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Speakers
Learn more about our esteemed speakers for WES 2024
Dr. José
Ramos-Horta
President of Timor-Leste
Nobel Peace Prize Winner
Penpa
Tsering
Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration
Dr. Tedros
ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS
Director-General of the
World Health Organisation
STEPHANIE
KELTON
Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Dr. Ulrich
Bez
Former Chief Executive Officer of
Aston Martin
John
ridding
Chief Executive Officer of the Financial Times Group
Mário
Centeno
Governor of the Bank of Portugal
dr. pHILIP mARSDEN
Deputy Chair, Bank of England Enforcement Decision Making Committee
Jean-Claude tRICHET
Former President of the European Central Bank
Myron S. Scholes
1997 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
Melissa Parke
Executive Director of ICAN
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PANELS
Find out about our intriguing panel debates and discussions
Navigating Monetary Policy
Perspectives From Central Banks Around The World
CHAIR
Martin
Arnold
Frankfurt Bureau Chief of the FT
Anita angelovska Bezhoska
Governor, National Bank of the Republic of North Macedonia
Boris
Vujčić
Governor,
Croatian National Bank
Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus
Former Governor,
Bank Negara Malaysia
Charles Goodhart
Former Member, Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee
Looking ahead
The Economic Outlook For 2024 And Beyond
Sujit
kapadia
European Central Bank
yael
selfin
KPMG
george Buckley
NOMURA
marion laboure
Deutsche Bank
Leading organisations for peace
The Economic Outlook For 2024 And Beyond
Dr Melissa Parke
Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Zainab Bangura
Director - General United Nations Office at Nairobi
debate panel
Motion: De-Dollarisation Would Do More Harm Than Good For The World
MODERATOR
dR yEMI kALE
Managing Director & Group Chief Economist, African Export - Import Bank
GOVERNMENT
(FOR THE MOTION)
Dr Joeri Schasfoort
Founder, Money & Macromedia
Dr Luis Oganes
Head of Global Macro Research, J.P. Morgan
OPPOSITION
(AGAINST THE MOTION)
Professor RoberT Wade
Professor of Global Political Economy, London School of Economics
rt hon Sir vince cable
Former Secretary of State for Business and Trade
SEMINARS
DEutsche Bank
Jim Reid
Managing Director, Head of Global Fundamental Credit at Deutsche Bank
Henrik Johnsson
Co-Head of Capital Markets and European Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank