Panelist
Richard Dobbs
Director
McKinsey Global Institute, McKinsey & Company
Richard Dobbs is a director of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), McKinsey's business and economics research arm, and a director (senior partner) of McKinsey based in Seoul.
From 2004 to 2009, Richard co-led McKinsey's Corporate Finance Practice, where he was also responsible for research and development. He has served clients around the world in a variety of industries, ranging from high tech and financial services to petroleum, utilities, and the public sector.
Richard has written numerous articles about the implications of the financial crisis for companies and managing in a downturn. At MGI he has led research on global economic trends, including urbanization, resource markets, capital markets, and productivity and growth, with a focus on Asia. Other research has focused on performance management and measurement, mergers and acquisitions, valuation, capital markets strategy, and utility regulation. He was a co-author of Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance, and his work has appeared in several books, including Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies; in other business and academic journals such as the McKinsey Quarterly, McKinsey on Finance, and Corporate Finance; and on the opinion pages of leading newspapers and business publications.
Mr. Dobbs is co-author of MGI's new report on global labour markets: "World at work: Jobs, pay, and skills for 3.5 billion people." You can read the report by clicking here.
Panelist
Henri-Bernard Solignac-Lecomte
Senior Economist
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Henri-Bernard has been managing the Europe, Middle-East and Africa team since september 2009. He coordinates the Centre's participation in the African Economic Outlook (AEO), a partnership with the African Development Bank, the UN Economic Commission for Africa and the UNDP. HB has led several research projects in Africa, and has extensive experience in brokering policy dialogue with a wide range of stakeholders since he joined the Centre in 2001. Earlier, he had been monitoring the renegotiation of ACP/EU trade agreements at the European Centre for Development Policy Management and the Overseas Development Institute. Initially trained in Corporate Management, he holds a PhD from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne).
Panelist
Khadiga Fahmy
Program Manager, Middle East and North Africa
International Finance Corporation
Khadiga Fahmy has more than 18 years experience in marketing and development. She joined IFC in 2002 and manages IFC's flagship SME Training program. Over the past few year, the program helped deliver more than 60,000 training opportunities in the region in countries such as Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen and Egypt. In addition to its primary focus of improving SME business performance, the program has successfully improved the employability of youth in Yemen.
Before joining IFC, Khadiga enjoyed a career in marketing, in the private sector, with multinationals such as Xerox and Unilever. She also worked
for a number of years as marketing consultant for small and medium sized firms. She holds a Masters in Business Administration from the Maastricht School of Business.
In 2011, the IFC partnered with the Islamic Development Bank and McKinsey & Company to release the report, "Education for employment: Realizing Arab youth potential." The IFC has focused their efforts on addressing the topic youth education and employment efforts, specifically across the Arab World. You can read the report by clicking here.
Moderator
Peter Humi
Former Bureau Chief
CNN Paris
Peter Humi is currently a freelance journalist for CNN, C4 UK, ABC Australia, Sky News UK, Press TV, KSA 2, KTV 2, and People TV. He has over 30 years experience in journalism and television news, with a focus on war zones, riots and crises. Currently, he also acts as a Professor of Journalism at Ecole Superieur de Journalisme in Paris, and is an Associate Lecturer at the American Unversity of Paris.
Previously, he served as CNN Paris Bureau Chief from 1990-2003, where he served as Executive Producer and Reporter, covering most major new stories in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Before that he served as Deputy Bureau Chief and Senior Producer of CNN London. Peter received a BA in History from the University College, London and is fluent in English, French and Italian.
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