Alex Preker

World Bank (USA)

Alex Preker is lead economist for a new US$1 billion private sector investment facility for Africa in the Investment Climate Department of the World Bank Group. He previously served as chief economist for the World Bank's health sector and lead economist in the Africa Region.

Onno Schellekens

Founder, Health Insurance Fund for Africa (Netherlands))

Onno Schellekens is also managing director of the PharmAccess Foundation, a Dutch not-for-profit organization whose aim is to improve the quality of basic health care and HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa

Professor Richard Scheffler

University of California Berkeley (USA))

Richard M. Scheffler is Distinguished Professor of Health Economics and Public Policy, and holds the University's chair in health care markets and consumer welfare. He is also director of the Global Center for Health Economics and Policy Research at Berkeley.

Orhan Goksal

Director Telehealth Project, Acibadem Health (Turkey)

Orhan Goksal is an independent board member, advisor to the chairmen/boards in various companies including Internet, health and banking. He began his career at Birks&Sons in Montreal. After returning to Turkey, he worked with Irving Trust-Tutunbank, Turkish Tourism Bank, served as a member of the Vestel executive committee, board member of a Turkcell subsidiary company and as the CEO of the internet business unit of Dogan Group. He holds a BSc degree in Management from the Middle East Technical University.

Stanislaw Borkowski

President, Allianz Bank (Poland)

Stan Borkowski is past President of the Health and Accident Committee of the Polish Insurance Association and Poland delegate to the CEA (Committee of European Insurers). He has worked in various management roles in finance, insurance, medical and new media industries. He has assumed central roles in successful turnaround and greenfield operations in the UK, Scandinavia and Poland. His has a medical degree from the University of Oslo and an MBA from UQAM, Montreal.

Tim Elsigood

Tim Elsigood Associates (UK)

Tim has over 30 years' experience in senior roles in the public and the private health sectors, including 15 years in the NHS responsible for major transformation of healthcare in Birmingham. He became CEO of Capio UK in charge of a 21-hospital portfolio, then as SVP Business Development made acquisitions in France and Spain. Tim now runs a consultancy focusing on pricing strategies for hospital groups across Europe.

Luzia Hung

Luzia Hung, Chief of Pension and Group Business, AXA (Hong Kong)

Before joining AXA, Luzia worked in HSBC Insurance (Asia-Pacific) Holdings for 19 years and was the General Manager and Head of Employee Benefits managing the medical insurance company. She served for a number of years on the iFHP Council of Management. Born in Macau and educated in Canada, Ms Hung obtained a BCom and an MBA at McMaster University, Canada.

Dr Dennis Liotta

Senior Medical Director, Emblem Health (USA)

Dr Dennis Liotta was previously President of Professional Medical Images, a health and managed care-consultancy, and COO of Integrated Physician Systems a physician-practice management company. He is a clinically trained internist, and a visiting adjunct associate professor at New York University/Stern School of Business in health care economics. He has an MBA from Rutgers University, New Jersey.

Hans Rosling

Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)

As a young MD Hans Rosling studied in India and worked in Mozambique, where he discovered a formerly unrecognized paralytic disease induced by hunger and malnutrition. His 20 years of global health research has focused on the links between economy and health. He initiated Medecins sans Frontieres in Sweden and co-founded Gapminder Foundation to promote a fact based world view through converting statistics into interactive and enjoyable animations. His award-winning style of summarizing the world has been labeled "humorous, yet deadly serious".

Ron Williams

Chairman & CEO Aetna Inc (USA)

Under Ron Williams' leadership, Aetna has sought to make a positive impact on health care by serving as a catalyst for change. Joining Aetna in 2001, Mr Williams has focused on creating innovation and transparency. He was named CEO in February 2006 and Chairman of the Board in October 2006. Mr Williams serves on the Board of Directors of American Express and is vice chairman of The Business Council. He is chairman of the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare. He co-chaired the 2010 World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. He is a graduate of Roosevelt University and holds an MS in Management from MIT.