Monthly Archives: April 2018

Jim O’Neill, the former Goldman Sachs chief economist who coined the term “BRICS,” will become chair of the Chatham House think tank, adding another role to an already extensive résumé. Jim will replace Stuart Popham after the annual general meeting in July 2018, the institute said in a statement on Thursday. He’s best known for …

1) David Rowan David Rowan is founding Editor-in-chief and now Editor-at-large of WIRED’s UK edition, and technology columnist for The [UK] Sunday Times. He has taken 125 flights in the past year to investigate the companies and entrepreneurs changing our world, recently spending time with the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter and countless other …

1) Janan Ganesh Janan Ganesh is a political columnist for the Financial Times, and gives his incisive take on UK politics in a weekly column. Janan’s analysis of the Coalition Government and the dynamics behind UK political debate has been described as “forensic” and “incisive”. Previously, Janan was a political correspondent for The Economist for five years, and a …

1) Joe Townsend Joe Townsend is a Former Royal Marine who lost both legs in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2008. From February 2008, he spent five and a half months at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham, 6 weeks of which was spent in intensive care. After being moved in July 2008 to the Defence …