Mr. Eric Jing has been Ant Financial’s CEO since October 2016 and its Executive Chairman since April 2018. He also serves on the boards of Alibaba Group [NYSE: BABA] and Paytm, the leading payments platform in India, in addition to serving as chairman of the board of MYbank. Under Eric’s leadership, Ant Financial has forged strategic partnerships around the world with Paytm in India, KakaoPay in…
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Joe Gebbia is the co-founder and CPO of Airbnb, serving on the Board of Directors and Executive staff, while leading Samara, Airbnb’s in-house design and innovation studio. An entrepreneur from an early age, Airbnb’s groundbreaking service began in his San Francisco apartment and spread to 3 million+ listings in over 191 countries, creating a new economy for thousands of people around the world.…
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Tanya has worked in broadcasting and the media for over twenty years. She started out at the FT, then went to work for CNBC, Sky News, CNN and since 1998, the BBC. She has worked on a variety of programmes on BBWorldNews, the Newschannel, Radio 4 and BBC1 and BBC2 including Our World, Working Lunch, Today, World Business report, Newsnight and World Business Report. She also spent 3 years living…
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Sidy Ndao, an avid advocate for education issues in Africa, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL). Before joining UNL in 2012, Ndao worked for two years as a Postdoctoral Associate in the Chemical Engineering Department and the Institute of Soldier Nanotechnology at the Massachusetts Institute of…
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Sidi Ould Tah, Director General of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), was appointed in June 2015. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Mauritanian Minister of Economic Affairs and Development. He began his career in the Mauritanian Bank for Development and Trade, then transitioned to the Arab Agency for Investment and Agricultural Development based in Khartoum before…
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Rosine Sori-Coulibaly was named the Minister of Economy, Finance, and Development for Burkina Faso in January 2016. Prior to this, she has held positions in the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development, the Social and Economic Council, and lectured at Burkina’s National School of Administration. In 2011, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Sori-Coulibaly as Deputy Special…
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Madeleine K. Albright is Chair of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategy firm, and Chair of Albright Capital Management LLC, an investment advisory firm focused on emerging markets. She was the 64th Secretary of State of the United States. Dr. Albright received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, from President Obama on May 29, 2012. In 1997, Dr.…
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Danielle De La Fuente earned a BA in International Relations from Boston University and a MLitt in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She served at the National Defense University where she fostered relations across the Middle East and South Asia. She has also worked at embassies and on political campaigns, specializing as a liaison for diplomatic,…
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Educated at the University of Paris VII, Marie-Irène Richmond Ahoua is an International Communications Consultant having worked as an Outreach Advisor for the United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire. She has also served as Rotary’s National PolioPlus Chair for her country and now helps coordinate immunization activities in several West African countries as a member of Rotary’s Africa Regional…
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Dr. Geetha Jayaram is an Associate Professor in both Departments of Psychiatry and Health Policy and Management at Johns Hopkins Hospital. She has also been the Physician Advisor for the Department of Psychiatry for 21 years, and Chair of the International Patient Safety committee for the American Psychiatric Association. She is a pioneer in the field of psychiatric patient safety, authored a…
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