Employment & Education

Mr. Zhu Hongren serves now as the Standing Vice Chairman and Director General of China Enterprise Confederation (CEC) since Dec. 2016 and presides over general operation of the confederation. Since 1992, He ever served various economic task positions in respective central government departments including the Division Chief of Economic Operations Department of State Economic and Trade Commission, Deputy Director General of Economic Operations Adjustment Bureau of National Development and Reform Commission, Director General of the Operations and Coordination Bureau. From 2009 through to 2015, He held positions as the Chief Engineer and a member of the Party Leadership Group in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Renate Hornung-Draus is Managing Director at the Confederation of German Employers (BDA). This is the top business organisation representing the interests of private employers in the fields of employment, labour and social affairs. BDA is based on voluntary membership and covers all sectors of the German economy, in particular manufacturing industry, services, trade, banking, insurance, crafts, transportation, agriculture etc. Via its sectoral and regional member organisations it represents the interests of one million companies employing 80 % of the workforce in the private sector. Renate Hornung-Draus directs BDA’s activities in the international, european and economic policy fields. This includes on the one hand representing the employers’ views vis-à-vis the International Organisations (ILO, OECD, UN Organisations), the G20 and B20, EU Organisations, and on the other hand providing advice and services to member organisations and companies on international issues, such as transnational works councils, international framework agreements, corporate social responsibility, Human Rights Due Diligence, labour law and industrial relations issues etc. It also includes developing and maintaining a wide range of bilateral contacts and networks with other countries. She is Chair of the Committee on Employment, Labour and Social Affairs (ELSA) of BIAC, the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD, Chair of BusinessEurope’s CSR Committee, Vice-President of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) and Employer-Vice-Chair of the ILO-Governing Body Subcommittee on Multinational Enterprises, as well as Co-Chair of the B20 Employment Task Force. From 1996 to 2006 she was Vice-Chair of the Employers’ group of the European Economic and Social Committee. From 2008 to 2020 she was and Vice Chair of BusinessEurope’s Social Affairs Committee. Furthermore she is member of the Advisory Boards of the Birmingham Business School (Birmingham University), of the Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations (IAAEU) at Trier University and of the German-Chinese as well as German-Japanese Societies for Labour Law. Previously she was Director of Social Affairs at BUSINESSEUROPE (1992-1994) and Director of the BDA’s EU-representation, which she has set up in Brussels (1990-1992). She has numerous publications on European and international social policy, CSR and industrial relations.

David Iakobachvili is one of the founders of the largest Russian company – JSC Wimm-Bill-Dann – the manufacturer of dairy products, juices and beverages. In 2001 JSC Wimm-Bill-Dann issued shares and successfully signed on the in the NISE. For more than ten years David Iakobachvili was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of this company. In 2011 PepsiCo bought the company. Currently, David Iakobachvili is a Vice-President and member of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Bureau, Chairman of the RSPP Committee on Corporate Social Responsibility and Demographic Policy, Chairman of the RSPP Joint Committee on Corporate Ethics, President and founder of ORION HERITAGE Co, Ltd, Chairman of the Board of Directors and co-owner of Petrocas Energy Group International, President and founder of Research and production group INOIL (the company – manufacturer of high-performance fuel additives), an Independent member of the Sistema JSFC Board of Directors, Founder of Private Museum ‘Collection’ of works of Art. David Iakobachvili is President of the Russian-American Business Council, Chairman of the Nonpartnership Rusbrand Board of Directors (The Association of Branded Goods Manufacturers in Russia), a member of the Business Russia (LLC) General Council. For more than 20 years David Iakobachvili is an active member of the World Economic Forum in Davos as well as ??-?hair of B20 Employment and Education Task Force, a member of the International Business Advisory Council (IBAC), a member of the Association of Franco-Russian Dialogue, a member of the President’s Global Council at New York University (NYU), a member of the Presidium Council of the Russian-Jewish Congress and a member of the Public Council of the Ministry of Construction and Housing and ?ommunal Services of the Russian Federation. David Iakobachvili is a founder and member of the Board of Trustees for the following educational, cultural and charitable societies and organizations: the Higher School of Economics, the RSPP Business School, University College of France in Moscow (Collège universitaire français de Moscou), the Mstislav Rostropovich Scholarship Foundation, the State Hermitage Museum, the Faberge Museum, the All-Russia Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Arts, the Maria Charity Society, the Family Educational Boarding House, the Foundation for Support of Children in Difficult Life Situations. Since 2015 David has supported the MBA Grant program of business school “SKOLKOVO”. David Iakobachvili is an active member of the Musical Box Society of the USA & Great Britain and a well-known collector of mechanical musical instruments, watches and caskets, Russian bronze, artistic silver items, Russian and Western European arts and crafts. His collection is the result of a long-term search, attribution and restoration of the works of famous painters and sculptors. Currently, the collection consists of more than twenty thousand units, among which are many rarities, existing in a single sample. Museum COLLECTION of David Iakobachvili opened its doors in the center Moscow in the autumn of 2018. He speaks 4 languages: English, French, Swedish and Georgian.

