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Speaker Biographies (Listed Alphabetically)
Steve Parker - Chairman of the Advisory Board, Ricardo Strategy Consulting and Executive Member of the Board, Ricardo Plc
Aaron Pereira – Founder, Vartana and Ashoka Fellow
Stephen Parker joined Ricardo on 1 August 2002 from A. T. Kearney, one of the world's leading
management consulting practices, and was appointed to the Board on the same day. Parker established
and grew the Strategy Consulting Business of Ricardo to become one of the larger dedicated automotive
consulting firms with offices in the UK, USA, Germany, China and Japan. In December 2008 he became
Chairman of the newly formed Advisory Board of Ricardo Strategy Consulting in addition to his other
responsibilities. He also leads Ricardo activities in the Clean Energy sector where they have a growing
presence and is an advisory to the regional development agency in the UK. At A. T. Kearney he was
employed as a Vice President of their Global Automotive Practice, having responsibility for the provision
of strategy and operational consulting to the executive teams of both automotive manufacturers and Tier
1 suppliers. Previous roles include Director of Business Development and General Manager for Perkins
Technology Ltd at Perkins Engine Group, a position he held for eight years in management positions, as
well as eight years in management positions at PSA Peugeot Citroën.
Aaron Pereira's work has focused on the intersection of individuals, finance and change. He founded
CanadaHelps and Vartana to inspire more donors to give and to open up new avenues of financing for
social sector organisations. CanadaHelps has raised over $50 million for social sector organisations
across Canada, engaging over 150,000 people, and has also helped build the capacity of thousands
of social sector organisations. Vartana is a new financial institution focused on the Canadian social
sector aiming to meet a critical need for the 180,000 organisations that work to strengthen Canada's
social fabric. It is being created through a unique collaboration with two of Canada's largest financial
institutions. At the age of 23, Aaron became the youngest ever Ashoka Fellow. Aaron completed a
degree in economics from Queen's University, and is currently studying at Oxford University.
Dr. Steven C. Phillips - Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, ExxonMobil
Dr. Steven C. Phillips is the Medical Director, Global Issues and Projects, Exxon Mobil Corporation,
where his responsibilities include overseeing the Corporation's "outside-the-fenceline" community and
public health programs throughout its global operations. In this capacity, he has worked closely with
governments, NGO's, U.N. agencies, multilateral, faith-based, and community organizations, and the
private sector in fostering "public-private partnerships" as a development platform to address urgent
global health priorities. Dr. Phillips currently serves on the Boards of malaria NO MORE, Net Impact,
and the World Economic Forum's Global Health Initiative. He serves as an advisor to the United Nations
Special Envoy for Malaria. He is a member of the Harvard School of Public Health's Leadership Council
and the advisory panels of Medicines for Malaria Ventures, the UCSF Global Health Group, Episcopal
Relief and Development's "NetsforLife" Initiative, the World Bank Malaria Booster Program, and the
Strategic Advisory Group of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria. He is also a
Private Sector Advisory Board representative to the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria. Dr. Phillips
received his B.S. and M.D. degrees from Stanford University. He did his post-graduate training in
internal medicine at the University of California San Francisco, received a Master in Public Health from
UCLA, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine. Dr. Phillips is a member
of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American College of Epidemiology. Prior to
joining Exxon, Dr. Phillips served in the U.S. Public Health Service and was assigned to the Epidemic
Intelligence Service of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
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