Voices of Impact

Lord Ian Livingston is a former CEO of BT Group and former UK Minister of State for Trade and Investment, where he was responsible for promoting British trade and attracting foreign investment. Ian currently serves as Chairman of the Board of S&P Global. Earlier in his career, he was CFO of both BT Group and Dixons Group. Ian has held senior board positions at Currys, Man Group, the Business Growth Fund, National Grid, Belmond, and Celtic F.C. In 2013, he was appointed to the House of Lords as Baron Livingston of Parkhead.

Alan Wilzig is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and semi-professional race car driver. He previously served as CEO, President, and Chairman of the Trust Company of New Jersey. Alan serves on the board of the Wilzig Family Foundation and contributed to the acclaimed biography of his father, titled Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend. Alan is the owner of the largest racetrack zoned for private use in the United States, located in upstate New York, and is a creator of the Wilzig Castle on Long Island. Alan was also a co-owner of Kutsher's Tribeca and helped found the Chabad of Southampton. He is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dov Seidman is an entrepreneur, author, and a leading voice on ethical leadership and corporate culture. He is the founder of LRN, a company he led as CEO for 25 years, and the founder of The HOW Institute for Society, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing moral leadership and values-based decision-making. Dov serves on the boards of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity, 92nd Street Y, Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine, and Planet Word. He has spoken at organizations including the United Nations, World Economic Forum, Apple, National Football League, and Aspen Ideas Festival, and he is the best-selling author of HOW: Why HOW We Do Anything Means Everything  Dov earned degrees in moral philosophy from the University of California and the University of Oxford before receiving his law degree from Harvard Law School.

Boaz Weinstein is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Saba Capital Management, a New York–based investment firm focused on credit and relative value strategies. He founded Saba in 2009 following the spinout of Deutsche Bank’s proprietary credit trading business, which he built into one of the bank’s leading trading platforms. Boaz graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in Philosophy and earned the title of National Master in chess at age 16.

Tal Cohen is President of Nasdaq, where he leads the company’s market services and financial technology divisions and oversees its North American and European exchanges. Before joining Nasdaq, he served as CEO of Chi-X Global Holdings and Senior Vice President and Co-Head of Electronic Trading for North America at Instinet. Tal also worked in mergers and acquisitions at American Express and began his career at Arthur Andersen. He has served on the boards of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada and the Canadian Depository for Securities. Tal holds a B.A. from SUNY Albany and an M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business.