Transport, Communications and Infrastructure

Axel Threlfall

Editor-at-Large Reuters; formerly anchor for CNBC; editor with The Wall Street Journal; reporter for Bloomberg.

Axel Threlfall is Editor-at-Large, Reuters, based in London. He hosts high-profile engagements and thought leadership events for and on behalf of Reuters and Thomson Reuters, such as the Newsmaker series and the World Economic Forum news shows in Davos. More
Peter Gašperšič

Minister of Infrastructure of the Republic of Slovenia

PhD in Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Ljubljana Peter Gašperšič began his career in academia as a young researcher at the Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, where he had graduated and received a Prešeren Award for Students for his undergraduate thesis. He also studied in the USA, where he examined the practical aspects of earthquake resistance of structures. More
François Davenne

Secretary General of Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF)

François Davenne is the Secretary General of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail (OTIF). He is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications d’Evry in 1988 and of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA) in 1999. More
Mamuka Bakhtadze

CEO, JSC Georgian Railway

Dr. Mamuka Bakhtadze has been a CEO of JSC Georgian Railway since 2013. Prior to thi role he worked as an Executive Director of Georgian International Energy Corporation Ltd and was part of the Booz Allen Hamilton project on restructuring of Georgian Railways. More
Javid Gurbanov

Chairman of “Azerbaijan Railways” CJSC.

Presently holds the position of the Chairman of “Azerbaijan Railways” CJSC. He has been selected as deputy and member of the economic and political constant committee of the national Assembly of the Republic of Azerbaijan of the bases of 3rd and 4th call of electoral district number 123 for Kalbajar. More
Xiaohong Yang

Director of the Transport and Communications Division of Asian Development Bank

Ms. Xiaohong Yang is Director of the Transport and Communications Division of Asian Development Bank (ADB), providing support to 10 developing countries in central west region in improving their connectivity, trade expansion, and competitiveness. More
Vassilis Maragos

Acting Director for Neighbourhood East, Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations

Vassilis Maragos is Acting Director responsible for Neighbourhood East and Head of Unit for Regional Programmes in the European Commission's Directorate-General for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). More
Tzvetelina Borislavova

Chairwoman of Board of Directors and CEO of Clever Synergies Investment Fund; Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Bulgarian American Credit Bank

Ms. Borislavova is majority shareholder (61%) and Chairwoman of the Supervisory board of Bulgarian-American Credit Bank /BACB/ from July 2011. She is also founder, owner and chairperson of CSIF, established in 2005. More