Thomas Silberhorn studied law at the universities of Erlangen, Munich and Bayreuth. He has worked as legal intern/articled clerk in Bamberg, Bayreuth, Paris and Brussels and as Research assistant in public law, with a specialization in European law at the Universityof Bamberg. He subsequently served as research assistant in the Public Law Department, specializing in in¬ter-national and European…
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Ambassador Ombeni Yohana Sefue was sworn in as Chief Secretary of the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania on 31st December 2011. As Chief Secretary, he is Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service. Before that, Ambassador Sefue served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the United Republic of Tanzania to the United Nations in New York from 31st August 2010. Prior…
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Prior to his appointment, he was department and committee secretary of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee from 2003 to 2008. He was also the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2008-2011.
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Imge is Turkey Program Manager of Goldman Sachs 10,000 Women Initiative. 10,000 Women is a global initiative that fosters economic growth by providing underserved women entrepreneurs around the world with a business and management education, mentoring and networking. To date, the initiative has reached over 10,000 women from across 43 countries through a network of 90 academic and non-profit…
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Dr. Hans Peter Manz has served as Austria’s ambassador to the United States in Washington, D.C., since December 2011. Before moving to the U.S., Dr. Manz was the Austrian Ambassador to Switzerland. During his distinguished diplomatic career, Dr. Manz served in a variety of positions, including inter alia, foreign policy advisor to the Chancellor of Austria. His overseas postings included Tehran,…
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Adrian Lajtha is Accenture's Chief Leadership Officer. He is responsible for Accenture’s strategies and programs around global Inclusion & Diversity, Human Capital Strategy, Leadership Development, Succession Planning and Corporate Citizenship, including Accenture’s Skills to Succeed initiative, which will equip 700,000 people around the world by 2015 with the skills to get a job or build a…
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Jörg Asmussen is a German economist and politician. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and served as a member of the executive board of the European Central Bank. Previously, he served as Deputy Finance Minister of Germany.
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Ali Ansari is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Engro Corporation – one of the largest business conglomerates of Pakistan – with interests in fertilizers, foods, energy, trading, and petrochemicals businesses. He is a strong proponent of inclusive growth and has instituted group-wide mapping of value chains and reorganizing businesses to pursue inclusive growth. He strongly believes…
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Jane Nelson is Director of the Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. She was a director and senior advisor at the International Business Leaders Forum from 1993 to 2009, and has been a senior associate with the Institute for Sustainability Leadership at Cambridge University, and an advisor to the Clinton…
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