Authors

Abigail Dixon

**Abigail Dixon** is an award-winning chartered marketer, a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), an accredited consultant, a course director and trainer, and an accredited International Coaching Federation coach.

Abigail Dixon is the co-author of **The Whole Marketer**.

Adam Pacifico

Adam Pacifico teaches at Duke Corporate Education.

Adam Pacifico is the co-author of **The Leader’s Secret Code**.

Alain Liebaert

Alain Liebaert started his career as a management consultant, specializing in reorganizing companies on a ‘no cure, no pay’ basis. Following the death of his father, Alain entered the family business – Liebaert Textiles – and eventually became CEO, where he turned the business around in a declining market. After 30 challenging years, he left the family business in the capable hands of his children (the fifth generation), only to return to his old love of management consulting.

Alain Liebaert is the author of **Mastering Decline.**

Alan Williams

**Alan Williams** coaches progressive leaders of service sector organizations, internationally and in the UK, to deliver values-driven service for sustained performance. He is a published author and speaker whose projects have delivered measurable business results across a balanced scorecard and been recognized with industry awards.

Alan Williams is the co-author of **The 31 Practices** and **The Values Economy.**

Alexandra Matthews

Alexandra Matthews’ background is in writing and marketing; she also worked at Ashoka UK, a network of leading social innovators, where Mel is a Fellow. Together, they have created The New Ism, a discussion forum with a huge ambition: to create a new, more inclusive and sustainable global system that brings together the efforts of social innovators across the world.

Alexandra Matthews is the c0-author of Social Entrepreneurship.

Alisa Grafton

**Alisa Grafton** is a partner at De Pinna Notaries, a leading legal notaries firm, and assists law firms, investment banks and multinationals to execute cross-border transactions. She is also active in female leadership and is a mentor for the Athena40 Forum. She is based in London.

Alisa Grafton is the author of **Great Networking**.

Alison Whybrow

Alison Whybrow is an award-winning Chartered and Registered Psychologist.

Alison Whybrow is the co-author of **The 31 Practices**.

Amy Bradley

Amy Bradley is a professor, writer and speaker. In 2020, she joined the Thinkers50 Radar list of global management thinkers and her work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, BBC and The Guardian.

Amy Bradley is the author of **The Human Moment**.

Anders Indset

Anders Indset is consultant, philosopher and serial entrepreneur. Norwegian-born who speaks five languages fluently, he is a much sought-after international speaker.

Anders Indset is the author of **Wild Knowledge**.

Andrew Kinder

Andrew Kinder is a Chartered Counselling Occupational Psychologist who is the Professional Head of Mental Health Services, Optima Health. He has published widely on workplace counselling, trauma, coaching and mental health.

Andrew Kinder is the co-author of **Positive Mental Health**, **Positive Male Mind** and **The Crisis Book**.

Andrew Sharman

Andrew Sharman is the Founder and Chief Executive of RMS, global consultants on health, work, and wellbeing to Fortune 500 corporations including Apple, Burberry, Mercedes Benz, and many more. He’s an in-demand EQ practitioner and personal coach to leaders around the globe, a TED speaker, and professor of leadership and culture at one of the world’s top business schools.

Andrew Sharman is the author of **The Wellbeing Book**.

Andrew Wallas

Andrew Wallas is a consultant who specializes in business transformation. He is the CEO & founder of The School Business Alchemy. Prior to that, he was a successful entrepreneur.

Andrew Wallas is the author of **Business Alchemy**.

Andy Law

Described by Theodore Zeldin as “one of our boldest business gurus,” Andy Law is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. During his 40 years working first in advertising and then global business consulting, he has been profiled by the Harvard Business Review, has chaired plenary sessions at Davos, advised in Downing Street, shared the podium with world leaders, managed communications innovation for global companies and written a number of highly acclaimed business books.

Andy Law is the author of **Work and Days** and **Upgraded**.

Angela Lane

Angela Lane works and write about the complex science of human performance, while making it simple. Leveraging Fortune 500 experience gained across four continents, she equips leaders with practical tools for success.

Angela Lane is the co-author of **Fair Talk**.

Angus Forbes

Angus Forbes is a former City banker turned environmentalist and a passionate advocate of global governance of the biosphere. Founder of both VoteGPA.com and the social enterprise, Bankers Without Boundaries, he was also the inaugural Project Director of the Prince’s Rainforest Project at Clarence House. Australian-born Angus lives in England.

Angus Forbes is the author of Global Planet Authority.

Anthony Tasgal

Anthony Tasgal’s main occupation is advertising and marketing, with a particular leaning towards storytelling and behavioural economics. His other interests are the Greeks and Romans, film and writing comedy.

Anthony Tasgal is the author of **InCitations,** **The Inspiratorium, The Storytelling Book and The Storytelling Workbook.**

Atholl Duncan

**Atholl Duncan** is the Chair of the leadership development business, Black Isle Group. He worked as a journalist, TV producer and executive for the BBC for more than 20 years. He was Head of News and Current Affairs for BBC Scotland from 2007 to 2011. Atholl is an Insead certified executive coach, who has studied leadership at Harvard and Cranfield. He is currently Chair of the Scottish salmon industry, which is Britain’s largest food exporter; Audit Chair of a cinema business; Chair of UK Coaching, and is a Non-Executive Director and former Chair of the British Horseracing Authority. He works mainly in London and internationally and has a home in Scotland.

Atholl Duncan is the author of **Leaders in Lockdown.**

Bahriye Goren

Bahriye Goren is the co-founder of Art of Branding, a global branding consultancy, as well as a lecturing professor of Marketing and International business. Based out of New York, she is an international marketing expert with over 12 years of global experience, both on client side and on agency side where she has consulted companies across industries; from consumer packaged goods, financial institutions, fashion labels, consumer electronics to pharmaceuticals.

Bahriye Goren is the author of Be.

Ben Laker

Ben Laker is an academic adviser to Transform Performance International and a Professor at Henley Business School.

Ben Laker is the co-author of **The Leader’s Secret Code** and **The Salesperson’s Secret Code**.

Ben Renshaw

Ben Renshaw is one of the world’s most sought-after leadership coaches and speakers, working with C-suite executives in FTSE 100 companies including Coca-Cola, Heathrow, IHG, P&G, Sainsbury’s, Sky and Unilever. Previous popular books are Purpose, LEAD, and SuperCoaching.

Ben Renshaw is the author of **Being** and **Purpose**.

Cao Yangfeng

Cao Yangfeng (PhD) is a researcher at the Institute of Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Hong Kong) and the Asia Studies Centre at Copenhagen Business School.

Cao Yangfeng is the author of **The Haier Model**.

Cary Cooper

Cary Cooper is one of the world’s leading authorities on management, work and organizational psychology.

Cary Cooper is the co-author of **The Crisis Book**.

Charlie Reading

Charlie Reading is the director and founder of five companies: Efficient Portfolio, Efficient Portfolio Investments, Efficient Portfolio Wealth Management, E-Paraplan and Tribeathlon. He is a passionate entrepreneur who is dedicated to helping others thrive in their personal and professional adventures.

Charlie Reading in the author of **Entrepreneurial Happiness**.

Carlijn Postma

**Carlijn Postma** is a Dutch content marketing strategist. As founder of The post, a leading content marketing agency in the Netherlands ,she translated her unique binge marketing methodology into practice. Her efforts for the content marketing profession have not gone unnoticed. Carlijn Postma is a much sought-after speaker on international stages. In 2014, she was ranked 27th in the international list of 200 most influential people in the field of content marketing. And in 2017, she was awarded with the title ‘Content Marketing Woman of the Year’ in the Netherlands.

Carlijn Postma is the author of **Bing Marketing**

Chen Weiru

Chen Weiru is Associate Professor of Strategy at CEIBS.

Chen Weiru is the co-author of **Global Expansion**.

Chris Budd

Chris Budd is a FCA authorised financial adviser and managing director of Ovation Finance.

Chris Budd is the author of **The Financial Wellbeing Book**.

Christine Gouchalt

Christine Gouchalt is a mother of four and a business owner. With her company, Mors Business, she has created a community for self-employed women in Denmark with more than 400 members. Through counselling, workshops and lectures, she helps newly started businesses find their place in the market.

Christine previously had her own recruitment agency in Paris and has 13 years of experience within human resources, sales and marketing. She holds a master’s degree in communication and advertisement from INSEEC Paris. In addition to this, she is a certified master, business and life coach, and volunteers as a mentor to the entrepreneur students at Copenhagen Business School.

Christine Gouchalt is the author of Business Mum.

Claire Fox

Claire Fox is the Founder and Director of Claire Fox Coaching. She combines experience in executive leadership roles with that of being an elite athlete. As a transformational coach, she specialises in sustainable high performance, enabling people to live their purpose, perform their best, and fulfil their potential.

In her executive career, Claire was the Chief Operating Officer at UNICEF UK and the Chief People Officer at Save the Children International. Prior to this she spent over ten years at Unilever in global and national HR Director roles. Claire is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and an award-winning expert in her field.

Claire Fox is the author of **Work-Life Symbiosis**

Colin Shearer

Colin Shearer has been a pioneer and thought leader in AI and advance analytics for over 25 years. His experience ranges from successful start-ups and the creation of market-leading tools and technology — he designed and developed the Clementine Data mining System, now IBM SPSS Modeler — to worldwide executive roles with the largest vendors. In December 2016, Colin joined Houston Analytics, a Finland-based European leader in artificial intelligence, to become Chief Strategy Officer.

Colin Shearer is the co-author of **Make It All About Me**.

Constantinos Pantidos

Constantinos Pantidos is the Founder of Brand Aviators, a brand strategy agency that helps clients around the world build brands that liberate the very forces of life. Also a post-graduate University lecturer, Constantinos lectures on strategic marketing, consumer behavior, and consumer research.

Constantinos Pantidos is the author of **Living Brands**.

Curt Blattner

Curt Blattner is Co-Founder of the Institute of Emerging Change consultancy. Curt has had an extensive career at Nestlé including the construction and leadership of a global group of internal consultants for continuous improvement. Curt has Canadian and Swiss citizenship and grew up in Australia and Switzerland. He holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.

Curt Blattner is the author of **The Heartbeat Of Excellence**.

Dan Thwaites

Yerburgh’s Jam Jar Gin was originally a dare between founders Faye and Dan, who then spent two years experimenting with botanicals in an ancient garden to create a flavor they loved. Representing the UK’s first crowd-funded gin, it perfectly captures that leafy freshness so unique to a British garden. Jam Jar Gin is now a multi-award winning London dry gin, stocked in Harvey Nichols and Fortnum & Mason, among other fabulous places. Yerburgh’s Jam Jar Gin was originally a dare between founders Faye and Dan, who then spent two years experimenting with botanicals in an ancient garden to create a flavor they loved. Representing the UK’s first crowd-funded gin, it perfectly captures that leafy freshness so unique to a British garden. Jam Jar Gin is now a multi-award winning London dry gin, stocked in Harvey Nichols and Fortnum & Mason, among other fabulous places.

Dan Thwaites is the co-author of **Make Something Bloody Marvellous**.

Dan White

**Dan White** is a marketing and insights innovator. His frameworks and visualizations have influenced generations of marketers via the methodologies they have informed, including the world’s leading brand measurement, media evaluation and copy-testing systems. This unique blend of expertise ensures that every piece of advice offered in *The Smart Marketing Book* and *The Soft Skills Book* is based on robust evidence and a wealth of practical experience.

Dan White is the author of **The Smart Marketing Book** **and The Soft Skills Book.**

David Chudwin

David Chudwin MD decided to go into medicine instead of journalism, but his Apollo 11 experiences led to a lifelong interest in space exploration. Chudwin has written about Apollo 11 in a variety of media outlets and has spoken about Apollo 11 at schools and at space meetings, including Spacefest. Chudwin was the only teenager to be granted a press pass for the 1969 moon landing.

David Chudwin is the author of **I Was A Teenage Space Reporter**.

David Guillebaud

David Guillebaud is a senior advisor to CEOs and top management teams on strategy and transformation issues, especially on digital disruption. He challenges executive teams to seriously address the scope, scale, reach and pace of disruptive change, particularly from digital technologies. He is currently an Associate Partner at Elix-IRR consultancy.

David Guillebaud is the author of **Disruption Denial**.

David Meikle

David Meikle is a business and marketing consultant and strategist, specialising in advertising agency performance management; agency sourcing and selection; marketing process and design and marketing procurement. Before founding Salt Partners in 2009, David had a career in advertising spanning more than two decades.

David Meikle is the author of **How to Buy a Gorilla**.

David Trafford

David Trafford is an experienced management consultant and founder of Formicio, a leading strategy consultancy.

David Trafford is the co-author of **Beyond Default**.

Dawn Sillett

Dawn Sillett has been designing and delivering training workshops and executive coaching for over 15 years.

Dawn Sillett is the author of **The Feedback Book**.

David Stiernholm

David Stiernholm is a trainer who teaches thousands of people every year in companies, government authorities, organizations and universities how to become more structured and attain a higher degree of personal efficiency

David Stiernholm is the author of **Super Structured**.

Diana Renner

Diana Renner is a consultant, teacher, and writer. She helps individuals and organizations navigate uncertainty and make progress on complex challenges. Diana is the co-author of ‘Not Knowing’, which was named Book of the Year by the Chartered Management Institute in 2015. She is the director and co-founder of the Uncharted Leadership Institute and the creator of Not Knowing Lab. She is also an associate with Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, and adjunct lecturer with the University of Adelaide.

Diana Renner is the co-author of **Not Doing**.

Dirk Devos

Dirk Devos is an international expert in leading high impact change. He has a particular focus on large system interventions, leadership development, family systems theory and organizational learning.

Dirk Devos is the co-author of **Leading From Behind**.

Doug Brown

Doug Brown is Chief Data Scientist at Capita and has worked for companies such as E&Y, IBM, PwC, Zurich Financial Services and more. Resides in the UK.

Doug Brown is the co-author of **Data Alchemy.**

Dr. Ding Yuan

Dr. Ding Yuan is Vice President and Dean, Cathay Capital Chair Professor in Accounting at CEIBS.

Dr. Ding Yuan is the co-author of **Global Expansion**.

Dr Katherine Semler

**Dr Katherine Semler** is a partner at Korn Ferry Hay Group in Spain and specializes in leadership development. She was previously in corporate learning and programme design at Telefonica University and IESE Business School. She is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Katherine Semler is co-author of ***Running on Empty.***

Dr Mark Powell

Dr Mark Powell is a business writer, consultant and entrepreneur with over 30 years experience. His increasing focus has been using performing arts to solve modern day business challenges.

Dr Mark Powell is the co-author of **The Five Principles of Performance Thinking**, **Machiavellian Intelligence** and **Perform To Win**.

Dr Maria Katsarou-Makin

**Dr Maria Katsarou-Makin** is the founder of the Leadership Psychology Institute and has more than 20 years of experience in organizational development and executive coaching. She combines business and consulting experience and has done extensive work and research in team dynamics. Maria is Greek and resides in Cheshire, UK.

Dr Maria Katsarou-Makin is the author of **Factions of a Mind** & **Group Dyna-Mix**

Dr. Max McKeown

Dr. Max Mckeown is a globally recognised innovation expert and the award-winning author of *The Strategy Book*, *The Innovation Book* and *Adaptability*. He is a strategic advisor to some of the world’s most admired companies with an enlightening, edgy, entertaining style that transforms cutting edge research into practical ideas with real world power.

Dr. Max McKeown is the author of **The Innovator’s Book**.

Dr. Philip Young

Dr. Philip Young is a corporate education consultant with over 30 years of experience in the design and delivery of business seminars and training programs in finance, strategy, and marketing. His primary focus is on courses in finance for non-financial managers, more generally referred to today as “business acumen.”

Dr. Philip Young is the author of **Buy Low, Sell High**.

Dr. Rainer Zitelmann

Dr. Rainer Zitelmann is the author of 19 books.. He was previously a senior editor at *Die Welt newspaper*. Later he became the leading communications consultant for the real estate sector in Germany.

Dr. Rainer Zitelmann is the author of **The Art of a Successful Life**, **Dare to be Different and Grow Rich**, **The Wealth Elite** and **The Power of Capitalism**.

Dr. Shaun Davis

Dr. Shaun Davis is Global Director of Safety, Health, Wellbeing & Sustainability at Royal Mail. He was appointed as Honorary Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham, School of Medicine in February 2018.

