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Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as Secretary of State in the USA, has joined the line-up for the international leadership summit Leaders in Dubai, to be held in
Dubai on November 28 – 29.
Albright joins eight other business and political headline names, including Mikhail Gorbachev, former leader of the Soviet Union, in the debate on leadership best
practices. In addition, Albright's former President, Bill Clinton, will speak at the event via video cast.
In 1997, Dr Albright was voted in as the first woman Secretary of State of America, serving under the Clinton administration.
Since leaving office, Dr Albright founded The Albright Group LLC, a global strategy firm and she serves on the board of directors of many institutions, including that of
the New York Stock Exchange.
Speaking at the event are eight other political and business leaders:
* Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union and winner of the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize
* Bill Clinton (via videocast), former President of the USA from 1993 – 2001
* Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 – 2003
* Daniel Pink, the author of Free Agent Nation, the Washington Post bestseller, who will suggest six aptitudes crucial to the survival of white-collar workers
* Kenichi Ohmae, the former director of McKinsey Japan, who has earned global acclaim as ‘Mr Strategy’
* Arie de Geus, who was at the helm of Royal Dutch Shell for 40 years and has been described as “the global statesman” of business change
* Spencer Johnson, the author of the bestsellers Who Moved My Cheese and The One-Minute Manager
* Scott Bedbury, one of the world’s leading brand architects, responsible for Nike’s Just Do It campaign and the emergence of the Starbucks brand
Leaders in Dubai is expected to attract more than 2,500 business leaders from across Arabia and will be held at Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, from November 28 to 29, 2005.
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