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Global Business
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Kent Moors
Dr. Kent Moors is an internationally recognized expert in oil/natural gas policy and finance as well as global risk management. He has consulted for numerous governments and large-scale companies on a wide range of issues including the intricacies of the oil markets and risk management. Internationally Recognized Oil and Gas Authority: Dr. Moors has advised the leaders at the highest level of six world governments, as well as corporations and international banks in 23 countries.
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Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson is co-author of the international bestseller, Success Built to Last. As an executive coach and visiting scholar at Stanford University, Mark has lead senior teams and organizations through Vision-Values-Strategy initiatives. Much of his coaching, strategic counseling and research springs from his experience as an insider in boardrooms and management committees, along with his passion for unlocking the unique skills of hundreds of remarkable people around the world.
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Michael Cox
Former Federal Reserve Chief Economist (the only Chief Economist the Federal Reserve System has ever had) and author of the widely acclaimed book Myths of Rich and Poor (nominated for a Pulitzer Prize), W. Michael Cox is an economist with an impressive background and depth of knowledge, yet a knack for communication. The media rely on Dr. Cox's ability to make plain sense out of difficult economic issues, as evidenced by his extensive roster of media coverage and appearances.
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Mike Walsh
Founder and CEO of Tomorrow, a consumer innovation research lab, Mike Walsh advises some of the world's leading brands and corporations on what's coming next in their industry. Author of the best seller FUTURETAINMENT , he is a leading authority on the intersection of emerging technologies, consumer behavior and fast growth markets. Constantly traveling the world for the best ideas, he distils the most relevant insights into tailored keynotes that allow any audience to not only understand, but also start to inuence the future direction of their industry. Rather than focusing on the distant future, Mike focuses on the next five years - scanning the near horizon for disruptive technologies and consumer innovations on the verge of hitting critical mass - then translating these into usable business strategies.
Publisher of the ?Disruptive Future? blog read by thousands of professionals in the media and entertainment space, Mike's unique insights and operating experience in emerging markets re breakthrough innovation and business transformation, makes him an expert on the growing influence of consumers in BRIC countries. Mike?s new book, The Divergence (published 2012), charts the rise of online consumers in these emerging markets and shows that tomorrow's Web will be radically different to conventional Western models requiring entirely new engagement strategies. His views have appeared in a wide range of international publications including Business Week, Forbes and Wallpaper Magazine.
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Robyn Meredith
Senior Editor of Asia and the Foreign Correspondent for Forbes Magazine, Robyn Meredith is a NYT bestselling author of The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What it Means for All of Us. She is a weekly globalization and geopolitics columnist for Forbes.com's "Off Shore" column.
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Sanjay Khosla
Sanjay Khosla is a global citizen with more than 30 years of CPG experience and a unique international perspective. He's a native of India and global citizen who has lived and worked all over the world from London to New Zealand. He joined Kraft Foods four years ago and is the President of Developing Markets for Kraft Foods.
He put his obsession of Winning through Focus into practice to turn Kraft Foods' underperforming developing markets business into a top tier performer. It worked!
The proof is in the numbers. With nearly $13 billion in annual revenues, if Kraft Foods' developing markets business was a standalone company, it would be one of the top 10 food companies on the planet. The company's developing markets business realized 13% revenue growth on average annually and reported operating income growth of more than 24% on average annually (2006-2009).
When he joined, his mission for developing markets was simple: growth, growth and growth. He did it. He turned around the business through a simple strategy of Winning through Focus. And since, has coauthored an article about the 7 steps of Winning through Focus.
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Ted Fishman
Ted Fishman is an expert on China's impact on the global economy and the rapid emergence of China as a world power. Fishman's bestselling book, China, Inc.: How the Rise of the Next Superpower Challenges America and the World has helped describe for the world the effects of China as a world power. His talks reflect the intelligence and wit readers find in his writing and has most recently focused on the emergence of China and its impact of the lives of Americans as consumers, workers, managers and citizens.
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Vikram Mansharamani
Vikram Mansharamani is an experienced global equity investor and Lecturer at Yale University. Dr.
Mansharamani teaches the seminar "Financial Booms & Busts" to Yale College undergraduates, an extremely popular course as indicated by student reviews and enrollment. He is also the author of
BOOMBUSTOLOGY: Spotting Financial Bubbles Before They Burst and is a regular commentator in the financial media, having contributed to Bloomberg, MarketWatch, CNBC, Forbes, Fortune,The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Yale Global, The South China Morning Post, The Korea Times, The Khaleej Times, and The Daily Beast, among others.
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