Georg Kell is the Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest policy platform and a practical framework for companies that are committed to sustainability and responsible business practices with more than 6,000 participants in over 130 countries. Mr. Kell began his career with the United Nations in 1987, with the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. He joined the Office of the UN Secretary-General in New York in 1990, which he headed from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Kell became a senior officer in the Executive Office of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, responsible for fostering cooperation with the private sector to advance broad UN objectives. He was one of the chief architects of The Global Compact initiative and has served as a head of the Global Compact since its launch in 2000, building the most widely voluntary corporate responsibility network that includes companies, international labour, non-governmental organizations and other civil society group.
Ahead of joining the United Nations, Mr. Kell worked as a financial analyst in developing countries in Asia and Africa and as a researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute in Germany. Mr. Kell holds advanced degrees in economics and engineering from the Technical University of Berlin.

David Grayson is a director of the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility at the Cranfield School of Management, and Professor of Corporate Social Responsibility.  He is co-founder and director of Project North East, which has worked on enterprise and business development in over 40 countries and the founder of the Business Link corporate university (BLU) for small business development professionals. He is a former Managing-Director of Business in the Community (www.bitc.org.uk) and remains a part-time  director where he particularly focuses on sustainability and small businesses.Grayson was educated at the universities of Cambridge and Brussels, holds an MBA from Newcastle, and has an  honorary doctorate of laws from London South Bank University. He has lectured at business schools in the UK and internationally and is an expected important speaker for business seminars internationally.

He has authored several books, including: ‘Corporate Social Opportunity: Seven Steps to make Corporate Social  Responsibility work for your business’ (2004); ‘Everybody’s Business – Managing Risks and Opportunities in to-day’s global society’ (2001) and has also contributed to several other books.
Grayson speaks, writes and advises regularly on “Responsible Business”, “Corporate Citizenship”, and “Global  Trends”. The Financial Times has depicted him as: “one of the UK’s most respected voices on business social responsibility.” Previously, he has worked with many, leading global businesses including BP, Shell, Microsoft, Diageo, and also with international  institutions such as the OECD, the European Union, and the World Bank.

David Grayson was awarded an OBE in 1994 for his services to industry; and the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honors List in June 1999 for services to disability.

Dr. Wayne Visser is Founder and Director of the think-tank CSR International, a new social enterprise for connecting and empowering corporate sustainability & responsibility (CSR) professionals and is  Senior Associate at the University of Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership, supporting various research and teaching programmes on sustainability leadership, where he previously held  positions of Research Director and External Examiner.

Wayne earned his PhD from University of Nottingham – Nottingham University Business School, UK in Corporate Social Responsibility,  and has an MSc in Human Ecology, Sustainable Development, Environmental Economics (Edinburgh University, UK) and a Bachelor of Business Science with Honours in Marketing (Cape Town University, South Africa). In South Africa, before getting his PhD in Corporate Social Responsibility, Wayne was Director of Sustainability Services for KPMG and Strategy Analyst for Cap Gemini.
He is the author/editor of nine books, counting seven on the role of business in society, the most recent of which are The Top 50 Sustainability Books, Landmarks for Sustainability and The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility. Forthcoming books in 2010/11 include The World Guide to CSR and The Age of Responsibility.  In 2010, Wayne is on a ‘CSR Quest’ world tour to share best practices in corporate sustainability and responsibility. In addition, he has lectured on corporate responsibility and sustainability at universities in Australia (La Trobe, New South Wales, Victoria), China (CEIBS), Finland (Turku), Germany (Mannheim, Steinbeis), Mexico (Anahuac, Monterrey), South Africa (Cape Town, Rhodes and Stellenbosch), the UK.

Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian economist and founder of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy (ILD).  He is the author of what some consider to be the influential book on the informal economy  – El Otro Sendero or ‘The Other Path’, published in 1986, as well as The Mystery of Capital.
DeSoto argues that overregulation in the economy of a developing country can lead to greater informality, i.e. more entrepreneurs are forced into operating in the informal sector.  This in turn hinders economic development.
Hailed by former U.S. President Bill Clinton as ‘the greatest living economist’, Hernando de Soto was born in Arequipa, Peru, in 1941.  He was educated in Switzerland, where his family had moved when de Soto was 7 years old.  He returned to Peru in 1938 and in 1979 founded the Institute for Liberty and Democracy in Lima.

Through this organization, de Soto sought to implement a number of changes in Peruvian society, including the establishment of the Office of the Ombudsman in the period in 1984-86 and the property registry law in 1987-88.  De Soto began to serve as a key advisor to Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and is credited by some to be responsible for around four hundred reform initiatives in this period.

