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Past Speakers
In recent years, amongst our Guests of Honour/speakers, we have been pleased to welcome:
| World Leaders | ||
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| The Rt Hon Stephen Harper MP | Prime Minister of Canada | 2008 & 2006 |
| The Rt Hon Tony Blair MP | British Prime Minister | 2006 |
| William Jefferson Clinton | 42nd President of the United States | 2005 |
| Canadian Federal and Provincial Government | ||
| The Hon James Flaherty P.C. M.P. | Canadian Finance Minister | 2010, 2009, 2007 & 2006 |
| The Hon Lawrence Cannon | Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister | 2010 |
| The Hon Peter G. Mackay | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2006 |
| The Rt Hon Kim Campbell, PC, QC | Former Prime Minister of Canada | 2005 |
| The Hon Ed Stelmach | Premier of Alberta | 2008 |
| The Hon Jean Charest | Premier of Quebec | 2008 |
| The Hon Dalton McGuinty | Premier of Ontario | 2008 |
| The Hon Joe Handley | Premier of Northwest Territories | 2007 |
| The Hon Gordon Campbell | Premier of British Columbia | 2006 |
| The Hon Gary Doer | Premier of Manitoba | 2006 |
| The Hon Mel Knight | Minister of Energy for Alberta | 2008 (twice) |
| The Hon Hector Goudreau | Minister of Employment & Immigration for Alberta | 2008 |
| The Hon Iris Evans | Minister of Employment, Immigration and Industry for Alberta | 2010 & 2007 |
| Dwight Duncan | Ontario Finance Minister | 2006 |
| James R. Wright | Canadian High Commissioner to the UK | 2008 |
| UK Government and Opposition | ||
| Mr. Boris Johnson | Mayor of London | 2010 |
| The Hon Roger Gale MP (Cons) | Chairman Banking Bill Committee | 2009 |
| The Hon Adrian Bailey MP (Lab) | Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Committee | 2009 |
| The Hon Gareth Thomas MP (Lab) | Minister for International Development & BERR | 2008 |
| The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP | Minister for London and the Olympics | 2007 |
| The Rt Hon Alan Johnson MP | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | 2006 |
| The Rt Hon Francis Maude MP | Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office | 2007 |
| EU Commission | ||
| The Rt Hon Peter Mandelson | EU Commissioner for Trade | 2006 |
| From the Business Community | ||
| Mr. Gord Nixon | President & CEO Royal Bank of Canada | 2009 & 2006 |
| Mr Frank McKenna | Deputy Vice Chairman, TD Bank | 2009 |
| Mr Daniel Lamarre | President & CEO, Cirque Du Soleil | 2009 |
| Ms Angela Knight | CEO, British Bankers Association | 2009 |
| Mr Lou Ragagnin | COO, Canadian Olympic Committee | 2009 |
| Mr Rupert Duchesne | President & CEO, Groupe Aeroplan Inc | 2009 |
| Mr Robert Wigley | Master, Worshipful Company of International Bankers | 2009 |
| Mr Mark Deptuck | Geologist, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board | 2009 |
| Mr Anthony Ariganello | President & CEO, CGA Canada | 2009 |
| Mr Richard Aitken-Davies | President, ACCA | 2009 |
| Mr Mark Carney | Governor of the Bank of Canada | 2008 |
| Mr Daniel E. Chornous CFA | Chief Investment Officer, RBC Asset Management | 2008 |
| Prof Tim Besley | Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England | 2008 |
| Mr Richard Mould | Head of Procurement, LOCOG | 2008 |
| David Dodge | Governor, Bank of Canada | 2007 & 2005 |
| Prof Willem Buiter | London School of Economics | 2007 |
| Warren Jestin | Chief Economist, Scotiabank | 2007 |
| Clive Mather | President & CEO Shell Canada | 2007 |
| From the World of Entertainment | ||
| Mr John Simpson CBE | World Affairs Editor, The BBC | 2009 |
| Mr Justin Webb | Radio 4 Presenter, The BBC | 2009 |
| Mr Brian Hanrahan | Diplomatic Editor, The BBC | 2008 |
| Mr Michael Donovan | Canadian Oscar winning film producer "Bowling for Columbine" | 2007 |
| Ms Kate Fox | Anthropologist and author of "Watching the English" | 2006 |
| From Education | ||
| Dean Carol Stephenson | Chair in Leadership, Richard Ivey School of Business | 2010 |
| Prof. Indira V Samarasekera, O.C. | President & Vice Chancellor, University of Alberta | 2010 |
| Prof. Jeffrey Gandz | Managing Director, Richard Ivey School of Business | 2010 |
| Dean Carol Stephenson | Chair in Leadership, Richard Ivey School of Business | 2010 |
| Prof. Heather Munroe-Blum | Principal & Vice Chancellor, McGill University | 2009 |
| Other | ||
| Tim Godwin QPM OBE | Deputy Commissioner, Metropolitan Police | 2010 |
| Mr Tony Shepherd | CEO, Safer London Foundation | 2010 |
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