“My name is Tony Hall, and I’m a blithering idiot!!!”
With the conference now less than four weeks away, time pressures are steadily growing, so over that period we won’t be able to post as many pieces as usual. But we thank Mike P for this. A roll call of the blithering idiots behind the new initiative:
Tony Hall, Director General, BBC
Bob van Dijk, CEO, Naspers
Wendell Brooks, President, Intel Capital
Gavin Patterson, CEO, BT Group
Jonathan Newhouse, Chairman/CEO, Condé Nast International
Ambarish Mitra, Co-Founder and CEO, Blippar
Nagraj Kashyap, Corporate Vice President and Global Head, M12
Rahmyn Kress, Chief Digital Officer, Henkel and Founder, Henkelx
Brent Hoberman CBE, Co-Founder, Founders Factory/first minute capital/Founders Forum
David Jones, Founder/CEO, You & Mr Jones and One Young World Founder
Damian Bradfield, President, WeTransfer
Philippe Chainieux, CEO, Made.com
Danny Rimer, Partner, Index Ventures
David Eun, President, Samsung NEXT and Chief Innovation Officer, Samsung Electronics
Frédéric Mazzella, Co-Founder and President, BlaBlaCar
Nicolas Brusson, Co-Founder and CEO, BlaBlaCarMark Read, CEO, Wunderman