Recent Speakers
Over the past 12 months, we have hosted more than 200 leading Chairmen/CEOs, government decision makers, opinion-formers and industry experts. They covered a broad array of global issues, ranging recently from innovation and social media to sustainability and sovereign debt. Our recent guests/speakers include:
Joaquín Almunia
EU Commissioner for Competition
Gerard Baker
Editor-in-Chief, Wall Street Journal
The Rt Hon Danny Alexander MP
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
Lionel Barber
Editor-in-Chief, Financial Times
Dave Barger
President & CEO, JetBlue
Maria Bartiromo
Anchor, CNBC
Dominic Barton
Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Ed Bastian
President, Delta Air Lines
Sir Roger Bone
President, Boeing UK Ltd
Martin Broughton
Chairman, British Airways
Daniel Doctoroff
CEO & President, Bloomberg L.P.
Thomas J. Donohue
President & CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Dan Glaser
President & Chief Executive Officer, Marsh & McLennan Companies
Sir Mark Lyall Grant
UK Permanent Representative to the UN
Peter T. Grauer
Chairman, Bloomberg L.P.
Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint
UK Minister of State for Trade & Investment
Evan G. Greenberg
Chairman and CEO, ACE Limited
Stuart Gulliver
Group Chief Executive, HSBC Holdings plc
The Rt Hon William Hague MP
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Philip Hammond MP
UK Secretary of State for Defence
Steve Holliday
Chief Executive, National Grid
Jonathan Hoyle CBE
Director General for Information Security & Assurance, GCHQ
Robert P. Kelly
Chairman and CEO, BNY Mellon
William E. Kennard
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
Ian King
Chief Executive, BAE Systems
Stephen King
Group Chief Economist, HSBC Bank plc
Shelly Lazarus
Chairman, Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide
Harold (Terry) McGraw
Chairman, President & CEO, The McGraw-Hill Companies
John Micklethwait
Editor-in-Chief, The Economist
Kenneth Moelis
CEO & Founder, Moelis & Company
Dennis Nally
Chairman, PwC International Ltd.
Michael Neeb
President and CEO, HCA International
Duncan Niederauer
CEO, NYSE Euronext
Sir John Peace
Chairman, Burberry plc, Standard Chartered PLC, Experian plc
Joe Plumeri
Chairman and CEO, Willis Group Holdings plc
Sir Michael Rake
Chairman, BT Group plc
Steve Ridgway
Chief Executive, Virgin Atlantic Airways
Wilbur Ross
Chairman and CEO, WL Ross & Co LLC
Peter Sands
Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC
Richard Scott
Governor of the State of Florida
Jeff Smisek
President & CEO, United Continental Holdings
Sir Martin Sorrell
CEO, WPP
Arthur O. Sulzberger, Jr.
Chairman, CEO and Publisher, The New York Times Company
The Honorable Louis B. Susman
US Ambassador to the UK
Ratan Tata
Chairman, Tata Group
Robert Thomson
CEO, News Corporation
Rex Tillerson
Chairman, President & CEO, ExxonMobil
James Turley
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ernst & Young
Lord Turner
Chairman, UK Financial Services Authority
Peter Voser
Chief Executive Officer, Royal Dutch Shell
Paul Walsh
CEO, Diageo plc
Willie Walsh
CEO, British Airways
William C. Weldon
Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
Sir Peter Westmacott, KCMG, LVO
British Ambassador to the USA