CEO of Santa Farma Pharmaceuticals, Mr Kiresepi is also a member of the Governing Body of the Turkish Confederation of Employer Associations (TİSK). He was elected President of the International Organisation of Employers (IOE) in 2017. Mr Kiresepi has served all G20 presidencies since 2011 as a member of the B20 Employment Task Force of which he became co-chair in 2017. He was appointed by the Turkish Government in 2015 as one of the seven members of the B20 Turkey Executive Committee.

Mthunzi, on his email signature describes himself as a “Deal-Maker, Negotiator, Servant Leader, Global Spirit, Committed Cyclist & Cycling Ambassador”. He is a serial entrepreneur, who has had the rare combination of being in dual roles as a businessman, with vast experience in technology and leading various organised business/employer formations since 2002. He has personally and collectively with his teams, won numerous business awards and accolades as a leader of successful teams. He is a passionate advocate for business in all its diverse forms, across developing and developed nations. He is also a fierce defender of social dialogue, Tripartism, skills development, human capital development in its entirety, productivity, the conditions required for sustainable enterprises, human rights and responsible business conduct. Past successes include:- – ex-officio member of the ILO Global Commission on the Future of Work which preceded the 2019 ILC and led the Employers Group to successful contributions into the ILO Centenary Declaration), – Chairman of the Employers at the ILO Turin/Torino Centre Board, – Chairman of Council at the University of the Western Cape(“UWC”),one of the top 10 leading African universities), and – Member of the B20 Task Force on Employment & Education since 2008 and cochairing the Germany B20 Task Force on same. Mthunzi believes that his purpose in life is to be part of effecting global change, 2 global impact and global social justice. He was born in the rural village of Coville, Herschel in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. He is a proud father of three children, two grand children and is an endurance sportsman, a cyclist(riding a Pinarello bike which has been ridden all over the world, including parts of Italy), a runner and a swimmer.

Yves Perrier is Chief Executive Officer of Amundi since its creation in 2010 and Deputy General Manager of Crédit Agricole S.A. since 2015. Amundi is the largest asset manager in Europe and ranks among the top 10 global players. Amundi is listed on Euronext Paris since 2015 with a market capitalization around €14bn.

Julie Sweet is chief executive officer of Accenture. Prior to becoming CEO in September 2019, Julie served as chief executive officer of Accenture’s business in North America. Before that, she was Accenture’s general counsel, secretary and chief compliance officer. Julie represents Accenture in a number of external venues including the Business Roundtable, Catalyst, the Center for Strategic & International Studies and the Marriott Foundation for People with Disabilities – Bridges from School to Work. Julie joined Accenture in 2010. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Claremont McKenna College and a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.