Q&A (DRAG TO RESIZE)
SPEAKER BIO (DRAG TO RESIZE)
Prof Greg Clark CBE FAcSS
Global Head, Future Cities & New Industries
HSBC
Prof Greg Clark CBE is Global Head of Future Cities and New Industries at HSBC Group. He works with HSBC’s global client base in 63 countries and 300 cities on the business and investment opportunities of the century of cities, accompanied by the 4th Industrial Revolution, and the Climate Emergency. Alongside his work at HSBC Greg is Chairman of the Connected Places Catapult, a Board Member of Transport for London and chairs its Investment Committee. He is Hon Prof in Urban Innovation at University College London (UCL) and Strathclyde Universities. He is the founder of The Business of Cities, an urban analytics group based at UCL. Greg is a former Global Fellow at Brookings Institution, current Global Fellow at the Urban Land Institute and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. Greg is global cities expert on the BBC World Services series, My Perfect City.
Diane Hoskins
Co-CEO
Gensler
Diane is one of two Gensler Co-CEOs. As both an MIT-trained architect and holding an MBA from the Andersen School at UCLA, Diane’s career has spanned Architecture, Design, Real Estate, and Business. Diane has broad responsibility in running the firm’s day-to-day operations, which span across 50 offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She is Co-Chair of Gensler’s Board of Directors and serves on the CEO councils for the Wall Street Journal, Fortune and Forbes. Diane is Global Governing Trustee for the Urban Land Institute and a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Council on Cities and Urbanization as well as the Real Estate Industry Action Group.
Jan Vapaavuori
Mayor
City of Helsinki
Mr. Jan Vapaavuori became the Mayor of Helsinki in June 2017. From 2003 to 2015 Mr. Vapaavuori was a Member of Parliament. From 2012 to 2015 he served as Minister of Economic Affairs and in 2007 – 2011 as Minister of Housing. From 2015 to 2017 he worked as Vice President of the European Investment Bank. Mr. Vapaavuori graduated as Master of Law from the University of Helsinki. He holds an Honorary Doctoral Degree from Hanken School of Economics.
Martin Villig
Co-Founder
Bolt
Martin Villig is the co-founder of Bolt (formerly Taxify), the leading European mobility platform with more than 30 million users in over 35 countries. Martin has been an entrepreneur for 20 years, and started and sold his first startup in 1999. He has previously held management positions at Skype, Fortumo and NASDAQ Tallinn Stock Exchange. He is a leading figure in the Estonian startup community, having co-founded Estonian Startup Leaders Club and Garage48 Foundation, which organizes hackathons across Europe. In 2018, Martin co-founded a €1m foundation to kick-start new education initiatives in Estonia. Martin and Markus Villig have been awarded E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year in Estonia 2018.
Yu Liang
Chairman
Vanke
Graduated from Peking University with a bachelor degree in Economics in 1988 and obtained his master's degree in Economics in 1997. Mr. YU joined Vanke in 1990. He has been acting as Board of Director of the Company since 1994. He served as Deputy General Manager in 1996, Executive Deputy General Manager and Chief Financial Officer in 1999. He then was appointed President of the Company in 2001. He became Chairman of the Board, President of the Company and CEO in 2017 and currently serves as Chairman of the Board. He loves sports and advocates for healthy life style.
Andrew Browne
Editorial Director
Bloomberg New Economy
Prior to joining Bloomberg, Andrew Browne was China Editor, Senior Correspondent and Columnist for The Wall Street Journal. He started his career in journalism in 1982 at the South China Morning Post and then moved to Reuters News Agency, where he spent 20 years running bureaus around Asia before becoming Asia Pacific News Editor.
Andrew joined the Wall Street Journal in 2004. He was a member of a team of Journal reporters in Beijing that won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2007, and an Overseas Press Club award in 2011.
Andrew joined the Wall Street Journal in 2004. He was a member of a team of Journal reporters in Beijing that won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 2007, and an Overseas Press Club award in 2011.
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