Carly has an extensive career in business, is politically active and is involved in many public policy initiatives. She is also engaged in philanthropic, non-profit work, including her own foundation. Based on these experiences, she has a unique perspective on the most effective solutions to the challenges of job creation, global economic growth, income inequality and individual opportunity.

Carly is one of the most recognized business leaders in the world and an opinion leader who champions innovation, competitiveness and job creation. She also is actively engaged in policy formulation and philanthropy.

Carly Fiorina is an American businesswoman who served as CEO at Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005. In order to accelerate HP's strategy, catalyse growth in a changing technology landscape and increase long-term shareowner and customer value, Fiorina led the HP merger with Compaq, which was completed in May 2002.

After joining HP in July 1999, Carly led HP's reinvention as a company that makes the Internet work for businesses and consumers. Under her leadership, HP has returned to its roots of innovation and inventiveness and is focused on delivering the best total customer experience.

Prior to joining HP, Carly spent nearly 20 years at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, where she held a number of senior leadership positions. At Lucent, she expanded the company's international business and spearheaded the planning and execution of its initial public offering and subsequent spin-off from AT&T.

Carly holds a bachelor's degree in medieval history and philosophy from Stanford University; a master's degree in business administration from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland at College Park, Md.; and a master of science degree from MIT's Sloan School.

In July 2001, she was named an Honorary Fellow of the London Business School. She serves on the board of Cisco Systems and was previously a board member of the Kellogg Company and Merck & Company.

In 2008, Carly served as a top economic advisor to Republican presidential candidate John McCain. She now sits on several corporate board of directors and is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Carly spoke at The Global Leadership Summit in 2011 and was greatly received with her talks on raising standards.