Dr. Shaun Davis is the co-author of **Positive Mental Health** and **Positive Male Mind**.

Elaine Eksvärd

Elaine Eksvärd is best-selling author of Ruling Technique, Living Power and Talk Nice. CEO & Founder of rhetroic agency, Snacka Snyggt, that offers a variety of courses in modern rhetoric, presentation techniques and sales rhetoric. Elaine is a Swedish TV personality, and avid blogger writing about family life, rhetoric, relationships and fitness.

Elaine Eksvärd is the author of **Read My Lips**.

Emanuele Neena

Emanuele Neena is the co-founder of Now Available, based in Italy, and one of Europe’s most innovative advertising agencies. Its clients include MTV, Nestle and Volkswagen.

Emanuele Neena is the author of **Creative 4cast**.

Emma Serlin

Emma Serlin is the Director and Founder of London Speechworkshops who deliver one to one and corporate training to increase personal effectiveness through a unique approach to communication, presentation skills and accent softening. Clients include the Korean Olympic bid team, Times newspaper group, Credit Suisse and many more. Emma is also an award winning theatre director, social entrepreneur, founder of social enterprise, soapsandstories.co.uk, business woman and founder of www.wearesunflower.com

Emma Serlin is the author of **The Connection Book**.

Erik Elgersma

Erik Elgersma is Director of Strategic Analysis at FrieslandCampina. He speaks and lectures frequently on the topics of strategic analysis and data management. He is based in the Netherlands.

Erik Elgersma is the author of **The Strategic’s Analysis Cycle: Handbook** and **The Strategic’s Analysis Cycle: Toolbook**.

Erik Korsvik Østergaard

Erik is Partner and Founder of Bloch&Østergaard, a Danish leadership advisory company that provides inspiration, guidance, and implementation support to top and middle management. He is also a mentor, keynote speaker, and trusted advisor. Over the past few years, Erik has focused on codifying the mechanisms for the future of work to establish a leadership framework for modern organisations.

Erik Korsvik Østergaard is the author of **Teal Dots In An Orange World** and **The Responsive Leader**.

Erlijn Sie

**Erlin Sie** has 15 years of experience working with multi- nationals and an equivalent number of years leading and growing social ventures. She is the co-founder of Microcredits for Mothers and Credits for Communities and was managing director of the Banking with the Poor Network and HandsOn Microfinance. Currently, she works at Ashoka – the world’s largest international network of social entrepreneurs – with blue chip companies to trans- form business into a force for good through collaboration with social innovators. Erlijn has devoted her career to contributing to a more just and inclusive economy. Erlijn holds two Masters degrees in Management Sciences and Asian Studies.

**Erlijn Sie** is the author of **Reimagining Financial Inclusion.**

Fabian Sommerrock

Fabian Sommerrock is a Principal and member of the management team of Roland Berger Switzerland. From 2011 until 2013 he was Executive Assistant CEO and before a Project Manager at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. Dr Sommerrock is an expert in strategy development, transformation, post merger integration and reorganisation as well as efficiency and change management. He is a visiting lecturer at the University of St. Gallen with a focus on marketing, and a Director of the AlpEuregio.BusinessClub, a non-profit organisation.

Fabian Sommerrock is the co-author of **Rethinking Luxury**.

Faye Thwaites

Yerburgh’s Jam Jar Gin was originally a dare between founders Faye and Dan, who then spent two years experimenting with botanicals in an ancient garden to create a flavor they loved. Representing the UK’s first crowd-funded gin, it perfectly captures that leafy freshness so unique to a British garden. Jam Jar Gin is now a multi-award winning London dry gin, stocked in Harvey Nichols and Fortnum & Mason, among other fabulous places. Yerburgh’s Jam Jar Gin was originally a dare between founders Faye and Dan, who then spent two years experimenting with botanicals in an ancient garden to create a flavor they loved. Representing the UK’s first crowd-funded gin, it perfectly captures that leafy freshness so unique to a British garden. Jam Jar Gin is now a multi-award winning London dry gin, stocked in Harvey Nichols and Fortnum & Mason, among other fabulous places.

Faye Thwaites is the co-author of **Make Something Bloody Marvellous**.

Felix Staeritz

Felix Staeritz founded his first company at 16 and is a serial entrepreneur, digital growth expert and investor. As an adviser and mentor, he has supported many digital companies and advised international organizations from the European Commission and the World Bank to the United Nations. Felix is a member of the World Economic Forum s Digital Leaders board. He studied in Germany, the US and Asia and is now based in Vienna and Berlin.

Felix Staeritz is the co-author of **FightBack** **and Fightback NOW.**

Fergus O’Connell

Fergus O’Connell is a leading consultant and trainer in project management. He is the author of 15 business and self-help books, including the bestselling Simply Brilliant (Pearson). He is based in the UK.

Fergus O’Connell is the author of **The Project Management Book**.

Giles Lury

**Giles Lury** is a VW Beetle-driving, Lego watch-wearing Disney-loving, Chelsea supporting father of five who also happens to be a director of brand consultancy at The Value Engineers

Giles Lury is the author of **Wonder Women**, **Inspiring Innovation**, **How Coca-Cola Took Over the World** and **The Prisoner and the Penguin**.

Giles Watkins

Giles Watkins is a British-born coach and mentor with both Aberkyn and Vistage. Giles has over 30 years of global business and general management experience in enabling decision makers to solve problems, achieve balance, deliver superior results and sleep better at night.

Giles Watkins is the author of **Positive Sleep**.

Gillis Jonk

Gillis Jonk is a leading management consultant who has worked at AT Kearney and Bain & Company.

Gillis Jonk is the co-author of **Iconic**.

Giuseppe Stigliano

Giuseppe Stigliano is the Global CEO of Spring Studios and an Adjunct Lecture at UCL School of Management. Prior to that, he was CEO of Wunderman Thompson Italy.

Giuseppe Stigliano is the co-author of **Onlife Fashion.**

Graham Hogg

Graham has spent the last 15 years helping leaders and teams anchor data into decision making. As the leader of Connectworxs, he is passionate about helping organizations achieve growth by creating the right data driven culture to achieve their ambitions. After 20 years in advertising, he has spent the last eighteen as an independent troubleshooter, advising companies on how to change their businesses for the better, via change management programmes, training, facilitation, and non-exec work.

Graham Hogg is the author of **Seeing Around Corners**.

Guo Hongwen

Guo Hongwen is a leading business writer in China.

Guo Hongwen is the author of **Dong Mingzhu & Gree**.

Guy Arnold

Guy Arnold is the published author of Great or Poor, and Sales through Service. He works with Business Advice Organisations, offering simple and hugely powerful guidance as well as referrals and reputation sales.

Guy Arnold is the co-author of **The Reputation Book**.

Helen Chapman

Helen Chapman is a former senior business manager with an Airline company and has Health & Fitness background. Helen has led successful organisational development strategies, working as developer, owner and facilitator of new company cultures. Today Helen is a Facilitator and works as a thinking partner with senior business leaders.

Helen Chapman is the author of **The Meeting Book**.

Herbert Henzler

Herbert Henzler is the former German office head and European Chairman of McKinsey & Company. Today he is an advisor and board member of several leading companies, including Credit Suisse, FC Bayern Munich and New Silk Road.

Herbert Henzler is the author of **Pushing The Boundaries**.

Huang Weiwei

Huang Weiwei is a professor of business at Renmin University of China. He has served as senior consultant to the Huawei board and Huawei’s founder Mr. Zhengfei Ren since 1996. He is currently Chief Management Scientist at Huawei.

Huang Weiwei is the author of **Customer Centricity** and Dedication.

Ian Harrison

**Ian Harrison** works with leaders and their teams around the UK, supporting them to create great places to work. He is the creator of Gratitude Mapping, a tool being used by teams to strengthen connections, break down silos and build positive cultures where people feel valued. Ian spent 19 years as the minister of churches in and around the West Midlands. He has sat on the board of charities and for two years was part of the volunteer team that delivered TEDxBrum. He lives in Wolverhampton but at the weekend you’ll find him at Elwood Park, watching Blackburn Rovers.

Ian Harrison is co-author of **The Enabling Manager**.

Ian Mills

Ian Mills is the co-founders of Transform Performance International.

