and transport industries. The company is based in Hanover, Germany...
  
  , Germany
• Björn Czinczoll, Chief Executive Officer, Kinderzentren, Germany
• Abel Garamhegyi, Deputy Minister of Economy and Transport, Hungary, Hungary
• Charles Butterworth
  Charles Butterworth
  Charles Butterworth, Ph.D. is a noted philosopher of the Straussian school and currently a professor of political philosophy at the University of Maryland, College Park....
  
  , Chief Executive Officer, Vodafone Ireland
  Vodafone Ireland
  Vodafone Ireland Limited, part of the Vodafone Group, is the largest mobile phone company in Ireland in terms of active subscribers, and was previously called Eircell. The mobile phone system in use is a digital GSM 900 system, and also a third-generation UMTS system...
  
  , Ireland
• Luca Garavoglia, Chairman, Davide Campari Group
  Campari Group
  Gruppo Campari is an Italian-based multinational producer of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The group holds a portfolio of over 40 brands marketed and distributed in more than 190 countries...
  
  , Italy
• Rula Jebreal, Author and Journalist, Rai Due
  Rai Due
  Rai 2 is one of the three main television channels broadcast by Italian public television company RAI alongside with Rai 1 and Rai 3. Rai 2 first started transmissions on November 4, 1961...
  
  , Italy
• Francesco Vezzoli, Artist, Italy
• Karien van Gennip
  Karien van Gennip
  Karien van Gennip is a former Dutch politician. In 2008 she was appointed Director European & International Affairs for ING Group.-References:...
  
  , Member of the House of Representatives, Netherlands
  Netherlands
  The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
  
  
• Dennis Karpes, Founder, Dance4Life
  Dance4Life
  dance4life is an innovative, international initiative designed to inspire, mobilise and unite young people to push back the spread of HIV/AIDS...
  
  , Netherlands
• Ewa Sadowska, Director, BARKA UK, Poland
• Gustavo Cardoso
  Gustavo Cardoso
  Gustavo Cardoso is a Professor of Media, Technology and Society at ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute.- Later Career :Cardoso is a researcher at CIES-IUL. He also develops international work with the University of Milan, the Lisbon School of Media , the IN3 , the WIP at USC Annenberg, and others...
  
  , Professor, ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute, Portugal
• Nikolay Pryanishnikov, Executive Vice-President and General Director, AO VimpelCom, Russian Federation
• Kirill Androsov, Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Trade, Russian Federation, Russian Federation
• Artemij Lebedev, Web Designer, Lebedev Studio, Russian Federation
• Jesús Encinar, Owner and Chief Executive Office, Idealista.com, Spain
• Enric Šaľa
  Enric Sala
  Enric Sala is a marine ecologist and an Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic. He combines exploration, scientific research and communications to help protect some of the last pristine places in the ocean...
  
  , Deputy Director, Center for Marine, Spain
• Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, Journalist, EI Mundo, Spain
• Anders Borg
  Anders Borg
  Anders Erik Borg is a Swedish economist and politician, currently serving as Minister for Finance in the Swedish government. He is a member of the Moderate Party.- Youth and education :...
  
  , Minister of Finance of Sweden, Sweden, Sweden
• Mattias Klum
  Mattias Klum
  Mattias Klum is a Swedish freelance photographer and film producer in natural history and cultural subjects. He is the son of Swedish academic educator Arne Klum and Ingegärd Klum, née Stefanson. Klum has worked full-time as a freelance photographer since 1986, and as a cinematographer and...
  
  , Photographer, Sweden
• Henrik Borelius, Chief Executive Officer, Nordic Region, Attendo, Sweden
• Thomas Buberl, Head of Distribution and Marketing, Axa Winterthur
  Winterthur
  Winterthur is a city in the canton of Zurich in northern Switzerland. It has the country's sixth largest population with an estimate of more than 100,000 people. In the local dialect and by its inhabitants, it is usually abbreviated to Winti...
  
   Insurance, Switzerland
• Jasmin Staiblin, Chief Executive Officer, Switzerland, ABB, Switzerland
• Christophe Villemin, President, ALCAN Specialty Sheet, Switzerland
• Ayla Göksel Göçer, Chief Executive Officer, Mother Child Education Foundation, Turkey
• Murat Özyegin, Member of the Board, Fiba Kapital Holding A.S., Turkey
• Ümit Kumcuoğlu, Vice-President, Kyraca Automotive Group, Turkey
• Andriy Kolodyuk, Co-Founder, AVentures Group, Ukraine
• Elizabeth Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Shine
  Shine
  Shine may refer to:* Reflection* Shine , a 1996 Australian film starring Geoffrey Rush* Shine * Shine Guitars* LG Shine, mobile phone* Donal Shine, Gaelic footballer...
  
  , United Kingdom
• Jitesh Gadhia, Managing Director, ABN AMRO
  ABN AMRO
  ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a Dutch state-owned bank with headquarters in Amsterdam. It was re-established, in its current form, in 2009 following the acquisition and break up of ABN AMRO Group by a banking consortium consisting of Royal Bank of Scotland Group, Santander and Fortis...
  
   Bank, United Kingdom
• Danny Rimer
  Danny Rimer
  Danny Rimer is a partner at Index Ventures, a company founded by his brother Neil and his brother's partner Giuseppe Zocco. He established the firm's London office in 2002 and became a leading voice on venture capital in Europe and the Silicon Valley.-Early life:Rimer was born in Canada. He grew...
  
  , Partner, Index Ventures
  Index Ventures
  Index Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, with offices in London, Jersey, and starting in 2011, Silcon Valley. The firm was founded in 1996 by Neil Rimer and Giuseppe Zocco. Since its inception, the firm has raised four main venture funds and a growth...
  
