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In recent years, amongst our Guests of Honour/speakers, we have been pleased to welcome:
| Political - United States | ||
|---|---|---|
| William Jefferson Clinton | 42nd President of the United States | 2005 |
| Political - Canadian | ||
| The Hon James Flaherty P.C. M.P. | Canadian Finance Minister | 2007 |
| The Hon Iris Evans | Minister of Employment, Immigration and Industry for Alberta | 2007 |
| The Rt Hon Stephen Harper M.P. | Prime Minister of Canada | 2006 |
| The Hon James Flaherty P.C. M.P. | Canadian Finance Minister | 2006 |
| Dwight Duncan | Ontario Finance Minister | 2006 |
| Hon Gordon Campbell | Premier of British Columbia | 2006 |
| Hon Peter G. Mackay | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 2006 |
| Mel Cappe | Canadian High Commissioner to the UK | 2006 |
| Kim Campbell | Former Prime Minister of Canada | 2005 |
| The Rt Hon Jean Chrétien | Prime Minister of Canada | |
| The Hon Herb Gray | Deputy Prime Minister of Canada | |
| The Hon Sergio Marchi | Minister for International Trade | |
| H E The Hon Roy MacLaren, PC | Canadian High Commissioner to the UK & Ireland | |
| The Hon Michael Harris | Premier of Ontario | |
| The Hon Russell MacLellan | Premier of Nova Scotia | |
| The Hon Ernie Eves | Deputy Premier and Minister of Finance, Ontario | |
| Preston Manning | Leader of the Official Opposition in Canada | |
| The Hon Pierre Pettigrew | Minister for International Trade | |
| The Hon Jon Havelock | Minister for Economic Development, Alberta | |
| The Hon Paul Martin | Minister of Finance | |
| The Hon John McCallum | Secretary of State, International Financial Institutions | |
| The Hon Jean Charest | Premier of Quebec | |
| Company/Organisation Chairmen and CEOs | ||
| David Dodge | Bank of Canada | 2007 |
| Clive Mather | President & CEO Shell Canada | 2007 |
| Gord Nixon | President & CEO Royal Bank of Canada | 2006 |
| David Dodge | Bank of Canada | 2005 |
| Rod Eddington | British Airways | |
| Digby Jones | Confederation of British Industry | |
| Peter Godsoe | Bank of Nova Scotia | |
| Martin Broughton | British American Tobacco | |
| Tom d'Aquino | Business Council on National Issues | |
| David McLean | Canadian National Railways | |
| David O'Brien | Canadian Pacific | |
| John Cleghorn | Royal Bank of Canada | |
| Dr Conrad Strauss | Standard Bank of South Africa | |
| Sir Neil Shaw | Tate & Lyle plc | |
| Colin Parsons | Taylor Woodrow plc | |
| Bill Dalton | HSBC Bank plc | |
| Mervyn King | Deputy Governor, Bank of England | |
| Mary Keegan | Chair of the British Accounting Standards | |
| Paul Cherry | Chair of the Canadian Accounting Standards | |
| Mike Darch | Ottawa Global Marketing | |
| Robert Brown | Bombardier Inc | |
| Government - UK and EU | ||
| Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, PC | UK Sec of State for Culture, Media & Sport | 2007 |
| Rt Hon Francis Maude MP | Shadow Minister for the Cabinet Office | 2007 |
| Rt Hon Tony Blair MP | British Prime Minister | 2006 |
| Peter Mandelson | European Commissioner for External Trade | 2006 |
| Rt Hon Alan Johnson | UK Secretary of State for Trade & Industry | 2006 |
| Sir Leon Brittan | Vice-President, European Commission | |
| Sir Howard Davies | Chairman, Financial Services Authority | |
| Andrew Fraser | CEO, Invest in Britain Bureau | |
| John Bridgeman | Director General of the Office of Fair Trading | |
| Dr DeAnne Julius | Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England | |
| Sir Anthony Goodenough KCMG | British High Commissioner to Canada | |
| Elizabeth France | Data Protection Commissioner | |
| The Rt Hon Michael Heseltine | ||
| The Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, MP | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and Minister for Women | |
| Academic/Literature/Broadcasting/Cultural, etc | ||
| Kate Fox | Author | 2006 |
| Clive Powell-Williams | Author | |
| Dr Michael Ignatieff | independent writer/broadcaster | |
| Dave "Kid" Jensen | Broadcaster (Heart FM) and Formula 3000 team owner | |
| Richard Gallagher | Actor and Author | |
| Patrick Flynn | Cirque du Soleil | |
| Robert Mundell | Professor of Economics, Nobel Prize Winner | |
| Mary Lawson | Author | |
| Dr. Paul Davenport | President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario | |