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Keynotes at the AIC

The AIC is home to the latest thinking from the world’s best-known economists, heads of state, finance ministers, central bankers and other policymakers. Keynotes including three Nobel Laureates and a former US treasury secretary have offered their insight to attendees.

Credit Suisse recognizes that there are vital perspectives on the global economy outside the world of policymakers and economists. The AIC gives a platform to experts from fields such as social commentary and philanthropy, demonstrating how people and societies are changing in a way that economic data alone cannot.

2011	2011	2011
Gareth Evans Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AO QC, Former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Chancellor, Australian National University and President Emeritus, International Crisis Group	Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Economics and Law at Columbia University, Senior Fellow for International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations	Y Venugopal Reddy Former Governor, Reserve Bank of India, and Emeritus Professor, University of Hyderabad
Andrew Garthwaite Global Equity Strategist, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse	Jonathan Wilmot Chief Global Strategist, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse	Tom Albanese CEO, Rio Tinto
Cesar Purisima Secretary of Finance, Philippines	Tidjane Thiam Group Chief Executive, Prudential plc	Malcolm Gladwell International best-selling author of "The Tipping Point", "Blink" and "Outliers"

2010	2010	2010
Kamal Nath Minister of Road Transport and Highways, India	Korn Chatikavanij Minister of Finance, Thailand	Martin Feldstein George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard University, President Emeritus of the US National Bureau of Economic Research and member of the US President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Laura D’Andrea Tyson Dean, Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley and member of the US President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak Prime Minister, Malaysia	John Major Former Prime Minister, United Kingdom and Special Advisor, Credit Suisse
Norman T.L. Chan Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority	Eisuke Sakakibara Professor of Economics, Waseda University; Former Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs, Japan	Zhu Min Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China
Stephen J. Dubner Journalist and best-selling co-author of "Freakonomics" and "SuperFreakonomics"	Amlan Roy Head of Global Demographics and Pensions Research, Investment Banking, Credit Suisse

2009	2009	2009
Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin Former head of the US Congressional Budget Office; former Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers	Joseph E. Stiglitz Professor, Columbia University; Nobel Prize Winner	Donald Tsang Chief Executive, Hong Kong SAR
Fan Gang Director, National Economic Research Institute; Chairman, China Reform Foundation	Omkar Goswami Chairman, CERG Advisory; former Chief Economist, Indian Confederation of Industry	Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa Former Minister of the Economy and Finance, Italy; President, Notre Europe
Jiang Jianqing Chairman, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China	David Mulford Former US Ambassador to India; Vice-Chairman International, Credit Suisse

2008	2008	2008
Tim Adams Managing Director, the Lindsey Group; former US Undersecretary of Treasury for International Affairs	Steve Hanke Professor of Applied Economics, Johns Hopkins University, and Senior Fellow, The Cato Institute	Yu Yongding China's pre-eminent monetary economist, Director-General of the Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo President of the Philippines	Robert Swan OBE, Polar Explorer	Jesse Wang Jianxi Vice President and Chief Risk Officer, China Investment Corporation Ltd

2007	2007	2007
Edmund S. Phelps 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics, Columbia University	Azim H. Premji Chairman, Wipro Technologies	Shaukat Aziz Prime Minister, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Xiang Huaicheng Chairman, National Social Security Fund of China	Shri P. Chidambaram Finance Minister of India	Jim Rogers Investment Expert and Author
Ronald Arculli Chairman, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, Non-Official Member of the Executive Council

2006	2006	2006
Zhu Zhigang Vice Minister of Finance for the People's Republic of China	Nicholas R Lardy Senior Fellow, Institute for International Economics	Lawrence J Lau Vice Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Clyde Prestowitz Founder and President of the Economic Strategy Institute	J Stapleton Roy Managing Director, Kissinger Associates	Salman Shah Adviser to the Prime Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs, Pakistan

2005	2005	2005
Joseph Stiglitz Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics	Raghuram Rajan Economic Counselor and Director of the IMF's Research Department	Victor Fung Group Chairman of the Li & Fung Group of companies and Chairman of the Greater Pearl River Delta Business Council
Vincent Lo Chairman of the Shui On Group and Chairman and CEO of Shui On Land Ltd	Sugiharto Indonesia's Minister of State-Owned Enterprises	R Glenn Hubbard Dean of the Columbia School of Business
Gil Caffray Co-Founder of Frontpoint Partners LLC	Art Samberg Chairman and CEO of Pequot	Dwight Anderson Founder of Osprie

2004	2004	2004
David Burton Director, Asia-Pacific Department, The IMF	Jia Zhibang Shaanxi Province, People's Republic of China	Lawrence Lindsey President and CEO, the Lindsey Group
John Major Former British Prime Minister	Chandran Nair Chairman, Asia Pacific, ERM	Charles Pritchard The Brookings Institution

2003	2003	2003
Robert Mundell University Professor of Economics, Columbia University, and winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics	Donald Tsang Chief Secretary for Administration, HKSAR	Gordon Wu Chairman, Hopewell Holdings Limited
John Major Former British Prime Minister	Richard Butler Diplomat in Residence at the Council for Foreign Relations: New York

2002	2002	2002
Michael S Dell Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dell Computer Corporation	Antony Leung Financial Secretary, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	John Major Former British Prime Minister
Joseph E Stiglitz Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, Chief Economist at the World Bank, 1997-2000	Sukardi State Minister, Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises, Republic of Indonesia	Tessa Tennant Founder and Executive Chair of ASrIA
Lester Thurow MIT Professor of Management and Economics

2001	2001	1999
Wen Chi Chen President and Chief Executive Officer, VIA Technologies	Lawrence Summers Former Secretary of the US Treasury	Jeffrey Sachs Director, Harvard Institute for International Development

1998	1998	1998
Paul Krugman Ford Professor of International Economics at the Massaschusetts Institute of Technology	Zhou Xiaochuan Governor of the China Construction Bank and Director of the State Administration for Foreign Exchange, People's Republic of China	Donald Tsang Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

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