Jessica Billingsley

Jessica is an accomplished innovator, executive, and board member in the international technology sector. Launch of multiple successful businesses. Founder and CEO of both public and private companies, including founding through public listing. Public, private, and non-profit board experience in chair, executive committee, director, audit, compensation, and governance roles. Expertise in strategic growth, public and […]
Jennifer Artley
Hon. Akinwumi Adesina

Akinwumi Ayodeji Adesina is the 8th elected President of the African Development Bank Group. He was elected to the position on May 28, 2015 by the Bank’s Board of Governors at its Annual Meetings in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. He took office at the Bank’s headquarters in Abidjan on September 1, 2015 and will serve an initial […]
David Rubenstein

David M. Rubenstein is a Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest and most successful private investment firms. Mr. Rubenstein co-founded the firm in 1987. Since then, Carlyle has grown into a firm managing $223 billion from 33 offices around the world. Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of […]
Dr. Abigail Disney
Kavita Prakash-Mani

Kavita is the Global Conservation Director at WWF. She is responsible for the WWF Practices delivering against the WWF conservation goals to protect and restore habitats including landscapes, freshwater systems and oceans; protect species; and tackle climate change. This combines work with the food system, harnessing markets and the financial sector, and engaging communities. She […]
Rachel Duan

Rachel Duan is the President & CEO of GE’s Global Growth Organization (GGO). She is responsible for leading the global growth markets with a focus on a Company-to-Country approach, demand creation, financing efforts, talent development, risk management, and building a strong GE brand. In addition to her global role, Rachel serves as President & CEO […]
Ben Davies

Ben Davies is the Executive Director of the Johnson & Johnson Global Community Impact Group in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. In his role, Ben is responsible for the delivery of Johnson & Johnson’s Global Community Impact strategy in EMEA and for realizing its vision of supporting and championing the people at […]
Michele Malejki
Andrea Davis

I started humbly: college as a single teen mother and waitressing graveyard shifts to make ends meet. Those challenges fostered my drive to succeed and a desire to help others in crisis. Now, I am the Director of Global Crisis Management and Business Continuity for The Walt Disney Company. There, I lead an enterprise-wide department […]
Tein T.S. Jack-Rich

Jack-Rich was born on the 28th day of January 1975, to a humble family of Elder and Mrs. Teinbo Saturday Seliyefubara Jack-Rich, in Rivers State, Nigeria. At the age of just ten, the responsibility to become a man was naturally bestowed on young Jack-Rich who at the time had lost both parents, and without any […]