Giovanni was the founder and Chief Executive of Barabino UK, the subsidiary of the Italian communications company, between 2008 and 2014. He advised the majority of the FTSE MIB 30 companies in the UK as well as a number of international investors in Italy.
Prior to his role at Barabino he was head of corporate communications at Telecom Italia Group, where he navigated the company across an intensive M&A program around the globe.
Giovanni also worked at ING Baring on the fixed income sales desk, and at Accenture where he worked as an analyst in the Telecommunications and Media sector.
Giovanni holds a Master of Science in Economics and Management of Public Administration and International Institutions from Bocconi University in Milan.
Giovanni is the Chairman of the Business Club Italia, the think tank for the Italian financial community in London.

Salamander has spent the last decade as a journalist at the Financial Times writing extensively on both business and politics and the arts.
Her most recent role was as the UK and European Media Correspondent where she covered the corporate activities and regulation of Europe’s largest media companies.
In 2003, when the US initiated war in Iraq, Salamander reported from the Washington DC bureau, covering the Pentagon & State Department.
Prior to joining the Financial Times, Salamander served as an aide to a senior member of the Jordanian Royal Family.
Salamander has also worked at UBS and Coopers and Lybrand.
Salamander has a Masters in Economics and  Development, with a specialism in the Middle East, from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University where she studied as an Emeritus scholar. She gained her BA in French from Edinburgh University.

Mariam Polding, née Alireza, is a trained lawyer who has advised large Saudi corporates on complicated public relations issues. She has been appointed designated media trainer to Saudi governmental departments as well as private entities. She is an expert in strategic content creation and bridging the communications gap between East and West.
Her clients have included the Al Waleed Bin Talal Foundation and the World President’s Organisation.
Over the past decade Mariam has provided leadership in her roles as editor-in-chief of two large circulation publications in Saudi Arabia.
Mariam plays an important role in philanthropic life in Saudi Arabia which has included founding the first tennis academy for Saudi children.
She holds an MA in law from the American University in Cairo.

Lauren Bronleewe has spent a large part of her career in public relations and administration. She earned her BA in public relations from Tulane University in the United States.After graduating, Lauren joined Formula PR where she was an account coordinator. She subsequently worked as an assistant to a freelance public relations practitioner in the US where she worked on projects for large clients. Lauren also spent a while working in Hollywood as an actress and has starred in several feature films.