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 services group. The Deutsche Post and DHL corporate brands offer a one-of-a-kind portfolio of logistics (DHL) and communications (Deutsche Post) services. In 2009, Deutsche Post DHL revenues exceeded € 46 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 Executives, Corporate Communications, Corporate Development, Corporate Office, Corporate Organization, Corporate Public Policy and Responsibility, Global Customer Solutions, Corporate Regulation Management, Corporate First Choice, HR DHL International and DHL 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 services group. The Deutsche Post and DHL corporate brands offer a one-of-a-kind portfolio of logistics (DHL) and communications (Deutsche Post) services. In 2009, Deutsche Post DHL revenues exceeded € 46 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 Executives, Corporate Communications, Corporate Development, Corporate Office, Corporate Organization, Corporate Public Policy and Responsibility, Global Customer Solutions, Corporate Regulation Management, Corporate First Choice, HR DHL International and DHL 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
Managing Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company
Ian Davis is an independent non-executive director of BP plc, Johnson and Johnson Inc., 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.
Managing Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company
Ian Davis is an independent non-executive director of BP plc, Johnson and Johnson Inc., 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
Chairman & CEO, Monitor Group
Mark Fuller is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Monitor Group, a firm he co-founded in 1983. The Group currently competes in three different businesses: general management consulting, principal investing, and information services, including research and software solutions.
Since its foundation, Monitor has enjoyed significant growth; it currently employs over 2,000 staff in thirty offices located in more than twenty countries. As Chief Executive, Mark's responsibilities include oversight of overall Group strategy and human resource development. He also plays an active role in the development and management of a select number of client relationships, and leads Monitor's Middle East initiative and National Security and Economic Development practice.
Mark formerly served as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, where he taught courses in strategy formulation and implementation, as well as industry and competitive analysis. While a professor, Mark was Co-Director of Harvard's Project on the Auto Industry and the American Economy, and also served on the staff of Harvard's Project on Negotiation.
In addition to sitting on a variety of Monitor Group boards, Mark serves as a Governor of the Asian Institute of Management, a Foundation Member of the World Economic Forum, a Member of Harvard University's Major Gifts Steering Committee, a Member of the Board of Overseers' Committee on University Resources, a Member of the Advisory Board of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, as well as on the University's Task Forces on International Studies and Academic Resources. He is a Founding Member of the University's South Asia Center. Mark also serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of New Profit, one of the world's leading social venture funds, and a Member of the International Board of SKOLKOVO (the new Moscow Business School). He was formally a Member of the Governor's Council on Economic Growth and Technology in Massachusetts, and was a Founding Director of the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
Mark has authored or co-authored more than 100 books, articles and teaching cases. His most recent book, Japan's Business Renaissance, was published in 2005. His speech on "Prosperity, Competitiveness and Moral Purpose" recently appeared in the Chinese Edition of the Harvard Business Review (December 2007).
Mark graduated from Harvard College where he received a BA degree in history with High Honors and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He later received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a JD from Harvard Law School with Honors.
Chairman & CEO, Monitor Group
Mark Fuller is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Monitor Group, a firm he co-founded in 1983. The Group currently competes in three different businesses: general management consulting, principal investing, and information services, including research and software solutions.
Since its foundation, Monitor has enjoyed significant growth; it currently employs over 2,000 staff in thirty offices located in more than twenty countries. As Chief Executive, Mark's responsibilities include oversight of overall Group strategy and human resource development. He also plays an active role in the development and management of a select number of client relationships, and leads Monitor's Middle East initiative and National Security and Economic Development practice.
Mark formerly served as an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, where he taught courses in strategy formulation and implementation, as well as industry and competitive analysis. While a professor, Mark was Co-Director of Harvard's Project on the Auto Industry and the American Economy, and also served on the staff of Harvard's Project on Negotiation.
In addition to sitting on a variety of Monitor Group boards, Mark serves as a Governor of the Asian Institute of Management, a Foundation Member of the World Economic Forum, a Member of Harvard University's Major Gifts Steering Committee, a Member of the Board of Overseers' Committee on University Resources, a Member of the Advisory Board of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, as well as on the University's Task Forces on International Studies and Academic Resources. He is a Founding Member of the University's South Asia Center. Mark also serves as Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of New Profit, one of the world's leading social venture funds, and a Member of the International Board of SKOLKOVO (the new Moscow Business School). He was formally a Member of the Governor's Council on Economic Growth and Technology in Massachusetts, and was a Founding Director of the Center for Effective Philanthropy.
