Rt. Hon. Michael Kenneth Moore ONZ, Known as Mike Moore, is from New Zealand who has served both as Prime Minister of New Zealand and Director General of the World Trade Organization.
Mike Moore is an author of a number of books, on subjects ranging from politics to the Pacific. He has a regular newspaper column that appears in five countries. He received several awards such as The Order of New Zealand – New Zealand’s highest honor and Pope John Paul II Annual Medal. He is an advisor to key families in the Middle East.
Hon. Peter S. Watson was Chairman, President and CEO of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Prior to that he has been Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission. Watson served at the White House as Director of Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. He holds L.L.M. and Doctoral degrees in International Economic Relations from McGill University, He also holds an MBA in Intl Business.
On January 1, 2002, Queen Elizabeth II awarded Dr. Watson with the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM).
HE. Sheikh Saeed bin Ahmed Al Shanfari is one of the most renowned business figures in the Middle East. He is the Chairman of the Shanfari Group. He is a highly regarded man within Oman’s business community. His many distinctions include being a former Minister of Petroleum Minerals Agriculture & Fisheries. His 24 years in public service was a period that fueled Oman’s gas industry tremendously. He is also the former Chairman of the Industrial Bank of Oman, a member of the Oman Chamber of Commerce and is on the Board of numerous public and private companies.
Simon Walker is Chief Executive of the BVCA – The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association.
Between 2003 and 2007 he worked at Reuters, first as director of corporate communications, and subsequently became director of corporate communications & marketing. Before that, he was communications secretary to HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace and also served the 10 downing street. He was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University.
DR. Adam Bader – Member of the Advisory board for Health Care, Dr.Bader has U.S. and international experience in healthcarebeginning with the development of two successful U.S. healthcarecompanies focused on cancer services. He was responsible for the management of 24 cancer centres, establishment of the firstmobile high dose Brachytherapy mobile unit on the east coast of the United States of America, management of facility, equipment acquisitions, expansions, and directing operations and billing services. Read more…
Mr. Roland Kaufmann is a Swiss National whose business career started in 1972 at Merrill Lynch , Geneva in the financial research department specializing in in-depth analysis of European corporations with Eurobond exposure and he published the Merrill Lynch Eurobond newsletter. He then moved to Zurich as Portfolio Manager for Bank of America later moving to Citicorp in charge of International Marketing specializing in the Middle East and developing marketing strategy for the region. Read more…