Narendra Modi was sworn in as India’s Prime Minister for the third time on 9 June 2024, following another decisive victory in the 2024 Parliamentary elections. This victory marked his third consecutive term, further solidifying his leadership. Mr. Modi’s third term is expected to build on the foundations laid during his previous tenures, with a renewed emphasis on technological innovation, infrastructure development, and international diplomacy, further positioning India as a global powerhouse. <br>

Inspired by the motto ‘SabkaSaath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas’, Prime Minister Modi has ushered in a paradigm shift in governance that has led to inclusive, development-oriented, and corruption-free governance.


Narendra Modi

Rajnath Singh

Mr. Nitin Gadkari is the Minister for Road Transport and Highways (RTH), Government of India. Mr. Gadkari got involved very closely with the Rashtriya SwayamSevak Sangh (RSS) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and took to social work in a big way. Mr. Gadkari holds a post-graduate degree in commerce and a diploma in business management, besides studying law. He entered politics in 1980. He went on to become BJP’s State President in Maharashtra in 2005. He was elevated to the post of party’s National President at the young age of 52 in 2009. He also served as PWD Minister in Maharashtra Government and was leader of the opposition in the state legislative council for four consecutive terms. He is the man behind marvelous engineering showcases like Bandra-Worli Sea Link, 55 flyovers in Mumbai, India‘s First Mumbai-Pune Expressway, 14-lane Delhi-Meerut Expressway, Nagpur’s multi-layer metro rail cum flyover system and upcoming high-tech Delhi-Mumbai expressway.

Nitin Gadkari

Piyush Goyal

Matteo Renzi turned 50 in January 2025. He has been married to Agnese since 1999 and they have three children: Francesco (24), Emanuele (22), and Ester (19).
He served as Prime Minister of Italy from February 2014 to December 2016, becoming the youngest in the history of the Italian Republic. During his tenure, Italy’s GDP shifted from –1.7% to + 1.6%, and his Jobs Act reform led to the creation of 1.2 million new jobs. Foreign investment, exports, tourism, and consumer confidence all increased significantly. His government also introduced civil unions legislation, gender equality in the cabinet, and a hundred-fold increase in anti-poverty investment.
Renzi led the European Council during Italy’s presidency in the second half of 2014 and took part in three G7 and three G20 summits. He also signed the Paris Agreement on climate change and presented the Migration Compact to address the refugee crisis.
As Prime Minister, he organized and managed Expo 2015, which redefined Milan’s international profile. Previously, he served as Mayor of Florence from 2009 to 2014.
He has been a Senator of the Italian Republic since 2018 and, since 2024, a senior advisor to the Tony Blair Institute.
He has taught at Stanford University’s Florence program since 2018 and authored nine books on politics, with 900,000 copies sold. He has five million followers across various social media platforms.
Renzi sits on the advisory boards of several international funds, offering expertise on geopolitics, defense, AI, healthcare, and the “Made in Italy” brand. In Saudi Arabia, he serves on the boards of FII, AlUla, and NEOM.


Matteo Renzi

 
Dr. Mohan Yadav, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, is a dedicated leader with a strong background in public service. With degrees in B.Sc, LLB, MBA, MA, and a PhD, he brings a wealth of academic expertise to his role.
Committed to transparency and efficiency, Dr. Mohan Yadav is dedicated to make initiatives that enhance governance. His administration embraces innovation to streamline public services, ensuring accessibility and responsiveness to the needs of the people. Dr. Mohan Yadav's leadership reflects a dedication to making positive changes for the betterment of Madhya Pradesh.


Mohan Yadav

Ritu Gangrade Arora is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Allianz Investment Management (AIM), Asia Pacific. With an AUM of approximately INR 4.1 Lac Crore (USD 50 billion), she currently manages Allianz Group’s investments in 12 countries across 21 operating entities (OEs). Key markets include India, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines among others. This makes her one of the largest AUM managers in Asia. 

As the India Advisor to the Allianz SE Board, Ritu is responsible for broadening and deepening Allianz’s strategic commitments to India. Most recently, she played a pivotal role in the successful ~EUR 2.6 billion exit from a 20+ year joint venture with the Bajaj Finserv Group, one of the largest transactions in the Indian insurance sector.

India continues to be a priority growth market for Allianz, and Ritu is actively shaping its next phase , exploring new opportunities to strengthen the Group’s role as both a long-term investor and operator in the country.

As a member of the esteemed global Investment Management Board (IMB) of Allianz Investment Management, she actively contributes to setting the direction for ~USD 700 billion Allianz Group's investments worldwide. She has been instrumental in significant investment made by Allianz in Indian public and diverse private asset classes. 

Ritu’s contributions to business and leadership have played a key role in positioning Allianz as a leader in the Indian market, earning her widespread recognition.  She has been featured on prestigious lists such as the, “Business Today Most Powerful Women in India – 2024”, and the "Top 100 Women Achievers of India" by India Today in 2023. 

