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Kanti Bajpai

International Relations Scholar; Professor in the Politics and International Relations of South Asia at Oxford University

Poonam Barua

Director PAMASIA and Founder of the WILL Forum

Tim Beardson

Founder of Crosby, the largest independent investment bank in Asia

Tony Fernandes

Entrepreneur and Founder of Air Asia

Hak-Su Kim

Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

Roy Madron

Honorary Fellow of the Asian Foresight Institute, consultant on Leadership development

Robyn Meredith

Asia-Pacific Business and Finance Correspondent

Azran Osman-Rani

Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X

Frank-Jürgen Richter

Former World Economic Forum director of Asian affairs

Martin Roll

Author of Asian Brand Strategy

Francis Rozario

Expert in International Banking and Finance

Brian Su

Expert on a wide range of China/Asia-related business and culture topics.

Khoo Swee Chiow

First South East Asian to climb the Seven Summits.

Pelle Tornberg

Former CEO of Metro

Andy Xie

Renowned Economist who accurately predicted the South East Asian Financial Crisis and the US Subprime Financial Crisis

Ola Ahlvarsson

Named in "Top ten leading European internet entrepreneurs 1999" by Wall Street Journal

Martti Ahtisaari

President of Finland 1994-2000; winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2008

Vijay Amritraj

Indian Tennis Champion and motivational speaker

Irene Ang

Author, entrepreneur and entertainer

Reg Athwal

Dubai, UAE-based entrepreneur, TV show host, business speaker and moderator

Adrian Atkinson

Inspiring strategic advisor and executive coach

Oliver August

Correspondent and editor for The Economist

Rafidah Aziz

Malaysia's longest serving Minister of International Trade and Industry

Shaukat Aziz

Former Prime Minister of Pakistan

Pradip Baijal

Former Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Jasper Becker

Author Writer Publisher & Speaker on China Economy & International Affairs.

Kiran Bedi

Social Activist and India's first and highest ranking woman officer in the Indian Police Service

Shantanu Bhagwat

Entrepreneur and businessman

Mahathir Bin Mohamad

Former Prime Minister of Malaysia

Leonard Brody

Digital Media Entrepreneur

Tim Butcher

Speaker, Best-Selling Author and adventurer

James Caan

CEO and Enrepreneur

Julian Caldecott

Ecologist and conservationist

Ben Caldecott

Head of European Policy at Climate Change Capital

Michel Camdessus

Former Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund

Fritjof Capra

Author of The Tao of Physics

Stephen Chan

General Manager of TVB

Farland Chang

Emmy Award winning international journalist.

Ha-Joon Chang

Author of 23 Things They Dont Tell About Capitalism

Debashis Chatterjee

Dr. Debashis Chatterjee joins TLSB

Young Rok Cheong

Global Economist and Speaker on China

Priyanka Chopra

Former Miss World

Greg Clark

Expert on cities, former advisor to the Mayor of London

Augusto Lopez Claros

Former Director of the Global Competitveness Report at the World Economic Forum

Linda Cruse

Inspirational aid worker who risks her life in some of the world's poorest trouble-spots

Catherine DeVrye

Best-selling author of 8 non-fiction books

Bibek Debroy

Economist; Research Professor at IMI

Kemal Dervis

Vice President and Director of the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution.

Frank Dick

Former head coach of the GB Olympics team

Tom Doctoroff

Western-China Marketing Guru

Peter Draper

Former Director of Marketing at Manchester United FC

Esther Dyson

Wall Street technology analyst & CEO of EDventure Holdings

Francis Eames

Former global brand director for Guinness

David Eldon

Chairman of the Dubai International Financial Centre; Special Adviser to the Korea National Competitiveness Committee

Marc Faber

Investment analyst & entrepreneur

James Fergusson

Journalist and author, expert on Islam and the Taliban

Peter Fisk

Roger Fisk

Former National Director of Special Events for Barack Obama's presidential campaign

Stephanie Flanders

Newsnights Economics Editor

Jonathan Foster-Pedley

Innovation, creativity and strategy speaker

Robert Friedman

Editor at Large, Bloomberg News - New York

Sir David Frost

Presenter and Interviewer

Jay Galbraith

Leading Authority on Organisational Design, Change and Development

Mark Gallagher

Grand Prix Motor Racing Boss. Speaker on motivation, leadership and technology

Bhavik Gandhi

Professional yachtsman and motivational speaker

Asha Gill

Model, television host, deejay, veejay, writer, film director, and women's rights activist

Scott Goodstein

Developed the social networking platforms for the Obama presidential campaign

George Gu

China Business Author and Commentator

Anil Gupta

Author of Getting China and India Right

Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Lorraine Hahn

TV Presenter and Journalist

David Hashim

Founding Principal of VERITAS Design Group

Yukio Hatoyama

Former Prime Minister of Japan (2009-2010)

Patricia Hizon

Sportscaster and television host in the Philippines

Nobuyuki Idei

Former CEO of Sony Corporation

Thebe Ikalafeng

Africa's foremost brand authorities

Dato Jaffar Indot

Former Executive Director and Director of Public Affairs for Shell Malaysia

Martin Jacques

Author of "When China Rules the World"

