President Bill Clinton is the 42nd President of the United States and the first democratic President in six decades to be elected twice. During his administration, America enjoyed more peace and economic wellbeing than at any time in its history. He founded the Clinton Foundation in 2001 to help address critical global issues such as the AIDS epidemic and climate change, produce a network of changemakers and create salient economic opportunity.

President Cyril Ramaphosa is the president of the ANC and fifth and current president of South Africa. Having played an integral role in forming South Africa’s post-democratic constitution, he is lauded for his commitment to the country’s democracy. He left politics in 1997 to pursue a successful business career, founding the Shanduka Group in 2001, a diverse investment holding company. He re-entered the political arena in 2012 as deputy president of the ANC and as South Africa’s deputy president two years later.

Secretary Hillary Clinton became the only former First Lady to hold an elected office when she was elected Senator of New York in 2000. Nine years later she was appointed U.S. Secretary of State by President Barack Obama. In 2016, Hillary Clinton was the first woman in U.S. history to become the presidential nominee of a major political party, garnering 66 million votes in favour of her vision to advance progressive values and citizen engagement at all levels.

Named by Forbes as one of the most influential business theorists of the last 50 years, Professor Clayton Christensen is regarded as an authority on innovation and growth. A former Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and five-time recipient of the McKinsey Award for best academic article, his disruptive innovation theory and teachings on the topic have defined 21st century business.

Former Chief Executive Officer of the Investec Group.

Group Chief Executive of Discovery Limited

Founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, a South African mining company with interests spanning platinum, iron, coal, copper and gold. South Africa’s first black billionaire, he launched a new private equity firm, African Rainbow Capital in 2016, focused on investing in Africa.

FEfosa Ojomo is a research fellow at the Forum for Growth and Innovation at the Clayton Christensen Institute and founder and president of Poverty Stops Here, a non-profit aimed at helping people living in poor communities in Nigeria. Co-author of “The Prosperity Paradox” his research examines how emerging markets can create prosperity for by focusing on market-creating innovations.

David Cameron served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 until 2016. He has served as a Member of Parliament since 2001 and led the Conservative Party for 11 years.

Caroline Webb is a management consultant, economist and renowned leadership coach. She has worked alongside organisations across the globe to assist their employees in increasing productivity, energy and success – first as a partner at McKinsey & Company, where she continues to serve as a senior advisor, and now as CEO of her own firm, Sevenshift.

Caster Semenya is one of South Africa’s most successful professional women athletes. She won gold in the 800m at the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. In 2016, she became the first person to win all three of the 400m, 800m and 1 500m titles at the South African National Championships. In addition to her two Olympic gold medals, she is the World Championships and Commonwealth Games 800m reigning champion.

Creator of the BRICs acronym, Lord Jim O’Neill is an esteemed British economist and former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He also serves as a visiting research fellow at Brussels-based economics think tank, Bruegel, and is one of the founding trustees and president of SHINE, a UK-based educational charity.

Arianna is the founder of Thrive Global, a wellbeing and productivity platform aimed at changing the way people work and live by reducing stress and eliminating burnout. Before launching Thrive Global in August 2016, she was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, an award-winning online media and news website. She is also a prolific author and nationally syndicated columnist.

Chair of South Africa’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and former CEO of FirstRand Limited.

Vice-chancellor and principal of the University of Cape Town.

Deputy vice-chancellor of the University of the Witwatersrand.

Niall Ferguson is an acclaimed historian and the author of multiple award-winning books. He is renowned as one of the most influential commentators on geopolitics and the global economy.

Pravin Gordhan is South Africa’s Minister of Finance. His first term as Minister of Finance was between 2009 and 2014. Pravin has a background of political involvement, most notably acting as co-chairperson of the Transitional Executive Council and chairman of the Constitutional Committee in parliament.

Duncan Clark is renowned the world over as one of the preeminent experts on the internet and entrepreneurship in China. He is the author of the best-selling book Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built.

Simon Kuper is a renowned journalist writing for the Financial Times. He publishes in newspapers and magazines around the world and is currently one of the world’s leading writers on football. He is the author of several books including the New York Times bestseller Soccernomics, which he co-authored.

Jack Welch is a lauded management expert, businessman and best-selling author. He spent 20 years as CEO and chairman of General Electric where he grew the business from a market capitalisation of US$13 billion to over US$400 billion. He is now executive chairman of the Jack Welch Management Institute.

David Beckham is a distinguished sportsman and one of the most legendary footballers of his time. He is also a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF and works tirelessly for the safety of children around the world.

Trevor Manuel has served as a minister in the South African government for over 18 years, 13 of them as Finance Minister. His first portfolio was under President Nelson Mandela as Minister of Trade and Industry. He is currently Minister in the Presidency: National Planning Commission.

Lord Sebastian Coe is the former chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. Using his refined political skills and strategic know-how, he famously led London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games, beating Paris, Madrid and New York.

Dr Ben S. Bernanke served as chairman of the US Federal Reserve for two terms between 2006 and 2014. He is internationally recognised as one of the most influential figures in American economic policy.

Professor Joseph Stiglitz is a former chief economist of the World Bank and a Nobel Prize laureate in the field of economics. He is a New-Keynesian economist, who has taught at numerous Ivy League schools, including MIT, Yale, Stanford and Princeton. He served in the Clinton administration as the chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors from 1995 to 1997. In 2011, Time Magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Adam Morgan is the highly-respected author of ‘Eating the Big Fish: How Challenger Brands can compete against Brand Leaders’, the international best seller that introduced the concept of challenger brands to the world of marketing.

Gary Kirsten is a former South African cricketer, and one of the most respected cricket coaches of his time.

Heyneke Meyer is considered one of South Africa’s most iconic coaches. He is a former head coach of the South African national rugby team, the Springboks.

Former South African soccer player and legendary coach, Gordon Igesund managed the South African national soccer team, Bafana Bafana.

Celebrated as South Africa’s lady of steel, Nonkululeko Nyembezi-Heita is the former CEO of ArcelorMittal South Africa, the largest steel producer on the African continent and a subsidiary of the global ArcelorMittal Group.

Founder and CEO of the Bidvest Group, Brian Joffe is recognised as a South African entrepreneurial legend.

Celebrated South African banker and esteemed businessman, Laurie Dippenaar is a co-founder and the former CEO of one of South Africa’s largest financial services groups, FirstRand Limited.