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Thierry Mallet

Feb 27, 2018

Thierry Mallet has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Transdev Group and Transdev S.A. since September 9, 2016. He is a graduate of École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées and also holds a Master of Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was appointed Senior Vice President in…

Antonio Celia

Feb 23, 2018

Promigas’ CEO since 1992, a Colombian organization in the energy and natural gas sector with more than 40 years of experience and a holding comprised of 13 companies and an inclusive business -Brilla-benefiting with credits approximately more than 650.000 people at the BOP. Leader of the widespread use of natural gas as preferred fuel. Today,…

Jay Carson

Feb 23, 2018

Jay Carson serves as the Executive Director for C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and Senior Advisor to Bloomberg Philanthropies. In this capacity, Carson has overseen the integration of C40 and Clinton Climate Initiative Cities program to develop a premiere climate change organization committed to implementing meaningful and sustainable climate-related actions locally that will address climate…

Ricky Burdett

Feb 23, 2018

Ricky Burdett is Professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and director of LSE Cities and the Urban Age programme. He is a Global Distinguished Professor at New York University. He was Chief Adviser on Architecture and Urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics and now advises the Olympic…

Gianluca Brugnoli

Feb 23, 2018

Gianluca Brugnoli is a Creative Director at frog in Milan. Bringing more than 15 years’ experience, the architect and PhD in Industrial Design has been focusing on interaction design and user experience strategy, specialized in digital services. He is mostly involved in the untangling of complex systems and processes, seen as frameworks and platforms enabling…

Diane Brady

Feb 23, 2018

As Senior Editor and Content Chief, Diane Brady has led corporate and management coverage since June 2008. Previously, she was a senior writer and bureau chief, winning numerous industry awards for her stories. Before that, she worked at The Wall Street Journal in Asia, Canada’s Maclean’s and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi,…

Johan Björkstén

Feb 23, 2018

Johan has spent more than 20 years in China, is fluent in Chinese and has worked for eight years as a radio and TV host. Throughout his media career he has built a strong network with key Chinese media and has deep expertise in creatively engaging with Chinese audiences. In 1994, he founded Eastwei Relations,…

Jacob Bennett

Feb 23, 2018

Jacob brings over 15 years of construction and real estate experience. Since 2011, in his position as Skolkovo Deputy City Manager, has overseen the planning of Skolkovo City. Prior to Skolkovo he headed the Marbleton Real Estate Private Equity Fund which focused on investments in Russia. Jacob also worked for nine years at Intel Corporation.…

Stephen Barrett

Feb 23, 2018

Stephen joined Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in 1993 and has been an Associate since 2004. Stephen has been the project leader for the RSHP-led multi-disciplinary team with the Urban Age (London School of Economics) and Arup participating in the international consultancy on the future of metropolitan Paris – “Le Grand Pari(s)” – and is…

Stephen Baker

Feb 23, 2018

Stephen Baker, is author most recently of Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine and the Quest to Know Everything (2011). It’s the “biography” of IBM’s Jeopardy computer, Watson. His previous book, The Numerati (2008), detailed the emergence of the data economy. It has been translated into 20 languages. For more than a decade, Baker covered technology…

Vivek Badrinath

Feb 23, 2018

Vivek Badrinath, heads Orange Business Services, the Enterprise Division of the France Telecom Group, since April 2010. Prior to his current role, Vivek held a number of other senior management roles within the France Telecom Group including Executive Vice President for Networks, Carriers, Platforms and Infrastructure. In this role he was responsible for developing the…

Mariana Alegre Escorza

Feb 23, 2018

Born in Lima, Perú in 1981. With Law studies she has a Master in Human Rights for Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Author of the thesis: “We all are pedestrians. A human rights approach for the urban mobility treatment in Metropolitan Lima” with outstanding grade (the highest grade). She worked in Transparencia, a civil association…