Ian Mills is the co-author of **The Leader’s Secret Code** and **The Salesperson’s Secret Code**.

Ignacio Garcia Alves

Ignacio Garcia Alves is the global CEO of Arthur D. Little. He focuses on linking strategy, innovation and transformation for technology-intensive and converging industries. With 30 years of experience, Ignacio brings out the best of his creative thinking and strategic problem-solving skills in advising CEOs from around the world.

Ignacio Garcia Alves is the author of **Disruption.**

Jamie Cid

Jamie Cid is a social entrepreneur and consultant to various companies on doing business in India & the U.S. She has led the launch of platforms like movements.org for human rights and MobiHires an HR Tech platform for the Indian and US Market. She spent over a decade working with Indian companies helping them enter the U.S Market in the area of ERP Software. Jamie Lives in Delhi and NYC and is often asked to speak and hold workshops on entrepreneurship. digital pr, branding and launching a beauty product at India’s top fashion school Pearl Academy. Jamie is also an advocate and supports the development of women led organizations and platforms that help women go back into the workforce.

Jamie Cid is the co-author of **Doing Business in India**.

Jan Raes

Jan Raes is the managing director of the Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Jan Raes is the co-author of **Iconic**.

Javier Sánchez Lamelas

Javier Sánchez Lamelas was previously Group VP Marketing of the Coca Cola Company, where he led global campaigns and worldwide marketing initiatives. He is now the CEO of Top Line MARTKeting.

Javier Sánchez Lamelas is the author of **Marketing**.

Jens Schadendorf

**Jens Schadendorf** is an economist, author and keynote-speaker on topics related to diversity and inclusion (D&I), primarily LGBT+ D&I, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and leadership. He also advises companies, scientists, and managers on book projects globally and consults on communications, change, and CSR matters. Alongside this, he is also an independent LGBT+ diversity researcher at the Chair of Business Ethics at the Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Jens Schadendorf is the author of **GaYme Changer.**

Jerome Chouchan

Jerome Chouchan is the Managing Director of Godiva Chocolatier for Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand. He has been practicing Kyudo for 25 years. He is a Board Director of the International Kyudo Federation.

Jerome Chouchan is the author of Target.

Ji Qi

Ji Qi is the Founder and Chairman of the Huazhu Group. He was previously the founding CEO of Ctrip.com and the Homeinns Hotel Group. All three companies are now publicly listed on NASDAQ.

Ji Qi is the author of **The Founder’s Notes**.

Jim N R Dale

Jim N R Dale is the founder and consultant meteorologist at the British Weather Services – the UK’s leading independent weather operate. Jim is British and resides in the UK.

Jim N R Dale is the author of **Weather or Not?**.

Jodi Oridioni

In her role as President of BRANDEMiX, Jody creates brand-aligned workforce communications that connect employees to cultures, companies and business goals. Her client list includes brand such as Avon, New York Life, Cerebral Palsy of NYS, and Cablevision.

Jodi Oridioni is the author of **Talend Brand**.

Joe Manausa

Joe Manausa is the CEO of Joe Manausa Real Estate, a growing real estate brokerage listed among the Forbes Inc. 5000. After observing industry giants move to a digital-first marketing approach, Joe made the transition within his own company, which resulted in over $10 million of revenue from the business’s website. Joe is from the US, and lives in Tallahassee, Florida.

Joe Manausa is the author of **The Business of Getting Business**.

Joe McKenzie

Joe McKenzie (a pseudonym) has been involved in the cryptocurrency industry since its inception. He is the founder of a leading company that issues cryptocurrency.

Joe McKenzie is the author of **The New Money**.

John Simmons

John Simmons is a leading writer in the world of brands, often cited as ‘the inventor of tone-of-voice as a branding discipline’. John went on to found two influential organisations for writers – 26 and Dark Angels – that continue to champion more creative writing for business. He’s the author of many books on brands and writing, as well as a novelist and poet.

John Simmons is the author of **We, Me, Them & it.**

Jonathan Geldart

Jonathan Geldart is Executive Director of Market Development at Grant Thornton, one of the world’s leading accountancy groups. He has spent the past five years working in China.

Jonathan Geldart is the author of **Inside The Middle Kingdom**.

Jonathan Gifford

Jonathan Gifford is a business author who formerly worked in advertising and magazine publishing. He studied philosophy at University in Kent and played saxophone semi-professionally.

Jonathan Gifford is the co-author of **The Five Principles of Performance Thinking**, **Machiavellian Intelligence** and **Perform to Win**.

Jorge Del Rosal

Jorge Del Rosal, fifth generation member of the Bacardí family, graduated from Georgia Tech and the US Brewers Academy. After working for 35 years as Master Blender, HR VP worldwide and Assistant to the President, he provides unique insights into his family, the company and the real history of Bacardi within this book.

Jorge Del Rosal is the author of **The Rise of Bacardi**.

JUAN CARLOS EICHHOLZ — Juan Carlos Eichholz

Juan Carlos Eichholz is the founder and principal of CLA Consulting. He is also a professor at the Business School of Adolfo Ibáñez University and the founding director of the Adaptive Leadership Center.

Juan Carlos Eichholz is the author of **Adaptative Capacity**.

Juan Gasca

Juan Gasca is the Founder and CEO of Thinkers Co. and extensive experience in the world of design, entrepreneurship and business. Currently a visiting professor at IE Business School.

Juan Gasca is the co-author of **Designpedia**.

Juan Gonzalez

Juan Gonzalezis a Partner at Arthur D. Little. He has worked extensively on the impact of technological change on the information flows that shape organizations and their interactions with their environment.

Juan Gonzalezis the author of **Disruption.**

Karolina Morys

Karolina Morys led the Retail Products team at Metro Bank, and previously worked at Lloyds Banking Group and Deloitte Consulting. She was awarded an MBA with Distinction from London Business School in 2015. Passionate about creating a new model of banking that puts customers first, she now works in Silicon Valley helping banks use technology to innovate their customer propositions.

Karolina Morys is the co-author of **Naked Banking**.

Kate Cook

Founder & Director of Harley Street clinic, The Nutrition Coach, Kate has worked with over 7,500 patients, and mentored nutrition coaches through the Nutrition Coach Network.

Kate Cook is the author of **Positive Nutrition**.

Kate Usher

Kate Usher is a highly experienced Menopause and Relationships Coach, working with women on the successful creation, development and growth of personal and career relationships during this period of intense and unpredictable change. She combines her extensive experience as a corporate change leader and her own Menopausal journey to deliver a uniquely positive approach.

Kate Usher is the author of **Your Second Phase**.

Katherine Xin

Katherine Xin is Professor of Management and Co-Director of the Centre for Globalization of Chinese Companies at the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS).

Katherine Xin is the co-author of **Global Expansion**.

Katia Vlachos

Katia’s professional background is in policy analysis. She holds a master’s degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and a Ph.D. from the RAND Corporation. Katia is a seasoned expat herself, having lived in eight cities, seven countries and three continents in the past 20 years, and currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

Katia Vlachos is the author of A Great Move.

Katy Mousinho

**Katy Mousinho** is now enjoying a life of ‘freedom and flexibility’, having forsaken the world of full-time working to pursue multiple activities including writing, health and fitness, travel and helping out small businesses with their brand and marketing strategy. As former managing Director of The Value Engineers and with 30 years’ experience in insight and brand strategy, she has gained a broad perspective on the world of consumers and brand, having worked with a diverse range of clients across categories and countries.

Katy Mousinho s is the co-author of **Wonder Women**.

Keiron Sparrowhawk

Keiron Sparrowhawk is a former neuroscientist and founder and CEO of MyCognition, a consultancy that specializes in improving the cognitive health of managers and executives.

Keiron Sparrowhawk is the author of **Executive Function**.

Kelly Odell

Kelly Odell is a leading expert and trainer in management, and works with some of Europe’s largest companies. He is a frequent speaker and media commentator.

Kelly Odell is the author of **The Human Way**.

Kengo Sakurada

**Kengo Sakurada** is the CEO of Sompo Holdings, a large mulitinational insurance company headquartered in Japan. He is a prolific international speaker and is passionate about sustainability, ethical governance and using technology for the wellbeing of all.

Kengo Sakurada is the author of **Bushido Capitalism.**

Kenneth Mikkelsen

Kenneth Mikkelsen is a consultant who specializes in organizational design and corporate culture. He lives in Denmark.

