 My name is Christian Wessels and I'm a partner with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants. I am spearheading our activities in Sub-Saharan Africa. I have 12 years of banking and consulting experience across Europe, Asia and Africa. The last seven years I spent in Africa and worked in more than 15 countries. One of the topics that I find particularly interesting is the question of financial inclusion. In Africa how to bring 400 million people that don't have a bank account into the financial system? We believe that this will be a transformation for Africa and after all it will also serve the goal of the World Economic Forum to make the world a better place. Leadership is much more than management. In the past leaders have focused on the question how to get there. The next generation of leaders needs to ask themselves the question where do I want to go? Therefore leadership will be much more driven by the purpose of leadership. Also leaders of the next generation are facing an increasingly complex and interconnected world. Therefore cutting through complexities, reducing the questions to the essentials and providing orientation is the next characteristic of the next generation. Also information technology has speed of decision processes. I think the next generation of leaders needs to be careful to not replace sound decisions with just quick decisions. Therefore to lead with purpose, with tenacity and in calmness is the name of the game. We have seen that stubborn dictatorships were ended and that freedom was brought to millions of people. I think that we see that Asia and Africa is finally emerging to their true potential. Me personally I spent my time in Africa and I find it very exciting to help where I can to transform institutions across Sub-Saharan Africa and to work hand in hand with our African partners. While in the same time also taking many of the great and innovative ideas that were born in Africa into very different geographies. The YGL community is a unique and powerful mix of people with different nationalities and a wide range of cultural and professional backgrounds. But beyond this being only a unique set of experiences. I am excited by the passion and by the commitment of the YGL community to tackle some of the long-standing global problems. I hope that I find like-minded people with whom I can share know-how, I can share approaches, ideas in order to not only tackle but perhaps solve some of these global problems. As member of the YGL community I am sure that I will learn a lot and that I can learn how to become a better leader while in the same time also giving my very best to contribute to other YGL's efforts to the community to actually achieve the objectives. I feel very honored to become a member of this outstanding community.