7th Global Boardroom 2023 | FT Live | 7 November 2023 | Online Event

Nations and economies are still adjusting to the impact of high inflation and the risks of recession. Geopolitical unrest continues to weigh on markets and the consequences of climate change are increasingly evident. The need for organisations to transform in the face of disruption is strong, but so are concerns about issues such as productivity and sustainability.

2023 Speakers

Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank

Kazuo Ueda
Governor, Bank of Japan

Mario Draghi
former Italian Prime Minister, former European Central Bank President

Petr Pavel
President, Czech Republic

Santiago Peña Palacios
President, Republic of Paraguay

Olga Stefanishyna
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Ukraine

Suman Bery
Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, Government of India

Sherry Rehman
Federal Minister of Climate Change, Pakistan

Jessika Roswall
Minister for EU Affairs, Sweden

Óscar Vera Gargurevich
Minister of Mines and Energy, Peru

Manuel Tovar
Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica

Tom Alweendo
Minister of Mines and Energy, Republic of Namibia

Fernanda Ávila
Secretary of Mining, Ministry of Economy, Argentina

Laurence Boone
Minister of State for Europe, France

Hester Peirce
Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Indermit Gill
Chief Economist, World Bank Group

Clare Lombardelli
Chief Economist, OECD

Cecilia Rouse
former Chair, U.S. Council of Economic Advisors; Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Robin Brooks
Chief Economist, Institute of International Finance

Catherine Ashton
former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Evan Medeiros
Penner Family Chair, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Alex Younger
Former chief of the UK Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)

Ahmed Abdelaal
Group CEO, Mashreq

Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi
CEO, Masdar

Henadi Al-Saleh
Chair of the Board, Agility

Majid Al Suwaidi
Director General, UAE COP28 Presidency

Alex Baldock
Group CEO, Currys

Zak Brown
CEO, McLaren Racing

John Flint
CEO, UK Infrastructure Bank

Glenn D. Fogel
CEO and President, Booking Holdings

Adena Friedman
Chair and CEO, Nasdaq

Marcie Frost
CEO, CalPERS

Catherine Howarth
Chief Executive, ShareAction

Chris James
Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Engine No.1

Carlos Jaureguizar
CEO, Bupa Global & UK

Caitlin Long
Founder and CEO, Custodia Bank

Nicolas Mackel
CEO, Luxembourg For Finance

Bronwen Maddox
Director and Chief Executive, Chatham House

Judy Marks
Chair, CEO and President, Otis Worldwide Corporation

Noor Menai
President and CEO, CTBC Bank USA

Oscar Munoz
former CEO and Executive Chairman of United Airlines

Vas Narasimhan
CEO, Novartis

John V Oyler
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, BeiGene

Mark Page
Co-founder and Board Member, HH2E

Martín Pérez de Solay
CEO, Allkem

Mauricio Ramos
CEO, Millicom

John Ridding
CEO, Financial Times

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Christian Sinding
CEO and Managing Partner, EQT Partners

Nicolai Tangen
CEO, Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM)

Blanca Treviño
President and CEO, Softtek

Laurence Tubiana
CEO, European Climate Foundation

Klaus Zellmer
CEO, Skoda Auto

Kai-Niklas Schneider
Partner, Clifford Chance

Sonia Aggarwal
CEO, Energy Innovation

Yamini Aiyar
President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research (CPR)

Rifat Atun
Professor of Global Health Systems, Harvard University

Bruce Aylward
Assistant Director-General, Universal Health Coverage, Life Course, World Health Organization (WHO)

Eimear Bonner
Chief Technology Officer, Chevron

Jason Bordoff
Founding Director, Center on Global Energy Policy, Columbia University

Chris Bostock
Director, Illicit Finance, Deloitte

Lucy Chappell
CEO, National Institute for Health and Care Research; Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Health and Social Care, UK

Hela Cheikhrouhou
Regional Vice President, Middle East, Central Asia, Türkiye, Afghanistan and Pakistan, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Michael Cole-Fontayn
Non-executive Director, J.P. Morgan Securities; Executive Chairman, Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment (CISI)

Rebecca Doherty
Partner, San Francisco, McKinsey & Company

Nollaig Forrest
Chief Sustainability Officer, Holcim

Errol Gardner
Global Vice Chair - Consulting, EY

David Garfield
Global Head of Industries, AlixPartners

Kim Ghattas
Author, Black Wave, and distinguished fellow, Institute of Global Politics, Columbia University