Kenneth Mikkelsen is the co-author of **The Neo-Generalist**.

Kevin Duncan

Kevin Duncan is a business advisor, marketing expert and the author of several successful business books. He previously worked in the communications and advertising sector for over 25 years.

Kevin Duncan is the author of **The Intelligent Work Book**, **The Smart Strategy Book**, The Diagrams Book, **The Ideas Book**, **The Excellence Book**, **The Business Bullshit Book** and The Smart Thinking Book.

Khuyen Bui

**Khuyen Bui** is an author, speaker and sought-after facilitator who guides individuals and organizations to uncover the goodness that is already here. Graduated *cum laude* from Tufts University, where he studied Computer Science and Philosophy, he thrives on bringing analytical rigor into his inquiries of human messiness. Khuyen enjoys writing and storytelling and has won several awards, notably the Peter Drucker Challenge Essay Award and The Moth Boston StorySLAM Award. He can be contacted at www.khuyenbui.com.

**Khuyen Bui** is theco- author of **Not Being.**

Larry Laverty

Larry Laverty is a photographer, actor and mountain climber. Larry has had countless photographs utilized by conservation groups around the world. As a photographer, his years of experience as an actor and filmmaker, as well as his years as an athlete, enable him to bring a heartfelt and intimate perspective to his images of wildlife. Larry is American and resides in Oakland, California.

Larry Laverty is the author of **Power and Majesty**.

Laurie Baum

Laurie Baum often calls India home where she’s worked with multiple global organizations holding positions within India as International Executive Director with ALL Ladies League, Global Ambassador with the Women Economic Forum, International Programs Director with Rising Star Outreach, Director of Special Events with Days for Girls International and as a Professor of English Communication and Life Skills.

Laurie Baum is the co-author of Doing Business in India.

Leng Hu

Leng Hu is a leading business writer in China.

Leng Hu is the author of **Ma Huanteng & Tencent**.

Lisa Wentz

Lisa Wentz holds a master’s degree in voice and speech pedagogy from the Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. Lisa has been featured as a public speaking expert in TIME, Wall Street Journal and L.A. Daily Journal, among others. Lisa regularly coaches executives and managers from Fortune 500 companies and the non-profit sector. She lives in San Francisco, California, USA.

Lisa Wentz is the author of **Grace Under Pressure**.

Lior Arussy

Lior Arussy serves as CEO and President of the Strativity Group. He is one of the world’s authorities on customer experience, culture design, customer centricity and transformation. He is the author of six books including Exceptionalize it! (2015) and Customer Experience Strategy (2010). In addition, he has published over 250 articles in publications including the Harvard Business Review.

Lior Arussy is the author of **Next is Now**.

Li Hongwen

Li Hongwen is a leading business writer in China.

Li Hongwen is the author of **Ren Zhengfei & Huawei**.

Li Zhigang

Li Zhigang is one of China’s top business journalists.

Li Zhigang is the author of **The JD.com Story**.

Louise Nicolson

Louise Nicolson has studied, launched, led and promoted entrepreneurial businesses for decades. She is an entrepreneur, consultant and coach with over 20 years’ experience in business, journalism, public relations and employee engagement. Most recently, Louise built and sold an award-winning communication agency and summer school, before joining a City PR firm as Partner.

Louise Nicolson is the author of **The Entrepreneurial Myth**.

Luca Condosta

Luca Condosta is Group Vice President Finance at ABB, a pioneering technology leader company working in over 100 countries. He has 15 years of experience in multinationals, a passion for business and leadership. He published his first book in 2008 on sustainability reporting and several papers on corporate governance and corporate strategy.

Luca Condosta is the author of **Natuzzi: The Italian Armony Maker**.

Lukas Michel

**Lukas Michel** has 30 years’ senior executive experience in global firms, supporting executives worldwide with agile management, enabling organizations to make step-changes in performance, innovation and growth. His consulting company, Agility Insights, is now present in 10 countries. He is the author of the THE PERFORMANCE TRIANGLE and MANAGEMENT DESIGN (both published by LID), which he uses regularly to support his client work. He is an Associate of the Peter Drucker Society and his work has been featured as part of the leading conversation at the annual Global Drucker Forum in Vienna. As a thought-leader on the subject of agility, he frequently publishes in journals, lectures at universities and speaks at recognized management forums around the world.

Lukas Michel is the author of **Agile By Choice**, **People-Centric Management, Management Design and The Performance Triangle.**

Luis Gallardo

Luis Gallardo is one of the world’s leading experts in branding and marketing. He is a board member of the ThapGroup and is the former Managing Director of Global Brand and Marketing at Deloitte.

Luis Gallardo is the author of **Brands and Rousers**.

Marce Fernández

**Marce Fernández** is a management consultant and MBA educator. Prior to that, he was a senior executive in banking for 15 years. He is based in Spain.

Marce Fernandez is the author of ***The Wrong Manager.***

Magnus Lindkvist

Magnus Lindkvist is an international futurist and consultant. He is the author of Everything We Know and When the Future Begins.

Magnus Lindkvist is the author of **Minifesto**.

Manon De Wit

Manon De Wit is an international expert in leading high impact change and coaching and communication. She also focuses on increasing collective leadership and business performance of individuals, teams and organisations.

Manon De Wit is the co-author of **Leading From Behind**.

Marco Buschman

Marco Buschmanis a leading expert, inspirational speaker and master certified coach. He specializes in facilitating and supporting organizations in creating high-performing cultures where results and productivity are combined with an atmosphere of trust, respect and an appreciation of differences.

Marco Buschman is the author of **The Connection Quotient**.

Mark Edwards

Mark Edwards is the founder of Whiteboard Strategies, a consultancy that specializes in sales training and visual communications.

Mark Edwards is the author of **The Smart Selling Book**.

Mark Ridley

Mark Ridley is the co-founder of Transform Performance International.

Mark Ridley is the co-author of **The Leader’s Secret Code** and **The Salesperson’s Secret Code**.

Masahiro Shima

Masahiro Shima is the Founder and Chairman of Shima Seiki MFG Ltd.

Masahiro Shima is the author of **Wholegarment**.

Markus Albers

Markus Albers is a journalist, entrepreneur and writer of non-fiction books. He lives in Berlin, Germany. Markus is a Managing Partner at content marketing agency Rethink as well as Contributing Editor for Monocle and Brand Eins. His work has also been published in GQ, Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, Der Spiegel, Stern, SZ-Magazin, Welt am Sonntag and Die Zeit. His books, Meconomy, and the business book bestseller Smart Work, received enthusiastic reviews and have been translated into many languages. He also speaks and gives keynotes based on the books’ topics.

Markus Albers is the co-author of **Rethinking Luxury**.

Martin C. Wittig

Martin C. Wittig is a Senior Partner and Chairman of Roland Berger Switzerland. Dr Wittig was global Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants from 2010 to 2013. He is a visiting lecturer at the University of St. Gallen and was elected to the university’s International and Alumni Advisory Board. Dr Wittig and his wife Susanne are also involved in multiple social and cultural organisations, such as Ashoka Switzerland, Right to Play, the Swiss Institute for Art Research and the Museum of Photography in Winterthur.

Martin C. Wittig is the co-author of **Rethinking Luxury**.

Martyn Newman

Martyn Newman is a leading international expert on emotional intelligence and leadership. He is MD of RocheMartin and a consulting psychologist with an international reputation as an expert in emotional intelligence (EQ) and leadership.

Martyn Newman is the author of **The Mindfulness Book**.

Matt Dean

An enthusiastic and inspirational facilitator, and coach, Matt is obsessed with creating kinder, fairer, more productive workplaces. Originally a brand manager with Unilever, Matt qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and worked as an employment lawyer with top City firms until he founded byrne·dean consultancy in 2003.

Matt Dean is the author of The Soft Stuff.

Matt Stephens

Matt Stephens is the founder of Quest Agency, a leading consultancy that specialises in employee engagement.

Matt Stephens is the author of **The Engagement Revolution**.

Mel Young

**Mel Young** is a social entrepreneur and founder of several successful social enterprises including the Homeless World Cup, which uses football to inspire people who are homeless to transform their own lives; more than a million people have been positively impacted. He has won several awards and is the author of two books.