Farhang Jahapour

Authority on Middle East politics

Hermawan Kartajaya

President of the World Marketing Association

Fergal Keane

Paul Keating

Former Prime Minister of Australia

Geoffrey Kent

Founder of Abercrombie & Kent, the world's leading premium travel company

Manfred Kets de Vries

INSEAD Business Professor, Psycho-analyst, Management Author

Ayesha Khanna

Technology & innovation strategy expert & founder of Hybrid Reality Institute

Parag Khanna

Author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order

Amanda Khozi Mukwashi

Speaker on Leadership and empowerment

Chan Kim

INSEAD Professor of Strategy, co-author of Blue Ocean Strategy

Marion King

President of MasterCard UK and Ireland

Rem Koolhaas

One of the world's leading architects

Philip Kotler

One of the World's leading authorities on Marketing

John Kufuor

Former President of Ghana from 2001 to 2009

Priya Kumar

Motivation through fun and adventure experiential learning

Ben Legg

Former COO of Google Europe

Gerd Leonhard

Digital Content, Media and the Future

Jordan Lewis

World authority on Alliances

Greg Lindsay

Author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next

Martin Lindstrom

One of the world's leading marketing and branding speakers

Yongtu Long

China's Former Vice Minister of Trade

Gerard Lyons

Chief Economic Adviser to the Mayor of London since 2013 Chief Economist and Head of Global Research at Standard Chartered 1999-2012.

Marina Mahathir

Marina Mahathir was voted United Nations Person of the Year for Malaysia in 2010.

V P Malik

Former Chief of The Indian Army

R A Mashelkar

Leading architect of India's science and technology policies

Renée Mauborgne

INSEAD Professor of Strategy; co-author of Blue Ocean Strategy

Jake Meyer

World record-breaking moutaineer

Zanny Minton Beddoes

The Economist's Economics Editor, based in Washington DC.

Santrupt Misra

Authority on Human Resource Management

Akio Miyabayashi

Special Advisor to Minolta and ex-Chairman of Minolta Europe

Shigeru Miyamoto

Video game designer & producer at Nintendo. He created Mario, Donkey Kong & The Legend of Zelda

Mark Mobius

One of the "Top Ten Money Managers of the 20th Century"

Sanjay Modak

Expert on telecommunications in India and China

Kevin Money

The Psychology of Leadership and Customer Service

Narayana Murthy

Co-founder and Chairman of Inifosys, former "World Entrepreneur of the Year"

Chandran Nair

Founder of the Global Institute for Tomorrow

Petra Nemcova

Supermodel, Philanthropist, survivor of the Tsunami

Joel Neoh

Entrepreneur and co-founder of Youth Asia

Claire Nouvian

Film-maker and Environmentalist

Mehmet Ogutcu

International authority on energy matters

Kenichi Ohmae

Management guru, advisor on global strategy

Erik Orsenna

Economist & expert on durable growth, environment, agriculture & emerging economies

Supachai Panitchpakdi

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand and Director General of the WTO

Jagdish Parikh

Internationally reputed management leader and author

Chris Patten

Chairman of BBC

Gunter Pauli

Author, Entrepreneur

Grace Phan

Writer-Director

Pierre Rabhi

French writer, farmer and environmentalist

Pravin Rajpal

Renowned expert on Innovation and Management

Partha Rakshit

CEO of Nielsen South Asia - Expert on the Indian consumer market

Douglas Rediker

Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation

David Reid

Chairman of Intertek, former Chairman of Tesco

Aromar Revi

Founding Director of TARU, consultant and researcher

Ken Robinson

Adviser and Consultant on tourism

Nick Ross

Jeffrey Sachs

Special Adviser to Kofi Annan

Helmut Schutte

Former Dean of the INSEAD campus in Singapore

Hagai Segal

Expert on Terrorism and The Middle East

Arun Shourie

Former Union Minister to the Government of India

Brody Sweeney

Founder of O' Briens Sandwich Bars

Frederick Tan

Sports Psychologist

Lucian Tarnowski

Honoured as Europe's youngest Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum

William Taylor

Co-founder of Fast Company, co-author of Mavericks At WorK

Alex Teoh

Expert on Continuous Improvement and Lean Production

Roshan Thiran

Leadership and Talent Management Coach

Robert B. Tucker

Innovation expert

Rajeshwar Upadhyaya

Professor, Leadership and Change Management, Indian School of Business

Alain Vandenborre

Founded or co-founded companies in Belgium, China, Taiwan and Singapore

Marco Vicenzino

Leading expert on geopolitics and security hotspots around the world

Mike Walsh

Futurist and trends expert

Chef Wan

Malaysia's top celebrity chef

Haiyan Wang

Authority on developing business in China

Sundeep Waslekar

Strategic thinker on geopolitical futures

Chris Weafer

Chief Strategist with UralSib Financial Corporation in Moscow

Michael Woodford

Former President & CEO of Olympus

Joseph Yam

Former Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority

Yue Man Yeung

Expert in Urban Development

Linda Yueh

Global authority on the Chinese economy

Wan Zaleha Radzi

Presenter

Louis de Bernières

Speaker and best selling novelist, his book Captain Corelli's Mandolin was made into a Hollywood film starring Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz.

Hernando de Soto

One of Time magazines "Leaders for the New Millennium"; Expert on CSR"

Aude de Thuin

Founder of The Women's Forum