  , United Kingdom
• Christopher Cooper Hohn, Managing partner, The Children's Investment Fund Foundation
  The Children's Investment Fund Foundation
  The Children's Investment Fund Foundation UK is a large charitable organization in the United Kingdom.It was founded in 2002 by hedge fund manager Chris Hohn and his wife Jamie Cooper-Hohn....
  
   (CIFF), United Kingdom
• Jamie Mitchell
  Jamie Mitchell
  Jamie Mitchell is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Jack Ryder, who made his first appearance on 9 November 1998. Ryder decided to leave in 2002, and his final episode aired Christmas Day 2002, when Jamie was killed off....
  
  , Managing Director, Innocent Drinks
  Innocent Drinks
  Innocent Drinks is a UK-based company founded in 1999 whose primary business is producing smoothies and flavoured spring water, sold in supermarkets, coffee shops and various other outlets nationally as well as in Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, France, Austria, Denmark and Switzerland...
  
  , United Kingdom
• Kate Hampton, Director, Market Development Practice, climate change capital
  Climate Change Capital
  Established in 2003, Climate Change Capital is a private investment manager that invests in carbon finance projects in developing countries, Cleantech companies headquartered in Europe and renewable energy projects and commercial green buildings in the United Kingdom.As of December 2010, Climate...
  
  , United Kingdom
• Cameron Sinclair
  Cameron Sinclair
  Cameron Sinclair is the co-founder and 'chief eternal optimist' for Architecture for Humanity, a charitable organization which seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings professional design services to communities in need.- Education and personal life :Educated at Kingswood...
  
  , Co-Founder, Architecture for Humanity
  Architecture for Humanity
  Architecture for Humanity is a charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and brings professional design services to communities in need...
  
  , United Kingdom
• Liz Lloyd
  Liz Lloyd
  Elizabeth Anne Lloyd, CBE, served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Tony Blair's last administration.A member of a virtual New Labour group who attended Guildford Grammar School , she graduated from Clare College, Cambridge, in 1993 before becoming a researcher for Tony Blair when he was Shadow...
  
  , Consultant, Office of the Prime Minister, United Kingdom
• Ed Miliband
  Ed Miliband
  Edward Samuel Miliband is a British Labour Party politician, currently the Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition...
  
  , Minister of the Cabinet Office of the United Kingdom and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
• Zac Goldsmith
  Zac Goldsmith
  Frank Zacharias Robin "Zac" Goldsmith, MP is an English environmental journalist, entrepreneur and Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Richmond Park since winning the seat at the 2010 general election.Goldsmith is the middle child of the late financier Sir...
  
  , Head, Ecologist Magazine, United Kingdom
• Mark Leonard, Executive Director, European Council on Foreign Relations
  European Council on Foreign Relations
  The ' is the first pan-European think tank. Launched in October 2007, its objective is to conduct research and promote informed debate across Europe on the development of coherent and effective European values based foreign policy....
  
   (ECFR), United Kingdom

Latin America/Caribbean

• Andrés Freire
  Andrés Freire
  Andy Freire , is an entrepreneur recognized for co-founding and led Officenet , a company that revolutionized the industry of distribution of office supplies in Latin America raising over 50M USD from investors including among others Goldman Sachs, GE Capital, George Soros, JP Morgan Chase,...
  
  , Chief Executive Officer, Axialent, Argentina
• Martín Lousteau
  Martín Lousteau
  Martín Lousteau was the Minister of Economy and Production of Argentina under the administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, from December 10, 2007, until April 24, 2008...
  
  , Minister of the Economy and Production of Argentina, Argentina
  Argentina
  Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
  
  , Argentina
• Ricardo Villela Marino, Chief Executive Officer, Banco Itau
  Banco Itaú
  Itaú Unibanco is a publicly quoted bank with headquarters in São Paulo, Brazil. The bank is the result of the merger of Banco Itaú and Unibanco, which occurred on November 4, 2008 to form Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A, the largest financial conglomerate in the Southern Hemisphere and is the 10th...
  
  , Brazil
• Rodrigo Hübner Mendes, Founder and Coordinator, Associação Rodrigo Mendes, Brazil
• Andre Esteves, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, UBS Investment Bank, Latin America, Brazil
• Cristina Bitar, Executive Director, Hill & Knowlton Captiva, Chile
• Alfonso Márquez de la Plata, Chief Executive Officer, Empresas Aquachile, Chile
• Axel Christensen, Managing Partner, Institutional Clients Director, Moneda Asset Management, Chile
• Luis Camargo, Executive Director, OpEPA, Colombia
• Shakira Mebarak, Singer and Manager, Pies Descalzos Foundation
  Pies Descalzos Foundation
  Pies Descalzos Foundation is a Colombian charity founded by pop artist Shakira in 1997. with the aim of helping poor and impoverished children....
  
  , Colombia
• Juan Carlos Ortiz, President, US Hispanic and Latin Markets, Leo Burnett Worldwide
  Leo Burnett Worldwide
  Leo Burnett Worldwide is an American advertising company, created in 1935 by Leo Burnett. The company was opened in Chicago in 1935. In 1950 the company started its two first major advertising projects, for Kellogg’s and P&G....
  
  , Colombia
• Laura Alfaro, Associate Professor, Harvard Business School
  Harvard Business School
  Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
  
  , Costa Rica
• Arturo Condo, President, INCAE Business School, Costa Rica
• Darys Estrella, Chief Executive Officer, Dominican Republic Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores
  Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana
  Bolsa de Valores de la República Dominicana is the only stock exchange in the Dominican Republic, basically performing a transaction regulation function. It began operations in 1991 and is viewed as a cornerstone of the country's integration into the global economy and domestic development...
  
