The 38th St. Gallen Symposium
University of St. Gallen
Switzerland
15–17 May 2008

Global Capitalism – Local Values

Speakers of the 37th St. Gallen Symposium
akermann
Markus Akermann
Chief Executive Officer
Holcim Ltd.
Zurich

azm
Prof. Sadik J. Al-Azm
Professor emeritus for
Modern European Philosophy
Damascus University
Damascus

becker
Prof. Gary S. Becker
University Professor, Departments of Economics and
Sociology & Professor, Graduate School of Business
University of Chicago
Chicago

behuria
Sarthak Behuria
Chairman
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
New Delhi

bomhard
Dr. Nikolaus von Bomhard
Chairman of the Board of Management
Munich Re Group
Munich

brenninkmeijer
Marcel Brenninkmeijer
Chief Executive Officer
Good Energies Inc.
Zug

cai
CAI Shiyin
Chief Technology Officer, Asia-Pacific
General Electric Infrastructure China
Shanghai

cho
Fujio Cho
Chairman
Toyota Motor Corporation
Toyota City

corm
Prof. Dr. Georges Antoine Corm
Former Minister of Finance of Lebanon
Beirut

davis
Mick Davis
Chief Executive Officer
Xstrata plc
London

day
Peter Day
Business Correspondent
BBC News
London

dipiazza
Samuel A. DiPiazza, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer
PricewaterhouseCoopers
New York

frank
Prof. Robert H. Frank
H.J. Louis Professor of Management &
Professor of Economics
Johnson Graduate School of Management
Cornell University
Ithaca

griffiths
Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach
Vice Chairman
Goldman Sachs International
London

hamel
Mohamed Hamel
Head, Energy Studies Department
Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Vienna

hanemann
Prof. W. Michael Hanemann
Chancellor's Professor, Department
of Agricultural & Resource Economics
and Goldman School of Public Policy
Director, California Climate Change Center
University of California
Berkeley

hilti
Michael Hilti
Member of the Board of Directors
HILTI AG
Schaan

huber_hotz
Annemarie Huber-Hotz
Federal Chancellor of Switzerland
Berne

hunziker_ebneter
Antoinette Hunziker-Ebneter
Chief Executive Officer
Forma Futura Invest AG
Zurich

imai
Yoshinori Imai
Executive Editor, Program Host
NHK Japan Broadcasting Corp.
Tokyo

khan
Dr. Tariqullah Khan
Senior Economist and Chief, Islamic Banking and Finance Division
Islamic Research and Training Institute (IRTI)
Islamic Development Bank (IsDB)
Jeddah

khatami
Dr. Seyed Mohammad Khatami
Former President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Teheran

kindle
Fred Kindle
President & Chief Executive Officer
ABB Group
Zurich

kitamura
Toshiaki Kitamura
Vice Minister for International Affairs
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
of Japan
Tokyo

koehler
Dr. Karl-Ulrich Köhler
Executive Board Chairman
of ThyssenKrupp Steel AG
and Executive Board Member
of ThyssenKrupp AG
Duisburg

krupke
Thomas Krupke
Chief Executive Officer
Solon AG für Solartechnik
Berlin

kurokawa
Prof. Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Special Advisor to the Cabinet for Science,
Technology and Innovation
Government of Japan
Tokyo

kuznetsov
Vladimir Victorovich Kuznetsov
Chief Investment Officer
Renova Management AG

leitl
Dr. Christoph Leitl
President
Austrian Federal Economic Chamber
Vienna

lewiner
Dr. Colette Lewiner
Executive Vice President and Global Leader
of the Sector Energy, Utilities and Chemicals
CapGemini
Paris

leysen
Thomas Leysen
Chief Executive Officer
N.V. Umicore S.A.
Brussels

li
Prof. LI Junfeng
Deputy Director General
Energy Research Institute (ERI)
National Development and Reform Commission
of the People’s Republic of China
Vice-Chairman
Global Wind Energy Council
Beijing

maasdorp
Leslie Maasdorp
Vice Chairman
Barclays Capital and Absa Capital
Johannesburg

masri
Marwan Masri
Vice President, Research
Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI)
Calgary

medish
Mark C. Medish
Vice President for Studies – Russia, China, and Eurasia
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Washington

meinl
Julius Meinl
Chairman of the Management Board
Meinl Bank Aktiengesellschaft
Vienna

monferino
Paolo Monferino
Chief Executive Officer
Iveco SpA
Turin

muthuraman
B. Muthuraman
Managing Director
Tata Steel Limited
Mumbai

ostrowski
Hartmut Ostrowski
Member of the Board of Management
Bertelsmann AG
Chief Executive Officer
arvato AG
Guetersloh

probst
Prof. Dr. Gilbert J.B. Probst
Director MBA
University of Geneva
Geneva

qasimi
Sheika Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi
Minister of Economy and Planning
of the United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi

roman
Dr. Martin Roman
Chief Executive Officer
CEZ a.s.
Prague

sawiris
Naguib Sawiris
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E.
Cairo

scheiwiller
Thomas Scheiwiller
Partner, Global Sustainability Leader
PricewaterhouseCoopers AG
Zurich

schoettli
Urs W. Schöttli
Foreign Correspondent for China
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Tokyo

soerensen
Lars Rebien Sørensen
President & Chief Executive Officer
Novo Nordisk A/S
Bagsværd

tempest
Dr. Brian W. Tempest
Chief Mentor & Executive Vice Chairman
of the Board
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.
New Delhi

thomae
Prof. Dr. Dieter Thomä
Professor of Philosophy
University of St. Gallen
St. Gallen

tomono
Dr. Hiroshi Tomono
Representative Director & President
Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
Tokyo

treichl
Andreas Treichl
Chairman of the Managing Board &
Chief Executive Officer
Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG
Vienna

tsutsumi
Tomio Tsutsumi
Member of the Board
Mitsubishi Corporation
Tokyo

van_der_veer
Jeroen van der Veer
Chief Executive
Royal Dutch Shell plc
The Hague

wagner
Wolfgang Wagner
Senior Partner and Chief Executive Officer
PricewaterhouseCoopers Eurofirms
Berlin

watanabe
Hiroshi Watanabe
Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs
of Japan
Tokyo

wolf
Martin Wolf
Associate Editor &
Chief Economics Commentator
The Financial Times
London

wuestenhagen
Dr. Rolf Wüstenhagen
Vice Director
Institute for Economy and the Environment
University of St. Gallen
St. Gallen

yang
Prof. John Z. Yang
U.S. Dean
Beijing International MBA at Peking University
China Center for Economic Research
Peking University
Beijing

zakzouk
Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Zakzouk
Minister for Endowments and Religious Affairs &
President of the Supreme Council
for Islamic Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt
Cairo