DR. FRANK APPEL
CEO, Deutsche Post DHL
As CEO of Deutsche Post DHL, Frank Appel is responsible for the global management of the world`s leading mail and logistics group. The Deutsche Post and DHL corporate brands offer a one-of-a-kind portfolio of logistics (DHL) and communications (Deutsche Post) services. In 2012, Deutsche Post DHL revenues exceeded € 55 billion.
Frank Appel joined the Group in 2000 as Managing Director of Corporate Development and has been a member of the Group’s Board of Management since 2002. In 2008 he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for the Corporate Departments: Corporate Communications & Responsibility, Corporate Development, Corporate First Choice, Corporate Heritage & Industry Associations, Corporate Legal, Corporate Office, Corporate Public Policy & Regulation Management, DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation.
Prior to joining the Group, Frank Appel was a managing partner at McKinsey & Co., Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He has a MSc in chemistry from the University of Munich and a PhD in neurobiology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
CEO, Deutsche Post DHL
As CEO of Deutsche Post DHL, Frank Appel is responsible for the global management of the world`s leading mail and logistics group. The Deutsche Post and DHL corporate brands offer a one-of-a-kind portfolio of logistics (DHL) and communications (Deutsche Post) services. In 2012, Deutsche Post DHL revenues exceeded € 55 billion.
Frank Appel joined the Group in 2000 as Managing Director of Corporate Development and has been a member of the Group’s Board of Management since 2002. In 2008 he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer with responsibility for the Corporate Departments: Corporate Communications & Responsibility, Corporate Development, Corporate First Choice, Corporate Heritage & Industry Associations, Corporate Legal, Corporate Office, Corporate Public Policy & Regulation Management, DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation.
Prior to joining the Group, Frank Appel was a managing partner at McKinsey & Co., Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He has a MSc in chemistry from the University of Munich and a PhD in neurobiology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
DR. RUFUS BLACK
Master, Ormond College, University of Melbourne
Dr. Rufus Black is the Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne. A theologian, ethicist and ordained minister in the Uniting Church of Australia he has published on many topics including economic development, unemployment, the ethics of using stem cells and the life challenges of Generation X.
As an ethicist he has served on clinical and medical research ethics committees and he currently chairs the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Before becoming Master of Ormond he worked at McKinsey & Company for 9 years, where he was a partner and played leadership roles in the firm’s Organisation and Public Sector Practices in Australia and Asia.
He serves on various advisory boards including the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics and Public Life in Oxford and Teach for Australia. He holds degrees in law and politics from the University of Melbourne and degrees in ethics and theology from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
Master, Ormond College, University of Melbourne
Dr. Rufus Black is the Master of Ormond College at the University of Melbourne. A theologian, ethicist and ordained minister in the Uniting Church of Australia he has published on many topics including economic development, unemployment, the ethics of using stem cells and the life challenges of Generation X.
As an ethicist he has served on clinical and medical research ethics committees and he currently chairs the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Before becoming Master of Ormond he worked at McKinsey & Company for 9 years, where he was a partner and played leadership roles in the firm’s Organisation and Public Sector Practices in Australia and Asia.
He serves on various advisory boards including the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics and Public Life in Oxford and Teach for Australia. He holds degrees in law and politics from the University of Melbourne and degrees in ethics and theology from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar.
DAME JULIA CLEVERDON DCVO, CBE
Vice President, Business in the Community
Dame Julia Cleverdon is Vice President of Business in the Community, a unique movement of 800 companies across the UK committed to improving continually their positive impact on society. Dame Cleverdon was Chief Executive of Business in the Community for 16 years, from April 1992 – March 2008. During this period she has established a formidable reputation as a renowned leader and speaker on corporate responsibility and has personally been responsible for introducing new thinking and action from within the UK's top boardrooms.
Her energies in promoting responsible business practice and the significant impact of the campaigns of Business in the Community led to her being listed by The Times as one of the 50 most influential women in Britain. She was appointed CBE in 1996, CVO in the New Year's Honours' list 2002 and DCVO in the Queen's Honours list in 2008. Under Dame Julia's leadership the collective activities of Business in the Community have expanded to impact across local communities, support positive environmental activity, promote diversity and best practice in the workplace and encourage ethical operations in the wider marketplace.
In her voluntary roles, Julia serves as chair of Teach First, whose mission is to address educational disadvantage by transforming exceptional graduates into effective, inspirational teachers and leaders in all fields. She has recently been invited to join the National Council for Educational Excellence to lead a review for the Prime Minister on how education-business partnerships can contribute to educational excellence and is a member of the Prime Minister's Talent and Enterprise Taskforce Advisory Group. Julia is also a director of 'In Kind Direct', patron of both the Helena Kennedy Bursary Scheme and Volunteer Reading Help and an Ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund.
Prior to her work at Business in the Community, Dame Julia served as Director of The Industrial Society's Education and Inner City Division from 1981 – 1988, during which time The Industrial Society became the leading provider of management training for education and voluntary organizations. She started her career working in industrial relations for British Leyland.
Julia was married to the late John Garnett, director of the Industrial Society, and has two daughters.
Vice President, Business in the Community
Dame Julia Cleverdon is Vice President of Business in the Community, a unique movement of 800 companies across the UK committed to improving continually their positive impact on society. Dame Cleverdon was Chief Executive of Business in the Community for 16 years, from April 1992 – March 2008. During this period she has established a formidable reputation as a renowned leader and speaker on corporate responsibility and has personally been responsible for introducing new thinking and action from within the UK's top boardrooms.
Her energies in promoting responsible business practice and the significant impact of the campaigns of Business in the Community led to her being listed by The Times as one of the 50 most influential women in Britain. She was appointed CBE in 1996, CVO in the New Year's Honours' list 2002 and DCVO in the Queen's Honours list in 2008. Under Dame Julia's leadership the collective activities of Business in the Community have expanded to impact across local communities, support positive environmental activity, promote diversity and best practice in the workplace and encourage ethical operations in the wider marketplace.
In her voluntary roles, Julia serves as chair of Teach First, whose mission is to address educational disadvantage by transforming exceptional graduates into effective, inspirational teachers and leaders in all fields. She has recently been invited to join the National Council for Educational Excellence to lead a review for the Prime Minister on how education-business partnerships can contribute to educational excellence and is a member of the Prime Minister's Talent and Enterprise Taskforce Advisory Group. Julia is also a director of 'In Kind Direct', patron of both the Helena Kennedy Bursary Scheme and Volunteer Reading Help and an Ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund.
Prior to her work at Business in the Community, Dame Julia served as Director of The Industrial Society's Education and Inner City Division from 1981 – 1988, during which time The Industrial Society became the leading provider of management training for education and voluntary organizations. She started her career working in industrial relations for British Leyland.
Julia was married to the late John Garnett, director of the Industrial Society, and has two daughters.
IAN DAVIS
Chairman, Rolls-Royce plc
Ian Davis is an independent non-executive director of Rolls-Royce plc, BP plc, Johnson and Johnson, and Teach For All, and is a senior adviser to Apax Partners LLP. He is also an independent non-executive member of the UK Cabinet Office board.
He was a partner of McKinsey & Company for 31 years and served as Chairman and Worldwide Managing Director 2003 – 2009.
He was educated at Oxford University and is married with two children.
Chairman, Rolls-Royce plc
Ian Davis is an independent non-executive director of Rolls-Royce plc, BP plc, Johnson and Johnson, and Teach For All, and is a senior adviser to Apax Partners LLP. He is also an independent non-executive member of the UK Cabinet Office board.
He was a partner of McKinsey & Company for 31 years and served as Chairman and Worldwide Managing Director 2003 – 2009.
He was educated at Oxford University and is married with two children.
MARK FULLER
CEO, Rosc Global LLC; Former Chairman and CEO, Monitor Group
Mark B. Fuller is the Chairman and CEO of Rosc Global, a firm providing merchant banking and advisory services to governments, corporations and nonprofits. Mark also sits on a number of for profit and nonprofit boards including the Asian Institute of Management, Teach for All, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, RevJen, and the South Asia Initiative of Harvard University.
From 1983 to 2010, Mark was the founding Chairman and CEO of Monitor Group, an international consulting and investment firm. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, teaching courses in strategy formulation, implementation, and industry and competitive analysis. He is the author of more than two hundred books, articles and teaching cases. Mark is a graduate, with High Honors, of Harvard College, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.
CEO, Rosc Global LLC; Former Chairman and CEO, Monitor Group
Mark B. Fuller is the Chairman and CEO of Rosc Global, a firm providing merchant banking and advisory services to governments, corporations and nonprofits. Mark also sits on a number of for profit and nonprofit boards including the Asian Institute of Management, Teach for All, the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, RevJen, and the South Asia Initiative of Harvard University.
From 1983 to 2010, Mark was the founding Chairman and CEO of Monitor Group, an international consulting and investment firm. Previously, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, teaching courses in strategy formulation, implementation, and industry and competitive analysis. He is the author of more than two hundred books, articles and teaching cases. Mark is a graduate, with High Honors, of Harvard College, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.
WENDY KOPP
CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All
Wendy Kopp is CEO and co-founder of Teach For All, which is fueling a global movement for ensuring educational excellence and equity by accelerating the impact of national organizations that are enlisting their nations’ most promising future leaders in the effort.
Wendy founded Teach For America in 1989 to marshal the energy of her generation against educational inequity in the United States. Today, more than 10,000 Teach For America corps members - top recent college graduates of all academic disciplines - are in the midst of two-year teaching commitments in the nation’s highest-need urban and rural regions, and Teach For America has proven to be an unparalleled source of long-term leadership for educational change. After leading Teach For America’s growth and development for 24 years, she moved into the role of chair of the board in 2013.
Just six years into its development, Teach For All is a growing network of 28 independent organizations around the world, including its founding partners Teach For America and the U.K.'s Teach First.
Wendy has been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards for public service. She is the author of A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All (2011) and One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way (2000). She holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, where she participated in the undergraduate program of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She resides in New York City with her husband Richard Barth and their four children.
CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All
Wendy Kopp is CEO and co-founder of Teach For All, which is fueling a global movement for ensuring educational excellence and equity by accelerating the impact of national organizations that are enlisting their nations’ most promising future leaders in the effort.
Wendy founded Teach For America in 1989 to marshal the energy of her generation against educational inequity in the United States. Today, more than 10,000 Teach For America corps members - top recent college graduates of all academic disciplines - are in the midst of two-year teaching commitments in the nation’s highest-need urban and rural regions, and Teach For America has proven to be an unparalleled source of long-term leadership for educational change. After leading Teach For America’s growth and development for 24 years, she moved into the role of chair of the board in 2013.
Just six years into its development, Teach For All is a growing network of 28 independent organizations around the world, including its founding partners Teach For America and the U.K.'s Teach First.
Wendy has been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People and is the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards for public service. She is the author of A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All (2011) and One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way (2000). She holds a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, where she participated in the undergraduate program of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She resides in New York City with her husband Richard Barth and their four children.
DR. ANTONELLA MEI-POCHTLER
Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Dr. Antonella Mei-Pochtler is a Senior Partner and Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group.
She was born in Rome and went to the German School, where she graduated in 1976. As part of her extracurricular activities, she was the captain of the German School's handball team, with which she was elected Italy's Junior Athlete of the year.
With a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), she studied business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where she graduated in 1981. She then earned her PhD in business administration at the University of Rome and an MBA at INSEAD in 1983 with the Dean's List Award.
Dr. Antonella Mei-Pochtler joined BCG's Munich office in 1984 and was promoted to Partner in 1990 and to Senior Partner and Managing Director in 1998. She has held many different leadership positions including Head of the German Consumer Goods practice from 1990 to 1997, she opened BCG's Vienna Office in 1997, became the Global Branding Topic Leader in 1999, a member of the European Management Team in 2004, and a member of the global Executive Committee in 2006. Since 2011, she has been leading the media sector of the firm.
Her client work has been mainly focused on the development and implementation of strategic and organizational change and on branding issues, particularly in the consumer goods, retail, and media sectors. In 2008, she was voted one of the world's 10 best consultants by Consulting Magazine.
In addition to her project work, she created and for more than 10 years has been organizing the Brand Club, a top marketing- and media-focused conference for CEOs in Germany. She is also a co-initiator of BCG's educational initiative business@school, for which she received the Freedom and Responsibility award from the German government in 2002.
She is also engaged in other pro bono activities, like the German Bone Marrow Donor Association (DKMS) as well as Europe's 500—Entrepreneurs for Growth, the European association of fast-growing companies. She became involved with Teach For All in 2011 and supported the start-up phase of Teach For Austria.
She has written many articles on a wide range of topics, and a selection of essays has recently been published in her book "Acupuncture for Management."
Antonella Mei-Pochtler is married to Christian Pochtler, an Austrian entrepreneur, and has three daughters. She speaks four languages and is a passionate skier.
Senior Partner and Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group
Dr. Antonella Mei-Pochtler is a Senior Partner and Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group.
She was born in Rome and went to the German School, where she graduated in 1976. As part of her extracurricular activities, she was the captain of the German School's handball team, with which she was elected Italy's Junior Athlete of the year.
With a scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), she studied business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, where she graduated in 1981. She then earned her PhD in business administration at the University of Rome and an MBA at INSEAD in 1983 with the Dean's List Award.
Dr. Antonella Mei-Pochtler joined BCG's Munich office in 1984 and was promoted to Partner in 1990 and to Senior Partner and Managing Director in 1998. She has held many different leadership positions including Head of the German Consumer Goods practice from 1990 to 1997, she opened BCG's Vienna Office in 1997, became the Global Branding Topic Leader in 1999, a member of the European Management Team in 2004, and a member of the global Executive Committee in 2006. Since 2011, she has been leading the media sector of the firm.
Her client work has been mainly focused on the development and implementation of strategic and organizational change and on branding issues, particularly in the consumer goods, retail, and media sectors. In 2008, she was voted one of the world's 10 best consultants by Consulting Magazine.
In addition to her project work, she created and for more than 10 years has been organizing the Brand Club, a top marketing- and media-focused conference for CEOs in Germany. She is also a co-initiator of BCG's educational initiative business@school, for which she received the Freedom and Responsibility award from the German government in 2002.
She is also engaged in other pro bono activities, like the German Bone Marrow Donor Association (DKMS) as well as Europe's 500—Entrepreneurs for Growth, the European association of fast-growing companies. She became involved with Teach For All in 2011 and supported the start-up phase of Teach For Austria.
She has written many articles on a wide range of topics, and a selection of essays has recently been published in her book "Acupuncture for Management."
Antonella Mei-Pochtler is married to Christian Pochtler, an Austrian entrepreneur, and has three daughters. She speaks four languages and is a passionate skier.
JIM O'NEILL
Economist; Former Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Jim worked for Goldman Sachs from 1995 until April 2013. He joined Goldman in 1995 as a partner, Chief Currency Economist and co-head of Global Economics Research. From 2001 through 2010, he was Chief Economist and head of Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research (ECS). In September 2010, he became Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). As Chairman, he was involved in helping guide all aspects of GSAM’s business around the world.
Prior to joining the firm, Jim was head of research, globally, for Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) from 1991 to 1995. He joined SBC in 1988. Prior to that, he was with Bank of America and International Treasury Management, a division of Marine Midland Bank.
Jim is the creator of the acronym BRICs. Together with his colleagues, he has published much research about BRICs, which has become synonymous with the emergence of Brazil, Russia, India and China as the growth opportunities of the future. Jim is a member of the board of the Itinera, and has been on the board of Bruegel since its creation. He is a member of the UK-India Round Table and the UKIBC. For 8 years until Spring 2013, Jim was Chairman and remains one of the founding trustees of the London-based charity SHINE. He is also chairman of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership Advisory Board. Jim serves on the board of Teach for All and a number of other charities specializing in education.
Jim previously served as a non-executive director of Manchester United before it returned to private ownership in 2005.
Jim earned a degree in economics from Sheffield University in 1978 and a PhD from the University of Surrey in 1982. He received an honorary doctorate from the Institute of Education, University of London, in 2009 for his educational philanthropy.
Economist; Former Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Jim worked for Goldman Sachs from 1995 until April 2013. He joined Goldman in 1995 as a partner, Chief Currency Economist and co-head of Global Economics Research. From 2001 through 2010, he was Chief Economist and head of Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research (ECS). In September 2010, he became Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). As Chairman, he was involved in helping guide all aspects of GSAM’s business around the world.
Prior to joining the firm, Jim was head of research, globally, for Swiss Bank Corporation (SBC) from 1991 to 1995. He joined SBC in 1988. Prior to that, he was with Bank of America and International Treasury Management, a division of Marine Midland Bank.
Jim is the creator of the acronym BRICs. Together with his colleagues, he has published much research about BRICs, which has become synonymous with the emergence of Brazil, Russia, India and China as the growth opportunities of the future. Jim is a member of the board of the Itinera, and has been on the board of Bruegel since its creation. He is a member of the UK-India Round Table and the UKIBC. For 8 years until Spring 2013, Jim was Chairman and remains one of the founding trustees of the London-based charity SHINE. He is also chairman of the Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership Advisory Board. Jim serves on the board of Teach for All and a number of other charities specializing in education.
Jim previously served as a non-executive director of Manchester United before it returned to private ownership in 2005.
Jim earned a degree in economics from Sheffield University in 1978 and a PhD from the University of Surrey in 1982. He received an honorary doctorate from the Institute of Education, University of London, in 2009 for his educational philanthropy.
TOMÁS RECART
Director Ejecutivo, Enseña Chile
Tomás Recart began to think of education as a systematic problem while he worked as a civil engineer for four and a half years with low-income municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Chile.
In 2006 he began to pursue his master’s degree at Harvard’s Kennedy School. During his first month at Harvard, Recart attended a presentation in which he heard Wendy Kopp speak about Teach For America and its Theory of Change. Recart immediately contacted other friends from Chile who had similar ideas for improving education and together they met Kopp in November of 2006 to discuss their vision of starting a program similar to Teach For America in Chile.
After a lengthy process of launching a feasibility study, in 2008 Recart assumed the responsibility for directing the launch of Enseña Chile. Recart was granted the Raymond Vernon Award from the Harvard Kennedy School; this award is given to the student who best exemplifies the values of the Master’s in Public Administration/ International Development program, for commitment to international development, academic achievement, citizenship, and potential future leadership.
Upon completing his master’s degree, Recart returned to Chile in July of 2008. Within six months, Enseña Chile secured public and private support, and funds to be applied over a three year period. In light of Enseña Chile’s first two years of success, Tomas Recart was named the 2010 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the year in Chile and in 2011 a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. As Enseña Chile begins to embark on its fourth year, it is planning to place its largest cohort of participants (100+), a cohort that will more then double the size of the 2011 cohort.
Recart loves music and sports, specially mountaineering, a passion that he shares with his wife, Fernanda. Together, in 2005 they climbed the highest peak in the Americas (Mt Aconcagua, 6,859m). Both of them hope to share this passion with their daughter Ana, Matias and their third child to come!
Director Ejecutivo, Enseña Chile
Tomás Recart began to think of education as a systematic problem while he worked as a civil engineer for four and a half years with low-income municipalities in the Metropolitan Region of Chile.
In 2006 he began to pursue his master’s degree at Harvard’s Kennedy School. During his first month at Harvard, Recart attended a presentation in which he heard Wendy Kopp speak about Teach For America and its Theory of Change. Recart immediately contacted other friends from Chile who had similar ideas for improving education and together they met Kopp in November of 2006 to discuss their vision of starting a program similar to Teach For America in Chile.
After a lengthy process of launching a feasibility study, in 2008 Recart assumed the responsibility for directing the launch of Enseña Chile. Recart was granted the Raymond Vernon Award from the Harvard Kennedy School; this award is given to the student who best exemplifies the values of the Master’s in Public Administration/ International Development program, for commitment to international development, academic achievement, citizenship, and potential future leadership.
Upon completing his master’s degree, Recart returned to Chile in July of 2008. Within six months, Enseña Chile secured public and private support, and funds to be applied over a three year period. In light of Enseña Chile’s first two years of success, Tomas Recart was named the 2010 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the year in Chile and in 2011 a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. As Enseña Chile begins to embark on its fourth year, it is planning to place its largest cohort of participants (100+), a cohort that will more then double the size of the 2011 cohort.
Recart loves music and sports, specially mountaineering, a passion that he shares with his wife, Fernanda. Together, in 2005 they climbed the highest peak in the Americas (Mt Aconcagua, 6,859m). Both of them hope to share this passion with their daughter Ana, Matias and their third child to come!
