Stars Of Europe 25 leaders at the forefront of change
AGENDA SETTERS
Viktor Yushchenko President, Ukraine
Natasa Kandic Founder and Director, Humanitarian Law Center, Serbia and Montenegro
Leonid Roshal Director, Moscow Institute of Emergency Children's Surgery, Russia
Ben Verwaayen Chief Executive, BT Group, Britain
Bo Vesterdorf President, Court of First Instance, Luxembourg
MANAGERS
Terry Leahy Chief Executive, Tesco, Britain
Patrick Ricard Chairman and Chief Executive, Pernod Ricard, France
Willie Walsh Chief Executive, British Airways, Britain
Vittorio Mincato Chief Executive, ENI, Italy
Ted Tuppen CEO, Enterprise Inns, Britain
Nigel Newton Chief Executive, Bloomsbury Publishing, Britain
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Manfred Wennemer Chief Executive, Continental, Germany
FINANCIERS
Thomas Krenz Managing Director, Permira, Germany
Antonio Zoido Chairman and Chief Executive, Spanish Stock Exchanges, Spain
Annika Falkengren Deputy Group Chief Executive, SEB, Sweden
Stuart Gulliver Co-head, Corporate, Investment Banking, and Markets, HSBC, Britain
Andrew Black & Edward Wray Co-founders, Betfair.com, Britain
INNOVATORS
Niklas Zennström Chief Executive and Co-founder, Skype Technologies, Britain
Thomas & Andreas Strüngmann Co-founders, Hexal, Germany
Tomasz Sielicki President, ComputerLand, Poland
Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Designer, France
Simon Fuller Founder, 19 Entertainment, Britain
Gerard Le Fur Senior Executive Vice-President, Sanofi-Aventis, France
Jean-Pierre Lebreton Cassini-Huygens Project Leader, European Space Agency, France
Dirk van Braeckel Chief Designer, Bentley Motors, Britain
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