David Vogel (born 1949) holds the Solomon P. Lee chair at the Haas School of Business and is a Professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. Vogel’s research focuses on corporate social responsibility in the global economy, business-government relations, business political activity and government regulation.He earned his PhD from Princeton University in Politics and received his B.A. in Political Science from Queens College, City University of New York.Vogel has authored and co-edited numerous books, including: Corporate Responsibility, Government and Civil Society (Oxford University Press, 2008), The Dynamics of Regulatory Change: How Globalization Affects National Regulatory Policies (UC Press, 2004), Barriers or Benefits? Regulation in Transatlantic Trade (Brookings Institution Press, 1998), Ethics in the Education of Business Managers (Institute of Society, Ethics and Life Sciences, 1980), and Ethics and Profits: The Crisis of Confidence in American Business (Simon & Schuster, 1976) and he has written over 50 scholarly articles and essays. In his book The Market for Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility (Brookings Institution Press, 2005), Vogel presents the costs, benefits, uncertainties and potential of CSR, the forces driving corporate social responsibility initiatives, their impact on business behavior and provides one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of the contemporary CSR movement in both the United States and Europe.

He has held the Jean Monnet Chair in 1994 and the BP Chair in Transatlantic Relations in 2000 at the European University Institute.  At INSEAD he was the Novartis Professor of Management and the Environment in 2000-2001 and the Shell Fellowship in Business and the Environment in 2002.   He is a member of both Scientific Committee, Italian Center for Corporate Responsibility and Advisory Committee, International Network of Research on Organizations and Sustainable Development (France).

Christopher Murray, Head of Pharma International, Roche Access to healthcare is an emotive and often controversial arena – and the global healthcare business remains a hot bed for community criticism and debate. With extensive experience in a leading research-based pharmaceutical company, Christopher Murray discusses the importance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for his region in Roche pharmaceuticals – and the challenges inherent to this business environment.

RK Misra has been an entrepreneur for most of his professional career. He has founded and acquired three technology businesses, raised venture funds and made successful exits.

From 2002 onwards, he has made significant improvement to Bangalore's crumbling infrastructure. He started by developing the first set of PPP roads in Bangalore by providing 50% of the cost through private contributions. This was followed by around Rs. 200 crore worth of road projects in Public Private Partnership model, ensuring high quality and transparency.

In 2005, when he turned 40, he took a conscious decision to exit the corporate world and work towards giving back to the nation and society at large. He has now focused his energy on being a Social Entrepreneur, an Angel Investor and an advocate of Public Private Partnerships (PPP)in the areas of infrastructure and employment generation by working with various government and industry organizations.

He is the India director for world renowned management institute INSEAD. He has worked with several Governmental and industry organizations towards addressing problems of infrastructure. He has been a member of the Government of Karnataka’s Empowered Committee on Infrastructure for several years and was the force behind the formation of IRC standard roads with concrete footpaths, medians and covered shoulder drains in most parts of Bangalore. He is part of the high powered task force for creating access to the new Bangalore International Airport as a CII member.

Misra has contributed to the PPP policy and helped change a law which allowed adoption of lakes for their maintenance and upkeep by private citizens and residents' associations. He is also working with the Rajasthan government along with a team of professionals and friends to provide rural employment and vocational training to the rural poor and urban unemployed youth.

A trained Chartered and Cost Accountant, Mr. Nedungadi set early academic records by qualifying in the final of the Chartered Accountancy Exam at age 20. Early positions at Macneill & Magor Ltd., a diversified conglomerate and Pentagon Fasteners Ltd. Delhi set the stage for an outstanding track record with his current employer.
He joined the UB Group in 1990 as the Corporate Treasurer. Within two years, he was transferred to London as Group Finance Director of the Group's international business managing the businesses of UB International, which included the paint giant Berger Jenson and Nicholson, spanning 27 countries. He was instrumental in listing the Berger group companies on London and Singapore bourses.
Since his appointment as the President and Group CFO in 1998, the youngest to have been elevated to such a position in the Group, he led the way to sharpening the focus of the Group, which had a conglomerate approach, on areas of core competence and global reach. This saw the group focus on three verticals - Brewing, Distilling & Aviation, each area presenting clear leadership within India and global significance too