JOSEPH W. SAUNDERS
Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Visa Inc.
Joseph W. Saunders was named Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. upon its formation in May 2007, and retired from Visa in March 2013. As chairman and chief executive officer of Visa Inc., Joseph W. Saunders leads a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments in more than 200 countries and territories. He was elected to this role in May 2007, after serving Visa International as executive chairman of the Transition Governance Committee.
During his tenure at Visa, Saunders has strengthened Visa’s position as the world’s leading payments technology company. Under his leadership, Visa transformed from a private association of banks into a public company that in 2008 completed what was then the largest initial public offering in U.S. history. Since then, Saunders has built on Visa’s history of innovation, diversifying its business and expanding its product offerings through the acquisitions of CyberSource, PlaySpan and Fundamo as well as the introduction of Visa’s digital wallet—V.me.
Prior to this role, Mr. Saunders was President and Chief Executive Officer of Providian Financial Corporation from November 2001, and Chairman of the board of directors from May 2002, until Washington Mutual’s acquisition of Providian in 2005. Following the acquisition Mr. Saunders agreed to remain with Washington Mutual as President of Card Services, for a transitional period from October 2005 to February 2007. From 1997 until 2001, Mr. Saunders served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fleet Credit Card Services at FleetBoston Financial Corporation. Prior to joining FleetBoston, Mr. Saunders spent 12 years at Household International, Inc., where he held various senior roles including Chief Executive of Card Services and head of the private label credit card business.
Mr. Saunders also was a member of the Visa U.S.A. board of directors from October 2002 to February 2007, a member of the Visa International Service Association board of directors from October 2005 to February 2007, and the Executive Chairman of Visa International’s Transition Governance Committee until the formation of Visa Inc. in May 2007. From 1993 to 1997, while Mr. Saunders was at Household International, Mr. Saunders served as a member of the boards of MasterCard International Inc. and MasterCard U.S.A., and was elected Chairman of MasterCard International’s board in 1996. He also served as a director of NewStar Financial, Inc. from December 2006 to October 2007.
A Chicago native, Saunders holds both a B.S. in business administration and an MBA from the University of Denver. He remains active in alumni activities and serves as chairman of the board for Teach For All, the Global Network for Expanding Educational Opportunity.
Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Visa Inc.
Joseph W. Saunders was named Chairman of the board and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. upon its formation in May 2007, and retired from Visa in March 2013. As chairman and chief executive officer of Visa Inc., Joseph W. Saunders leads a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions, and governments in more than 200 countries and territories. He was elected to this role in May 2007, after serving Visa International as executive chairman of the Transition Governance Committee.
During his tenure at Visa, Saunders has strengthened Visa’s position as the world’s leading payments technology company. Under his leadership, Visa transformed from a private association of banks into a public company that in 2008 completed what was then the largest initial public offering in U.S. history. Since then, Saunders has built on Visa’s history of innovation, diversifying its business and expanding its product offerings through the acquisitions of CyberSource, PlaySpan and Fundamo as well as the introduction of Visa’s digital wallet—V.me.
Prior to this role, Mr. Saunders was President and Chief Executive Officer of Providian Financial Corporation from November 2001, and Chairman of the board of directors from May 2002, until Washington Mutual’s acquisition of Providian in 2005. Following the acquisition Mr. Saunders agreed to remain with Washington Mutual as President of Card Services, for a transitional period from October 2005 to February 2007. From 1997 until 2001, Mr. Saunders served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fleet Credit Card Services at FleetBoston Financial Corporation. Prior to joining FleetBoston, Mr. Saunders spent 12 years at Household International, Inc., where he held various senior roles including Chief Executive of Card Services and head of the private label credit card business.
Mr. Saunders also was a member of the Visa U.S.A. board of directors from October 2002 to February 2007, a member of the Visa International Service Association board of directors from October 2005 to February 2007, and the Executive Chairman of Visa International’s Transition Governance Committee until the formation of Visa Inc. in May 2007. From 1993 to 1997, while Mr. Saunders was at Household International, Mr. Saunders served as a member of the boards of MasterCard International Inc. and MasterCard U.S.A., and was elected Chairman of MasterCard International’s board in 1996. He also served as a director of NewStar Financial, Inc. from December 2006 to October 2007.
