BIOGRAPHIES
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Rohit T. Aggarwala
Director, Office of Long-term Planning & Sustainability, City of New York
Rohit T. Aggarwala is Director of New York City’s Office of Long-term Planning and Sustainability, which is within the Mayor’s Office of Operations. Dr. Aggarwala’s office is charged with the creation and implementation of PlaNYC 2030, a long-term sustainability plan to ensure the City’s continued prosperity, growth and health.

A native of New York City, Dr. Aggarwala holds a B.A., M.B.A., and Ph.D. from Columbia University, as well as an M.A. from Queen’s College in Ontario. Prior to joining the City, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company, where his practice focused on transportation and telecommunications clients. During the Clinton Administration, Dr. Aggarwala worked at the Federal Railroad Administration, and currently chairs a subcommittee at the Transportation Research Board, which is part of the National Academy of Science. He is the author of several articles on transportation policy and on the history of New York City.

Rocky Anderson
Mayor of Salt Lake City
Rocky Anderson took office as Salt Lake City’s mayor on January 3, 2000. Anderson and his staff have established policies and initiatives to improve the quality of life for all Salt Lake City residents. Anderson prioritizes strengthening neighborhoods and bringing economic development opportunities to all parts of Salt Lake City, guided by smart-growth principles. Anderson is a proponent of urban housing projects and mixed-use developments that encourage healthy, walkable communities. Anderson also believes in “practical environmentalism,” taking steps that preserve our environment for the future, while enhancing our economy and quality of life now.

Anderson has received national recognition for several initiatives, including an award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors for his pedestrian safety initiative, Reclaiming the Streets; recognition for Salt Lake City’s part in the success of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games; and appreciation from the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives for his leadership on global warming issues. For his environmental initiatives, the Sierra Club named Anderson “2002 Utah Political Leader of the Year.”

Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson was born in Logan, Utah and has lived in Salt Lake City for most of his life. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Utah and obtained his law degree from George Washington University. For twenty-one years, Anderson worked as an attorney specializing in civil litigation. During that time, he also worked as a community volunteer, serving on boards of several community-based, non-profit organizations.

Alain J. P. Belda
Chairman & CEO, Alcoa
Alain Belda became chairman and chief executive officer of Alcoa in January 2001. He had been president and chief executive officer of the company since May 1999.

Mr. Belda joined Alcoa in 1969 at Alcoa Aluminio, Alcoa’s Brazilian affiliate. He held a number of financial and planning positions there until being named president of Alcoa Aluminio in 1979. He later assumed the additional responsibility for Alcoa’s Latin American operations. In 1982, Mr. Belda was elected a vice president of Alcoa, the parent company. He moved to Pittsburgh in 1994 as executive vice president, subsequently was elected vice chairman in 1995, to president and chief operating officer with responsibility for all operating activities in 1997, and to his most recent position as president and chief executive in 1999.

In addition to being chairman of Alcoa’s board of directors, Mr. Belda is a director of Citi and DuPont. He serves on the Board of Trustees of The Conference Board, the world’s leading business membership and research organization, and is a Trustee of Brown University. He is also an active member of the Business Council.

Mr. Belda was born in Meknes, French Morocco on June 23, 1943 and became a Brazilian citizen in 1982. He studied in Brazil and Canada and graduated from MacKenzie University in Brazil with a degree in business administration.

Frank J. Bisignano
Chief Administrative Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Frank Bisignano is the Chief Administrative Officer for JPMorgan Chase & Co. and a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. His responsibilities include overseeing Technology, Operations, Real Estate, and General Services.

Prior to joining JPMorgan, Bisignano was the Chief Executive Officer for Citigroup’s Global Transaction Services (GTS) business along with being a member of Citigroup’s Management Committee and Operating Committee. Before being named CEO of GTS in 2002, Bisignano was the Chief Administrative Officer of Citigroup’s Global Corporate and Investment Banking Group (GCIB), while also serving as Deputy Head of Operations and Technology for all of Citigroup from 2000 to 2003.

