Mr. Froggett has a proven track record in building teams, systems architecture, large scale enterprise software implementation, as well as aligning processes and tools with business requirements. Froggett was formerly Head of Global Infrastructure Defense, CISO Cyber Security Services at Citi. In his previous role, Carl was responsible for delivering integrated risk reduction capabilities and services aligned to the architectural, business, and CISO priorities across Citi’s devices and networks in 100+ countries. Since 1998, he has held various regional and global roles for Citi, covering all aspects of architecture, engineering, global operations, as well as running critical enterprise cyber services for Citi’s cybersecurity functions. Froggett holds CISSP and CISM security certifications and a B.S. (Hons) in Computer Science from Loughborough University, UK.

Shinichi Yokohama is the Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of NTT Holdings and CEO of NTT Security Holdings. He advocates for cybersecurity across academia, government, and industry globally, with notable speaking engagements at high-level conferences, including the White House Cyber Security Summit and the Munich Cyber Security Conference. He has authored or co-authored three books on cybersecurity aimed at corporate executives and policymakers:

●“Towards World-Class Cybersecurity Practice” (2024, Parade Books)
●“Cybersecurity War History” (2023, Rictelecom)
●“Business Management and Cybersecurity” (2018, Nikkei BP)
(https://www.ntt.co.jp/topics_e/CfBE2018/index.html)
“Cybersecurity for Business Executives” (2015, Nikkei BP)
(https://www.ntt.co.jp/topics_e/CfBE/index.html)

Before joining NTT Holdings in 2014, he led international business integration at NTT DATA and spent 19 years at McKinsey Japan focusing on telecom and high-tech industries. Yokohama-san holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Tokyo and a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He also served as a board member of the Special Olympics Japan from 2012 to 2019.

Alex Capri is a former Senior Fellow and current Senior Lecturer in the Business School at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He also lectures in the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
Alex is a research fellow at the Hinrich Foundation, in Singapore, where he has authored a series of ground-breaking essays on international trade, technology and great power rivalry.

He is the author of Techno-nationalism: How its Reshaping Trade, Geopolitics and Society (Wiley).

From 2007-2012, Alex was the Partner and Regional Leader of KPMG’s International Trade & Customs Practice in Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong.

Alex has done decades of work in international business, trade and global value chains -- both as an academic and a professional consultant. He has advised clients on cross-border projects in more than 40 countries, throughout Asia and the Indo-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Americas.

He has worked extensively in both emerging and developing economies.

- Optimizing cross-border supply chain trade strategies, re-shoring, friend-shoring and restructuring
- Scenario mapping around export controls, sanctions, data restrictions, black-listings
- Digital trade and MSMEs
-Geopolitical risk management and mitigation

Alex has been a panellist, author and workshop leader for the World Economic Forum.
Alex writes a column in Forbes magazine and the Nikkei Asia and is a frequent guest on global television and radio networks, including BBC International, CNBC, Bloomberg and Channel News Asia.

He holds an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics, in International Political Economy and a B.Sc. in International Relations, from the University of Southern California.

Rodrigo González is the Director for Tokyo of Economist Intelligence Corporate Network.

He works closely with regional business leaders to assist them in economic and market trends, business competitiveness, monetary and fiscal policy and general economic advisory to help them optimise their business strategies and further enhance their connections to their c-suite peers.

He has vast experience in statistical analysis, strategy consulting and market research in different industries in and outside Japan. Rodrigo is a published author in environmental and transport economics and has spoken at international conferences in global warming and fiscal policy throughout the world.

Rodrigo holds a PhD in Economics from Keio University and is fluent in Spanish, English, French and Japanese.