  ), Dominican Republic
• Juan Domingo Beckmann Legorreta, Executive Director, José Cuervo
  Jose Cuervo
  José Cuervo is a brand of tequila produced by Tequila Cuervo La Rojeña. The José Cuervo Especial brand has the highest sales of any tequila brand in theworld.- History :...
  
  , Mexico
• Carlos Loret de Mola
  Carlos Loret de Mola
  Carlos Loret de Mola Álvarez is a Mexican journalist. He is a popular news anchor in Mexico, hosting a show called Primero Noticias on Televisa channel 2, as well as a news radio show "Back" on Radio Formula....
  
  , Anchor and Director, Newsprogramme, Grupo Televisa
  Televisa
  Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...
  
  , Mexico
• Alejandro Werner, Undersecretary, Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico
• Alejandro G. Ferrer, Minister of Commerce and Industry of Panama, Panama
  Panama
  Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
  
  , Panama
• Carlos Añaños Jeri, Chief Executive Officer, Kola Real
  Kola Real
  Kola Real is a Peruvian soft drink. Kola Real is one of the most popular brands of Ajegroup, a leader in the Latin American beverage market. Started in Peru on June 23, 1988 in the middle of a coup d'état, the company has grown and expanded not only in Peru, but also in Cuba, Ecuador, Dominican...
  
  , Peru
• Fernando Zavala, Vice-President of Corporate Affairs, SABMiller
  SABMiller
  SABMiller plc is a global brewing and bottling company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's second-largest brewing company measured by revenues and is also a major bottler of Coca-Cola. Its brands include Grolsch, Miller Genuine Draft, Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Pilsner Urquell...
  
   Peru, Peru
• Kurt Holle, Founder and General Manager, Rainforest Expedition, Peru

Mideast/North Africa

• H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman, Dubai Executive Council, United Arab Emirates
  United Arab Emirates
  The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
  
  , United Arab Emirates
• Bahman Ghobadi
  Bahman Ghobadi
  Bahman Ghobadi is an Iranian film director of Kurdish ethnicity. He was born on February 1, 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan Province. Ghobadi belongs to the so called "new wave" of Iranian cinema.-Biography:...
  
  , Film Maker and Photographer, Islamic Republic of Iran
• Soraya Salti, Senior Vice-President, Middle East and North Africa, INJAZ
  Injaz
  Injaz is a female dromedary camel, credited with being the world's first cloned camel. Dr. Nisar Ahmad Wani, a veterinarian embryologist at the Camel Reproduction Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, announced on April 14, 2009, that the cloned camel was born after an "uncomplicated" gestation...
  
   al Arab, JA Worldwide, Jordan
• Omar Ghanim, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman, Alghanim Industries
  Alghanim Industries
  Alghanim Industries is one of the largest privately-owned companies in the Gulf region, predominantly in Kuwait. A multinational company in outlook with operations in 40 countries, Alghanim Industries is a multi-billion dollar conglomerate with more than 30 businesses.The firm has established...
  
  , Kuwait
• Lalla Salma, Queen of Morocco, Kingdom of Morocco, Morocco
• Merieme Chadid
  Merieme Chadid
  Merieme Chadid is a Moroccan astronomer and researcher at Dome C, Concordia Research Station in Antarctica. She is considered the first astronomer in the world to have been committed to install a large astronomical observatory in Antarctica.-References and notes:...
  
  , Explorer/Astronomer, Concordia Research Station, Antarctica, Morocco
• Wadah Khanfar
  Wadah Khanfar
  Wadah Khanfar was the Director General of the Al Jazeera Network. He has been ranked by Fast Company as the first in the 100 Most Creative People in Business and as one of the most ‘Powerful People in the World’ by Forbes Magazine...
  
  , Director-General, Al Jazeera
  Al Jazeera
  Al Jazeera is an independent broadcaster owned by the state of Qatar through the Qatar Media Corporation and headquartered in Doha, Qatar...
  
   Satellite Network, Qatar
• Makarem Batterjee, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Shababco Enterprises, Saudi Arabia
• Nasser AI Shaali, Chief Executive Officer, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), United Arab Emirates
• Mehdi Amjad, Chief Executive Officer and President, Omniyat Properties, United Arab Emirates
• Mohammed Ali AI Hashimi, Executive Chairman, Zabeel Investments
  Zabeel Investments
  Zabeel Investments is private investment vehicle for Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai and chairman of the Dubai executive Council...
  
  , United Arab Emirates
• Khaldoon AI Mubarak, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Mubadala Development, United Arab Emirates

North America

• Kirstine Layfield
  Kirstine Layfield
  Kirstine Stewart is a Canadian television executive, currently the head of English language services at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation....
  
  , Director of Programming, CBC Television
  CBC Television
  CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
  
  , Canada
• John R. Baird, Minister of Environment of Canada, Canada, Canada
• Aaron Pereira, Founder, CanadaHelps and Vartana, Canada
• Eira Thomas, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Stornoway Diamond, Canada
• Joseph Sigelman
  Joseph Sigelman
  Joseph Sigelman is Chairman and a Director of the Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company , or AG&P. AG&P is the largest fabrication company based in Southeast Asia. It fabricates modular units for petroleum refineries, petrochemical plants, offshore platforms, LNG facilities, mining processing and...
  
  , Chief Executive Officer, PetroTiger
  PetroTiger
  PetroTiger provides Hydrocarbon and Services for national oil companies , super-majors, independent petroleum companies, global mining corporations and local, national and supra-national government authorities.PetroTiger operates under two divisions:...
  
  , USA
• Diana Chen, Chairwoman, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , just outside Livermore, California, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952...
  
  , USA
• Eric Anderson
  Eric Anderson
  Eric Anderson may refer to:* Eric Anderson , British educator* Eric Anderson , English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross* Eric Anderson , American basketball player...
  
