World outlook: the geoeconomic landscape in the first year of Trump 2.0

Vítor Constâncio

Vice President (2010-18)

European Central Bank

Vice President, European Central Bank (2010-2018); Governor, Banco de Portugal (2000-2010)

Lord John Kerr

Member

House of Lords

John Kerr is an Independent Member of the House of Lords and chairs the Centre for European Reform.

He was Geoffrey Howe’s and then Nigel Lawson’s Treasury Private Secretary (1981/4), Ambassador to the EU (1990/5) and the US (1995/7), Foreign Office Permanent Secretary (1997/2002), and Secretary-General of the European Convention (2002/3). Subsequently he became Chairman of Imperial College London, Deputy Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, and a trustee of the National Gallery (and the Rhodes, Fulbright and Carnegie

Jörg Kukies

Federal Minister of Finance

Germany (2024-2025)

Lord (Norman) Lamont

Member

British House of Lords

David Marsh

Chairman

OMFIF

David Marsh is Chairman and Co-Founder of OMFIF. Before starting at OMFIF in late 2009, he worked for City merchant bank Robert Fleming, corporate finance boutique Hawkpoint, German management consultancy Droege and London investment firm London & Oxford. Marsh took over the chairmanship from John Plender on 1 January 2018 having been Managing Director since 2014. He moved to a non-executive role following John Orchard’s appointment as Chief Executive effective 1 January 2020.

Pier Carlo Padoan

Minister

Economy and Finance, Italy (2014-2018)

Pier Carlo Padoan has been Chairman of UniCredit since April 2021. He was Minister of Economy and Finance from February 2014 to May 2018 and Member of Parliament from February 2018 to May 2020.

From June 2001 to August 2005 he was Executive Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and from 2007 to 2014 he served as Chief Economist and Deputy Secretary General at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

He has been Full Professor in Economics at the La Sapienza University in Rome and has taught at various universities abroad.

Peter Praet

Member of the Executive Board

European Central Bank (2011-2019)

Former ECB Executive Board member and Chief economist from 2011 to 2019. He was responsible for preparing the monetary policy meetings and making the proposals for the policy decisions and communication. Previously he was Executive Board member of the central bank of Belgium, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Finance of Belgium, Chief economist of Générale de Banque (then Fortis Bank), economist at the International Monetary Fund, Professor of Economics at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). He has served on several high-level international and European committees, in the BIS, the European Union and the OECD.

Peter Praet is currently Senior Fellow, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Université Libre de Bruxelles. Distinguished Fellow CEPR.

Anne Simpson

Global Head of Sustainability

Franklin Templeton

Ignazio Visco

Governor

Banca d’Italia (2011-2023)