George Soros is the Chair of Soros Fund Management LLC, the Founder of the Open Society Institute, and the Founding Sponsor of the Institute for New Economic Thinking.

Dr. Robert A. Johnson is the Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking and Senior Fellow and Director of the Project on Global Finance at the Roosevelt Institute.

Jim Balsillie is the founder and chair of the Centre for International Governance Innovation. He is a former co-CEO of Research In Motion (RIM).

Thomas A. Bernes is the Executive Director of The Centre for International Governance Innovation. Appointed in late 2010, he previously held the position on an acting basis, and since November 2009 has also served as CIGI's Vice President of Programs.