  , President and Chief Executive Officer, Space Adventures
  Space Adventures
  Space Adventures, Ltd. is a Virginia, USA-based space tourism company founded in 1998 by Eric C. Anderson. , offerings include zero-gravity atmospheric flights, orbital spaceflights , and other spaceflight-related experiences including cosmonaut training, spacewalk training, and launch tours...
  
  , USA
• Larry W. Gaiters, Presiding Bishop & Prelate, Etaministries Worldwide, Inc., Canada
• Pierre Gentin, Managing Director, Credit Suisse
  Credit Suisse
  The Credit Suisse Group AG is a Swiss multinational financial services company headquartered in Zurich, with more than 250 branches in Switzerland and operations in more than 50 countries.-History:...
  
  , USA
• Bobby Jindal
  Bobby Jindal
  Piyush "Bobby" Jindal is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana and formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party....
  
  , Governor of Louisiana, State of Louisiana, USA
• Asli Karahan-Ay, Executive Director, UBS, USA
• Caroline Hoxby
  Caroline Hoxby
  Caroline Minter Hoxby is a labor and public economist whose research focuses on issues in education and local public economics. Currently, she is the Scott and Donya Bommer Professor in Economics at Stanford and director of the Economics of Education Program for the National Bureau of Economic...
  
  , Professor of Economics, Stanford University
  Stanford University
  The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
  
  , USA
• Jeremy Philips, Executive Vice-President, Office of the Chairman, News Corp., USA
• Lydia Polgreen
  Lydia Polgreen
  Lydia Frances Polgreen is an American journalist who was the West Africa bureau chief of The New York Times, based in Dakar, Senegal, from 2005-2009.She has won many awards, most recently the Livingston award in 2009. She is currently reporting from India.-Biography:Polgreen graduated from...
  
  , Journalist, The New York Times
  The New York Times
  The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
  
  , USA
• Kyriakos Tsakopoulos, President, KT Communities, USA
• Roy Harvey
  Roy Harvey
  William Charles Roy Harvey, more commonly known as Roy Harvey, was Lord Mayor of Brisbane City Council, Queensland, Australia from 1982 until 1985. A member of the Australian Labor Party, he spent a total of 27 years on the Council.-History:...
  
  , Plant Manager, Alcoa San Ciprian, USA
• Wilmot Allen, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 1 World Media Enterprises, USA
• Casey Wasserman
  Casey Wasserman
  Casey Wasserman is an entertainment executive, sports agent executive and owner of the former Arena League football team, the Los Angeles Avengers. Born Casey Meyer, he is the son of the Los Angeles socialite and philanthropist Lynne Wasserman. Casey's parents were divorced and he took his...
  
  , Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Wasserman Media Group
  Wasserman Media Group
  Founded in 2002 by Casey Wasserman, Wasserman Media Group is a global sport and entertainment agency headquartered in Los Angeles. Wasserman primarily operates within the disciplines of athlete representation, property sales, action sports, and corporate and property consulting...
  
  , USA
• Anderson Cooper
  Anderson Cooper
  Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories...
  
  , Anchor, 360°, CNN
  CNN
  Cable News Network is a U.S. cable news channel founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States...
  
  , USA
• Geoff Davis
  Geoff Davis
  Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party....
  
  , President and Chief Executive Officer, Unitus, USA
• Nicole Nason
  Nicole Nason
  Nicole Nason headed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, beginning in May 2006. She left the NHTSA in September 2008, and was replaced by David Kelly, her chief of staff.-Background:...
  
  , Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an agency of the Executive Branch of the U.S. government, part of the Department of Transportation...
  
  , USA
• Betsy Fischer, Executive Producer, Meet the Press, NBC News
  NBC News
  NBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is...
  
  , USA
• Neil M. Ashe, Chief Executive Officer, CNET Networks, USA
• Stephanie Hart, Program Director, Nestlé
  Nestlé
  Nestlé S.A. is the world's largest food and nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé, founded in 1866 by Henri...
  
  , USA
• Brendan Hoffman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Neiman Marcus Direct, The Neiman Marcus
  Neiman Marcus
  Neiman Marcus, formerly Neiman-Marcus, is a luxury specialty retail department store operated by the Neiman Marcus Group in the United States. The company is headquartered in the One Marcus Square building in Downtown Dallas, Texas, and competes with other department stores such as Saks Fifth...
  
   Group, USA
• Rodney Hood, Vice Chairman, National Credit Union Administration
  National Credit Union Administration
  The National Credit Union Administration is the United States independent federal agency that supervises and charters federal credit unions...
  
  , USA
• George Walker
  George Walker
  George Walker may refer to:In arts and letters:*George Walker *George Walker , English chess player and writer*George Walker , American composer...
  
  , Managing Director and Global Head of Investment Management, Lehman Brothers
  Lehman Brothers
  Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the USA , doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker...
  
  , USA
• Leonardo DiCaprio
  Leonardo DiCaprio
  Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio is an American actor and film producer. He has received many awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his performance in The Aviator , and has been nominated by the Academy Awards, Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television...
  
  , Actor, USA
• Adam H. Putnam, Congressman from Florida (Republican), 12th District, US, U.S. Congress, USA
• Susan Athey
  Susan Athey
  Susan Carleton Athey is an American economist. She is currently Professor of Economics at Harvard University and the first female winner of the John Bates Clark Medal.- Early life :...
  
  , Professor for Economics, Harvard University
  Harvard University
  Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
  
  , USA
• Daniel Shapiro, Director, Harvard International Negotiation Initiative, Harvard Law School
  Harvard Law School
  Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
  
  , USA
• David Jones, Chief Executive Officer, Euro RSCG Worldwide, USA
• Elon Musk
  Elon Musk
  Elon Musk is an American engineer and entrepreneur heritage best known for co-founding PayPal, SpaceX and Tesla Motors. He is currently the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors and Chairman of SolarCity...
  