Prior to joining Smith Barney in 1994, Bisignano was Executive Vice President and Chief Consumer Lending Officer at First Fidelity Bancorporation. Bisignano was a Senior Vice President at Shearson Lehman Brothers from 1986 to 1990.

Bisignano graduated from Newport University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Finance. Bisignano serves as a Director on the Board of The Options Clearing Corporation and the non-profit organizations NPowerNY, Alliance for Downtown New York, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. He previously served on the Board of Directors for Euroclear and the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation.

Ritt Bjerregaard
Lord Mayor of Copenhagen
In January 2006, Ritt Bjerregaard took office as Lord Mayor of the City of Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, after having been elected to the City Council. She has held numerous high level political posts at both the international, national and local level, including: Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries; Minister for Social Affairs; Minister for Education; Commissioner for Environment, European Commission; twice-elected Member of Danish Parliament; Chairman of the Social Democrats’ Parliamentary Group; Vice President of CSCE´s Parliamentary Assembly (Now OSCE); Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee; Member of the Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly; Chairman, the Danish European Movement; Vice President of Socialist International Women. Through her parliamentary work Mrs. Ritt Bjerregaard has also been a member of a number of parliamentary committees, including the Foreign Affairs Committee, the European Affairs Committee, the Finance Committee and the Environmental Affairs Committee. As Lord Mayor of Copenhagen City, Mrs. Ritt Bjerregaard also holds a number of positions in national, local, regional, and international organizations.

Ritt Bjerregaard was born on May 19, 1941 in Copenhagen, Denmark. She obtained a degree in teaching in 1964. However, her extensive political work and career has played the predominant role in her professional life. She is married to acknowledged Danish writer and historian Søren Mørch.

Michael R. Bloomberg
Mayor of the City of New York
Michael R. Bloomberg is the 108th Mayor of the City of New York. Mayor Bloomberg attended Johns Hopkins University. After his college graduation, he gained an M.B.A. from Harvard and in the summer of 1966, he was hired by Salomon Brothers to work on Wall Street.

He quickly advanced through the ranks, and became a partner in 1972. Soon after, he was supervising all of Salomon’s stock trading, sales and later, its information systems. He was fired in 1981 after another company acquired Salomon. Michael Bloomberg used his stake from the Salomon sale to start his own company, a financial information computer that would collect and analyze different combinations of past and present securities data and deliver it immediately to the user. Bloomberg LP now has over 165,000 subscribers worldwide and has branched into the media business, launching a news service, and then radio, television, Internet, and publishing operations. Bloomberg LP employs more than 8,000 people in more than 100 offices worldwide.

Over time, he dedicated more time and energy to philanthropy and civic affairs, spurred by his desire to improve education, advance medical research and increase access to the arts. He funded relief programs for victims of domestic violence in New York City, sponsored the Children’s Health Fund’s Mobile Medical Unit serving homeless children, and supported construction of new athletic fields at city high schools. He also served on the boards of 20 different civic, cultural, educational and medical institutions, including: the High School for Economics and Finance; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Police & Fire Widows’ & Children’s Benefit Fund; S.L.E. (Lupus) Foundation and Prep for Prep.

The Mayor served as the Chairman of the Board Trustees of Johns Hopkins University until May 2002. Recently, he was honored by Johns Hopkins University, when its School of Hygiene and Public Health was renamed “The Bloomberg School of Public Health,” a tribute to his leadership and use of philanthropy to improve the human condition. In 1997, Michael Bloomberg published his autobiography, Bloomberg by Bloomberg. All of the royalties from sales of the book are donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Lorraine Bolsinger
Vice President, Ecomagination, GE
Lorraine Bolsinger leads Ecomagination, GE’s company-wide commitment to address global environmental challenges such as the need for cleaner, more efficient sources of energy, reduced emissions and abundant sources of clean water. Ms. Bolsinger manages the entire program across GE, uniting marketing, sales, environment, health and safety leaders to meet the goals of the initiative, and of the company.

