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Philip J. Jennings has been General Secretary of UNI Global Union since its creation. From 1997, Philip worked to create a new global union spanning skills and services. The result was the creation of UNI Global Union on 1 January 2000. [Information quoted from UNI Global Union web site. For further biographical information about Philip J. Jennings kindly consult: http://www.uniglobalunion.org/Apps/uni.nsf/pages/aboutusEn] UNI Global Union is the voice of 20 million service sector workers around the world. Through 900 affiliated unions, UNI represents workers in 150 countries and in every region of the world. UNI represents workers in the Cleaning & Security; Commerce;...

Carl Pascarella is Executive Advisor at TPG Capital. “Mr. Pascarella recently retired as President & Chief Executive Officer of Visa U.S.A. Inc., after twelve years of service. Before assuming that position, he was President & CEO of Visa Asia Pacific Limited Region and Director of the Asia Pacific Regional Board. Before joining Visa, Mr. Pascarella was Vice President, International Division at Crocker National Bank and Vice President, Metropolitan Banking at Bankers Trust Company. His experience also included commercial banking, corporate banking, credit review and policy, and DeNovo banking. Mr. Pascarella was also head of the California International Banking and Trade Finance...

Financial advising expert, former judiciary expert at the cour de cassation, René Ricol has been contributing for more than 35 years to the development and professionalization of corporate advising services for growth and performance. He is a Grand Officier de l’Ordre du Mérite and of the Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. In 1987, he founded Ricol, Lasteyrie & Associés with Jean-Charles de Lasteyrie and Gilles de Courcel, currently one of the leaders in independent financial expertise and financial risk management in France. René Ricol has been active in national and international professional institutions: President of the Compagnie Nationale des...

Baroness Frances D'Souza is Lord Speaker of the House of Lords (more…)

Pakistan’s first female cardiologist, Dr Sania Nishtar is a global health expert and a proponent of health reform. She is founder of many health institutions in Pakistan—the NGO think tank Heartfile, Pakistan’s Health Policy Forum and Heartfile Health Financing. Internationally, she is a member of many Expert Working Groups and Task Forces of the World Health Organisation, a member of the board of the International Union for Health Promotion, the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research, the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council, the Ministerial Leadership Initiative for Global Health, the Clinton Global Initiative and is Chair of GAVI’s Evaluation...