A Chicago native, Saunders holds both a B.S. in business administration and an MBA from the University of Denver. He remains active in alumni activities and serves as chairman of the board for Teach For All, the Global Network for Expanding Educational Opportunity.
ANDREAS SCHLEICHER
Special Advisor to the Secretary General and Deputy Director for Education,
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Andreas Schleicher is Deputy Director for Education and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD’s Secretary-General. He also provides strategic oversight over OECD’s work on the development and utilisation of skills and their social and economic outcomes. This includes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and the development and analysis of benchmarks on the performance of education systems (INES).
Before joining the OECD, he was Director for Analysis at the International Association for Educational Achievement (IEA). He studied Physics in Germany and received a degree in Mathematics and Statistics in Australia. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the “Theodor Heuss” prize, awarded in the name of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany for “exemplary democratic engagement”. He holds an honorary Professorship at the University of Heidelberg.
Special Advisor to the Secretary General and Deputy Director for Education,
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
Andreas Schleicher is Deputy Director for Education and Special Advisor on Education Policy to the OECD’s Secretary-General. He also provides strategic oversight over OECD’s work on the development and utilisation of skills and their social and economic outcomes. This includes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and the development and analysis of benchmarks on the performance of education systems (INES).
Before joining the OECD, he was Director for Analysis at the International Association for Educational Achievement (IEA). He studied Physics in Germany and received a degree in Mathematics and Statistics in Australia. He is the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the “Theodor Heuss” prize, awarded in the name of the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany for “exemplary democratic engagement”. He holds an honorary Professorship at the University of Heidelberg.
BRETT WIGDORTZ
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Adviser, Teach For All; Founder & CEO, Teach First
Brett Wigdortz is a co-founder, board member, and chief strategy adviser of Teach For All and was the president of Synergies, a group within Teach For All that is fostering a global network of leaders dedicated to addressing educational disadvantage. Brett has also led Teach First as its CEO since its launch in July 2002. Brett wrote the original business plan for the charity while working as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and then took what was originally planned as a six-month leave of absence in February 2002 to develop and build support for the idea.
Before coming to London, his previous time at McKinsey was spent as a consultant in Indonesia, Singapore, and Manila - focusing on retail banking, organisational effectiveness, and Asian microfinance. Prior to McKinsey, Brett developed southeast Asia policy and business programmes at the Asia Society in New York City. He has also worked as a journalist in Asia and as a researcher at the East- West Center in Honolulu, focusing on energy and economic development issues.
He is originally from New Jersey and has an Honors Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Richmond and a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Hawai’i. He currently serves as a trustee of PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools) and Future Leaders, which recruits and train the next generation of outstanding headteachers for challenging urban secondary schools.
He was recently named the 2007 UK Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year and the 2010 CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) European Leadership Award. Brett is married with two small children.
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Adviser, Teach For All; Founder & CEO, Teach First
Brett Wigdortz is a co-founder, board member, and chief strategy adviser of Teach For All and was the president of Synergies, a group within Teach For All that is fostering a global network of leaders dedicated to addressing educational disadvantage. Brett has also led Teach First as its CEO since its launch in July 2002. Brett wrote the original business plan for the charity while working as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and then took what was originally planned as a six-month leave of absence in February 2002 to develop and build support for the idea.
Before coming to London, his previous time at McKinsey was spent as a consultant in Indonesia, Singapore, and Manila - focusing on retail banking, organisational effectiveness, and Asian microfinance. Prior to McKinsey, Brett developed southeast Asia policy and business programmes at the Asia Society in New York City. He has also worked as a journalist in Asia and as a researcher at the East- West Center in Honolulu, focusing on energy and economic development issues.
He is originally from New Jersey and has an Honors Bachelors degree in Economics from the University of Richmond and a Masters degree in Economics from the University of Hawai’i. He currently serves as a trustee of PEAS (Promoting Equality in African Schools) and Future Leaders, which recruits and train the next generation of outstanding headteachers for challenging urban secondary schools.
He was recently named the 2007 UK Ernst & Young Social Entrepreneur of the Year and the 2010 CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education) European Leadership Award. Brett is married with two small children.