  , Chairman, Tesla Motors
  Tesla Motors
  Tesla Motors, Inc. is a Silicon Valley-based company that designs, manufactures and sells electric cars and electric vehicle powertrain components. It was the only automaker building and selling a zero-emission sports car, the Tesla Roadster, in serial production...
  
  , USA
• Kimberly A. Moore, Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  -Vacancies and pending nominations:-List of former judges:-Chief judges:Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the court was initially created, Congress had to resolve which chief judge of the predecessor courts would become the first chief judge...
  
  , USA
• William Foote, Founding President and Executive Director, Root Capital, USA
• Kara Walker
  Kara Walker
  Kara Walker is a contemporary African American artist who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size tableaux of black cut-paper silhouettes, such as The Means to an End--A Shadow Drama in Five Acts.-Biography:Walker was born in...
  
  , Artist and Professor, School of the Arts, Columbia University
  Columbia University
  Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
  
  , USA
• Jonathan Korngold, Managing Director, General Atlantic
  General Atlantic
  General Atlantic is a private equity investment firm. The firm invests through growth capital injections, control buyouts, industry consolidations, build-ups, recapitalizations, and PIPEs...
  
  , USA
• Jared Genser, Founder, Freedom Now
  Freedom Now
  Freedom Now is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-partisan organization that seeks to facilitate representation for arbitrarily detained individuals who have neither used nor advocated violence and whose detention violates fundamental principles of international law.Its approach is to use...
  
  , USA
• Mia Hamm
  Mia Hamm
  Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm is a retired American soccer player. Hamm played many years as a forward for the United States women's national soccer team and was a founding member of the Washington Freedom. Hamm has scored more international goals in her career than any other player, male or female,...
  
  , Founder, Mia Hamm Foundation, USA
• Dara Khosrowshahi
  Dara Khosrowshahi
  Dara Khosrowshahi is an Iranian American businessman and the CEO of Expedia, Inc..Khosrowshahi received a B.S. in Bioelectrical Engineering from Brown University in 1991....
  
  , Chief Executive Officer and President, Expedia
  Expedia
  Expedia is an Internet-based travel website based in the US with localised sites for 21 countries...
  
  , USA
• Artur Davis
  Artur Davis
  Artur Genestre Davis is a former member of the United States House of Representatives for , serving from 2003 to 2011 when he was succeeded by Terri Sewell, also a member of the Democratic Party....
  
  , Congressman from Alabama (Democrat), 7th District, USA, U.S. Congress, USA
• Laura Alber, President, Williams-Sonoma
  Williams-Sonoma
  Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is a high-end American consumer retail company that sells kitchenwares, furniture and linens, as well as other housewares and home furnishings, along with a variety of specialty foods, soaps and lotions...
  
  , USA
• Jennifer Elliseeff, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
  Johns Hopkins University
  The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
  
  , USA
• Rob Speyer, President, Tishman Speyer Properties
  Tishman Speyer Properties
  Tishman Speyer Properties is a real estate building and operating company set up in 1978 by two founding partners, Jerry Speyer and Robert Tishman.-Overview:...
  
  , USA
• Patrick Ramsey
  Patrick Ramsey
  Patrick Allen Ramsey is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins 32nd overall in the 2002 NFL Draft...
  
  , Managing Director, Merrill Lynch
  Merrill Lynch
  Merrill Lynch is the wealth management division of Bank of America. With over 15,000 financial advisors and $2.2 trillion in client assets it is the world's largest brokerage. Formerly known as Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., prior to 2009 the firm was publicly owned and traded on the New York...
  
  , USA
• Tony Hawk
  Tony Hawk
  Anthony Frank "Tony" Hawk , nicknamed "The Birdman" is an American retired professional skateboarder and actor. Hawk gained significant fame for completing the first 900 as well as his licensed video game titles distributed by Activision...
  
  , Founder, Tony Hawk Foundation, USA
• Juliana L. Chugg, Senior Vice-President and President, Pillsbury USA, General Mills, USA
• Michelle A. Peluso, Chief Executive Officer, Travelocity.com, USA
• Daniel Lubetzky
  Daniel Lubetzky
  Daniel Lubetzky is a serial social entrepreneur known for integrating social objectives with sustainable market-driven forces into new business models. He is the CEO and Founder of and the . He is also founder of , and the PeaceWorks Foundation’s OneVoice Movement, and co-founder of...
  
  , Chief Executive Officer, KIND LLC; Founder, PeaceWorks Foundation
  OneVoice Movement
  OneVoice is a non profit organization and citizen activism movement working in Israel and the Palestinian territories to achieve a two-state solution through non-violent means...
  
  , USA

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Achankeng Leke, Partner, McKinsey & Company
  McKinsey & Company
  McKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. McKinsey serves as an adviser to many businesses, governments, and institutions...
  
  , Cameroon
• Joseph Kabila
  Joseph Kabila
  Joseph Kabila Kabange is a Congolese politician who has been President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January 2001. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, President Laurent-Désiré Kabila...
  
  , President, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
  
  , Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Mugo Kibati, Group Chief Executive Officer, East African Cables, Kenya
• James Shikwati
  James Shikwati
  James Shikwati is a Kenyan libertarian economist and Director of the Inter Region Economic Network who promotes freedom of trade as the driving solution to poverty in Africa...
  
  , Founder and President, Inter-Region Economic, Kenya
• Kola Karim, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Shoreline Energy International, Nigeria
• Karim Wade
  Karim Wade
  Karim Wade is a Senegalese politician who has served in the government of Senegal as Minister of State for International Cooperation, Regional Development, Air Transport, and Infrastructure since May 2009. He is the son of Abdoulaye Wade, the President of Senegal...
  
