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Ms Dimple Agarwal
Managing partner, Deloitte
Ms Dimple Agarwal is the global leader of Organization Transformation and Talent for Deloitte’s Human Capital practice. She consults at the C-suite level on operating model and organizational design, HR and talent strategies, leadership strategies and development, and major transformation programs. Her 23 years of consulting experience includes work in the United Kingdom, many Asian, African and European countries. She is a frequent speaker on the Future of Work and advises clients on responding to the business opportunities and challenges as a result of the changing dynamics of society, organisation and talent. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Master’s degree in human resources.
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Mr Thorben Albrecht
Commissioner of Global Commission on the Future of Work, Federal Manager of Social Democratic Party of Germany
Mr Thorben Albrecht is Federal Managing Director of the Social Democratic Party of Germany. He served as Permanent State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs from 2014 to 2018. He launched the “Work 4.0” dialogue - a public dialogue of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on the future of work, which provided important input for a broader debate within society on shaping quality jobs in the digital age. Until 2007, Mr Albrecht worked for the National Executive Board of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) as head of division, responsible for the coordination of European affairs.
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Mr Mario Cimoli
Deputy Executive Secretary, ECLAC
Mr Mario Cimoli is the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). A PhD in economics from the University of Sussex, his research deals with development paths, economic growth and its relationship with the productive structure, and international trade. His work examines the interconnections between industrial policy, technological development and innovation. Mr Cimoli is the co-chair of two of the task forces (industrial policy and intellectual property right regimes for development) of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University (New York).
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Ms Mary Liew Kiah Eng
President, National Trade Unions Congress, Singapore; General Secretary, Singapore Maritime Officer's Union
Ms Mary Liew Kiah Eng is the President of National Trades Unions Congress, and was first elected to the NTU Central Committee in 2011. She is the second woman trade union leader to rise up to the ranks of President of the National Trades Union Congress in the history of the labour movement in Singapore. She is also the General Secretary of the Singapore Maritime Officers’ Union (SMOU).
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Mr Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner, UNHCR
Mr Filippo Grandi has been engaged in refugee and humanitarian work for more than 30 years. From 2010 to 2014, he served as Commissioner-General of UNRWA, the UN Agency for Palestine refugees, having previously been its Deputy Commissioner-General since 2005. He also served as Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Afghanistan and has worked with NGOs and UNHCR in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and at the UNHCR Geneva headquarters. He holds a degree in modern history from the State University in Milan, a BA in Philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome and an honorary doctorate from the University of Coventry.
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Mr Jose Angel Gurría Trevino
Secretary General, OECD
Mr Angel Gurría has been the Secretary-General of the OECD since 2006. Under his leadership, the Organisation has established itself as a pillar of the global economic governance architecture including its active engagement with the G20, G7, APEC and other international fora. Mr Gurría has advanced the OECD’s impact and relevance in several policy area, focusing on the promotion of better lives through inclusive growth and new approaches to economic challenges. He has also made the OECD more inclusive through new memberships, strengthening the link with key emerging economies and fostering its global outreach. Mr Gurría came to the OECD following a distinguished career in public service in his native Mexico, including positions as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Finance and Public Credit in the 1990s.