Transaction Solutions Symposium Agenda

JW Marriott Grosvenor House, London | March 10 – 11, 2020

Jonas Kjellberg

 

Senior Advisor at Boston Consulting Group

Jonas Kjellberg, one of the co-creators of SKYPE, is a respected lecturer, author, and venture investor. Jonas is currently part of BCG Digital Ventures, a corporate investment and incubation firm. The company is dedicated to inventing, building, investing in and launching category-changing businesses at start-up speed for the world’s most influential companies.

As one of the founding partners of SKYPE, Jonas was part of one of the internet’s biggest businesses – a simple, innovative idea that has gone on to revolutionize and disrupt the telecommunications sector. Having worked with Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom on the management side of SKYPE, Jonas eventually became VP of Global Sales and MD. Since the sale of SKYPE, he has worked extensively advising other start-ups as well as consulting and starting his own businesses.

 

Guy Miller

 

Chief Market Strategist
Head of Macroeconomics

Guy Miller is Zurich Group’s Chief Market Strategist and Head of Macroeconomics and is part of Zurich’s Leadership Team. As Chief Market Strategist, he is responsible for defining the relative merits of equities, sovereign debt and corporate credit across the globe and on currency hedging. Guy is also responsible for providing the global economic backdrop that lays the foundation for planning and business decisions. Economic forecasts are made on both a short and medium term basis, capturing the major themes that are likely to shape the global economy. Guy is a regular guest on financial television and radio channels and has represented Zurich on a number of high-level working groups.

Before joining Zurich in 2003, Guy was head of US equity portfolio management at Shell Pensions, where he was a member of the Asset Allocation Committee and supervised the implementation of satellite investment mandates in the North American region. Prior to over 7 years spent at Shell Pensions, Guy was a US fund manager at National Mutual for 6 years.

Guy holds a BA Hons in Commerce, from Napier University, and is an Associate of the Institute of Investment Management and Research.