She is often consulted as an expert on sustainable finance and climate agenda in Asia. She has also represented Allianz at the “Industry Advisory Panel (IAP)” of ASEAN Working Committee on Capital Market Development (WC-CMD) and on the board of the “G7's Investor Leadership Network”.

Ritu is also on the boards of HCL Infosystems Ltd (India), Allianz Investment Management Singapore and Allianz Insurance Asset Management Co- China.


Ritu Arora 

David Steinbach is the Global Chief Investment Officer and a Managing Partner at Hines, where he leads the firm’s global investment strategy and capital allocation across all 31 countries and product types. He is a member of the firm’s Management, Executive, and Investment Committees, playing a key role in shaping the firm’s long-term vision.
Since joining Hines in 1999, David has played a pivotal role in transforming the company into a top-tier global investment manager. He led the creation and scaling of Hines’ flagship discretionary funds, growing the platform to over $30 billion in AUM and expanding its institutional and private wealth investor base. During his tenure, Hines has navigated multiple real estate cycles and grown from $10 billion to over $90.1 billion in AUM (as of December 31, 2024), becoming one of the most trusted names in private real estate. He oversees the firm’s investment professionals across the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and is responsible for ensuring investment discipline, innovation, and impact on behalf of Hines’ global investor clients. David is a sought-after speaker and media contributor, regularly appearing on CNBC, Bloomberg, and at leading industry forums to discuss the future of investing, capital markets, and sustainable urban development.
Outside of Hines, David serves on the Executive Board of Fast Company. He and his wife, Rebecca, have endowed two college scholarships for first-generation students pursuing degrees in business or public health, and have long championed various initiatives supporting foster care and adoption.
He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University.


David Steinbach

Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand’s 10th Chief Minister serving his second term since 2022, is a dynamic leader driving sustainable progress in Devbhumi—the Land of the Gods. From humble roots in Pithoragarh’s Kumaoni Rajput family, influenced by his father’s Indian Army service, Dhami holds postgraduate degrees in Human Resource Management and Law from Lucknow University. His political ascent began with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad and BJP youth leadership, representing Khatima (2012–2022) and now Champawat. Renowned for grassroots engagement, Dhami’s reforms prioritize youth empowerment, industrial expansion, and transparent governance, positioning Uttarakhand as a model of inclusive development.


Pushkar Singh Dhami

Jonathan Ross is the CEO and founder of Groq® Inc. Groq is the creator of the world’s
first Language Processing Unit (LPUTM), providing exceptional speed performance for
AI workloads running on their LPU Inference Engine. Prior to Groq, Jonathan began
what became Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) as a 20% project where he
designed and implemented the core elements of the first-generation TPU chip.
Jonathan next joined Google X’s Rapid Eval Team, the initial stage of the famed
“Moonshots Factory”, where he devised and incubated new Bets (Units) for Google’s
parent company, Alphabet.

Jonathan Ross

Rajat Taneja is President of Technology for Visa Inc., responsible for the company's technology innovation and investment strategy, product engineering, global IT and operations infrastructure.  He joined Visa in this role in November 2013.

Prior to joining Visa, Taneja was Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Electronic Arts Inc., from October 2011 until November 2013, responsible for platform engineering, data center operations and IT supporting the company's global customer base.  From 1996 until 2011, he worked at Microsoft Corporation, including most recently as the Corporate Vice President, Commerce Division, in 2011 and the General Manager and Corporate Vice President, Online Services Division, from 2007 to 2011.  
       
Taneja holds a B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University and an MBA from Washington State University.  He served on the Board of Directors for Ellie Mae, Inc. from 2015 to 2019.   He currently serves on the Board of Directors for MSCI since June 2021. 


Rajat Taneja

Kosuke Mori serves as the CEO of Saison International, the international headquarters of Credit
Saison. Founded in 1951, Credit Saison Co. Ltd is one of Japan’s largest non-bank financial
companies with over 70 years of history and listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The Company
is a leading credit-card issuer in Japan and has evolved into a diversified financial services
company globally.
In his role as Board Director and Head of Global Business for Credit Saison Co. Ltd., he
oversees Credit Saison's global business operations and creates the strategic vision for driving
global expansion and innovation of the group, focusing on the areas of lending and investments.
Under his leadership, Credit Saison’s global business has expanded its footprint to Singapore,
Brazil, Mexico and Indonesia. Additionally, he serves as Managing Partner for Saison Capital,
the venture capital arm of Credit Saison, focusing on Pre-Seed to Series B companies,
particularly in Southeast Asia, India and Brazil.
He is currently appointed as Board Director for Credit Saison Brazil and Credit Saison Mexico,
and serves as Chairman of Credit Saison India.
Kosuke Mori graduated from the University of Tokyo with a bachelor’s degree in law, and
received a Master of Business Administration from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Kosuke Mori

