Edward Rollins is Chairman of the Rollins Strategy Group, a communications and crisis-management firm with offices in New York and Washington, D.C. He is considered one of America′s premier political strategists and communications experts, specializing in issue, image and crisis campaigns on behalf of corporations, governments and political candidates worldwide. He has served four presidents, played major roles in seven presidential campaigns and hundreds of state and local campaigns, and directed congressional relations at two cabinet agencies. He was the first non-member of Congress to serve as co-chairman and CEO of the National Republican Congressional Committee (the political and campaign arm of House Republicans). Rollins has extensive experience in China, Japan, Korea, Pakistan and the Philippines, where he has advised heads of state and business executives. He serves as the economic advisor to China′s Jiansgu Province and the cities of Nanjing and Jinan. He is co-chairman of a Chinese joint venture, R&R International, a consulting firm based in Beijing. He is author of the best seller Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms.
Global Conference 2013
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, philanthropist Bill Gates and Strive Masiyiwa of Econet Wireless discuss advancing prosperity in Africa.