• Jon Fredrik Baksaas (L) and TPT Chairman Lord Browne of Madingley exchange views in Venice.
  • Bawa Jain, Rick Warren, Bob Thurman and Ken Costa share a laugh at TPT Washington DC.
  • Zheng Bijian gives a keynote speech on China’s 12th Five-Year Plan
  • Chun Xue, Harry Brekelmans and Lord Browne (R) at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.
  • Kai-Fu Lee of Innovation Works
  • Geoff Colvin presents the 2010 Inspired Leadership Award to Paul Polman of Unilever (L).
  • Ajay Banga, President and CEO of MasterCard
  • Peter Voser from Shell hosted a dinner at TPT Washington DC
  • Merit joined The Performance Theatre advisory board in 2011.
  • Geoff Colvin presents the 2009 Inspired Leadership Award to Ratan Tata of the Tata Group (L)

The Performance Theatre

aims to inspire business leaders to imagine and realise a new kind of growth, to enlarge their strategies to see beyond quarterly results to deliver long-term value to both shareholders and society as a whole.

Our partners are: MasterCard, DNV, Gazprom Export, Royal Dutch Shell, Tata Group and Telenor Group.

The Performance Theatre is strictly invite only. Attended by the world’s leading thinkers and opinion formers, it aims to inspire new ways of thinking and behaving. We use an ‘interaction model’, based on cognitive and experiential principles, to create a unique dialogue. The settings and locations are always significant – they reflect the content and discussion of each Theatre.


Latest News

MasterCard newest partner of the Performance Theatre
We are very pleased to announce that MasterCard Worldwide is a new partner of the Performance Theatre Foundation, joining existing partners Det Norske Veritas (DNV), Gazprom Export, Royal Dutch Shell, Tata Group and Telenor Group. Performance Theatre partners aim to inspire business leaders to realise a new kind of growth, to enlarge their strategies to see beyond quarterly results to deliver long-term value to both shareholders and society as a whole.


Centre Stage

On 24 March 2011, Performance Theatre Founder and Vice Chairman Osvald Bjelland appeared on CCTV’s current affairs programme Dialogue.

Talk show host Yang Rui has interviewed a wide range of guests including former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, former US Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton and former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

In the interview, Dr Bjelland applauded China’s leadership in moving towards a lower-carbon economy: In the 12th five-year plan China is setting clear targets with regards to renewables and energy efficiency. While China has shown a strong capacity for change Dr Bjelland points out that further innovation is needed to ensure China’s transition to a low-carbon society.

Click here to watch the interview