Speakers of the 38th St. Gallen Symposium
Dr. Josef Ackermann
Chairman of the Management Board
Deutsche Bank AG
Frankfurt
Yasushi Akashi
Chairman
Japan Centre for Conflict Prevention
Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Manuel Ammann
Director
Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance
University of St. Gallen
St. Gallen
Prof. Dr. Marco Becht
Professor of Finance and Economics
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Executive Director
European Corporate Governance Institute
Brussels
Stine Bosse
Chief Executive Officer
Tryg Vesta Group A/S
Ballerup
Vendeline von Bredow
Business Correspondent
The Economist
London
CHANG Zhenming
President
CITIC Group
Beijing
Pascal Couchepin
President of the Swiss Confederation
Berne
Peter Day
Business Correspondent
BBC News
London
Y. C. Deveshwar
Chairman
ITC Limited
Kolkata
William Devine
Chief Executive Officer
BEDAT&CO
Geneva
Prof. Dr. Heinz Fischer
Federal President of the Republic of Austria
Vienna
Dr. Christoph Franz
Chief Executive Officer
Swiss International Air Lines Ltd.
Zurich
Fadi Ghandour
Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Aramex International
Amman
Calvin S. Goldman, Q.C.
Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Toronto
Kees van der Graaf
Director & President Europe
Unilever N.V.
Rotterdam
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Vice Chairman
Goldman Sachs International
London
Dr. Tobias Guldimann
Member of the Executive Board &
Group Chief Risk Officer
Credit Suisse Group
Zurich
Yasuo Hayashi
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
Tokyo
Yoshimasa Hayashi
Member of the House of Councillors of Japan
Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Friedhelm Hengsbach SJ
Professor em.
Oswald von Nell-Breuning-Institute for Economic
and Societal Ethics
Frankfurt
Prof. Thomas Hoehn
Head of Economics Europe
PricewaterhouseCoopers
London
Ian Hudson
President
DuPont Europe, Middle East and Africa
DuPont de Nemours International SA
Le Grand-Saconnex
Prof. Yoko Ishikura
Professor for International Business Strategy
Hitotsubashi University
Tokyo
Prof. Dr. Frédéric Jenny
Professor of Economics
ESSEC Business School
Paris
Dr. Russel C. Jones
President
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
Abu Dhabi
Riz Khan
Anchor
Al Jazeera
Washington
Jeannot Krecké
Minister of the Economy, Foreign Trade
and Sport of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
Prof. Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Special Advisor to the Cabinet for
Science and Technology
Government of Japan
Tokyo
Christine Lagarde
Minister for Economy, Industry and
Employment of France
Paris
Prof. Dr. Axel P. Lehmann
Group Chief Risk & Technology Officer
Zurich Financial Services
Zurich
Didier Lombard
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
France Telecom
Paris
Leslie Maasdorp
Vice Chairman
Barclays Capital and Absa Capital
Johannesburg
Dr. Luca Majocchi
Chief Executive Officer
SEAT Pagine Gialle SpA
Turin
Klaus Malle
Country Managing Director Austria
Accenture GmbH
Vienna
Mark C. Medish
Vice President for Studies – Russia, China,
and Eurasia
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington, D.C.
Thomas D. Meyer
Country Managing Director Switzerland
Accenture AG
Zurich
Ronald Nehring
Chairman
California Republican Party
El Cajon
Bonnie Nixon Gardiner
Global Program Manager
Supply Chain Social and Environmental Responsibility
Hewlett-Packard Company
Palo Alto
Michel Pébereau
Chairman
BNP Paribas
Paris
Prof. Dr. Gilbert J.B. Probst
Director MBA
University of Geneva
Geneva
Dr. Claus J. Raidl
Chief Executive Officer
Böhler-Uddeholm AG
Vienna
Dr. Wolfgang H. Reichenberger
General Partner
Inventages Wealth Management Inc.
Nassau
Dr. Wolfgang Reithofer
Chief Executive Officer
Wienerberger AG
Vienna
Dr. Rob Routs
Member of the Board & Executive Director
Oil Products and Chemicals
Royal Dutch Shell plc
The Hague
Dr. Stephan Scholtissek
Country Managing Director Germany
Accenture GmbH
Geographic Unit Managing Director Austria,
Switzerland and Germany
Accenture
Kronberg
Urs W. Schöttli
Far East Correspondent
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Tokyo
Dr. Gerhard Schwarz
Editor Business and Economics
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Zurich
Ernest-Antoine Seillière
President
BUSINESSEUROPE
Brussels
Dr. Lothar Steinebach
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
Dusseldorf
Dr. Edward C. Tse
Managing Director Greater China
Booz Allen Hamilton
Shanghai
Ruben Vardanian
Chairman of the Board of Directors &
Chief Executive Officer
Troika Dialog Group
Moscow
Prof. Dr. WANG Yiming
Vice President
Academy of Macroeconomic Research (AMR)
China National Development and
Reform Commission (NDRC)
Beijing
Prof. Hiroshi Watanabe
Graduate School of Commerce and Management
Hitotsubashi University
Tokyo
Karl Weisskopf
Director
Liebherr-International AG
Bulle
Wilhelm Wilhelmsen
Chairman
Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA
Lysaker
Martin Wolf
Associate Editor & Chief Economics Commentator
The Financial Times
London
Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ
President
TÜSİAD (Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's
Association)
Istanbul
Dr. Dieter Zetsche
Chairman of the Board of Management
TÜSİAD (Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's
Daimler AG
Stuttgart
Prof. Dr. ZHANG Jun
Director
China Center for Economic Studies (CCES)
Fudan University
Shanghai