J. Christopher Giancarlo
former Chairman, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Co-Founder, Digital Dollar Project

Tony Goldner
Executive Director, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

Jérôme Jean Haegeli
Group Chief Economist, Swiss Re

Michael Jantzi
Board Member, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)

Luc Julia
Chief Scientific Officer, Groupe Renault

Marc Julienne
Head of China Research, Center for Asian Studies, French Institute of International Relations

Gert Jan Koopman
Director-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, European Commission

Auguste Tano Kouamé
Country Director for India, World Bank

David Kovatch
Senior Policy Advisor, Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy

Sonja Laud
Chief Investment Officer, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)

Linda Leopold
Head of Responsible AI & Data, H&M

David Daokui Li
Director, Academic Center for Chinese Economic Practice and Thinking, and Professor of Economics, Tsinghua University

Sally Maitlis
Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Leadership, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Aileen Mathieson
Group Chief Investment Officer, Aspen

Kevin McPartland
Head of Market Structure & Technology Research, Coalition Greenwich

Ila Patnaik
Chief Economist, Aditya Birla Group

Maria Persson Gulda
Chief Technology Officer, H2 Green Steel

Ganesh Ramaswamy
Executive Vice President, Industrial & Energy Technology, Baker Hughes

Leigh-Ann Russell
Executive Vice President, Innovation & Engineering, bp

Alexandra Soto
Chief Operating Officer, Lazard

Faith Ward
Chair, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change; Chief Responsible Investment Officer, Brunel Pension Partnership

Yesha Yadav
Milton R. Underwood Chair, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Vanderbilt University Law School

Linda Yueh
Fellow in Economics, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford

MODERATORS:

Roula Khalaf
Editor, Financial Times

Martin Wolf
Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Gideon Rachman
Chief Foreign Affairs Commentator, Financial Times

Matthew Garrahan
Head of Digital Platforms and Strategy, Financial Times

Alec Russell
Foreign Editor, Financial Times

Claer Barrett
Consumer Editor, Financial Times

Derek Brower
US Political News Editor, Financial Times

Pilita Clark
Associate Editor and Columnist, Financial Times

Geoff Dyer
Analysis Editor, Financial Times

Andrew England
Middle East Editor, Financial Times

Lucy Fisher
Whitehall Editor, Financial Times

Peter Foster
Public Policy Editor, Financial Times

Chris Giles
Economics Commentator, Financial Times

Ben Hall
Europe editor, Financial Times

Jennifer Hughes
U.S. Markets Editor, Financial Times

Siona Jenkins
UK Deputy News Editor and Brexit Editor, Financial Times

Claire Jones
International Economy News Editor, Financial Times

Hannah Kuchler
Global Pharma Editor, Financial Times

Katie Martin
Markets Editor, Financial Times

Stephen Morris
Banking Editor, Financial Times

Simon Mundy
Moral Money Editor, Financial Times

Emiliya Mychasuk
Climate Editor, Financial Times

Sarah Neville
Global Health Editor, Financial Times

Jamie Smyth
U.S. Energy Editor, Financial Times

Michael Stott
Latin America Editor, Financial Times

Henry Foy
Brussels Bureau Chief, Financial Times

Andrew Hill
Senior Business Writer, Financial Times

John Reed
South Asia Bureau Chief, Financial Times

Helen Thomas
Business Columnist, Financial Times

Scott Chipolina
Digital Assets Correspondent, Financial Times

Kate Duguid
U.S. Capital Markets Correspondent, Financial Times

Antoine Gara
U.S. Private & institutional Capital Correspondent, Financial Times

Thomas Hale
Shanghai Correspondent, Financial Times

Attracta Mooney
Climate Correspondent, Financial Times

Christine Murray
Mexico and Central America Correspondent, Financial Times

Sylvia Pfeifer
Industry Correspondent, Financial Times

Sam Agini
Sports Business Reporter, Financial Times

Cristina Criddle
Technology Reporter, Financial Times

Ethan Wu
Financial Reporter, Financial Times

2023 Sponsors

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Chevron
• IFC
• Luxembourg for Finance

SILVER SPONSORS:
• AlixPartners
• Baker Hughes
• BeiGene
• Bupa
• Clifford Chance
• Deloitte
• EQT
• EY
• Mashreq
• Nikkei

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Competent Boards
• China Europe International Business School
• ESG Today
• OECD
• FT Chinese
• FT Climate Capital Council
• FT Future Forum
• FT Women in Business Forum