Speakers
Ms Maeve Donovan
Conference Chair
As former managing director of The Irish Times, Maeve Donovan was responsible for the company's activities in newspaper publishing, digital media and contract printing. Donovan joined The Irish Times' board in 1997 and was appointed managing director in 2002. She says building a strong management team and working with it to both restore the newspaper to profitability in 2003 and build an increasingly diversified multimedia business have been among her main achievements since taking the reins. In January 2008, Donovan was appointed chair of the National Newspapers of Ireland.
Prof. Barry Eichengreen
Barry Eichengreen is the George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Research Associate of the US National Bureau of Economic Research and Research Fellow of the Centre for UK Economic Policy Research. In 1997-98 he was Senior Policy Advisor at the International Monetary Fund.
Professor Eichengreen is the convener of the Bellagio Group of academics and economic officials and chair of the Academic Advisory Committee of the Peterson Institute of International Economics.
His books include Emerging Giants: China and India in the World Economy, What G20 Leaders Must Do to Stabilize Our Economy and Fix the Financial System, Rescuing Our Jobs and Savings: What G7/8 Leaders Can Do to Solve the Global Credit Crisis, Globalizing Capital: A History of the International Monetary System, and China, Asia, and the New World Economy.
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Dr. Linda Yueh
Dr. Linda Yueh is a fellow in economics at Oxford University, a visiting professor at the London Business School, and an economics commentator. She directs the China Growth Centre (CGC) at Oxford University, is an associate of the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Her work examines major economies such as Britain, China, United States, Europe as well as developing countries, and her research focuses on the global financial crisis, the drivers of economic growth and development, and the rise of emerging economies.
Her books include: Macroeconomics, Globalisation and Economic Growth in China, The Law and Economics of Globalisation: New Challenges for a World in Flux, and The Future of Asian Trade and Growth.
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Mr Will Hutton
Mr Will Hutton is Executive vice Chair at the Work Foundation, a research-based consultancy that is one of the most influential voices on work, workplace and employment issues in Britain. He is a recognised economic and policy analyst and former editor-in-chief for The Observer.
He has written several best-selling books including The World we're In, The State to Come, The Stakeholding Society and On The Edge. He will speak to the Forum on the theme of 'jobs of the future'. He is a member of the Scott Trust, a governor of the LSE, a school governor and a visiting professor at Bristol University.
Will Hutton is regularly called on to advise senior political and business figures and comment in the national and international media, and is considered one of the pre-eminent economic commentators in the United Kingdom.
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Dr Michael O'Sullivan
Dr Michael O'Sullivan is Head of UK Research and Global Asset Allocation at Credit Suisse Private Bank. He has taught finance and economics at Oxford and Princeton Universities. His most recent books, 'Ireland and the Global Question' and 'What did we do right?', examine the economic, social and foreign policy aspects of how Ireland became one of the world's most globalised countries and the challenges that lie ahead of it.
Michael appears regularly on CNN, CNBC and Bloomberg TV and the BBC World Service Radio. He contributes articles to newspapers like the Irish Times and Wall Street Journal Europe. He writes and speaks on international finance and economics, especially on globalisation, financial markets, the credit crisis and how the world is changing as a result of this.
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