A successful technocrat of global standing, Ms. Shaw heads India’s leading Biotechnology enterprise, Biocon. She is highly respected in the corporate world and has recently made it to the 2010 Times 100 list, as The Most Influential person. Her pioneering efforts in biotechnology have drawn global recognition both for Indian Industry and Biocon.  Ms Shaw chairs Karnataka's Vision Group on Biotechnology and also served on the Board of Science Foundation, Ireland. She presently serves on the Advisory Council of the Government’s Department of Biotechnology where she has been instrumental in bringing government, industry and academia together, to chart a clear and progressive growth path for Biotechnology in India.  She is also part of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry in India and the US-India CEO Forum. Ms. Shaw also serves as Member, Governing Body and General Body of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, an Autonomous Body of the Government of India. She is also a founder member of the Society for the formation of "Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine". Ms. Shaw has most recently been nominated as Member of the Board of Trade, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry.Ms. Shaw is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the Nikkei Asia Prize, 2009 for Regional Growth, Express Pharmaceutical Leadership Summit Award 2009 for Dynamic Entrepreneur,  the Economic Times ‘Businesswoman of the Year’, the ‘Veuve Clicquot Initiative For Economic Development For Asia, Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award for Life Sciences & Healthcare, ‘Technology Pioneer’ recognition by World Economic Forum and The Indian Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award. Her most cherished awards are the national awards, PADMASHRI (1989) and PADMA BHUSHAN (2005) presented to her by the President of India, for her pioneering efforts in Industrial Biotechnology. 
Ms. Shaw received a graduate honors degree in Zoology from Bangalore University (1973) and qualified as a Master Brewer from Ballarat University, Australia (1975). Ms Shaw also received an honorary Doctorate of Science in 2004, from her alma mater, Ballarat University, in recognition of her pre-eminent contributions to the field of Biotechnology.  She has also been awarded honorary doctorates from University of Abertay, Dundee, U.K. (2007), University of Glasgow, U.K. (2008) and Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K. (2008).Under her stewardship, Biocon has evolved from its inception in 1978 as an industrial enzymes company to a fully integrated Biopharmaceutical enterprise encompassing a well balanced business portfolio of products and services with a research focus on Diabetes, Oncology and Auto-immune disease. During this transition, Biocon has established 2 subsidiaries: Syngene (1994) to provide development support services for discovery research and Clinigene (2000) to cater to services in clinical development.  A leading US trade publication, Med Ad News, in its 2007/08 listings has ranked Biocon 20th amongst the leading biotechnology companies in the world and the 7th largest Biotech employer in the world. Biocon also recently received the 2009 BioSingapore Asia Pacific Biotechnology Award for Best Listed Company. She is married to John Shaw, a Scotsman and Indophile, who headed a leading textiles MNC, Madura Coats from 1991-1998 as Chairman and Managing Director. John Shaw is currently the Vice-Chairman, Biocon Limited.

Mani Ratnam was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India to Tamil brahmin parents. His actual name is Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam. He did his schooling at Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School. After graduating with a degree in Commerce from Vivekananda College, University of Madras and an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, he embarked on a career as a management consultant before becoming a filmmaker. He got into film direction with the help of his late brother, film producer G. Venkateswaran. Ratnam married actress Suhasini in 1988. They have a son named Nandhan Mani Ratnam. Ratnam is particularly known for his eye for technical detail in the art of film making, having worked with and also introduced some of the best music directors, cinematographers, art directors, dialogue writers and editors in India. Several international papers and books have been published on his critically acclaimed movies. He has worked with many of India's superstars, including Kamal Haasan, Rajnikanth, Shah Rukh Khan, Anil Kapoor,Akkineni Nagarjuna, Mammootty, Mohanlal.
Mani Ratnam's directorial debut was in 1983, through the Kannada film Pallavi Anu Pallavi, starring Anil Kapoor. Mani Ratnam managed to persuade acclaimed director and cinematographer Balu Mahendra to serve as his cinematographer. The film boldly explored the nature of a relationship between a young man and an older woman. The film did not perform well at the box office. His following efforts were the Malayalam film Unaru (1984), which starred Mohanlal, and then two Tamil films, Pagal Nilavu and Idaya Kovil. In 1986, Mani finally attained commercial success in Tamil Nadu through the Tamil language romantic drama Mouna Ragam with Revathi and Mohan. The film told the story of the friction between a newly-wed couple, and remains famous to date as a relevant and realistic portrayal of romance among urban Tamils. Its score by Ilaiyaraaja became a huge success upon release.It was subsequently dubbed into Telugu under the same title and went to become a hit in Andhra Pradesh as well. Mani's status was elevated further a year later writing Nayagan, directing the versatile Tamil actor Kamal Hassan for the film, which went on to become a legendary success in the industry.Many Indian critics dubbed it as India's answer to the cult The Godfather. The film, which tells the story of an orphaned slum dweller and his rise to top of the Mumbai underworld hierarchy, was included in TIME Magazine's All-Time 100 Greatest Movies.[5][6] The story was inspired by the real life story of underworld king Varadarajan Mudaliar. [With commercial success coming back to back, Ratnam wrote and directed Agni Natchathiram. The film was notable for use of new techniques in terms of camera framework, especially during the shoot of songs in the film. The film had a successful run in the box office. Mani later returned to familiar territory of winning critical acclaim through his next film made in Telugu, named Geethanjali. The film which starred Nagarjuna in the lead role told the story of an ill-fated couple who are both suffering from terminal diseases.