Ms. Bolsinger extends relationships with strategic customers by expanding partnership programs focused on new technology, enterprise selling, and promotion; works with GE’s expansive Global Research group to assess advanced technology projects for commercialization opportunities; coordinates with the company’s senior country executives to develop ecomagination platforms tailored to meet their country’s needs; and liaises with governments and NGOs around the world to address the interests of the company and the communities where it operates.

Ms. Bolsinger, who serves as a key GE representative for external outreach, events and media, joined the company in 1981, serving at GE Energy, GE Aerospace and GE Aviation for more than 20 years with experience in the power generation, oil and gas, defense, marine, and aviation transport industries. In 1999 she was named a GE Officer. Ms. Bolsinger graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.S. in Biomechanical Engineering.

Kevin Burke
Chairman, President, & CEO, Con Edison
Kevin Burke is chairman, president, and chief executive officer of Consolidated Edison, Inc., the holding company, and chairman and chief executive officer of its largest subsidiary, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, the regulated utility. Mr. Burke joined Con Edison in 1973 and has held positions of increasing responsibility in system planning, engineering, law, nuclear power, construction, and corporate planning. Notably, he served as senior vice president, with responsibility for customer service and for Con Edison’s electric transmission and distribution systems. In 1999, Mr. Burke was elected president of Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc., a subsidiary of the company. He was elected president and chief operating officer of Consolidated Edison Company of New York in 2000, was appointed president and CEO of Consolidated Edison, Inc. in 2005, and elected chairman in 2006.

Mr. Burke serves on the boards of directors of many industry and nonprofit organizations, including the American Gas Association, Edison Electric Institute, Energy Association of New York, New York State Business Council, New York Botanical Garden, Partnership for New York City, United Way of New York City, and YMCA of Greater New York. Mr. Burke holds a master’s in business policy from Columbia University, a Juris Doctor from Fordham University, a master’s in engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and a bachelor’s in engineering from The Cooper Union. He completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University in 2005.

Göran Carstedt
Senior Director – Large Cities Initiative, Clinton Climate Initiative
Göran Carstedt joined the Clinton Climate Initiative in January 2007 as Senior Director of its Large Cities Initiative. He is chairman of The Natural Step International and engaged in the formation of the SOL Global Network. The Natural Step is a non-profit organization with a scientific approach to sustainable development. SOL—The Society for Organizational Learning—is a learning community of corporations, researchers, educators and consultants, dedicated to personal and organizational development.
Dr. Carstedt is also an advisor and coach to various European, U.S., and Asian organizations and serves as chairman and board member for several corporations. He is the former head of IKEA Retail Europe and member of the IKEA Group Management Board from 1990–1997. He served from 1990–1995 as President of IKEA North America.
Before joining IKEA, Dr. Carstedt served for many years in different executive positions with Volvo. He joined Volvo in 1974 as Manager of Market Planning at the Car Division in Gothenburg, Sweden. From 1977–1982, he was Manager of the Corporate Planning Office at Volvo Headquarters, and from 1982–1985 he was President of the Car Division at Volvo France SA in Paris. From 1985-1990 he served as President of Volvo Svenska Bil AB, the Swedish Volvo sales organization. During this time he was also a member of the Volvo Group Management Committee.

Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon
Mayor of Mexico City
In July 2006, Marcelo Ebrard won the election for Mexico City Mayor and took office on December 5, 2006 for a six-year period. He has made environmental protection and control of greenhouse gas emissions a clear priority. Bicycle lanes have been built to encourage non-motorized movement, as well as a 10 corridor BRT network, giving preference to GNC-electric hybrid engines, with the goal of being able to reach any place in the city using only non-motorized vehicles and/or mass transportation systems.
Prior to becoming Mayor, Marcelo Ebrard was active in public affairs. In 1987, he coordinated the elaboration of the first comprehensive federal environmental legislation in the country. Immediately after the EZLN guerrilla armed uprising in 1994, Ebrard joined a small group that negotiated a stop to the hostilities and the initiation of formal negotiations to reach a lasting peace.

