Ian Williams was business correspondent for The Sunday Times before becoming a foreign correspondent for 25 years for Channel 4 News (1991 – 2006) and then America’s NBC (2006 – 2016), covering Russia and then Asia. He has travelled and worked extensively in China, and has also covered conflicts in the Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine. He won an Emmy and BAFTA awards for his discovery and reporting on the Serb detention camps during the war in Bosnia, and an award from the Royal Television Society for his reporting on international arms smuggling. He is the author of four books – two novels and two non-fiction. His most recent, The Fire of the Dragon: China’s New Cold War, looking at Beijing’s increasing global belligerence, was shortlisted for the 2023 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. He is a regular contributor to The Sunday Times and The Spectator, and has commented on international affairs for TalkTV, BBC, Times Radio, LBC and numerous podcasts. He is currently writing a book on business in China that seeks to characterise the often surreal, frequently dangerous and for many deeply addictive draw of the China market.

John is Professor of Ethics & Legal Philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, and Director of the Institute for Ethics in AI. He is the co-editor of The Philosophy of International Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) and the editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Philosophy of Law (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. John is a member of the International Advisory Board, Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA), European Parliament and a member of the AI Consultative Group of the Administrative Conference of the United States.

Dr. David Stubbs is the Senior Investment Strategist for Blackstone. Former Global Head of Thematic Strategy for J.P. Morgan’s Private Bank. Based in the New York office, he was responsible for delivering research-driven insights on the global economy and thematic investing to ultra-high net worth clients. He is a frequent guest on CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN and other major market outlets. David was most recently the Global Head of Market Strategy at the JP Morgan Private Bank and was formerlv member of Asset Management’s Market Insights team, where he was responsible for formulating and communicating the business’s market views to institutional investors and financial advisors across the region and around the world.