Mark has authored or co-authored more than 100 books, articles and teaching cases. His most recent book, Japan's Business Renaissance, was published in 2005. His speech on "Prosperity, Competitiveness and Moral Purpose" recently appeared in the Chinese Edition of the Harvard Business Review (December 2007).
Mark graduated from Harvard College where he received a BA degree in history with High Honors and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He later received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a JD from Harvard Law School with Honors.
WENDY KOPP
CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All; CEO & Founder, Teach For America
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, 9,000 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.
Just four years into its development, Teach For All is a growing network of 23 independent organizations around the world, including its co-founders 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; CEO & Founder, Teach For America
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, 9,000 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.
Just four years into its development, Teach For All is a growing network of 23 independent organizations around the world, including its co-founders 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
Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Jim is chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). As chairman, he is involved in helping guide all aspects of GSAM’s business around the world. Prior to assuming this role in September 2010, Jim was head of Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research. He also serves on the Senior Diversity Council. Jim joined Goldman Sachs in 1995 as a partner, co-head of Global Economics Research and chief currency economist. 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 boards of the UK Royal Economic Society and 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. Jim is chairman and 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 sits on the boards of a number of other charities, primarily 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.
Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Jim is chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM). As chairman, he is involved in helping guide all aspects of GSAM’s business around the world. Prior to assuming this role in September 2010, Jim was head of Global Economics, Commodities and Strategy Research. He also serves on the Senior Diversity Council. Jim joined Goldman Sachs in 1995 as a partner, co-head of Global Economics Research and chief currency economist. 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 boards of the UK Royal Economic Society and 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. Jim is chairman and 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 sits on the boards of a number of other charities, primarily 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
Executive Director, Enseña Chile
Tomás Recart obtained his professional degree in 2002 in Industrial Engineering, majoring in Transportation. Later he entered Harvard University (U.S.A.), where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Administration & International Development and was honoured with the “Raymond Vernon” award, granted to the student who best exemplifies the values of the program, for his commitment to international development as well as for his academic achievements and his future leadership potential.
Before entering Harvard, Tomás worked for “Puentes UC” (2002-2006), an organization that serves as a link for the interchange of knowledge and capabilities between the Universidad Católica and the municipalities. As a professional of this body, Recart was co-founder of “SinedUC”, the first data system that enables on-line control of the attendance, annotations and grades of students in public schools. In addition, he was the coordinator of “Parque Sur”, a 712-hectare urban project. In 2005, he became director of “Puentes UC”, until the year 2006. Recart worked as a teacher at the School of Architecture of the Universidad Católica from 2003 to 2006.
His enterprising spirit has led him to be a co-founder of several initiatives, such as the “One in Christ” movement. In 2006 Recart took part in the creation of “Opportunity for Transforming by Educating” (OPTE), an NGO whose mission is to contribute toward creating opportunities for the needy, through administration of the schools showing the worst student achievements, helping them to become schools of excellence.
In 2007, inspired by Teach For America, Recart, together with Universidad Católica engineers Verónica Cabezas, Susana Claro, Camila Campos and Claudio Seebach as well as with education psychologist Francisco Lagos and business administration licentiate Bárbara Agliati, gave life to “Enseña Chile”, a project without precedent in Latin America that seeks to transform young professionals from different areas into teachers of excellence for the pupils of the country’s most vulnerable schools. This project won the Endeavor Social Entrepreneurship award in 2008 as well as the “Sello Bicentenario 2009” award, given by the government to those initiatives that are contributing significantly to build the nation in its 200th Anniversary.
Recart, an avid sportsman, is keen on golf and rugby. He ran in the New York marathon in 2001 as well as in the Boston one in 2007. In 2002 he climbed the second highest mountain in Patagonia, the San Lorenzo, and four years later, together with his wife, he climbed the Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the entire American continent.
In 2004, Recart was recognized as one of Chile’s 100 most important young leaders, by the Saturday review of the newspaper “El Mercurio”.
Executive Director, Enseña Chile
Tomás Recart obtained his professional degree in 2002 in Industrial Engineering, majoring in Transportation. Later he entered Harvard University (U.S.A.), where he obtained a Master’s Degree in Public Administration & International Development and was honoured with the “Raymond Vernon” award, granted to the student who best exemplifies the values of the program, for his commitment to international development as well as for his academic achievements and his future leadership potential.
