Dame Anita Roddick, Founder, The Body Shop
Dame Anita Roddick started The Body Shop in 1976 in Brighton, England.
Thirty-one years on, The Body Shop – one of the most widely recognised
and respected brands in the world -- has over 2,100 stores in 55
different countries. What distinguishes The Body Shop and Anita from
other global businesses and entrepreneurs is a core dedication to
community trade and human rights causes. Roddick is one of the world's
most outspoken, controversial and successful entrepreneurs of the age
- she is a key pioneer of socially responsible business, proving that
commerce with a conscience is not only a moral imperative but a
competitive advantage.

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Dr. Ian Davis is Co-Executive Director of the British American
Security Information Council (BASIC). Ian has a rich background in
government, academia, and the NGO sector. He received both his Ph.D.
and B.A. in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford and has
published widely on British defense and foreign policy, transatlantic
security issues, the international arms trade and arms control and
disarmament issues. He has made high-level presentations in
Washington, D.C. and in Europe on these issues and blogs for The
Guardian on-line at: http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/ian_davis/

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