World business leaders who are the Mentors of the Global Growth Companies answer the question: "What will be the New Drivers of Growth?". They will further discuss ways to foster growth and development at the 'Summer Davos', the Annual Meeting of the New Champions to be held in Dalian, China 10-12 September 2009.

The Mentors are a select group of business leaders from the World Economic Forum’s Partners and Members with extensive international experience in building global businesses and include:

  • Gregory Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Motorola, USA
  • Fu Chengyu, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), People's Republic of China
  • Timothy P. Flynn, Chairman, KPMG International, USA
  • Klaus Kleinfeld, President and Chief Executive Officer, Alcoa, USA
  • James T. Riady, Chief Executive Officer, Lippo Group, Indonesia
  • James J. Schiro, Group Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Group Management Board, Zurich Financial Services, Switzerland
  • Sir Martin Sorrell, Group Chief Executive, WPP, United Kingdom
  • Tarek Sultan Al Essa, Chairman and Managing Director, Agility, Kuwait
  • Ben J. Verwaayen, Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel-Lucent, France
  • John Zhao, Chief Executive Officer, Hony Capital, People's Republic of China