The European Leadership Forum 2008 at Claridges
was attended by the largest and most senior audience since the first
event was held in 2000, a reflection of the need to discuss corporate
strategy with peers in the current economic climate. A full
summary of the presentations are available here 2008
Event summary
CNBC were at the event and made a 30 minute programme as a result - watch or right
click to download
In the afternoon of the Forum there were 8 sector specific discussion
forums. To see the reports from these sessions click below:
After dinner presentation by Rowan Gibson - link to slides.
| Photos by www.nickclark.co.uk |
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Steve Tappin, Steve Ridgway, Don Tapscott, Roberto Nicastro |
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Speakers
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Tony Angel Executive Managing Director, Europe, Middle East and Africa, |
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Arlida Ariff Managing Director, Iskandar Investment Berhad |
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Kerry Capell Senior Correspondent, London Bureau, BusinessWeek |
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Chris Cartwright Chair of Corporate, Issues and Technology practice, Burson-Marsteller |
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Managing Director, Marsteller; Digital European Practice,
Co-Lead, |
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Guy Daniels Director of Content, TelecomTV |
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John Defterios President, FBC Media |
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Michel Demaré Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ABB
Ltd |
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Florence Eid Managing Director for MENA, Passport Capital LLC |
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Neil
Fleming Chief Advisor, Platts www.platts.com |
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Rowan Gibson Global Business Strategist |
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Gavin Grant UK Chairman, Burson-Marsteller UK |
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Bengt
Olof Hansson MD, SKF (U.K.) Ltd; Vice President, Corporate Sustainability, SKF Group www.skf.com |
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Baroness Kingsmill CBE |
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Neelie Kroes Commissioner for Competition, European
Commission |
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Samer Majali President & CEO, Royal Jordanian |
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Mary McDowell Chief Development Officer, Corporate Development Office and
Executive Vice President, Nokia |
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Roberto Nicastro Group Deputy CEO and Head of Retail Division, UniCredit
Group, Italy |
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Steve Ranger Editor, silicon.com |
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Andy Reinhardt Europe Editor, BusinessWeek.com |
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Magdalene Rosenmöller Senior Lecturer, IESE Business School |
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Stephen Ridgeway CEO, Virgin Atlantic |
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Fran Samalionis Head of Service Design, IDEO |
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Morten Karlsen Sørby Executive Vice President and Head of the Nordic Operations, Telenor ASA, Norway |
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Clare Spottiswoode CBE, Non-Executive Director, |
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Brendan Tansey CEO Wunderman |
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Steve Tappin Author, The Secrets of CEOs and a Managing Partner in the
Global CEO & Board practice, Heidrick & Struggles |
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Don Tapscott Chairman, nGenera Insight |
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Sophia Tickell Chairperson, SustainAbility |
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Robert Wall Paris Bureau Chief, Aviation Week |
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Dr Emyr Williams Chairman, Commercial Advantage Consulting |
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David Wood, Legal Advisor, ICOMP and Partner,
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, |