Mel Young is the c0-author of **Social Entrepreneurship.**

Michael Chavez

Michael Chavez is the CEO of Duke Corporate Education, and his research and writings focus on ‘rehumanzing’ leadership. He is both a British and American citizen and lives in the US.

Michale Chavez is the co-author of **Rehumanizing Leadership**.

Michael Farmer

Prior to founding Farmer & Company in 1992, Michael Farmer was a strategy consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and a Director of Bain & Company. He headed Bain’s Munich, Paris and London offices during Bain’s decade of European expansion in the 1980s.

Michael Farmer is the author of **Madison Avenue Manslaughter**.

Moe Glenner

Moe Glenner is an experienced senior manager in the supply and logistics sector with Global Logistics for Steel Warehouse (a $2-billion company). He is much in demand as a consultant in creativity and keynote speaker.

Moe Glenner is the author of **Plus Change**.

Morten Albaek

Morten Albaek is a Danish philosopher, business executive, honorary professor, best-selling author and public speaker. Founder of advisory firm Voluntas, specialized in culture, strategies and investments that create a meaningful impact, while selected 5 times for The Internationalist’s list of the “100 Most Influential CMOs in the World” (in 2011-2015) as the only Scandinavian.

Morten Albaek is the author of **One Life**.

Myles Downey

Myles Downey is an expert in human potential. He coaches executives and leadership teams and is the author of the bestselling Effective Modern Coaching.

Myles Downey is the author of **Enabling Genius**.

Natasha Wallace

Natasha Wallace is founder and chief coach of Conscious Works, an organizational wellbeing company. As a former HR Director, Natasha left her job having reached burn out. It led her to recognize that there are two fundamental things getting in the way of people staying well at work — self knowledge and self care. She set up her company and wrote her book, The Conscious Effect, to help fix that problem. She now ‘inspires a well world of work’ coaching and advising leaders and their teams to create healthier and happier workplaces through a greater focus on wellbeing and its connection to high performance.

Natasha Wallace is the author of **The Conscious Effect**.

Nan Hau

Nan Hua is founding partner of Shanghai H&H Marketing Consulting Co., Ltd. He is also board chairman of Dook Media Group Ltd and co-producer of several movies such as *So Young*, and *Old Boys: the Way of the Dragon*.

Nan Hua is the co-author of **Super Signs**.

Neil Francis

Neil Francis is Chairman of a digital agency, Pogo Studio, Director of a software solutions company, Company Net, Trustee of Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland, and Trustee of Sporting Memories. He is British and lives in Scotland.

Neil Francis is the author of **Inspired Thinking**, **Positive Thinking,** **The Entrepreneur’s Book** and **The Creative Thinking Book.**

Neil Usher

With over 25 years in the industry as a property, workplace and change leader, Neil has delivered innovative environments for organisations in a variety of sectors, all over the world. He hasn’t just talked about it he has been there and done it. Together with this practical experience, his influential blog (www.workessence.com), regular conference talks and occasional performance poetry have made him a leading thinker in the profession.

Neil Usher is the author of **Elemental Change** and **The Elemental Workplace**.

Nicholas Janni

Nicholas Janni is a transformational coach and leadership development expert. Over the last 20 years, he gained an international reputation for his leadership programmes, designed for chief executives and top teams from diverse sectors, public and private. Nicholas also teaches at Oxford University and the IMD Business School.

Nicholas Janni is the author of **Leader As Healer**.

Nicole Soames

Nicole Soames is an EQ qualified trainer, coach and influencing specialist who has 25 years commercial experience developing tailored influencing training and coaching programmes for more than 85 different clients, in a broad range of industries, in over 12 countries. Nicole resides in the UK.

Nicole Soames is the author of **The Presenting Book,** **The Coaching Book**, **The Negotiation Book** and **The Influence Book**.

Nicklas Bergman

Nicklas Bergman, founder, funder and futurist, has spent 25 years working as an entrepreneur and technology investor. He is responsible for some epic failures and a couple of home runs. Today he divides his time between investing, speaking, writing and advising on the future of technology, society and business.

Nicklas Bergman is the author of **Navigating The Tech Storm**.

Nils Elmark

Nils Elmark, founder of consultancy Inception, has been advising international businesses for 20 years, conducting development projects for companies such as IKE, H&M, Procter & Gamble and a host of Scandinavian financial organisations. He teaches strategy and future studies at the Danish Business Institute and has previously written three books about technological business innovation and creative strategic communications.

Nils Elmark is the author of **The New Local Economy**.

Norbert Csizmadia

Norbert Csizmadia is a world traveller, Hungarian geographer and expert in economic strategy, geostrategy, regional and urban development, and geopolitics. He is the former State Secretary for the Ministry for National Economy and a former Executive Director of the Central Bank of Hungary in charge of economic strategy and planning. He is President of the Board of Trustees at Pallas Athéne Innovation and Geopolitical Foundation and is Chief Editor of Hungarian Geopolitics (HUG) magazine.

Norbert Csizmadia is the author of **Geofusion**.

Oke Eleazu

Oke Eleazu is the Managing Director of the consulting company, Think Outside In. Oke has held several senior roles in major organizations all centered on improving the experience of customers, most recently as Director of Customer Service Strategy for Sainsbury’s.

Oke Eleazu is the author of **The Cult Of Service Excellence**.

Ole Bentzen

Ole Bentzen was up until 1988 part of the top management as a young CEO in the supermarket chain Irma. He then became CEO for Thiele, one of Denmark’s largest chains of opticians. Here he developed a management model “the nine squares”. Ole is now an in-demand speaker and coach in Europe and China.

Ole Bentzen is the author of **Nine Squares**.

Pablo Rivas

**Pablo Rivas** is the CEO of Global Alumni, the first Spanish-American EdTech company specializing in transforming the world’s best universities. With a degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and an MBA from IESE Business School, he has developed his professional career in both the public and private sectors.

Pablo Rivas is the author of **Learning to Unlearn**.

Panos Papadopoulos

**Panos Papadopoulos** spent the past 35 years starting and developing Panos Emporio, one of the world’s leading brands in luxury swimwear, which today generates annual revenues of $20 million. Born in Greece, he is now based in Sweden.

Panos Papadopoulos is the author of **PANOS.**

Paul Dupuis

Paul Dupuis is CEO and Managing Director of Randstad India and the former Chairman of HOPE International (JP). Paul is bilingual, speaking both English and Japanese, and has lived and worked across Asia for more than 25 years.

Paul Dupuis is the author of **The E5 Movement**.

Paul F Warriner

Paul F Warriner is a respected coach, trainer and consultant with a wide range of experience gained as an employee and entrepreneur. For more than 15 years he has been successfully coaching and training sales and management teams, business owners and individuals to be their best.

Paul F Warriner is the author of **The Recognition Book**.

Paul Riseborough

Paul Riseborough is Chief Commercial Officer at Metro Bank, the first new high street bank in the UK for more than 100 years. He leads the bank’s product, digital, change and communications teams. He was educated at Nottingham, Oxford and Warwick universities and is a trustee of Making The Leap, a social mobility charity.

Paul Riseborough is the co-author of **Naked Banking**.

Paul Weinberg

**Paul Weinberg,** MD, a self-confessed adrenaline junkie, spent a total of 45 years in Emergency Medicine primarily in a community hospital in a major metropolitan area in California, USA. He is now retired.

Paul Weinberg is the author of *ER Doctor*.

Paula Leach

**Paula Leach** has developed a lifelong interest in the way people work, individually and collaboratively in organisations, to the best of their potential. In particular, Paula believes in the value of positive, human-centred, intentional leadership as the key enabler for individuals and teams to thrive. Over 25 years, Paula has built her experience across global multinational, large public sector and entrepreneurial growth organisations, holding the positions of Chief People Officer at the Home Office and Global Chief People Officer at FDM Group. She holds an MBA from Henley Business School and is a Fellow of the CIPD. Paula now runs her business, Vantage Points Consulting, specialising in her passion for unlocking the potential in people and organisations through coaching and business consulting. She is launching the Vantage Points Foundation in Autumn 2021 to support and mentor young women launching their dream careers.

Paula Leach is the author of **Vantage Points**.

Pedro Nueno

Pedro Nueno is Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship, IESE and Professor and President of CEIBS. He lives in Spain.

Pedro Nueno is the author of **The 2020 Board**.