  , Special Advisor to the President of Senegal, Senegal
  Senegal
  Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
  
  , Senegal
• Mark Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Teba Bank, South Africa
• Natalie du Toit
  Natalie du Toit
  Natalie du Toit is a South African swimmer. She is best known for the gold medals she won at the 2004 Paralympic Games as well as the Commonwealth Games. She was one of two Paralympians to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the other being table tennis player Natalia Partyka...
  
  , Athlete and Ability Rights Activist, South Africa
• Yolanda Cuba, Chief Executive Officer, Mvelaphanda Holdings, South Africa
• Tumi Makgabo
  Tumi Makgabo
  Tumi Makgabo is a South African television presenter best known for her work from 2000 to 2005 as a current affairs presenter at Cable News Network International and anchor of its Inside Africa programme interviewing among others Thabo Mbeki, George W. Bush, Shimon Peres and Oprah Winfrey...
  
  , Head of Communications, 2010 FIFA World Cup
  FIFA World Cup
  The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
  
   Organising Committee, South Africa
• Ernie Els
  Ernie Els
  Theodore Ernest "Ernie" Els is a South African professional golfer, who has been one of the top professional players in the world since the mid-1990s. A former World No. 1, he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature along with his fluid, seemingly effortless golf swing...
  
  , Founder, The Ernie Els and Fancourt Foundation, South Africa
• Paul van Zyl, Executive Vice-President, International Centre for Transitional Justice, South Africa
• Michael Jordaan, Chief Executive, First National Bank (South Africa) FirstRand, South Africa
• Sunette Pienaar, Executive Chairperson, Heartbeat Centre for Community Development, South Africa
• David Munro
  David Munro
  David Munro is the name of:* David H. Munro, creator of the Yorick programming language* David Munro , , English documentary film-maker, particularly associated with John Pilger...
  
  , Deputy Chief Executive, Corporate and Investment Banking, Standard Bank Group, South Africa
• Lisa Kropman, Founder, Investec, South Africa
• Sophie Dowllar, World March of Women Kenyan Chapter/ Theatre Manager 5Cs Human Rights Group -KENYA
• Allon Raiz, Founder, Raizcorp, South Africa
• Kuseni Dlamini, Executive Chairman, Richards Bay Coal Terminal
  Richards Bay Coal Terminal
  The Richards Bay Coal Terminal , located in the Richards Bay harbour, is the largest coal export facility in Africa. The Chinese port of Qinhuangdao maintains the largest coal exporting terminal in the world, at 209 Million tons compared to Richards Bay with 91 Million tons.Potential throughput is...
  
  , South Africa
• Ferial Haffajee
  Ferial Haffajee
  Ferial Haffajee is the editor of the City Press newspaper and previously the editor of the Mail & Guardian newspaper. She was the first Coloured woman editor of a major newspaper in South Africa....
  
  , Editor-in-chief, Mail & Guardian
  Mail & Guardian
  The Mail & Guardian is a South African weekly newspaper, published by M&G Media in Johannesburg, South Africa, with a strong focus on politics, government, the environment, civil society and business.- The Mail & Guardian newspaper :...
  
  , South Africa
• John Bul Dau, Founder, John Dau Sudan Foundation
  John Dau Sudan Foundation
  The John Dau Foundation is a 501 nonprofit that was established in July 2007 to develop health facilities that currently do not exist for most of the populations of Duk, Twic East and Bor South Counties in the State of Jonglei in South Sudan...
  
  , Sudan
• Andrew Mwenda
  Andrew Mwenda
  Andrew Mwenda is a Ugandan journalist,founder and owner of The Independent, Uganda's premier current affair's news magazine.. He attended Busoga College Mwiri in eastern Uganda before attending Makerere University. He was arrested and released on bail by the Ugandan government for "being in...
  
  , Political Editor, The Monitor Publications, Uganda

Europe

• Verena Knaus - Austria
  Austria
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
  
  
• Wener Wutscher - Austria
  Austria
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
  
  
• Steven Everts - Belgium
  Belgium
  Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
  
  
• Jens Martin Skibsted
  Jens Martin Skibsted
  Jens Martin Skibsted is a Danish designer, brands expert and entrepreneur. He has founded or co-founded companies such as the Biomega designer bike brand, Actics, and Skibsted Ideation and KIBISI....
  
   - Denmark
  Denmark
  Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
  
  
• Alexander Stubb
  Alexander Stubb
  Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb is a Finnish politician and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 4 April 2008 to 22 June 2011...
  
   - Finland
  Finland
  Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
  
  
• Antoine Arnault - France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
  
• Stéphane Bancel - France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
  
• Julien Faye - France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
  
• Olivier Desurmont - France
  France
  The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
  
  
• Claudia Hengst - Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Michael Schumacher
  Michael Schumacher
  Michael Schumacher is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes GP team. Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all time...
  
   - Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Philipp Freise - Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Damian Gammell - Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Stephan Wrage - Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Christopher Jahns - Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Immanuel Hermreck - Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Klaus Schweinberg - Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
  Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
  Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg is a German politician of the Christian Social Union ....
  
   - Germany
  Germany
  Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
  
  
• Alexandros Manos - Greece
  Greece
  Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
  
  
• Roberto Bolle
  Roberto Bolle
  Roberto Bolle is an Italian ballet dancer. He is currently a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre and also holds guest artist status with The Royal Ballet and La Scala Theatre Ballet, making regular appearances with both companies.- Overview :...
  
   - Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
  
• Frida Giannini
  Frida Giannini
  Frida Giannini is an Italian fashion designer and currently the Creative Director of the Italian fashion house Gucci.Giannini studied fashion design at Rome's Fashion Academy. In 1997, she worked for Fendi to design ready-to-wear. After three seasons, she was promoted to designer of leather goods...
  
   - Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
  
• Federica Guidi - Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
  
• Monica Regazzi - Italy
  Italy
  Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
  
  
• Maria Lisitsyna - Kyrgystan
• Marco Fiorese - Monaco
  Monaco
  Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...
  
  
• Andre Faaij - Netherlands
  Netherlands
  The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
  
  
• Bjarte Reve - Norway
  Norway
  Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
  
  
• Ioana Popescu - Romania
  Romania
  Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
  
  
• Xenia Judajewa - Russia
  Russia
  Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
  
  
• Elena Barmakova
  Elena Barmakova
  Elena Barmakova is the Founder of , a New York and Los Angeles - based financial consulting firm that offers general business development, capital raising, real estate investment, and trade-related services. Ms. Barmakova has a Master's Degree in Finance and Economics and is licensed for financial...
  
   - USA
• Youri Soloviev - Russia
  Russia
  Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
  
  
• Emilia Siakova Beblava - Slovakia
  Slovakia
  The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
  
  
• Andrej Nabergoj - Slovenia
  Slovenia
  Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
  
  
• Javier Garcia Martinez - Spain
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
  
• Javier Santiso
  Javier Santiso
  Javier Santiso, who holds both Spanish and French nationalities, is a leading economist on emerging markets who has authored several books and has been awarded by the World Economic Forum as Young Global Leader in 2009. He is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Council...
  
   - Spain
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
  
• Jimena Blazquez Abascal - Spain
  Spain
  Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
  
  
• Nyamko Sabuni
  Nyamko Sabuni
  Nyamko Ana Sabuni is a politician, currently serving as Minister for Integration and Gender Equality in the Swedish government. She is a member of the Liberal People's Party...
  
   - Sweden
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
  
• Christian Wenk - Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
  
• Christian De Prati - Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
  
• Mirjam Staub Bisang - Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
  
• Christoph Sutter
  Christoph Sutter
  Dr. Christoph Sutter born 20 March 1973 in Basel, Switzerland is a Swiss Carbon Expert and entrepreneur. Christoph attended the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology where he studied for a MSc in Environmental Science and a Master of Didactics on Environmental Science...
  
   - Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
  
• Scott Weber - Switzerland
  Switzerland
  Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
  
  
• Kirill Dmitriev
  Kirill Dmitriev
  Kirill Dmitriev is CEO of starting April 2011, with expected capital under management of $10 bln. From 2007 to 2011 was President of Icon Private Equity, a leading direct investments fund in CIS with over $1 billion under management. Prior to establishing Icon, Mr...
  
   - Ukraine
  Ukraine
  Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
  
  
• Chris Martin
  Chris Martin
  Christopher Anthony John "Chris" Martin is an English song-writer, who is the lead vocalist, pianist and rhythm guitarist of the band Coldplay. He is married to actress Gwyneth Paltrow.-Early life:...
  
   - UK
• Michael Birch - UK
• Francois Philippe Champagne - UK
• Brent Hoberman
  Brent Hoberman
  Brent Hoberman, together with Martha Lane Fox, founded Lastminute.com in 1998, an online travel and gift business that floated at the peak of the dot-com bubble and managed to survive the subsequent burst of the bubble....
  
   - UK
• Jake Leslie Melville - UK
• David A. Novek - UK
• Faisel Rahman - UK
• Antonio Simoes
  António Simões
  António José Simões da Costa ; born Corroios, 14 December 1943) is a Portuguese footballer and a current coach. He played as a left winger for Benfica, from 1961/62 to 1974/75. With only 1.58 m of height, he is seen as the first "Giant Gnome" of Portuguese football, before Rui Barros...
  
   - UK
• Andy Wales - UK
• William Lewis
  William Lewis
  William Lewis was involved in English Association Football in various capacities in the early 20th century. He was first a referee, then a director and later manager of Brentford between 1900 and 1903. He became the first club secretary of Chelsea Football Club when it was founded in 1905, with his...
  
   - UK
• Bhavneet Singh - UK
• Jo Leadbeater - UK

Middle East / North Africa

• Mina Al-Oraibi
  Mina Al-Oraibi
  Mina Al-Oraibi is an Iraqi journalist and commentator. She is currently assistant editor-in-chief of Asharq Alawsat and has appeared on international television networks contributing political analysis.-Life and career:...
  
   - Iraq
  Iraq
  Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
  
  
• Yair Goldfinger - Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
  
• Omar Ghobash - United Arab Emirates
  United Arab Emirates
  The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
  
  
• Habib Haddad - Lebanon
  Lebanon
  Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...
  
  
• Abdulsalam Haykal
  Abdulsalam haykal
  Abdulsalam Haykal is a Syrian technology and media entrepreneur, who lives and works in Damascus, Syria. In 2009, the World Economic Forum named Haykal as a Young Global Leader, the first Syrian to receive this recognition....
  
   - Syria
  Syria
  Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
  
  
• Laila Lalami
  Laila Lalami
  Laila Lalami is a Moroccan American novelist and essayist.Lalami was born and raised in Rabat, Morocco, where she earned her B.A. in English from Université Mohammed V. In 1991, she received a British Council fellowship to study in England, and she went on to complete a M.A. in Linguistics at...
  
   - Morocco
  Morocco
  Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
  
  
• Omar M. Masri - Jordan
  Jordan
  Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing...
  
  
• Efrat Peled - Israel
  Israel
  The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
  
  
• Mubarak A.M. Sabah - Kuwait
  Kuwait
  The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
  
  
• Tiago Vinagre - Engineer - Portugal

North America

• Elena Barmakova
  Elena Barmakova
  Elena Barmakova is the Founder of , a New York and Los Angeles - based financial consulting firm that offers general business development, capital raising, real estate investment, and trade-related services. Ms. Barmakova has a Master's Degree in Finance and Economics and is licensed for financial...
  
