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[tab][box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/maria-georgalos/"><strong><em>Maria Georgalos</em></strong></a>
<a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/maria-georgalos/"><img class="alignleft" alt="Maria Georgalos" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Maria-Georgalos-150x150.jpg" width="86" height="69" /></a>Washington International Advisors, Director. Main expertise: Micro-Small and Medium Enterprises and business origination strategist, with wide experience in Latin America.[/box]

[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a title="Permalink to Παναγιώτης Καρκατσούλης" href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b3%ce%b9%cf%8e%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%82-%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84%cf%83%ce%bf%cf%8d%ce%bb%ce%b7%cf%82/" rel="bookmark">Παναγιώτης Καρκατσούλης</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/">
</a></strong></em><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/%cf%80%ce%b1%ce%bd%ce%b1%ce%b3%ce%b9%cf%8e%cf%84%ce%b7%cf%82-%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%ba%ce%b1%cf%84%cf%83%ce%bf%cf%8d%ce%bb%ce%b7%cf%82/"><img class="alignleft" alt="Παναγιώτης-Καρκατσούλης-150x150" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Παναγιώτης-Καρκατσούλης-150x150.jpg" width="86" height="69" /></a>Ο Παναγιώτης Καρκατσούλης γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα το 1958. Σπούδασε Νομικά στη Νομική Σχολή του Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών και έκανε τη διδακτορική του διατριβή στην Κοινωνιολογία του Δικαίου στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Bielefeld (Γερμανία).[/box]

[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/"><em><strong>Elena Panaritis</strong></em></a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/">
<img class="alignleft" alt="pana" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pana.png" width="86" height="66" /></a>Institutional economist and social entrepreneur of international recognition for her work on implementing reforms, particularly for the successful application of best practical actions and institutional interventions in property rights during her decade-long service at the World Bank and other international projects. Author of 'Prosperity Unbound' and founder of the 'Thought to Action' initiative.[/box]

[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/professor-christopher-pissarides/"><em><strong>Christopher Pissarides,  Nobel Laureate</strong> </em></a>
<a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/professor-christopher-pissarides/"><img class="alignleft" alt="pissaριδισ" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/pissa.png" width="86" height="66" /></a>Nobel laureate in Economics (2010), jointly with Peter A. Diamond and Dale Mortensen, for his contributions to the theory of search frictions. Prof. Christopher Pissarides currently holds the Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics at the LSE.[/box]

[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/gary-j-reid/">Gary J. Reid</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/">
</a></strong></em><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/gary-j-reid/"><img class="alignleft" alt="reid" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/reid.png" width="86" height="66" /></a>An institutional reform specialist with twenty years experience working for the World Bank in leading positions. With a Ph.D. in Urban Planning from Harvard University, he has taught in Tufts University, American University, SAIS and the University of Southern California as Associate Professor of Public Administration.[/box]

[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/hon-ruth-richardson/">Hon. Ruth Richardson</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/">
</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/hon-ruth-richardson/"><img class="alignleft" alt="ruth" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ruth.png" width="86" height="66" /></a></strong></em>New Zealand's Finance Minister from 1990 to 1993. Made her name by driving New Zealand's reform agenda forward and laying the basis for the subsequent turnaround of the country's growth and employment performance. [/box]

[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/manuel-f-sotomayor-de-azambuja/">Manuel F. Sotomayor de Azambuja</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/manuel-f-sotomayor-de-azambuja/">
<img class="alignleft" alt="Manuel Sotomayor" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Manuel-Sotomayor-150x150.jpg" width="86" height="69" /></a></strong></em>Manuel F. Sotomayor is President of Sotomayor S.A, one of the biggest companies in the fishing sector. He is a member of institutions such as: “The G-50”, a renowned group of Latin American businessmen sponsored by the Inter-American Dialogue and the Carnegie Foundation..[/box]

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<p align="right">[/tab][tab][box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/cyrus-ardalan/">Cyrus Ardalan</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/">
</a></strong></em><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/cyrus-ardalan/"><img class="alignleft" alt="cyrus" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/cyrus.png" width="86" height="66" /></a>Vice Chairman and Head of Public Policy of Barclays Capital, while previously appointed as Head of Investment Banking, Russia, the Middle East and Africa Global Head of Fixed Income Marketing at Paribas. [/box]</p>
<p align="right">[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a href="http://http://www.thoughtforaction.org/willem-buiter/">Willem Buiter</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/">
</a></strong></em><a href="http://http://www.thoughtforaction.org/willem-buiter/"><img class="alignleft" alt="willem" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/willem.png" width="86" height="66" /></a>World renowned macroeconomist, currently the Chief Economist at Citigroup, London UK. Served as Professor of Political Economy, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.[/box]</p>
<p align="right">[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a href="http://http://www.thoughtforaction.org/carl-munana/">Carl Muñana</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/">
</a></strong></em><a href="http://http://www.thoughtforaction.org/carl-munana/"><img class="alignleft" alt="munana" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/munana.png" width="86" height="66" /></a>President of Ashoka in Spain and International Advisor to the MicroVest Fund. An international investment banker with expertise in the area of innovative social investment strategies. [/box]</p>
<p align="right">[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/%ce%bc%ce%b9%cf%87%ce%ac%ce%bb%ce%b7%cf%82-%cf%83%ce%b1%cf%81%cf%81%ce%ae%cf%82/">Μιχάλης Σαρρής</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/">
</a></strong></em><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/%ce%bc%ce%b9%cf%87%ce%ac%ce%bb%ce%b7%cf%82-%cf%83%ce%b1%cf%81%cf%81%ce%ae%cf%82/"><img class="alignleft" alt="sarris" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/sarris.png" width="86" height="66" /></a>Cypriot economist and politician with a doctorate in economics at Wayne State University. Retired from World Bank as Department Director and served as Cyprus Finance Minister under. His wide range of expertise includes developmental policy issues, structural adjustments and the cultivation of economic policy dialogue. [/box]</p>
<p align="right">[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a title="Permalink to Professor Emmanuel Tsesmelis" href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/professor-emmanuel-tsesmelis/" rel="bookmark">Professor Emmanuel Tsesmelis</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/professor-emmanuel-tsesmelis/">
<img class="alignleft" alt="tsesmelis" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/tsesmelis-150x150.jpeg" width="86" height="67" /></a></strong></em>Professor Emmanuel Tsesmelis Senior Physicist, Directorate Office, CERN Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Oxford Emmanuel Tsesmelis is an experimental particle physicist with a career spanning scientific research, academic teaching, science communication, international relations and management at CERN and at several universities.[/box]</p>
<p align="right">[box type="shadow" align="alignleft" width="310" ]<em><strong><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/peter-zemsky/">Peter Zemsky</a><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/121-2/">
</a></strong></em><a href="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/peter-zemsky/"><img class="alignleft" alt="zemsky" src="http://www.thoughtforaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/zemsky.png" width="86" height="66" /></a>Deputy Dean and Professor of Strategy at INSEAD. His research focuses on the sustainability of competitive advantage, time-based competition, the choice of generalist versus focused strategies, and the determinants of resource rents. He received his doctorate from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1995. [/box]</p>
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