John Battelle
John Battelle is an entrepreneur, author and journalist. Best known for his work creating media properties, Battelle helped launch Wired in the 1990s and launched The Industry Standard during the dot-com boom. In 2005, he founded the online advertising network Federated Media Publishing. John’s 2005 book, The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the […]
Sergio Figueredo
As the executive director of Choco4Peace, Mr. Sergio Figueredo leads the development of the business and networks that aim to support the construction of peace by empowering war victims in the cacao and agriculture sector through innovative financial models and Hyper-ledger Blockchain technology. During his tenure at the Finance Alliance for Sustainable Trade (FAST), he […]
John Belizaire
As a versatile CEO and entrepreneur, John Belizaire has successfully founded, built, scaled and sold industry leading B2B software and technology-driven startups that have transformed the marketplace in diverse new product categories, delivered double-digit rapid profitable growth, and driven commercial enterprise value. John’s expertise as both a highly effective business leader and technology strategist has […]
Yascha Mounk
Yascha Mounk is a writer, academic and public speaker known for his work on the rise of populism and the crisis of liberal democracy. Born in Germany to Polish parents, Yascha received his BA in History from Trinity College, Cambridge, and his PhD in Government from Harvard University. He is now a Lecturer on Government […]
John Mercurio
John Mercurio is the Acting Chief Communications Officer for the Bitfury Group. Before joining Bitfury, John served in senior strategic roles at Purple Strategies and Burson-Marsteller, where he built and executed communications campaigns and provided senior counsel on crisis communications. John also served as Executive Editor of the National Journal’s Hotline, where he also wrote […]
Neville Crawley
David Sengeh
Sengeh, 31, studied at Harvard and MIT for his PhD where his thesis was about improving prosthetic comfort for amputees, a beneficial area of study as a citizen of a country where years of war left about 27,000 people disabled. At the time of his appointment, he was working with IBM Research Lab in Nairobi focusing on “the design […]
Tom Garrett
Thomas E. Garrett has worked in the field of politics and advocacy for more than three decades. Most recently, he supported reformers and democrats across the world with his work at the International Republican Institute (IRI), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that supports democracy, civil society, women and youth political empowerment and democratic governance in more […]
Robert Dessau
Hon. E. David Burt MP
Premier the Hon. E. David Burt, JP, MP, is Bermuda’s youngest Premier. He is a graduate of The George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Business Administration with a double major in Finance and Information Systems. He was awarded The George Washington University Presidential Administrative Fellowship and […]
Thea Anderson
Thea Anderson is Director for Digital Identity at Omidyar Network – a philanthropic investment firm dedicated to harnessing the power of technology and markets to catalyze economic and social change. Thea has 18 years as a practitioner in financial services, market development, and digital economies, with a focus on fragile markets and politically complex environments. […]