Penny Mallinson

Penny Mallinson is a mentor, a visionary coach and an experienced facilitator in the personal development arena. Penny focused her MBA on organisational psychology and later on human psychology through Psychosynthesis.

Penny Mallinson is the co-author of **The Zone of Connection**.

Peter B. Walker

Peter B. Walker is a Senior Partner Emeritus at McKinsey & Company, the world’s leading management consultancy firm. During his 46 years at the firm, he worked with a wide range of financial institutions around the world, with a focus on China.

Peter B. Walker is the author of **Powerful, Different and Equal (hardback)** and Powerful, Different, and Equal (paperback).

Peter Boggis

Peter Boggis is an experienced management consultant and founder of Formicio, a leading strategy consultancy.

Peter Boggis is the co-author of **Beyond Default**.

Per Wimmer

Per Wimmer is the owner of Wimmer Financial, Wimmer Family Office and WimmerSpace.com. He is the author of the book Wall Street (2011), about the bubbles in the financial markets, with anecdotes from his career in the world of global finance. Prior to founding his London-based international corporate advisory firm and family office, Per Wimmer worked in New York and London for Goldman Sachs, leaving the company as Executive Director for Institutional Sales of European Equity products. Per currently lives in London and is also a private astronaut with three trips to space lined up. In 2008, he completed the world’s first tandem sky dive above Mount Everest.

Per Wimmer is the author of **The Green Bubble**.

Phebo Wibbens

Phebo Wibbens is a leading management consultant who has worked at AT Kearney and Bain & Company.

Phebo Wibbens is the co-author of **Iconic**.

Phil Dobson

Phil Dobson is trainer, facilitator and coach, and the Founder of BrainWorkshops. He now works with organisation including the BBC, NBCUniversal, Jamie Oliver, Discovery Communications Europe, and Viacom International, providing brain-based training programmes that transform thinking and performance. Phil turns insights from neuroscience, cognitive and behavioural psychology, NLP, hypnotherapy and mindfulness into applicable skills and techniques for the workplace.

Phil Dobson is the author of **The Brain Book**.

Philip Beil

Philip Beil joined Roland Berger Germany in 2003, and is a Partner in the Consumer Goods and Retail Competence Center and heads the Fashion and Luxury Practice Group. He is the author of various studies and articles about the luxury goods and fashion markets. Previously, he was Director of Business Development for an international start-up company that he co-founded. Philip is a graduate of Ludwig-Maximilian University and lives with his wife in Munich.

Philip Beil is the co-author of **Rethinking Luxury**.

Philip Kotler

Philip Kotler is known as the “father of modern marketing”, a professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and author of several bestselling marketing books.

Philip Kotler is the co-author of **Onlife Fashion.**

Philippe de Backer

Philippe de Backer is Managing Partner and Global Practice Leader of Financial Services at Arthur D. Little. Philippe draws from his extensive experience as a global leader in financial services to share a proactive view on the disruption in banking and emerging business models, which are reshaping the sector and many industries as traditional business boundaries are blurring.

Philippe de Backer is the author of **Disruption.**

Rafael Zaragozá

Rafael Zaragozá is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Thinkers Co. and with a background in industrial design.

Rafael Zaragozá is the co-author of **Designpedia**.

Rasmus Houlind

Rasmus Houlind is a thought leader within omnichannel and digital marketing. Through more than a decade with major Scandinavian agencies, he’s worked with some of the largest brands in the Nordics. His work as a consultant and an author has helped him to build his knowledge of marketing and CRM. Since 2015, he’s been Chief Strategy Officer with the marketing technology company, Agillic.

Rasmus Houlind is the co-author of **Make It All About Me**.

Reggy de Feniks

Reggy de Feniks is an expert on (digital) customer engagement strategies and renowned consultants, speakers and authors. He has extensive experience in strategy and (digital) innovation, having worked for blue-chip financial institutions throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. His experience includes board and advisory positions at financial services startups, fintechs and fintech investors.

Reggy de Feniks is the co-author of **Reinventing Customer Engagement**.

René Carayol

René Carayol is one of the world’s leading business gurus specialising in leadership, culture and transformation. He is the best-selling author of the leadership and culture bible, Corporate Voodoo (Wiley).

René Carayol is the author of **Spike**.

Riccardo Pozzoli

Riccardo Pozzoli is the Persol Global Brand Director and an Italian entrepreneur, advisor and investor.

Riccardo Pozzoli is the co-author of **Onlife Fashion.**

Richard Benjamins

**Richard Benjamins** is Chief AI & Data Strategist at Telefonica. He was named one of the 100 most influential people in data-driven business (DataIQ 100,2018). He is also co-founder and Vice President of the Spanish Observatory for Ethical and Social Impacts of AI (OdiselA). He was Group Chief Data Officer at AXA, and before that spent a decade in big data and analytics executive positions at Telefonica. He is an expert to the European Parliament’s AI Observatory (EPAIO), a frequent speaker at AI events, and strategic advisor to several start-ups. He was also a member of the European Commission’s B2G data-sharing Expert Group and founder of Telefonica’s Big Data for Social Good department. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Science, has published over 100 scientific articles, and is author of the (Spanish) book, *The Myth of the Algorithm: Tales and Truths of Artificial Intelligence*.

Richard Benjamins is the co-author of **A Data-Driven Company**.

Richard Maddocks

Richard Maddocks has over 40 years of business experience. He quit corporate life to help organizations and individuals maximize their full potential through his training and coaching company, Communicum. He is a British citizen and currently lives in the Netherlands.

Richard Maddocks is the author of **The Energy Book**.

Richard Martin

Richard Martin is a freelance writer. He lives in the UK.

Richard Martin is the co-author of **The Neo-Generalist**.

Rick Hughes

Rick Hughes has been a practising therapist for several years.

Rick Hughes is the co-author of **The Crisis Book**.

Rita Trehan

Rita Trehan is a highly successful former Fortune 200 Chief Human Resources Officer turned Global HR and Transformation Consultant with a long track record of helping companies worldwide improve operational efficiency, performance, consistency and profits. Rita is a British national and now resides in the US.

Rita Trehan is the author of **Unleashing Capacity**.

Robert Lubberding

Robert Lubberding is an international expert in leading business transformation. His expertise includes executive coaching, team building, culture change, leadership development, talent, change and programme management, organisational governance, and strategy execution.

Robert Lubberding is the co-author of **Leading From Behind**.

Roger Peverelli

Roger Peverelli is an expert on (digital) customer engagement strategies and renowned consultants, speakers and authors. He has extensive experience in strategy and (digital) innovation, having worked for blue-chip financial institutions throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia. His experience includes board and advisory positions at financial services startups, fintechs and fintech investors.

Roger Peverelli is the co-author of **Reinventing Customer Engagement**.

Rory Simpson

Rory Simpson, a Scot, had parents who were polar explorers and this led to a unique childhood spending summers living with the Inuit in Greenland and Canada and later kayaking and climbing in Alaska, Finland, Norway, Nepal and throughout South America. This experience gave him keen insights for leadership that were honed from an early age. Rory is currently the Chief Learning Officer at Telefónica, and formerly Associate Dean of London Business School. In the last year he delivered leadership seminars in over 25 countries from China to Iran and Chile.

Rory Simpson is the co-author of **Chief Wellbeing Officer**.

Russell Wood

Russell Wood is a professional trainer and business advisor for SME, national, FTSE 100 and private companies working in B2C and B2B environments.

Russell Wood is the co-author of **The Reputation Book**.

Sabirul Islam

**Sabirul Islam** is a world-renowned motivational speaker, entrepreneur and author of three self-help books. He has inspired over a million people in 31 countries with his Inspire1Million campaign and has promoted enterprise learning and financial education across the academic platforms with his Teen-Trepreneur board game, which has been licensed out to 14 countries worldwide. Now aged 30, he is the founder and a course creator at Build Your Confidence on Stage, an online academy offering a series of public speaking courses to guide aspiring speakers to transform their passion for speaking into a lifestyle profession.

Sabirul Islam is the author of **Build Your Confidence On Stage.**

Sally Bibb

Sally Bibb is a leading figure in the strengths movement and author. She is a consultant and previously worked at *The Economist*.

Sally Bibb is the author of **The Strengths Workbook** and **The Strengths Book**.

