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Richard Wrangham
Research Professor of Biological Anthropology (retired), Harvard University

Richard Wrangham is the Ruth B. Moore Research Professor of Biological Anthropology (retired) at Harvard University and founded the Kibale Chimpanzee Project in 1987.


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Bob Wigley
Chair of UK Finance

Bob Wigley is the Chair of UK Finance. Prior to this, he spent a career in finance, rising to be EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of the board of the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis.Bob Wigley is the Chair of UK Finance. Prior to this, he spent a career in finance, rising to be EMEA Chairman of Merrill Lynch and a member of the board of the Bank of England during the 2008 financial crisis.


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Peter Turchin
Emeritus Professor at the University of Connecticut

Peter Turchin is Project Leader at the Complexity Science Hub — Vienna, Research Associate at University of Oxford, and Emeritus Professor at the University of Connecticut.


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Shee Tse Koon
Group Executive and Group Head of Consumer Banking Group and Wealth Management, DBS

Shee Tse Koon is Group Executive and Group Head of Consumer Banking Group and Wealth Management for DBS. Prior to this he was Country Head for DBS Singapore.


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Margaret E. Tahyar
Head of the Financial Institutions practice, Davis Polk

Margaret E. Tahyar is Head of the Financial Institutions practice and a member of the Fintech team at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP.


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Robert Stout
Former VP and Head of US policy and regulatory affairs

Robert Stout spent nearly three decades as a lawyer and executive with bp, most recently as the VP and Head of US policy and regulatory affairs in bp’s Washington office from 2014-20.


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Bryan Stirewalt
Former Chief Executive of the Dubai Financial Services Authority

Bryan Stirewalt is a former Chief Executive of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), having worked at the agency for 14 years.


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Carine Smith Ihenacho
Chief Governance and Compliance Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management.

Carine Smith Ihenacho is the Chief Governance and Compliance Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management.


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Cecilia Skingsley
Head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub

Cecilia Skingsley became Head of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Innovation Hub in September 2022. She is a member of the BIS’s Executive Committee. Previously, she held the position of First Deputy Governor of Sveriges Riksbank since November 2019.


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Sir Keith Skeoch
Non-Executive Chairman of insurer QBE’s European Operations.

Sir Keith Skeoch is the former CEO of Standard Life Aberdeen (now-abrdn), and previously served as the Chair of the UK Financial Reporting Council from 2020 to 2021. He is now the Non-Executive Chairman of insurer QBE’s European Operations.


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Langley Sharp MBE
Past Head of the Centre for Army Leadership, British Army

Langley Sharp MBE is the former head of the Centre for Army Leadership, responsible for championing leadership excellence across the British Army.


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Paul Seabright
Professor of Economics

Paul Seabright is a Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at the Toulouse School of Economics. He is the author of several books, most recently The Divine Economy: How Religions Compete for Wealth, Power, and People.


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Charles Randell
Former Chair, UK Financial Conduct Authority

Charles Randell served as the Chair of the UK Financial Conduct Authority from 2018 to 2022. He was previously a member of the Bank of England's Prudential Regulation Authority since its founding in 2013.


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Dr. Terri Patterson
Past-Chief, US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Behavioral Analysis Unit

Dr. Terri Patterson is a psychologist who previously served as Chief of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) elite Behavioral Analysis Unit, among a number of other roles during her 20-year career as an Executive and Special Agent at the agency.


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Michael Muthukrishna
Associate Professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics

Michael Muthukrishna is an Associate Professor of Economic Psychology at the London School of Economics.


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Wim Mijs
Chief Executive of the European Banking Federation

Wim Mijs was appointed Chief Executive of the European Banking Federation in September 2014. Between 2007 and 2014 Wim served as CEO of the Dutch banking association NVB.


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Elizabeth McCaul
Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB)

Elizabeth McCaul is a Member of the Supervisory Board of the European Central Bank (ECB). She joined the NY State Banking Department as First Deputy in 1995 and served as NY Superintendent of Banks from 1997-2003.


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Kevin N. Lala
Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology

Kevin N. Lala is Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews, where he is a member of the Centre for Biological Diversity, the Centre for Social Learning and Cognitive Evolution, the Institute for Behavioural and Neural Sciences, and the Scottish Primate Research Group.


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Daniela Jaramillo
Head of Sustainable Investing for Australia at Fidelity International.

Daniela Jaramillo is Head of Sustainable Investing for Australia at Fidelity International. Prior to Fidelity, she was a senior responsible investment adviser at HESTA, one of Australia’s largest pension funds.


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Adrienne A. Harris
Superintendent of the New York State Department of Financial Services

Adrienne A. Harris joined the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) in September 2021 and was confirmed as Superintendent on January 25, 2022.


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Chris Gower
Executive Director for the Cross- industry Insights Division of APRA.

Chris Gower is the Executive Director for the Cross- industry Insights Division of APRA. The division is responsible for risk analysis, insight and response, with the aim of identifying risks as they emerge and ensuring regulated entities respond appropriately.


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Peter Gleason
President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD),

Peter Gleason is president and CEO of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the most trusted association for corporate directors who want to expand their knowledge, grow their network, and maximize their potential. For nearly 50 years, NACD has been the leading voice of the director, setting the standard for governance education, best practices, and thought leadership. Our leadership continues to raise standards of excellence and advance board effectiveness at thousands of member companies.


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Henry Farrell
Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Henry Farrell is the SNF Agora Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and the 2019 recipient of the Friedrich Schiedel Prize for Politics and Technology.


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Neil Esho
Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

Neil Esho is Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision. Prior to this, he served as the Deputy Secretary General, having joined the Basel Committee Secretariat in April 2006.


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