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John was appointed the Innovation Editor on February 2016. Prior to that John has been the deputy editor at the Financial Times since September 2012. He was appointed Financial Times’ news editor, based in London on the main news desk, in January 2009. Prior to this he spent four years in Paris as the editor of the European edition of the Financial Times. Joining the FT in 1988 as a graduate trainee, Thornhill has been the Paris bureau chief, world news editor, Asia editor, Moscow bureau chief and a Lex columnist. John founded and runs the FT's 125 executive forum, which holds monthly meetings for senior executives from a range of industries. Previous speakers have included Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey, Ana Botin, and Mark Carney.In his spare time, John is a keen cyclist and plays chess. He also takes his long-suffering son to support Sunderland football club.

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Member of the Registered Directors (in Danish: Direktionen) of ROCKWOOL International A/S. Member of Group Management: 9 February 2015 Born 3 March 1967. Nationality: Swedish Education: 2013: Advanced Management Programme, Harvard Business School, Boston, USA 1992: MSc, Engineering (Physics), Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden 1992: BSc, Economics, University of Stockholm, Sweden Main points of career: 2015 - : President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), ROCKWOOL International A/S 2008 - 2015: Group Senior Vice President, Head of Business Unit Network Management, ABB, Switzerland 2005 - 2008: Executive Vice President, Head of Performance Minerals and Pigments, Imerys, Belgium 2004 - 2005: Group Senior Vice President, Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals, ABB, Switzerland 2002 - 2004: Group Senior Vice President, High Voltage Products, ABB, Switzerland 2001 - 2002: Business Area Unit Manager, High Voltage Products, ABB, Sweden 1998 - 2001: Business Area Controller, T&D Management, ABB, Switzerland

Anton has a broad base of experience in all aspects of business management. Prior to joining Deloitte, he held a number of positions in business that gave him hands-on experience in financial and operations management. Anton has Bachelor of Commerce with honours (Business Economics) from University of Pretoria (South Africa). He focuses on planning and implementing complex, multi-year transformation programmes with the specific goal of optimising shareholder value at all times. Anton is an experienced consultant who has been with Deloitte for 17 years. In 2015 Anton was appointed as the Global Oil & Gas Leader. He has been leader of the Energy industry group in South Africa for a number of years. Under his guidance, Deloitte has been at the forefront of the developments in the area of supply security, introducing more effective operating models in the power and fuel sectors, improving operational efficiency and implementing large, complex business transformation programmes.

Born on May 29, 1974 in Leningrad. In 1997 graduated from Saint-Petersburg State Technical University; in 2000 graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University) of the MFA of Russia. In 2000-2003 had been working in various positions (leading specialist, main specialist, consultant of the department) of Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation. 2003-2006 - Vice President of Investment Bank Trust JSC. 2006-2010 - Vice President, Director of Department of Renaissance Capital LLC - Financial Advisor. 2010-2012 - Head of Department, Head of Office of VTB Capital. 2012-2013 - Deputy Director of the Department of Economy and Finance of the Government of the Russian Federation. Since September 24, 2013 - Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation.

Mr. Maxim Sokov joined En+ Group as first deputy CEO in July 2013. Mr. Sokov is in charge of managing En+ investment portfolio, creating partnerships to develop Group’s investment projects as well as overseeing the development and introduction of cost reduction programs and production system in the Group’s companies. In 2004–2013 Mr. Sokov served as Director for Strategic Investments Management, Director for Corporate Strategy, Director for Management of Investment to Norilsk Nickel, Head of the Department for Strategic Projects, Head of the Department of Mergers and Acquisitions at UC RUSAL. In 2002–2004 Mr. Sokov worked as a lawyer for the Moscow Representative Office of Herbert Smith CIS Legal Services. Maxim Sokov graduated with honors from the Russian State Tax Academy under the Russian Ministry of Taxes, majoring in Law. He also holds a Master's degree from New York University School of Law.

Charles was a Member of Parliament for 14 years during which time he held several positions including Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. He is a visiting professor at the University of Edinburgh, President of the British Institute of Energy Economics, President of the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board and President of the British Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan. Full professional background: Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change, 2010-2012 Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, 2012-2015; UK Commissioner General for Expo 2017 in Kazakhstan President, Russo-British Chamber of Commerce; President, British Chamber of Commerce in Kazakhstan; Visiting Professor, Energy Finance, University of Edinburgh; President, British Institute of Energy Economics; Chairman, Forewind Consortium; Chairman, Global Interconnectors Group.

Dimitris Tsitsiragos, a Greek national, leads the investment operations overseeing new business development and client relationships with key private sector partners worldwide. From 2014 to 2016, Mr. Tsitsiragos was Vice President for Global Client Services, leading the investment operations and advisory services of IFC. Prior to that Mr. Tsitsiragos was Vice President for IFC’s Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, and North Africa region. From 2010 to 2011, he served as IFC’s Director of the Middle East, North Africa, and Southern Europe department. Mr. Tsitsiragos headed IFC’s Global Manufacturing and Services department from 2004 to 2010, leading activities in tourism, retail and property development, construction materials, the forest-products chain, life sciences, and energy-efficient machinery. Mr. Tsitsiragos has worked in a wide range of regions and industries. He spent over two years in New Delhi as IFC’s Director of the South Asia department, where he doubled commitments for the region, and doubled IFC’s portfolio in India. Prior to this, Mr. Tsitsiragos served as Manager of New Investments for IFC’s Eastern/Central Europe region, and spent over 12 years in IFC’s oil and gas division. Externally, Mr. Tsitsiragos has served on the Board of Directors for both IDFC (India) and the Commercial Bank of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). He has also represented IFC in operating committees managing oil and gas properties in Latin America, the Middle East and Central Asia. He holds an MBA from George Washington University.

Born in 1962 in Moscow, Igor demonstrated his passion for nature and its conservation early on. Igor graduated in 1985 with completed higher education (equivalent to M.Sc.) in Zoology and Botany at the Moscow State University. In 1990 he continued education abroad, by taking a course of Pollution and Environmental Control at Victoria University of Manchester (U.K.). In 1991 he obtained a M.Sc. Degree from Victoria University with the thesis 'Potential Use of Economic Valuation Techniques in Soviet System of Environmental Impact Assessment'. Finally, in the same year of 1991, Igor received a Ph.D. in biology from the Moscow Sate University with the thesis 'Systematics and Ecology of the Brown Bears in the Caucasus'. In 1996 Dr. Igor Chestin took the position of WWF International Representative and WWF Russian Programme Office Director. Over time, the organisation developed into a leading Russian environmental NGO with the Russian Board. Igor received several national and international awards, including ‘The Green Person of the Year’ (2002), Honoured Nature Conservationist (Ministry of Natural Resources, 2004). In 2002 he was elected as a member of Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. In 2004 Igor became a Knight of the Order of the Golden Ark – international environmental recognition award established by Prince Bernard of the Netherlands. June 2013-honored ecologist of Russian Federation Igor is a father of three lovely daughters.

Special Envoy of the Kingdom of Morocco for mobilization for COP22. Vice-President of the Bureau of COP21. High level champion of the COP. Dr. Hakima El Haite is the current Minister Delegate in Charge of Environment in the Ministry of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment of Morocco. She is a member of the executive board of the Popular Movement (MP) and Chairwoman of the International Relations Committee (MP). Holder of a PHD in Environmental Engineering from the School of Mines of Saint Etienne (France) and a Degree in political communication, University of Washington (Washington, DC), she was attached to the direction of the Fez Urban Agency from 1992 to 1993. In 1994, she founded Eau Globe, a company specialized in engineering and environmental works. Mrs. El Haite is Vice – President of U.S–NAPEO (North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity), Chairwoman of ConnectinGroup Int and Deputy Chairwoman of the International Network of Liberal Women since 2012. As Chairwoman of International Relations Committee of the Popular Movement since December 2012, Mrs. El Haite participated in the creation of several partnerships: with the Party for Freedom and Democracy (Holland), with the Democratic Convergence party (Catalonia), with the International Democrat (UK), with the International Democrat (Gibraltar), with the Parliamentary network on the Prevention and conflict Management. She is also a board member of the Morocco National Dialogue for Civil Society. Trilingual (Arabic, French, English), Mrs. El Haite participated as an observer to the Presidential elections of the United States of America (2008) and parliamentary elections in Jordan (2010). She is in charge of the organization of the COP22, which will take place in November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco. She has been designated as “climate champion” of Morocco by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Salaheddine Mezouar.