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Kate served as Chairman of the Havas group from 2006 to 2015 and as Global President from 2013. Working mainly in global roles, Kate became convinced of the importance of the roles of global institutions and global businesses in the certainty that what unites people is greater than geographical distance and national distinctions.

Having grown up in apartheid South Africa, Kate’s world view is defined by having witnessed the creation of its new way of life. Awed by the leadership of Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Kate believes in the limitless possibilities a sense of shared humanity can create.

Inspired by her love for the Olympic movement and its values, One Young World should, in Kate’s vision, give young leaders a chance to meet their counterparts from every country in the world and resolve to make the world a better place.

Appointed Chief Executive in 2006, Michael’s leadership has seen ICAEW embrace a vision of building a world of strong and sustainable economies, transforming itself into a professional accountancy body with a truly global identity and reach. In 2018 Michael became Chairman of Chartered Accountants Worldwide.

Michael regularly meets ministers, policy-makers and regulators from around the world, and is a frequent media commentator on economic and business issues. He has recently led the institute’s response to the Covid-19 crisis, providing ICAEW members with insight and guidance to support their businesses and themselves in practice. He also passionately believes that the wider emerging forces which are already changing the very nature of work – such as technological disruption – present Chartered Accountants with many more opportunities than threats, and is committed to helping the profession meet these challenges.

Michael qualified as an ICAEW Chartered Accountant in 1986 with Coopers & Lybrand after graduating in law from Durham University, where he was also president of the student union. He has served as a school governor for eleven years and is a trustee of several charities, including Moorfields Eye Charity, supporting London’s world class Moorfields Eye Hospital. Prior to joining ICAEW, he spent four years at Spring Group, where he was managing director of several businesses and group finance director. From 1989 to 1996 he worked for the Canadian company, John Labatt Ltd., latterly as managing director of its retail arm.

Bimo is a corporate activist, splitting his time between his corporate job at Danone and building a social enterprise called CarbonEthics.

Passionate in his beliefs around carbon ethics, Bimo has a background in energy exploration, with 6 years’ experience in FMCG commercial functions (Business Development, Trade Marketing, Key Account) and currently he is positioned in a Sustainability Investment role where he represents the global team in the Asia Pacific market.

In CarbonEthics, he leads the commercial transformation from NGO to become a social enterprise with the mission to protect the planet, improve the livelihood of the farmers, and create green jobs for young people.

In 2017 Koirala set up Finlit Nepal to teach basic personal finance to low-income and vulnerable communities, helping to reduce poverty. Finlit Nepal works with governments, companies and neighbourhood groups to develop programs and policies to boost financial literacy and inclusion in the country’s financial system.

Koirala has been working in this space since 2009 and has won several awards and scholarships for his work including a fellowship from Harvard Kennedy School in 2017. He is a Western Union and One Young World Ambassador.

A finance professional with over 7 years of experience working in FMCG. Throughout the years, Mutiara has handled various financial aspects ranging from budgeting, improving working capital, developing pricing programs, building financial models based on customer value proposition to the development of machine learning in promotional analytics.

Her calling to woman’s empowerment has prompted her to co-lead the Female Warriors community in CCEP Indonesia. The role spans from connecting female employees across operations to organizing activities that inspire them in their workplace. Outside of work, education for the young generation has always been close to her heart which is reflected through her involvement in Yayasan Pemimpin Anak Bangsa, to teach underprivileged children in Jakarta.