Jean Todt is a French national and motor sport executive. He has been President of the Federation Internationale de L’Autombile (FIA) since 2009 and is the United Nations Special Envoy for Road Safety since 2015 by appointment of the U.N. Secretary General. FIA is the governing body for world motor sport and the federation of the world’s motoring organizations. Jean Todt began his career in 1966…
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LI Yong, Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), has had an extensive career as a senior economic and financial policy-maker. As Vice-Minister of Finance of the People’s Republic of China and member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank for a decade, Mr. Li was involved in setting and harmonizing fiscal, monetary and industrial policies,…
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Raj Batra is President of the Digital Factory (DF) Division for Siemens USA. In this role, Batra is responsible for overseeing all development, marketing, sales, R&D, vertical industry and manufacturing aspects for DF in the United States. Joining Siemens in 1993, Batra has held a variety of high-level management, strategy and sales positions including VP, General Manager, Global Corporate…
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Dušan Vujović became the Minister of the Economy of the Republic of Serbia in April 2014, in the government of Aleksandar Vucic, and in September 2014 he took over the position of Minister of Finance. He holds a PhD from the School of Economics of the University of Belgrade. Previously, Mr. Vujović held positions in the World Bank as a Lead Economist, as Operations Manager in Ukraine, and as an…
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Ms. Renu Sud Karnad is the Managing Director of the Housing Development Finance Corporation, India. She holds a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Delhi and is a graduate in law from the University of Mumbai. She is a Parvin Fellow – Woodrow Wilson School of International Affairs, Princeton University. Ms. Karnad joined the Corporation in 1978 and was appointed as the Executive…
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Prior to Acumen, Jacqueline founded and directed The Philanthropy Workshop and The Next Generation Leadership programs at the Rockefeller Foundation. She also co-founded Duterimbere, a micro-finance institution in Rwanda. She began her career in international banking with Chase Manhattan Bank. Jacqueline currently sits on the advisory boards of Sonen Capital and the Harvard Business School Social…
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Sue Siegel is CEO of GE Ventures, GE’s growth and innovation. GE Ventures invests in and partners with the entrepreneurial ecosystem across Healthcare, Energy, Software, Advanced Manufacturing, and Lighting and starts and grows companies via its New Business Creation unit. She also leads Healthymagination, GE’s innovation catalyst for addressing healthcare’s major global challenges via…
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Nandan Nilekani is an Indian entrepreneur and the co-founder and non-executive Chairman of the Board of Infosys, an India-based, multinational provider of business consulting, technology, engineering, and outsourcing services. Between 2009 and 2014, Nilekani served as the Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India, which is mandated with issuing unique Aadhaar ID numbers to all…
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Mats Granryd is Director General of the GSMA and a Member of its Board. In this role, he leads the GSMA in supporting its global membership through a range of industry programs, advocacy initiatives and industry-convening events. Mats is a strong proponent of sustainability and led the mobile industry in becoming the first sector to broadly commit to the United Nations Sustainable Development…
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In 2012, Greg founded OneWeb with the mission of enabling Internet access for everyone. Prior to OneWeb, in 2007 Greg founded O3b Networks, Ltd. O3b raised approximately 1.3bn USD to design and build a satellite constellation to provide fiber quality backhaul for telecom operators in the most remote markets around the world. Today, O3b has launched 12 satellites, which have attained individual…
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