   - Honorary Chairman of the Board, Fontvieille Capital, USA
• Matias de Tezanos - CEO, Healthcare.com Inc., USA
• Larry W. Gaiters - Presiding Bishop & Prelate, Etaministries Worldwide, Inc., Toronto, Canada
• Josh Spear - Founding Partner, Undercurrent, USA
• Priya Haji - CEO & Co-Founder of SaveUp, Former CEO & Co-Founder of World of Good
  World of good
  World of Good Inc. is a U.S. based importer and reseller that brings handcrafted products from cooperatives, NGOs and nonprofits in developing countries to the US market with the aim of promoting fair trade...
  
  , USA

Latin America/Caribbean

• Felix Maradiaga - Founding Director and Board Member, Civil Society Leadership Institute
  Civil Society Leadership Institute
  The Civil Society Leadership Institute is a not-for-profit training center founded in February 2007 as a civic education initiative of FIBRAS/Movimiento por Nicaragua—one of the largest pro-democracy movements in Central America...
  
  , Nicaragua

Sub-Saharan Africa

• Vinny Lingham
  Vinny Lingham
  Vinny Lingham is a South African Internet entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Yola, Inc. , a San Francisco-based Web 2.0 start-up that provides free website building, publishing and hosting services. He is also the co-founder of SiliconCape.com, an NGO based in South Africa that aims to turn...
  
   - South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  
• Euvin Naidoo
  Euvin Naidoo
  In February 2009 Euvin Naidoo was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum . Described on Forbes.com as a 'leading advocate for Western investment' into Africa, he led a lineup of international innovators and thinkers as the opening speaker at the 2007 TED Global Conference...
  
  - President & CEO, South African Chamber of Commerce in America (SACCA), South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  

Asia

• Reuben Abraham - Professor & Exec Director, Centre for Emerging Markets Solutions, Indian School of Business, India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  
• Kashif Naveed-CEO of KN Holdings, Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
  

Asia

• Umar Saif
  Umar Saif
  Umar Saif is a Pakistani computer scientist and entrepreneur, who is known for his work on using ICT solutions for developing-world problems. Saif holds a BSc. from the Lahore University of Management Sciences and PhD in Computer Science from University of Cambridge, where he was a Commonwealth...
  
   - Professor LUMS
  LUMS
  LUMS or lums may refer to:*London Universities Mooting Shield*Lancaster University Management School*Lahore University of Management Sciences*Lum's - A defunct U.S. family restaurant chain*Plural of lum...
  
   & Founder, Saif Centre of Innovation(SCI) Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
  
• Kashif Naveed-CEO of KN Holdings, Pakistan
  Pakistan
  Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
  
  
• Prashant Kumar - Executive Director, TEO-India, The Earth Organization - India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  
• Winston Damarillo - CEO / Founder, Morphlabs, Morphlabs Philippines
  Philippines
  The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
  
  
• Sandeep A Naik - Partner, Apax Partners India
  India
  India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
  
  
• Nikhil Sharma
  Nikhil Sharma
  Nikhil Sharma is a fictional character, from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Rik Makarem. He made his first on-screen appearance on 11 September 2009.-Character creation and casting:...
  
  , Co-Founder, Soul Trails Adventures, Founder, Himalayan Xtreme India

2011

2011 Honorees:

• Zibusiso Mkhwanazi, Executive Chairman, Krazyboyz Digital - South Africa
  South Africa
  The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
  
  
• Teresa Bo, Aljazeera.net - Correspondent, Argentina
• Wenceslao Casares
  Wenceslao Casares
  Wences Casares is a technology entrepreneur, based in Palo Alto, California, with global business experience specializing in technology and financial ventures....
  
  , Bling Nation Inc. - Co-Chief Executive Officer, Argentina
• Maria Eugenia Vidal
  María Eugenia Vidal
  María Eugenia Vidal is an Argentine politician. Affiliated with the Republican Proposal party, she was appointed Minister of Social Development of the City of Buenos Aires, and in 2011 was elected Deputy Mayor.-Life and times:...
  
  , City of Buenos Aires - Minister of Social Work, Argentina
• Wolff Klabin, ORT Brasil - Director, Brazil
• Eric Parrado, Adolfo Ibañez University - Professor, Chile
• Tomás Recart, Enseña Chile - Managing Director, Chile
• Liliana Gil, Johnson & Johnson
  Johnson & Johnson
  Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....
  
   - Worldwide Marketing and Services Sourcing, Colombia
• Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno
  Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno
  Juan Carlos Pinzón Bueno is the current Minister of National Defence of Colombia.-Background:A graduate of the Pontifical Xavierian University, he holds a Bachelor and a Master of Economics from his alma mater where he also worked as Professor of Macroeconomics in the Department of Economics from...
  
   - Chief of Staff to the President of Colombia, Colombia
• Aimé Pelaíz Barranco, Faculty of Physics University of La Habana - Vice-Dean, Cuba
• Eduardo A. Cruz, ARS Humano - President, Dominican Republic
• Yara Argueta, Grupo Solid (Guatemala)SA - Chief Operating Officer, Guatemala
• Salvador Biguria, Grupo Pantaleon jus - Head of New Businesses, Guatemala
• Mario Delgado Carrillo - Secretary of Education of Mexico City, Mexico
• Carlos Mota, Grupo Editorial Milenio  - Columnist and Anchor, Mexico
• Guillermo Romo
  Guillermo Romo
  Guillermo Romo is the President & CEO at Grupo Mega, one of Mexico’s leading businesses offering financial solutions for business sectors. Romo is also the former owner of Grupo Industrial Herradura, S.A. de C.V. which he sold to Brown-Forman Corp., the maker of Jack Daniel's whiskey for $876...
  
  , Grupo Mega - President, Mexico
• Ricardo Terán Terán, Agora Partnerships - Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Nicaragua

External links

• Official site
• Annual Young Global Leaders Forum