Governance

Patron of the EMS is Lord Patten of Barnes, Chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Steering Committee is chaired by Shaukat Aziz (former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Pakistan). Its members are Sir George Alleyne (Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and Director Emeritus, Pan American Health Organization), Suman Bery (Chief Economist, Shell), Peter Bourne, (former Assistant Secretary General, United Nations), Tsung- Mei Cheng (Co-Founder The Princeton Conference), Michael Earl (former Pro Vice-Chancellor, University of Oxford and former Dean, Templeton College, Oxford), Saul Estrin (Founding Head of School of Management, London School of Economics), Alexandre Kalache (Co-President, International Longevity Centre Global Alliance), Serra Kirdar (Life Fellow, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford), Sania Nishtar (President, Heartfile, Pakistan), and K. Srinath Reddy (President, Public Health Foundation of India). The Executive Group includes Michael Earl, Ian Scott (Executive Director, EMS and former Director, World Bank) and Cherian Thomas (CEO, C&C Alpha Group).

The Emerging Markets Symposium is an Academic Initiative of Green Templeton College and is integrated in the life and work of the college. It is managed and administered within the college, its communications are managed within the college and the EMS website is integrated with the college website. For the first time, the 2016 symposium allowed Green Templeton College Graduate Assistants, who previously only listened in and ensured the smooth running of the event, to actively participate in the discussions held at the Symposium. These students provided a fresh take on Young People in Emerging Markets by using their University MPhil and DPhil research as well as providing personal anecdotes and experiences. Many participants and speakers in EMS symposia are Fellows of the college. Previous GTC fellow speakers have included Sir Richard Peto, Linda Scott, Stephen Kennedy and Stuart Basten.