In 1997 he was elected Federal Deputy to the House of Representatives. He introduced legislation to punish those guilty for the banking crisis and supported the reorientation of public spending towards social support programs for the poorest. In 2002, Mr. Ebrard was appointed Secretary for Public Security of Mexico City, where with innovative crime control policies he achieved a progressive reduction of crime rates. In 2005, he was promoted to Secretary for Social Development. Marcelo Ebrard was born in México City on October 10, 1959. He holds a Bachelors Degree in International Relations.

Robert B. Catell
Chairman and CEO, KeySpan
Robert B. Catell is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KeySpan Corporation, a holding company that was created in 1998 when the parent company of Brooklyn Union merged with the Long Island Lighting Company. He is also Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of KeySpan Energy Delivery, the former Brooklyn Union. Mr. Catell joined Brooklyn Union in 1958, and was elected in 1991 as Brooklyn Union’s President and Chief Executive Officer. He was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1996. He is the co-author of The CEO and the Monk: One Company’s Journey to Profit and Purpose, which was published in 2004.

He is a co-chair of the Board of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and the Long Island Association. He is also a member of the board of directors of many organizations, including: Colin Powell Center for Policy Studies; Edison Electric Institute (EEI); Energy Association of New York State; New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA); NYC Public Private Initiatives, Inc.; Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation; U.S. Energy Association (U.S.EA); Utility Business Education Coalition (UBEC). Mr. Catell is Chairman Emeritus of The Partnership for New York City, Inc., and a Vice-Chairman of the National Petroleum Council’s Natural Gas Committee and a member of its Finance Committee. Additionally, he serves on JPMorgan Chase’s Metropolitan Advisory Board and the advisory boards of HeartShare for Human Services and SUNY Farmingdale. He also contributes to the community as a Trustee of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and a Member Emeritus of the Brooklyn Law School.

Mr. Catell received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the City College of New York and is a Registered Professional Engineer. He has attended Columbia University’s Executive Development Program, and the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.

William Jefferson Clinton
42nd President of the United States of America
William Jefferson Clinton was born on August 19, 1946, in Hope, Arkansas. As a delegate to Boys Nation while in high school, he met President John Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service. Clinton graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and shortly thereafter entered politics in Arkansas.

He was defeated in his campaign for Congress in Arkansas’s Third District in 1974. The next year he married Hillary Rodham, a graduate of Wellesley College and Yale Law School. In 1980, Chelsea, their only child, was born. Clinton was elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1976, and won the governorship in 1978. After losing a bid for a second term, he regained the office four years later, and served until his 1992 bid for the Presidency of the United States
Elected President of the United States in 1992, and again in 1996, President Clinton was the first Democratic president to be awarded a second term in six decades. Under his leadership, the United States enjoyed the strongest economy in a generation and the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. President Clinton’s core values of building community, creating opportunity, and demanding responsibility resulted in unprecedented progress for America, including moving the nation from record deficits to record surpluses; the creation of over 22 million jobs—more than any other administration; low levels of unemployment, poverty and crime; and the highest homeownership and college enrollment rates in history. His accomplishments as president include increasing investment in education, providing tax relief for working families, helping millions of Americans move from welfare to work, expanding access to technology, encouraging investment in underserved communities, protecting the environment, countering the threat of terrorism and promoting peace and strengthening democracy around the world. His Administration’s economic policies fostered the largest peacetime economic expansion in history. President Clinton previously served as the Governor of Arkansas, chairman of the National Governors’ Association and Attorney General of Arkansas. As former chairman of the Democratic Leadership Council, he is one of the original architects and leading advocates of the Third Way movement.

After leaving the White House, President Clinton established the William J. Clinton Foundation with the mission to strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence. To achieve this, the Clinton Foundation is focused on four critical areas: health security, with an emphasis on HIV/AIDS; economic empowerment; leadership development and citizen service; and racial, ethnic and religious reconciliation. The Clinton Presidential Center, located in Little Rock, Arkansas, is comprised of the Library, the archives, Clinton Foundation offices and the Clinton School of Public Service.

Following the 2002 Barcelona AIDS Conference, President Clinton began the Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative (CHAI) to assist countries in implementing large-scale, integrated, care, treatment and prevention programs that will turn the tide on the epidemic. It partners with countries in Africa, the Caribbean and Asia to develop operational business plans to scale-up care and treatment. CHAI works with individual governments and provides them with technical assistance, human and financial resources, and know-how from the sharing of the best practices across projects. The ultimate objective in each of these countries is to scale up public health systems to ensure broad access to high-quality care and treatment. The Initiative’s long-term goal is to develop replicable models for the scale-up of integrated programs in resource-poor settings. CHAI is currently bringing life-saving care and treatment to over a quarter of a million people around the world.

In September 2005, President Clinton hosted the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). CGI is a non-partisan catalyst for action, bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. The inaugural meeting brought together 35 current and 10 former heads of state along with hundreds of other leaders from governments, the business community, and NGOs who contributed to innovative solutions to alleviate poverty, promote effective governance, reconcile religious conflicts, and protect the environment. Nearly 300 commitments were made to improve the lives of people living on 6 continents, with private corporations and non-profit organizations pledging almost 70% of all commitments, which are valued in excess of $2.5 billion.

In the United States, President Clinton also works through the Clinton Foundation Urban Enterprise Initiative to help small businesses acquire the tools they need to compete in the ever-changing urban marketplace. He also works along with the American Heart Association on the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to combat childhood obesity and reverse this deadly trend facing American children.
Following Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, President Clinton and former President Bush led a nationwide fundraising effort and established the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund to assist survivors in the rebuilding effort. This campaign was the second collaboration for the former presidents, the first being their work on relief and recovery following the Indian Ocean tsunami. President Clinton also served as the United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery for two years following the 2004 tsunami.

Jay Collins
CEO, Public Sector Group, Citi
Jay Collins is responsible for managing the firm’s relationships with sovereign governments, municipalities, and supranational clients around the world. The Public Sector team provides advice and financial solutions to Social Security systems, Central Banks, Privatization offices, Finance Ministries, Ministries of Health, Education, Defense and other government and quasi-government agencies. Jay also chairs the firm’s Global Infrastructure Steering Committee, and is a member of the Global Banking Operating Committee.

Until March 2005, Jay was Head of CEEMEA, Global Banking at Citigroup. Prior to his CEEMEA position, Jay was Deputy Head and the senior foreigner in Nikko Citigroup’s Investment Banking Division, where he was responsible for integrating the second largest Japanese investment bank with Citigroup’s global business. He also served as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Head of Investment Banking for the Latin America Region.

Before joining Citi, Jay worked for Merrill Lynch, in their large-cap Investment Banking team and was a founding member of the Direct Investment Group, Merrill’s Emerging Markets principal investing team. Prior to becoming a banker, Jay ran Government Relations for CSIS, the largest international think tank in the U.S.

Jay speaks Japanese, Spanish and Portuguese. He has a Masters in International Business (with Honors) from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Colorado College. Jay is Vice Chairman of the Board of the Center for the Study of the Presidency, Chairman of the U.S.-Pakistan Business Council, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, The Bretton Woods Committee, the International Policy Committee of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and the Advisory Board of the U.A.E.’s Securities and Commodities Authority.

Richard M. Daley
Mayor of Chicago
Richard M. Daley was elected Mayor of Chicago on April 4, 1989, to complete the late Harold Washington’s term, and was re-elected in 1991, 1995, 1999 and 2003 by large margins. Mr. Daley has earned a national reputation for his innovative programs; Time magazine, in its April 25, 2005 issue, said Daley “is widely viewed as the nation’s top urban executive.” Daley has tackled issues such as education, safety, affordable housing, homelessness, and basic city services. He also focused on creating more green space by planting trees, landscaping streets, spurring rooftop gardens on major buildings including City Hall, and creating parks.
In 1996 Daley headed the U.S. Conference of Mayors. He has been named Municipal Leader of the Year by American City and County magazine; a Public Official of the Year by Governing magazine; and Politician of the Year by Library Journal. He has received many awards, including the Education Excellence Award from the National Conference for Community and Justice; the Public Service Leadership Award from the National Council for Urban Economic Development; the Catalyst Award for Urban Park Leadership from the Urban Parks Institute.