Ratnam maintained a momentum of making emotional stories of undeserved people through the Raghuvaran starring Chennai release Anjali in 1990. The film told the story of an autistic child and how she changed the lives of people in colony. Mani later made another underworld-themed Tamil film with Thalapathi in 1991 starring Rajnikanth and Mammooty. With a theme of friendship between a local don and a slum king, Thalapathi earned both critical acclaim and commercial success upon release. Thalapathi , based on the legend of Mahabharata, ran into trouble when news leaked that the character of Karna, portrayed by Rajinikanth, would die in the end. The climax was altered to appease the fan base of the superstar. Ratnam's following effort, Kannathil Muthamittal saw him tackling adoption through the eyes of a Tamil refugee from Sri Lanka searching for her biological mother. The film was a critically lauded commercial success, winning six National Film Awards, Ratnam's second Filmfare Award South for directing, his second In Spirit for Freedom Award at the Jerusalem Film Festival and an award at the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles.

In 2004, Mani made his second Hindi language effort with Yuva. The film, which tells the story of three different youths and how one incident sends their three lives on a collision course, received positive reviews and was a hit in the box office. Ratnam also made the film simultaneously in Tamil as Aayutha Ezhuthu. The film was an average at the Tamil box office, but critics favored the Tamil version over the Hindi version. Ratnam also had his first heart attack during shooting for Yuva. 2007 saw Ratnam direct the Madras Talkies production Guru starring Abhishek Bachchan. It became one of 2007's biggest hits. In 2010 Ratnam worked on a big-budget bilingual being made in Tamil and Hindi. The films are titled Raavanan in Tamil and Raavan in Hindi. The Tamil version was dubbed into Telugu as Villain. The film released worldwide on June 18, 2010.The film is loosely based on the Hindu epic "Ramayana" and happened over a period of 14 days where the character Veeriah kidnaps the wife of a cop to avenge his sister's death. The Tamil version received better reviews than the Hindi version, based mainly on the lead's performance. The former was a box office hit whilst the latter was average at the box office. Despite the box office performance, some reviewers (National Award Winning Baradwaj Rangan) found this to be Mani's best work thus far.

T.V. Mohandas Pai, Director and Head, Finacle, Admin, Human Resources, Infosys Leadership Institute and Education and Research, and Member of the Board

Mohandas Pai is Member of the Board and Director-Human Resources, Education and Research and Administration. He joined Infosys in 1994 and has served as a Member of the Board since May 2000. He served as the Chief Financial Officer from 1994 to 2006. In 2006, he voluntarily remitted the office of CFO to lead efforts in the areas of Human Resources and Education and Research.
As the CFO, Mohan played a strategic role in transforming Infosys into one of the world’s most respected and widely known software services companies. He formulated the country’s first publicly articulated financial policy for the company. He played a key role in branding the company among the investor community and enhancing transparency and disclosure levels. The Infosys Annual Report, under his supervision, has won the Best Presented Annual Accounts Award from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for 10 years in succession as well as from the South Asia Federation of Accountants in 2000.
Mohan was an integral part of the Infosys team that enabled the first listing of an India-registered company on NASDAQ and the first sponsored secondary offering of American Depositary Shares by an Indian company. He was voted ’CFO of the Year’ in 2001 by IMA India (formerly EIU India) and American Express. He won the ’Best CFO in India’ award from Finance Asia in 2002, and ’Best Chief Financial Officer in India’ in the Best Managed Companies poll conducted by AsiaMoney in 2004.
Mohan has been active in working with regulators to improve the business ecosystem. He was also a member of the Kelkar Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Finance, Government of India (GOI) for reforming direct taxes, the Non-Resident Taxation Committee, the High Powered Committee on e-Commerce and Taxation. He is currently a member of the SEBI Accounting Standards Sub-committee and the Empowered Committee for setting up the Tax Information Network of the GOI.
He also works with the union and state governments in the fields of education, Information Technology and business. Mohan is also a Trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation, the body that oversees the International Accounting Standards Board. He is working with governments and decision-makers across India to improve the quality of education and availability of skilled manpower. He is also involved with the Akshaya Patra Foundation, a project that provides mid-day meals to over 950,000 children across India, which aims to reach out to one million children.
Mohan holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore, and a bachelor’s degree in law (LLB) from Bangalore University. He is also a Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA).