Emilio Rui Vilar
Former Director General of the European Commission

Emilio Rui Vilar is a former Portuguese politician and Director General of the European Commission. He currently serves as the chairman of the Audit Commission of Banco de Portugal, and the president of the Board of Trustees of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Former Director General of the European Commission
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Youth Issues
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Languages: English, French, Portuguese
Field of Work: Government, Politics
City: Lisbon
Country: Portugal
Continent: Europe
Enrique Iglesias
Secretary-General, Ibero-American Cooperation Secretariat

Enrique Iglesias took office as the first Secretary-General of the Ibero-American Cooperation Secretariat (SECIB) on October 1st, 2005, following his election by the Ibero-American Conference member-states in May.
Secretary-General, Ibero-American Cooperation Secretariat
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Development, International Relations
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean
Languages: English, Spanish
Field of Work: Government, Politics, United Nations
City: Madrid
Country: Spain
Continent: Europe
Erling Dessau
Senior Advisor Humanitarian Futures Programme, Kings College

Erling Dessau is an economist and statistician from Denmark, and is Senior Advisor to the Humanitarian Futures Programme at Kings College, London.
Senior Advisor Humanitarian Futures Programme, Kings College
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Development
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia, Europe, North Africa and Middle East, North America, Subsaharan Africa
Geographical Expertise - Country: Afghanistan, India, Somalia
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: Think tank/Research center, United Nations
Country: France
Continent: Europe
Friedrich Wu
Former Director of Economics, Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry

Dr. Friedrich Wu is Adjunct Associate Professor of International Political Economy at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies of the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Before his academic appointment, he served as Director of Economics (2001-2005) at Singapore’s Ministry of Trade and Industry.
Former Director of Economics, Singapore Ministry of Trade and Industry
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization
Geographical Expertise - Region: Asia
Languages: Chinese, English
Field of Work: Academia, Government
City: Singapore
Country: Singapore
Continent: Asia
Gregori Volokhine
President, Meeschaert Capital Markets

Gregori Volokhine is the President and CCO of Meeschaert Capital Markets. He has sixteen years of experience advising major international financial institutions on their investments in the US equity market. He has provided macroeconomic analysis and commentary for a variety of international newspapers and media such as Le Monde, BFM radio, Agence France Presse and Radio France, and uses his experience to present an independent and original approach to the psychology of investing.
President, Meeschaert Capital Markets
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization
Geographical Expertise - Region: North America
Languages: English, French
Field of Work: Think tank/Research center
City: New York
Country: USA
Continent: North America
Hagai Segal
Geo-strategic and economic risk consultant

Hagai M. Segal is an award-winning academic, consultant and analyst, specializing in the Middle East and Asia, radical Islam/modern terrorism, and geo-strategic and economic risk.
Geo-strategic and economic risk consultant
Area of Expertise: Business and Globalization, Defense and Security, Terrorism, War and Conflict
Geographical Expertise - Region: Europe, North Africa and Middle East, North America
Language: English
Field of Work: Academia
City: London
Country: UK
Continent: Europe
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