Richard Michael Daley was born in Chicago April 24, 1942, the fourth of seven children and the eldest son of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley and his wife Eleanor. He graduated from De La Salle Academy, earned undergraduate and law degrees from DePaul University, and began his public career in 1969 when he was elected to the Illinois Constitutional Convention. From 1972 to 1980 he served in the Illinois Senate. Daley was elected State’s Attorney of Cook County in 1980 and re-elected in 1984 and 1988. Daley and his wife Maggie are the parents of three children.

George David
Chairman & CEO, United Technologies Corporation
George David was elected chief executive officer in 1994 and chairman in 1997. He also served as UTC’s president from 2002 to March 2006, and previously held that position from 1992 to 1999.

He is a board member of Citi and a member of The Business Council and The Business Roundtable. David was awarded the Order of Friendship from the Russian Federation in 1999 and in 2002 France named him to its Legion of Honor. He has been a UTC director since 1992.

Birhane Deressa
Mayor of Addis Ababa
Born in Wellega Ethiopia, Berhane Deressa became the mayor of Addis Ababa in May 2006. Prior to this, Berhane accumulated over 35 years of continuous service and studies in public and international affairs. He has held senior diplomatic and management posts within the Ethiopian Government as well as international and non-governmental organizations. He has also actively participated in numerous multilateral forums—including the African Union, the United Nations and the World Bank Group, where his last post was as Secretary of the Board’s committee on Governance and Administrative Matters.

Berhane had his early education at the General Wingate School and University College of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Berhane holds a joint Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Political Science. He also has a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York, majoring in international law and organizations. Before his current assignment he served his country and international development organizations in numerous capacities, including as a Senior Board Operations Officer for the World Bank Group; Deputy Commissioner of International Aid Coordination, Relief and Rehabilitation Commission of Ethiopia (currently Disaster Prevention and Preparedness Agency); Adviser to the Minister, Ministry of Domestic Trade; Head of Department of the Americas; Charge d’Affaires of the Permanent Mission of Ethiopia to the United Nations; and Ethiopia’s representative on The UN Special Committee on De-colonization.

Vincent de Rivaz
CEO, EDF Energy
In February 2002 Vincent de Rivaz was appointed Chief Executive of London Electricity Group (LE Group). Since that time he has been responsible for the integration of London Electricity and Seeboard group of companies, which includes 24 Seven and the distribution network serving the East of England, creating EDF Energy—one of the UK’s leading energy companies. He was appointed to the Executive Committee for EDF Group in December 2004.

Mr. de Rivaz joined the EDF Finance Department in 1999 as Deputy Chief Financial Officer and in 2000 Mr. de Rivaz became Head of Strategy and Finance with group-wide responsibility for the financial strategy and operations for EDF Group. Between 1995 and 1998 he worked as Deputy Head of EDF International Division, creating a new Projects Department which he managed. Between 1991 and 1994, he was Managing Director of the Hydro Power Department. Between 1985 and 1991 he managed the Far East region, developing EDF as a major energy player in China through projects in areas like nuclear, thermal, and hydro generation and transmission.

A Hydroelectric Engineer, he joined EDF in 1977 in the External Engineering Centre which managed the construction of energy sites for international clients, being part of several initiatives in Africa, Guyana and New Caledonia. He is 53 years old.

Shiela Dikshit
Chief Minister of Delhi
Smt. Shiela Dikshit was sworn-in for the second time as Chief Minister of the Govt. of NCT of Delhi in December 2003. She is the second woman Chief Minister of Delhi, representing Gole Market Constituency in the Assembly.
Smt. Dikshit brings to the administration vast experience in Administrative and Parliamentary matters. She served as a Minister in the Union Government during 1986–89, first as the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and later as a Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office. During 1984–89 she represented Kannauj Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. As a Member of Parliament, she served on the Estimates Committee of Lok Sabha. She also chaired the Implementation Committee for the Commemoration of Forty Years of India’s Independence and Nehru Centenary.

