my name is gillian tett. am delighted to be joined with a truly wonderful cast or talent as they say to discuss this. on my far left, you're right is caroline atkinson. a longtime veteran of the global geopolitical scene. next to her is vera songwe. a veteran of the global corporation and is involved in championing the voices of the non-western world. next to her is xian zhu. another luminary in the institutions. on my immediate left is dr. nancy lee who has kindly stepped in for a member but was unable to join us today. she has recently been part of an interesting report that grades the institutions in terms of what they are doing or not doing now. i say that strengthening -- in a fragmenting world is very important. there hasn't been a time when cooperation was not more badly needed given the scale of challenges. be that climate change. some of you may have seen the report called the great reversal about the growing pains being felt in the poorest countries in the world. we have rising trade friction, risin