About this session
The debate will bring together government and corporate leaders from across the world to assess opportunities and challenges emanating from a rapidly changing international investment landscape. From their different perspectives, the leaders will discuss what governments can do to improve business environments and what companies can do to accelerate the development process in the countries in which they invest. The leaders will also consider how foreign investment can spur local enterprise and reduce poverty. The event will draw on the insights of leading decision-makers in politics and business to generate a rich, solutions-oriented debate.
Speakers
Mr. Simon Hobbs
CNBC's programme "The Leaders"
Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi
Secretary-General of UNCTAD
H.E. Mr. John Kufuor
President, Ghana
H.E. Ms. Tarja Kaarina Halonen
President of Finland and Co-Chair of UN Millennium Summit
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame
President of Rwanda
H.E. Ms. Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar
Vice-President of El Salvador
Mr. Gengshu Miao
President of China International Investment Council and President of SINOTRANS
Mr. Ian Cockerill
CEO of Gold Fields Ltd
Mr. Mo Ibrahim
Chairman of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and Founder of Celte
Mr. Peter Barker Homek
CEO of Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)