Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth. He was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016. Between 2003 and 2006, Dr. Rajan was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund. Dr. Rajan’s research interests are in banking, corporate finance, and economic…
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Dr. Luis Miguel Castilla was appointed Ambassador of Peru to the United States on February 01 2015 by President Ollanta Humala. He had served as Minister of Economy and Finance of Peru from July 2011 to September 2014. During the past 3 years, Peru's credit ratings were upgraded by all major credit rating agencies (classified as the second highest investment rated country in Latin America). Prior…
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Prior to joining UNICEF in May 2016, Mr. Forsyth served as Chief Executive Officer of Save the Children UK. From 2004 to 2010, as Special Adviser to UK Prime Ministers Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, Mr. Forsyth helped shape global efforts on development, climate change and humanitarian policies, including leading successful efforts around G8s and G20s. Prior to this, he worked for Oxfam from 1989…
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Jim Carlton is a senior special writer for the Wall Street Journal in San Francisco. As an environmental writer for the past several years covering issues related to the West Coast, he has written extensively about the region's chronic droughts including the one now ravaging California. He is also a former computer industry writer for the Journal and author of the book "Apple: The Inside Story of…
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Mr. Leonard Nxumalo is the Chief Executive Officer of the Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) in Botswana. He is responsible for the successful leadership and management of the Corporation in the supply of water and wastewater services in both the urban and rural villages across the whole country. Mr. Nxumalo joined WUC in 2014 at a critical period when the Corporation is undergoing major…
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Conner Everts is the Facilitator of the Environmental Water Caucus while Executive Director of the Southern California Watershed Alliance and Co-chair of the Desal Response Group. He is chair of Public Officials for Water and Environmental Reform (POWER) and the Environmental Justice Coalition for Water. Conner was elected to the Casitas Municipal Water District and was president of the Ojai…
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A leader in the international water community for more than 25 years, Pat Mulroy serves as a Senior Fellow for Climate Adaptation and Environmental Policy and also as a Practitioner in Residence for the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law. She also holds a faculty position at the Desert Research Institute, where she serves as the Maki Distinguished…
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Zain Verjee is one of the world’s most respected and recognized journalists, with an action-packed background and experience as a storyteller, entrepreneur, communicator, and interviewer. She is well known as a former CNN anchor and correspondent and has made a successful transition into the world of communications and creative entrepreneurship. Her most recent project is a data and information…
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Jaime Caruana became General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements on 1 April 2009. Previously, Mr. Caruana was Financial Counsellor to the Managing Director and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund. From 2000 to 2006, Mr. Caruana was the Governor of the Bank of Spain, Spain's central bank, and in that capacity, served on the…
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Dr. Elias has been in this role since 2011. He is responsible for all activities outside of the U.S. that are not focused on new medicine development Dr. Elias oversees Global Development’s portfolio in Agriculture Development; Family Planning; Financial Services for the Poor; Maternal, Newborn, & Child Health; Polio; Vaccines Delivery; Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; and Special Initiatives…
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