Noel Quinn is the Chairman of Julius Baer, the international private bank headquartered
in Switzerland, and a Board Member of Fortescue Group.

Noel retired as Group Chief Executive of HSBC in September 2024, after a distinguished
37-year career with the Group. His tenure included five years as Group CEO, during
which he navigated HSBC through a rapidly changing global landscape.
His career at HSBC began in 1987 with Forward Trust Group, the leasing subsidiary of
Midland Bank (now HSBC UK), where he built his expertise in corporate banking. In
2008, he was appointed Group General Manager and took over responsibility for HSBC’s
UK Commercial Banking operations, managing the business through the aftermath of
the Global Financial Crisis.

Noel’s leadership continued to grow as he was named Regional Head of Commercial
Banking for Asia-Pacific (2011-2015), based in Hong Kong, before being appointed Chief
Executive of Global Commercial Banking in 2015.

Beyond his corporate roles, Noel has been deeply involved in sustainability and global
finance. He remains engaged with the Sustainable Markets Initiative, founded by HM King
Charles III (then Prince of Wales) in 2020, where he previously chaired the Financial
Services Taskforce. As CEO of HSBC, he was a principal member of the Glasgow Financial
Alliance for Net Zero and also participated in the World Bank Private Sector Investment
Lab.

In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the financial industry and his work in
promoting sustainability, Noel was knighted by His Majesty the King for his services, an
honour he received in 2024.

Noel is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds other non-executive and advisory
roles across various sectors.

Richard Attias is the Chairman of the FII Institute Executive Committee, Member of the Board of Trustees, and Acting CEO of FII Institute.

He is also the Founder and Chairman of Richard Attias & Associates, a leading global communication strategy firm, and previously served as Executive Producer of the World Economic Forum (1996–2008).

Over the course of his career, Attias has built an unparalleled reputation for activating powerful networks, inspiring innovation, fostering public-private partnerships, and driving foreign direct investment in emerging markets.

Attias began his professional journey at IBM, where his passion for innovation led him to establish several companies in the global IT and computing services sectors, before spending a decade at the media conglomerate Publicis Groupe, where he served as Executive Chairman of Publicis Events Worldwide. He also served as CEO of the UAE government entity Dubai Event Management Company.

Attias completed his studies in civil engineering and earned a master’s degree in mathematics and physics.

​Adah Almutairi is a scholar, inventor, and entrepreneur. Almutairi is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry; affiliate faculty in the departments of Bioengineering and NanoEngineering; and Director of the Center for Excellence in Nanomedicine and Engineering in the Institute of Engineering in Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Her work focuses on nanomedicine, nanotechnology, chemistry and polymer science.

Almutairi is a 2016 Kavli Fellow and has received numerous honors and awards such as the NIH director’s new innovator award in 2009 for her work on “Chemically Amplified Response Strategies for Medical Sciences”.

Prof. Almutairi holds over a dozen U.S. and International patents, many of which are currently licensed in Industry. Prof. Almutairi is the Founder of eLux Medical Inc.​

Professor Tony Chan assumed his role as the third president of KAUST in September 2018 after nearly a decade as president of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He led a strategic planning process to lead KAUST into its second decade, including growing the faculty and students by up to 50%. He has expanded KAUST’s research emphasis from energy, water, food and environment to include digital and health, launching new initiatives in Artificial Intelligence and Smart Health. He is increasing investment and capacity in innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge transfer to fulfill the second mission of the University. By positioning the University to leverage KSA’s ambitious Vision 2030 strategic plan, he is strengthening its engagement with the Nation. Finally, he is leading efforts to enhance the global and national visibility of KAUST.

Before joining HKUST, President Chan was Assistant Director of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate at the US National Science Foundation from 2006 to 2009. He taught Computer Science at Yale University before joining UCLA as Professor of Mathematics in 1986 and was Chair of the Department of Mathematics in 1997 and later Dean of Physical Sciences. He was a co-founder of the US NSF funded National Math Institute IPAM.

He received his Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Engineering from Caltech and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Engineering.​

Recently named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions. He is also the executive founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that counsels the world’s leaders on exponentially growing technologies.

As an entrepreneur, Diamandis has started over 20 companies in the areas of longevity, space, venture capital and education. He is cofounder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture fund with $250M investing in exponential technologies, and co-founder and Vice Chairman of Celularity, Inc., a cellular therapeutics company.

Diamandis is a New York Times Bestselling author of two books: Abundance – The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD – How to go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World. His newest book in this series of exponential technologies —The Future is Faster Than You Think — released on January 28, 2020.

He earned degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from the MIT and holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.

Diamandis’ favorite saying is “the best way to predict the future is to create it yourself.”​

Mr. Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar is a global entrepreneur with active interests in real estate, retail, hospitality, e-commerce, technology, logistics, F&B and venture capital.

Experience
Since 1997, he has been at the forefront of global real estate, leading marquee real-estate development companies such as Emaar Properties (developer of world’s tallest building) and Eagle Hills (leading emerging markets real estate developer). He has spearheaded the growth of Emaar Properties attaining unmatched track record of successfully developing iconic futuristic residential, retail, entertainment, hospitality & leisure assets transforming the lifestyles of people globally. Over the years he has developed world-class mixed used projects, including his retail businesses, across 20+ markets of Middle East, North & Sub Saharan Africa, Central & Eastern Europe and South & South East Asia and US.

