Charles Leadbeater (formerly known as Charlie Leadbeater) is a British author and former advisor to Tony Blair. He first came to widespread notice in the 1980s as a regular contributor to the magazine "Marxism Today". Later he was Industrial Editor and Tokyo Bureau Chief at the "Financial Times". While working at "The Independent" in the 1990s, he devised "Bridget Jones's Diary" (originally a column) with Helen Fielding.

Alison Lawton is a Canadian filmmaker, social entrepeneur and philanthropist. Lawton received a degree in Communications from Montreal's Concordia University and a Master of Applied Sciences from Simon Fraser University. Lawton is married to Frank Giustra and is credited with inspiring him to make substantial investments in philanthropy.

DK Matai is an engineer turned entrepreneur and philanthropist with a keen interest in the well being of global society. DK founded mi2g in 1995, the global risk specialists, in London, UK, whilst developing simulations for his PhD at Imperial College. DK helped found ATCA - The Asymmetric Threats Contingency Alliance - in 2001, a philanthropic expert initiative to address complex global challenges through Socratic dialogue and joint executive action to build a wisdom based global economy.

Since September 2005 I am Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) where I am affiliated with the Center for Corporate Values and Responsibility. My primary research focus is on non-profit management, corporate sustainability strategy and environmental entrepreneurship research, with a minor interest in socially responsible investing. I have given numerous talks to academic audiences and practitioners on a broad variety of topics linked to corporate sustainability, . . .