Background, : Sigve Brekke, born 1959, joined Telenor in 1998 as an Advisor, and was in 1999 employed as Manager Business Development and later Managing Director of Telenor International, Region Asia. Mr. Brekke served as co-Chief Executive Officer of dtac from 2002 to 2005, and Chief Executive Officer in dtac from 2005-2008. He most recently served as Executive Vice President and Head of Asia Region, prior…, Education, : Mr. Brekke holds a Master degree in Public Administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
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Dr Jens Weidmann (b. 1968) has been President of the Deutsche Bundesbank since May 2011. He is a member of the Governing Council of the ECB, represents Germany in the IMF and other international bodies, and has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) since November 2015. After studying economics in Bonn and Aix-en-Provence, Jens Weidmann obtained…
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Professor Nils Stieglitz became President and CEO of Frankfurt School of Finance and Management on 1 April 2018. He previously served as Vice President of Corporate Development, Head of the Management Department and as Professor of Strategic Management. Prior to that, he worked as Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Southern Denmark Professor Stieglitz teaches strategy and…
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Estelle Akofio-Sowah is the West Africa Regional Manager for CSquared. She has over 18 years of experience in the internet and business development industry in Ghana, including being the Managing Director of BusyInternet, Africa’s hugely successful internet startup and being the Country Lead for Google’s operations in Ghana. Highlights of her leadership include launching an award winning ISP,…
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Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google and Alphabet and serves on Alphabet’s Board of Directors. He joined Google in 2004 and helped lead the development of Google Toolbar and then Google Chrome, which grew to become the world’s most popular internet browser. In 2014 he was appointed to lead product and engineering for all of Google’s products and platforms - including popular products such as Search…
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Deputy Minister of the Ministry of National Education, former senior advisor to the President of the Republic of Turkey, co-founder of the ruling AK Party (Justice and Development Party), an honorary associate of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, co–chair of Turkish–British Tatlıdil Forum, and vice-chairman of the executive board of STM/Defence…
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Eric LeCompte is the Executive Director of Jubilee USA Network, a development coalition of more than 700 religious groups and U.S. organizations. In 2016, his Congressional testimony on Puerto Rico informed debt-crisis legislation that Congress passed. LeCompte has also advised a United Nations General Assembly process on global sovereign bankruptcy structures to alleviate poverty. He is a member…
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Ilan Goldfajn is Chairman of the Board, Credit Suisse Brazil, since September 2019. He was Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil from 2016 until March 2019, and Deputy Governor from 2000-2003. In 2018 he was elected "Central Banker of the Year" by The Banker magazine. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Previously in his career, he was partner, chief…
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Joyce Chang is Chair of Global Research for J.P. Morgan’s Corporate and Investment Bank, a global leader in Banking, Markets and Investor Services. J.P. Morgan’s Global Research professionals study all sectors in which the firm does business, including equities, fixed income, currency and commodities, emerging markets, derivatives and structured finance. The global research team has been named…
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Ms. Azucena María Arbeleche Perdomo is a Uruguayan economist, professor, and civil servant, serving as Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uruguay, the first woman to hold that office. She studied at the British Schools of Montevideo and graduated with a licentiate in economics from the Faculty of Economic Sciences and Administration of the University of the Republic in Uruguay. She earned a…
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