Before entering Harvard, Tomás worked for “Puentes UC” (2002-2006), an organization that serves as a link for the interchange of knowledge and capabilities between the Universidad Católica and the municipalities. As a professional of this body, Recart was co-founder of “SinedUC”, the first data system that enables on-line control of the attendance, annotations and grades of students in public schools. In addition, he was the coordinator of “Parque Sur”, a 712-hectare urban project. In 2005, he became director of “Puentes UC”, until the year 2006. Recart worked as a teacher at the School of Architecture of the Universidad Católica from 2003 to 2006.
His enterprising spirit has led him to be a co-founder of several initiatives, such as the “One in Christ” movement. In 2006 Recart took part in the creation of “Opportunity for Transforming by Educating” (OPTE), an NGO whose mission is to contribute toward creating opportunities for the needy, through administration of the schools showing the worst student achievements, helping them to become schools of excellence.
In 2007, inspired by Teach For America, Recart, together with Universidad Católica engineers Verónica Cabezas, Susana Claro, Camila Campos and Claudio Seebach as well as with education psychologist Francisco Lagos and business administration licentiate Bárbara Agliati, gave life to “Enseña Chile”, a project without precedent in Latin America that seeks to transform young professionals from different areas into teachers of excellence for the pupils of the country’s most vulnerable schools. This project won the Endeavor Social Entrepreneurship award in 2008 as well as the “Sello Bicentenario 2009” award, given by the government to those initiatives that are contributing significantly to build the nation in its 200th Anniversary.
Recart, an avid sportsman, is keen on golf and rugby. He ran in the New York marathon in 2001 as well as in the Boston one in 2007. In 2002 he climbed the second highest mountain in Patagonia, the San Lorenzo, and four years later, together with his wife, he climbed the Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the entire American continent.
In 2004, Recart was recognized as one of Chile’s 100 most important young leaders, by the Saturday review of the newspaper “El Mercurio”.
JOSEPH SAUNDERS
Chairman and CEO, Visa Inc.
Joseph W. Saunders was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. in May 2007 after having been designated Executive Chairman in February 2007. Prior to this role, he served Visa International as Executive Chairman of the transition governance committee and officially began serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. upon its formation in May 2007.
Prior to joining Visa International, he served as President of Card Services for Washington Mutual, Inc. since the acquisition of Providian Financial Corporation in October 2005. Mr. Saunders was President and Chief Executive Officer of Providian from November 2001, and Chairman of the board of directors from May 2002, until Washington Mutual’s acquisition of Providian in 2005. From 1997 until 2001 Mr. Saunders served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fleet Credit Card Services FleetBoston Financial Corporation.
Mr. Saunders served as a member of the board of directors of Visa U.S.A. from October 2002 to February 2007 and Visa International from October 2005 to February 2007, when he resigned from the boards of directors of Visa U.S.A. and Visa International to take the Executive Chairman position of the Visa transition governance committee.
From 1993 to 1997, while Mr. Saunders was at Household Finance Corporation, he served as a member of the boards of directors of MasterCard International Inc. and MasterCard U.S.A., and was elected Chairman of MasterCard International’s board of directors in 1996.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration degree, both from the University of Denver.
Chairman and CEO, Visa Inc.
Joseph W. Saunders was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. in May 2007 after having been designated Executive Chairman in February 2007. Prior to this role, he served Visa International as Executive Chairman of the transition governance committee and officially began serving as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Visa Inc. upon its formation in May 2007.
Prior to joining Visa International, he served as President of Card Services for Washington Mutual, Inc. since the acquisition of Providian Financial Corporation in October 2005. Mr. Saunders was President and Chief Executive Officer of Providian from November 2001, and Chairman of the board of directors from May 2002, until Washington Mutual’s acquisition of Providian in 2005. From 1997 until 2001 Mr. Saunders served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Fleet Credit Card Services FleetBoston Financial Corporation.
Mr. Saunders served as a member of the board of directors of Visa U.S.A. from October 2002 to February 2007 and Visa International from October 2005 to February 2007, when he resigned from the boards of directors of Visa U.S.A. and Visa International to take the Executive Chairman position of the Visa transition governance committee.
From 1993 to 1997, while Mr. Saunders was at Household Finance Corporation, he served as a member of the boards of directors of MasterCard International Inc. and MasterCard U.S.A., and was elected Chairman of MasterCard International’s board of directors in 1996.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration degree, both from the University of Denver.
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.