Sam Hua

Sam Hua is board chairman and founding partner of Shanghai H&H Marketing Consulting Co., Ltd and a well-known expert in creative strategic marketing. He is a chief brand adviser of the National Real Estate Manager Alliance. Sam has been dedicated to marketing strategies and creative marketing for nearly 20 years and established the first systematic marketing methodology – “H&H Methodology” – in the domestic marketing circle.

Sam Hua is the co-author of **Super Signs**.

Samuel Williams

In **Samuel William’s** current role, he works across the change management life cycle to deliver people-and technology-led business change. He is passionate about identifying the need for change, mapping out the path to benefit realization, and helping organizations to move from the outlined as-is state to an improved and more mature to-be state that improves efficiency and quality. His empathetic nature and strong social skills enable him to engage with a wide range of stakeholders to understand the unique nuances within organizations that influence their readiness for or resistance to change.

Samuel Williams is the co-author of **The Values Econom**y.

Sandra Stahl

Sandra Stahl is a PR and marketing communications executive with extensive experience leading domestic and global brand communications. She is a founding partner at Jacob Stahl and an adjunct professor in the Brand & Integrated Communications program at The City College of New York.

Sandra Stahl is the author of **The Art And Craft Of PR**.

Sangeeta Waldron

**Sangeeta Waldron** is a multi-award-winning PR professional. She has been a contributing editor for different news platforms specializing in sustainability and corporate social responsibility, where some of her stories have been published by the United Nations. In 2009, Sangeeta founded her own London based communications agency, Serendipity PR & Media, and guest lectures at Coventry University on journalism, ethics, global society, social media and PR. Sangeeta started out her career writing speeches for a previous UK Prime Minister and Ministers. She has worked at the top level with global brands, which includes – The Economist Group; The Times Education Supplement; Mayor of London. She is a regular international speaker, often moderating a panel discussion for Asian Voice newspaper that supports British Asian women in business.

Sangeeta Waldron is the author of **Corporate Social Responsibility Is Not Public Relations**.

Sanyin Siang

Sanyin Siang is the Executive Director of the Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE), a laboratory for leadership, at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

Sanyin Siang is the author of **The Launch Book**.

Sarah Duncan

Sarah Duncan is a business development consultant and trainer. She has been in business for over 30 years and set up her own consultancy, Sleeping Lion, in 2005. She has watched with interest as integrity has forced its way onto the agenda, driven by more ethically conscious employees and customers. She now provides advice and workshops on ethical and responsible behaviour.

Sarah Duncan is the author of **The Ethical Busines Book**.

Sergey Gorbatov

Sergey Gorbatov works and write about the complex science of human performance, while making it simple. Leveraging Fortune 500 experience gained across four continents, he equips leaders with practical tools for success.

Sergey Gorbatov is the co-author of **Fair Talk**.

Siemon Scamell-Katz

Siemon Scamell-Katz founded a market research agency in the early 1990s, which specialised in shopper behaviour, and which he then sold to TNS (part of the WPP Group) in 2007. Today, he is one of the world’s top 3 experts in consumer behaviour and lectures and consults globally.

Siemon Scamell-Katz is the author of **The Art Of Shopping**.

Simon Torrance

Simon Torrance is one of the world’s leading experts on business model transformation, platform strategy and digital ventures. He is currently an independent adviser to Boards and Leadership teams on these topics. Previously he was FoundersLane’s UK Managing Director. Simon is a member of the World Economic Forum’s executive working group on Digital Platforms and Ecosystems, co-founder and chair of the Platform Economy Summit, a guest lecturer at Singularity University and a sought-after keynote speaker. He is British and lives in London.

Simon Torrance is the co-author of **FightBack**.

Simon Mac Rory

Simon Mac Rory is the founder and CEO of The ODD Company, a team effectiveness specialist organization, providing a cloud based team effectiveness platform, TDP, and methodology designed to be self-serve for team leaders. Simon is an experienced international conference guest speaker on the topics of corporate team strategy, organizational development, employment law, strategic HR policy development and reflective practice in doctoral studies.

Simon Mac Rory is the author of **Wake Up And Smell The Coffee.**

Simon Tyler

Simon Tyler is a much sought-after business coach and works with some of the world’s leading companies, including BP, Cisco, Morgan Stanley, O2, Volkswagen, DuPont, Castrol.

Simon Tyler is the author of **The Attitude Book**, **The Impact Book** and **The “Keep It Simple” Book**.

Simona Scarpaleggia

As CEO of Ikea Switzerland and co-chair of the UN High Level panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment, Simona practices what she preaches. Having closed the pay and gender gaps at Ikea, she challenges other managers to do the same. Simona is an Italian citizen and resides in Switzerland.

Simona Scarpaleggia is the author of **The Other Half**.

Simone Lemming Andersen

Simone Lemming Andersen is an author and journalist. She is a specialist in networking and performance. Sheworked at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, whereshe produced radio and TV programmes and hosted her own live talk show. Later shebecame a senior adviser in a PR company.

Simone Lemming Andersen is the author of **The Networking Book**.

Simone Fenton-Jarvis

SIMONE FENTON-JARVIS has 15 years of experience working within Workplace and Facilities Management, an MBA and a multitude of industry qualifications. She has shaped and nurtured her passion for human-centric workplaces. She is based in the UK.

Simone Fenton Jarvis is the author of The Human-Centric Workplace.

Sinan Si Alhir

Sinan Si Alhir is an Entrepreneur, Author, Enterprise Business & Technology Transformation Coach, Trainer, Consultant, and Practitioner.

Sinan Si Alhir is the author of **The Anti-Fragility Edge**.

Sophie Trelles-Tvede

**Sophie Trelles-Tvede** calls herself a “Third Culture Kid”. She was born in Denmark, went to school in Zurich, studied in England and now works in Munich. After founding invisibobble in 2012, the idea of the spiral hair tie became a true success story. In 2016 Sophie was honoured by Forbes Magazine 30 under 30.

Sophie Trelles-Tvede is the author of 100 Million Hair Ties and a Vodka Tonic.

Stefan Hyttfors

Stefan Hyttfors is an international futurist, consultant and speaker who specializes in teaching people how to understand and deal with change in an uncertain world.

Stefan Hyttfors is the author of **Yoga for Leaders**.

Steve Hogg

Steve Hogg is Director of Commercial Propositions and Paul Riseborough is Chief Commercial Officer of Metro Bank, a leading challenger bank.

Steve Hogg is the co-author of **Naked Banking**.

Steven D’Souza

**Steven D’Souza** is an executive educator, coach, and keynote speaker. He has authored or co-authored five books: ***Made in Britain***, ***Brilliant Networking, Not Knowing, Not Doing*** and ***Not Being***. Steven has been recognized by Thinkers50 on its RADAR list and was included in HR Magazine’s ‘Most Influential’ list. His work has been featured in national and international media, including Harvard Business Review, the BBC, The Independent, The Guardian, and The Sunday Times. He can be contacted at www.stevendsouza.com.

**Steven D’Souza** is the co-author of **Not Doing, Not Knowing and Not Being.**

Steven P. MacGregor

Steven P. MacGregor grew up in Motherwell in the 1980s, an industrial heartland in Western Scotland that was devastated by a mixture of politics and globalization. Pursuing a PhD in Glasgow that took him to Stanford and Carnegie-Mellon, followed by teaching at IESE in Barcelona, IMD in Lausanne and CEIBS in Shanghai, he has helped improve the health and wellbeing of more than 20,000 managers worldwide through his Sustaining Executive Performance program. He is the founder of The Leadership Academy of Barcelona with recent clients including McKinsey, Salesforce and Santander.

Steven P. MacGregor is the co-author of **Chief Wellbeing Officer**.

Sudhanshu Palsule

Sudhanshu Palsule is an educator at Duke Corporate Education and other global business schools, as well as a consultant and leadership coach. He lives in the US.

Sudhanshu Palsule is the co-author of **Rehumanizing Leadership**.

Sue Coyne

Sue Coyne is a successful transformational leadership and team coach, and the author of the bestselling Stop Doing, Start Leading. She has also contributed to Enabling Genius by Myles Downey, Leadership Team Coaching in Practice by Peter Hawkins, and Becoming a Transpersonal Leader by John Knights et al.

Sue Coyne is the co-author of The Zone of Connection.