Rob Nail is the CEO and Associate Founder of Singularity University. He brings a unique entrepreneurial and globally-focused approach to growing a non-traditional university as a platform to create a future of abundance where exponential technologies empower us to solve the global grand challenges. Prior to Singularity, he co-founded Velocity11 in 1999, building automation equipment and robotics…
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Mr. Stenning has more than 20 years of experience in the Peruvian Capital Markets. He joined the BVL as CEO in 2009, after spending almost ten years as Chairman and CEO, CAVALI, (the Peruvian CSD). Among other important initiatives, under his leadership the BVL founded MILA (Integrated Latin American Market) together with the Chilean, Colombian and Mexican Exchanges. Besides his duties at the…
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Reg Manhas has over 25 years of experience in the international oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Kosmos in 2012, Reg spent more than 15 years at Calgary-based Talisman Energy, including serving as Vice President Corporate Affairs, where he established and built the company’s corporate affairs function and was responsible for above ground risk management across Talisman’s global operations,…
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Ozong Agborsangaya-Fiteu joined the World Bank Group in 2008 as a Senior Operations Officer and works on social development issues (including citizen engagement) and conflict prevention. Ms. Agborsangaya-Fiteu provides operational and analytical support to help mainstream fragility and conflict sensitivity into projects and support implementation in environments facing heighted security and…
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Judy Oglethorpe is Senior Director, Multilateral Programs Development in WWF US. Previously as Chief of Party on the USAID-funded Hariyo Ban (Green Forests) Program in Nepal she worked for five years on building climate resilience and promoting adaptation for people, ecosystems and species. The program also undertook green recovery and reconstruction after the 2015 earthquake. Previous work in…
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Mr. Wang Shaofeng is a member of the senior management of CTGI, overseeing corporate strategy and international business development – he is also the Secretary of the Party Committee for CTGI, in addition to being the Chairman of the Board of CSAIL. He has been the main counterpart of IFC at CTGC Group since inception of the relationship and actively supports and promotes collaboration with IFC.…
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Leila Janah is the Founder and CEO of Samasource and LXMI , two companies that go beyond charity to # givework to low-income people around the world using cutting-edge social enterprise models in technology and luxury skincare, respectively. She is the author of Give Work: Reversing Poverty One Job at a Time , released by Penguin Portfolio in September 2017. Prior to that, Ms Janah was a…
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Martin Wolf is Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times , London. He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the British Empire) in 2000 for services to financial journalism. Martin started his career as a Young Professional at the World Bank in 1971, subsequently becoming Senior Economist in the India Division in 1974 and working on the core team of the first World…
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Shawn Westfall is the CEO and founder of Commedia Partners, which provides on-site corporate events that unleash the fun, power and tools of improvisational comedy to help foment creativity, build camaraderie, enhance communication skills, create and cement teams, and allow organizations to re-envision themselves and their people. He's brought improv as a strategy for fostering creativity,…
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Michele Fowiin has been an accomplished musician for over 40 years. At the age of 9, Ms. Fowlin was accepted into the Julliard School’s pre-college program, in piano, for aspiring young musicians. She won a variety of piano competitions and awards and participated in many festivals both nationally and internationally. Her musical pursuits eventually led her to focusing on the voice and conducting…
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