Renée B. Adams

After receiving a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago, Renée held positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Stockholm School of Economics, the University of Queensland and the University of New South Wales. She joined

Claire Isnard

Claire Isnard is the Global Chief People & Organisation Officer at Chanel. Since 2008, she has worked to drive growth and transformation, notably building the People & Organisation function and programmes on a global scale. This now supports over 38,400

Josefa González Blanco Ortiz Mena

Josefa became Mexico’s Ambassador to the UK and Northern Ireland in 2021. She serves as Mexico’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization, International Mobile Satellite Organization, International Coffee Organization, International Sugar Organization, International Whaling Commission, and International Oil Pollution

Penny Scott-Bayfield

Penny Scott-Bayfield is on the Board and the Group Finance Director of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, the FTSE 250 publishing group. Prior to this, she was Finance Director of Conde Nast Britain, and held senior finance roles at Sky Plc and

Alexandra McKenzie

A career diplomat, Alex has spent her career focusing on Europe and Asia, with postings to Beijing, Paris, Berlin, Singapore, Bangkok and Brunei – the latter of which she served as High Commissioner. In the UK, she has worked on

Lisa Shu

Dr Lisa Shu is a Venture Partner at Deep Science Ventures and the founding Executive Director of the Newton Venture Program. Newton, a collaboration between London Business School and LocalGlobe VC, provides inclusive investor training across the global venture ecosystem.