Business Acumen
In addition, he has driven the growth of several regional players into world-renown sector champions including Americana Group (a multibillion-dollar food business, the largest integrated food company in the Middle East) and noon.com (the leading e-commerce platform in the region). He was also the Chairman and Co-founder of RSH Limited, a leading pan-Asian and Middle Eastern marketer, distributor, and retailer of internationally renowned sports, golf, active lifestyle, and fashion brands with a portfolio of over 70 brands and a distribution network spanning more than 40 countries in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region, as well as more than 1000 freestanding stores and shops-in-shops. Mr Alabbar is also shareholder in Artstreet Limited which owns interests in real estate business. He is the Chairman of Zand, one of the world’s first combined digital corporate and retail bank to launch from the UAE.

Education
A graduate in Finance and Business Administration from the Seattle University in the US, also holds an Honorary Doctorate from Seattle University, an Honorary Doctorate from London School of Economics and Political Science and an Honorary Doctorate from Sun Moon University in South Korea.

Matteo Renzi has been the Senator of the electoral college of Florence since 2018. In his political experience he has served as Prime Minister of Italy from February 2014 to December 2016 and as Mayor of Florence from June 2009 to February 2014. He was the youngest prime minister in the history of the Italian Republic.

With his government’s economic policies, Italy has gone from -1.7% of GDP to + 1.6%. His “JobsAct” bill created 1.2 million new jobs. Foreign investment, the export of Italian products, tourism, the trust of consumers and companies all grew during his government, as had not happened since Italy’s adoption of the Euro. Renzi led the European council with the Italian presidency in the second half of 2014. He participated in numerous international meetings including three editions of the G20 (Australia, Turkey, China) and three editions of the G7. He signed the Paris agreement on environmental sustainability and climate change. He tackled the migration crisis as Prime Minister by proposing the Migration Compact in Europe and the Sophia operation named after the little girl saved at sea by Italian volunteers. He signed the law on the recognition of civil unions, multiplied state investments against poverty by 100, led the only Italian government with gender equality between women and men.

Renzi is the author of numerous publications and of a television series on the cultural, financial and artistic beauty of Florence aired in 2018-2019 on the Discovery platform. Renzi graduated in law from the University of Florence. Since 2017 he has taught a course at Stanford University at their Florence headquarters entitled “The challenges of Europe”. He is a member of a number of advisory boards. He was a leader of the Italian catholic scout. He is married to Agnese and has three children.​

Her Royal Highness Ambassador Reema Bandar Al-Saud has served as the Ambassador
of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States since February 2019, appointed by
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. She was the first woman to serve in the role in the
Kingdom’s history.
HRH has championed initiatives that promote social inclusion and women’s
advancement, and youth engagement. In public service, she served as Vice President for
Women’s Affairs at the Saudi General Sports Authority and later became President of
the Mass Participation Federation, where she was the first woman to lead a multi-sport
federation in Saudi Arabia.
She currently serves as President of the Women’s Committee and sits on the board of
the Saudi Olympic and Paralympic Committee. HRH is head of the Fashion Commission
at the Ministry of Culture. Internationally, she is a member of the International Olympic
Committee, the IMF Advisory Entrepreneurship and Advisory Council, and the board of
the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute. In addition, she is the founder of
Catmosphere and WAVE, global initiatives aimed at advancing interconnected
wellbeing, conservation, and ocean regeneration

His Excellency Yasir O. Al-Rumayyan is the Governor of PIF of Saudi Arabia, having been appointed as such since 2019, and served as the Managing Director from 2015 to 2019. He leads all areas of operation of the sovereign wealth fund, which sits at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and economic transformation strategy.

H.E. Al-Rumayyan’s experience encompasses over 25 years working in some of Saudi Arabia’s most prominent financial institutions. H.E. Al-Rumayyan began his career at the Saudi Hollandi Bank, where he occupied key positions across various departments before becoming Head of International Brokerage. In 2004, H.E. Al-Rumayyan joined the Capital Market Authority as part of the founding team, being initially appointed as Head of Securities Listings, and later in 2008, serving as Director of the Corporate Finance and Issuance Division. From 2010 until 2015, he served as Chief Executive Officer and board member of Saudi Fransi Capital. During which he also sat on the board of Tadawul, the Saudi Stock Exchange, from 2014 to 2015.

H.E. Al-Rumayyan holds key positions on the boards of some of the world’s most influential
companies and organizations, most notably as Chairman of Saudi Aramco, one of the world’s most valuable listed company, a position he has held since September 2019. H.E. Al Rumayyan also holds the position of Chairman of Ma’aden, the Future Investment Initiative Institute, LIV Golf Investments LTD, Newcastle United Football Club, and Riyadh Air. He is also a Board Member in Reliance Industries, among others.

H.E. Al-Rumayyan holds a degree in Accounting from King Faisal University in Saudi Arabia, and completed the Harvard Business School’s General Management Program.