Smt. Dikshit has been a champion for women’s causes. She represented India on the U.N. Commission on Status of Women for five years (1984–89). In Uttar Pradesh, she and 82 colleagues were jailed for 23 days in 1990 when she led a people’s movement against the atrocities being committed to women, causing thousands of citizens to join the movement. In the early 1970’s, she was chairperson of the Young Women’s Association and was instrumental in setting up two of most successful hostels for working women in Delhi.

Smt. Dikshit was born on March 31, 1938. Holder of a M.A. degree, she received her education at Convent of Jesus and Mary School, New Delhi and later in Miranda House, Delhi University. She was married into the family of Shri Umashankar Dikshit; her late husband Shri Vinod Dikshit was a widely respected member of the Indian Administrative Service. She has two children, one son and one daughter.

Jamie Dimon
Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Jamie Dimon is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Mr. Dimon became Chairman of the Board, effective January 1, 2007, following his appointment as CEO on January 1, 2006. He also assumed the title of President upon the company’s merger with Bank One Corporation on July 1, 2004.

Mr. Dimon began his professional career at American Express Company, serving as Assistant to the President from 1982 until 1985. In 1986, he joined Commercial Credit Company and served as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President, and then President. In 1987, it acquired and changed its name to Primerica Corporation, which in 1993 acquired The Travelers Corporation and was renamed Travelers Group.

At Travelers, Mr. Dimon was President and Chief Operating Officer for seven years. He was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of its Smith Barney Inc. subsidiary in January 1996, having previously been the firm’s Chief Operating and Chief Administrative Officer. In November 1997, with the merger of Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers, he became Co-Chairman and Co-CEO of the combined firm. In 1998, he was named President of Citigroup Inc., the global financial services company formed by the combination of Travelers Group and Citicorp in 1998. In addition, he served as Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Salomon Smith Barney Holdings Inc., the investment banking and securities brokerage subsidiary. In 2000 Mr. Dimon was named Chairman and CEO of Bank One.

A summa cum laude graduate of Tufts University, Mr. Dimon holds an M.B.A. degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Business, where he was a Baker Scholar. He serves on the boards of directors of a number of non-profit institutions, including the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Harvard Business School and the United Negro College Fund. Mr. Dimon and his wife, Judy, have three daughters.

Daniel L. Doctoroff
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding, City of New York
Daniel L. Doctoroff is Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Rebuilding for the City of New York. Under the leadership of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Mr. Doctoroff has overseen the city’s dramatic economic resurgence, spearheading the effort to reverse New York’s fiscal crisis after the attacks of 9/11. The strategy includes the most ambitious land-use transformation in the city’s modern history; the largest affordable housing program ever launched by an American city; and the formation of new Central Business Districts and Industrial Business Zones. In 2005, the city achieved record levels of jobs, visitors, and population, and the most housing starts since the 1960’s.

Prior to joining the Bloomberg administration, Mr. Doctoroff was Managing Partner of Oak Hill Capital Partners, one of the oldest and most respected private equity investment firms. During his fourteen-year association with Oak Hill, Mr. Doctoroff led the purchases of companies in a wide variety of industries. While at Oak Hill, Mr. Doctoroff founded NYC2012, the organization dedicated to bringing the Olympic Games to New York. He continued to oversee the bid as Deputy Mayor, ensuring that it spurred parks, housing, and economic development in all five boroughs.
Prior to joining Oak Hill, Mr. Doctoroff was an investment banker at Lehman Brothers. Mr. Doctoroff received a B.A. degree from Harvard College. He received a J.D. degree from The Law School at the University of Chicago. Before attending law school, Mr. Doctoroff was a political pollster.

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Member of the Executive Committee, Head of Financial Services, Chairman, Swiss Re America Holding Corporation
Mr. Ferguson joined Swiss Re in June 2006. Prior to his employment at Swiss Re, Mr. Ferguson served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Federal Reserve System and, from 1984 to 1997, was an Associate and Partner at McKinsey & Company, where he managed a variety of studies for financial institutions, and was Director of Research and Information Services. From 1981 to 1984, he was an attorney at the New York City office of Davis Polk & Wardwell, where he worked on syndicated loans, public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and new product development.

Roger Ferguson is a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for Advanced Study. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Group of Thirty.
A U.S. citizen born in 1951, Roger Ferguson received a Ph.D. in economics in 1981, a J.D. in law in 1979 and a B.A. in economics in 1973, all from Harvard University.

Ken Fisher
Senior VP of Strategy & Portfolio,
Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd
Ken Fisher joined Shell in 2002 as Shell Oil Products U.S. Chief Financial Officer in Houston. His career has spanned 21 years with 17 years spent in various Finance management assignments in the U.S. and Asia, as well as three years in Manufacturing.

Ken graduated from the University of Notre Dame and started his career at General Electric Company on the Financial Management Program. His prior jobs have included numerous leadership roles including CFO of GE Engine Services, and CFO of GE Plastics Pacific, based in Singapore. During his career, Ken has acquired significant Mergers & Acquisition experience leading deals in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Since January 2005, Ken has served as Senior Vice President for Shell Downstream Strategy & Portfolio, leading the Strategy, Merger & Acquisition, HSSE, Fuel Development and Downstream Management Consultancy teams.

Victor F. Ganzi
President & CEO, Hearst Corporation
Victor F. Ganzi is president and chief executive officer of Hearst Corporation, one of the largest diversified communications companies in the U.S. Ganzi assumed this post on June 1, 2002. He is also a director of Hearst Corporation and a testamentary trustee of the trust established under the Will of William Randolph Hearst.
Ganzi began his career at Hearst in 1990 as general counsel and vice president. In 1992, he was appointed chief financial and legal officer and elected senior vice president. In 1995, he took on responsibility for operating the Hearst Books/Business Publishing Group. He became executive vice president in 1997 and chief operating officer in 1998.
Prior to joining Hearst, Ganzi was the managing partner at law firm Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance). Ganzi also practiced as a certified public accountant in taxation at a Big Four accounting firm in Denver.

Ganzi is a director and non-executive chairman of Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc. He also sits on the boards of ESPN, the PGA Tour, Gentiva Health Services, Inc., Wyeth, and Palm Management Corporation, the entity that operates the various Palm Restaurants and has been 50%-owned by his family for the past 79 years. He also serves as co-chair of the Partnership for New York City. Ganzi is involved in various civic and charitable activities in New York City and serves on a number of not-for-profit boards, including both of the Hearst Foundations.

Ganzi, a native of New York, graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University in 1968. He received a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1971 and an L.L.M. in taxation from New York University in 1981.

Luis Eduardo Garzón
Mayor of Bogotá
Mayor Garzón, nicknamed Lucho, is a native of Bogotá and a former union leader. The famed mass transport system, Transmilenio, and social programs have been the most striking features of Lucho’s administration. The social programs include Bogotá sin hambre (“Bogotá without hunger”) and Bogotá sin indiferencia (“Bogotá without indifference”), and his general efforts to improve the living conditions of the inhabitants of Bogotá’s most deprived areas, as well as increasing their involvement in decision making at the level of local government.

Nicky Gavron
Deputy Mayor of London
As the sole elected Deputy Mayor, Nicky plays a key role in London government. She has responsibility for the environment, strategic planning, and children and young people.

She led for the Mayor the preparation of the spatial development strategy for London, called the London Plan. In particular, she has promoted Supplementary Planning Guidance on sustainable design and construction and, more recently, Further Alterations to the London Plan, which strengthen the planning policies on tackling climate change. Nicky also helped establish and chairs the London Hydrogen Partnership.

Nicky is now leading for the Mayor on climate change, including implementation of the Climate Change Action Plan, the establishment of the London Climate Change Agency and the setting up of the C40, large cities climate leadership group. She also gave the main presentation on behalf of cities and local governments to the joint high level segment of the COP12/MOP2 Nairobi International Climate Summit in November 2006.