Whether it is as a broadcaster, best-selling author, or editor-at-large for The National Post, Diane Francis has become synonymous with accessible business reporting and incisive commentary. She is a writer and television guest who can expertly address the many pitfalls and opportunities facing Canadian businesses, both at home and on the world stage.

Francis writes a popular column in The Financial Post and is the author of Immigration: The Economic Case, Fighting for Canada, and six other books. Her newest book, Who Owns Canada Now?, profiles the 75 billionaires in Canada—36 of whom are unknown and have never been interviewed—and examines the transformation of the Canadian economy in the past generation; it's a sequel to her seminal 1986 book, Controlling Interest: Who Owns Canada?

Diane Francis just completed a Fellowship at the Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, and is a Media Fellow with the World Economic Forum. She is an advisor to several corporations and sits on many boards, including the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research. She also chaired the $22-million fundraising campaign for the Community Health Centre, a joint venture between George Brown College and Ryerson University. At Ryerson, she is the Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Rogers School of Management, Canada's largest business school.

Anyone can recite the business headlines; only the best and most insightful business writers can help you understand the meaning behind those headlines. Diane Francis is one of those people. Drawing on her incredible insider's knowledge of today's leading business and economic stories, her presentations make sense of key developments in the context of your industry or profession. From global competitiveness to the bio-tech revolution, Diane Francis calls attention to the pitfalls and opportunities facing Canadians as we struggle to be ever more successful. Hard-hitting and provocative, Francis shares her unparalleled ability to spot and interpret key trends in the global business arena, helping you stay on course.

Diane Francis writes a marketing and advertising column in the heart of Madison Avenue for The New York Sun as well as The National Post. Americans invented advertising and marketing but a transformation is underway as corporations, CEOs and brand managers realize the significance of globalization, technology, the implosion of the traditional media business model, sociology and the shift in power to consumers. In her timely presentations, Diane tells us who's ahead and who's behind in the marketing world. What works now but won't next year? What is working elsewhere in the world that can apply to your business strategy? What are the major trends? What are the smartest men and women in advertising, branding saying and doing?

Diane Francis is an energy expert with global experience and contacts in this critical sector at this critical juncture in history. As a Media Fellow at the Davos World Economic Forum, an author, columnist, broadcaster and lecturer, she has a depth of understanding about stocks, players, global supply-demand and oil geopolitics, price trends and outlooks, technology advances as well as greener/alternative sources.

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