With a political career spanning over 25 years, Ms Irani’s journey as a public
representative began in 2011 when she was elected to the Rajya Sabha,
the Upper House of the Indian Parliament, representing Gujarat, followed
by her re-election in 2017. In 2019, she made history with a landmark victory
in the Amethi Parliamentary Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, becoming the
first candidate to defeat a sitting National President of the Indian National
Congress. While her tenure in the Lok Sabha, the Lower House, concluded
in June 2024, her political career remains active as she continues to play a
key role in shaping governance and public policy at the national level.
In her constitutional roles, Ms Irani has served in several key positions within
the Indian government. As the youngest Union Cabinet Minister, she
became the first woman to lead the Ministry of Education (formerly Human
Resource Development) in 2014 and the Ministry of Textiles in 2016. Her
appointment to the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs in 2021 enabled
her to engage with critical national matters, including economic, political,
and foreign policy issues.
In addition to her political career, Ms Irani has a two-decade-long
background in the media industry, contributing to television, films, and
theatre in four Indian languages. She holds the unique distinction of
winning five consecutive Best Actress awards at the Indian Television
Academy Awards for her role in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, the first
Indian television series to surpass 1,000 episodes. The show also became a
symbol of cultural diplomacy as the first Indian series to air in war-torn
Afghanistan, where it gained significant popularity.

Smriti Irani

Sir Martin Sorrell is Founder and Executive Chairman of S4 Capital plc (“S4 Capital”) the tech-led, new age/new era digital advertising, marketing and technology services company for global, multinational, regional and local clients, and millennial-driven influencer brands.
Sir Martin was Founder and CEO of WPP for 33 years, building it from a £1 million ‘shell’ company in 1985 into the world’s largest advertising and marketing services company. When Sir Martin left in April 2018, WPP had a market capitalisation of over £16 billion, revenues of over £15 billion, profits of approximately £2 billion and over 200,000 people in 113 countries. Prior to that, Sir Martin was Group Financial Director of Saatchi & Saatchi plc for nine years and worked for James Gulliver, Mark McCormack and Glendinning Associates before that.
In 2018, S4 Capital merged with MediaMonks, the leading Ad Age A-listed creative digital content production company, and then with MightyHive, the market-leading digital media solutions provider for future thinking marketers and agencies. Since then, MediaMonks and MightyHive have combined with more than 30 companies.
In August 2021, S4 Capital launched its unitary brand by combining MediaMonks and MightyHive into Media.Monks. As the operational brand, Media.Monks underpins  S4 Capital’s agility, digital knowledge and efficiency and is the next step in delivering on its foundational promise to unify Content, Data&digital media and Technology services with over 7,600 people in 33 countries. S4 Capital is listed on the London Stock Exchange under SFOR.L.
In 2024 the company rebranded to just Monks as part of a larger effort to streamline its offerings. Monks has capabilities that go far beyond traditional and digital media and combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services and integrating AI-driven technology to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world.
In 2022 he co-founded venture capital firm S4S Ventures which invests in and cultivates early-stage technology companies riding the next wave of digital transformation across the marketing and media value chain. 
Sir Martin supports a number of leading business schools and universities, including his alma maters, Harvard Business School and Cambridge University, and a number of charities, including his family foundation. He was ranked the second best-performing CEO in the World by the Harvard Business Review in 2016 and 2017, and received the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award. He has also been nominated as one of the TIME 100: The Most Influential People. He is also an Honorary Fellow of Christ’s College, Cambridge and a Director of Bloomberg Philanthropies.


Sir Martin Sorrell 

Mr. Christopher Wood has been publishing his renowned weekly investment report GREED & fear since July 1996. He has been ranked No. 1 Equity Strategist in the Asia Money polls between 2002-2004 and 2006-2022. In 2005 the firm he was working with at the time withdrew from the poll.   Prior to entering the investment business, Wood was a financial journalist. He worked for the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review between 1982 and 1984 and The Economist between 1984 to 1994, during which period he was both the New York and Tokyo Bureau Chief. He was also the author of three acclaimed books while at The Economist. "Boom and Bust: The Rise and Fall of the World's Financial Markets" published in 1989; "The Bubble Economy: Japan's Extraordinary Speculative Boom of the '80s and the Dramatic Bust of the '90s" published in 1992; and "The End of Japan Inc.: And How the New Japan Will Look" published in 1994.

Christopher Wood

Federico J. González is the Executive Vice Chairman of Radisson Hotel Group. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, The Group has more than 1,520 hotels in operation and development in EMEA and APAC. Federico J. González is also the CEO of Louvre Hotels Group.
 
González has extensive global executive leadership experience in the hospitality, leisure, and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. Prior to joining Radisson Hotel Group, he was Chief Executive Officer of NH Hotel Group, where he led a major turnaround of the company. González was previously Deputy General Manager of Disneyland Paris and worked for 16 years in senior management positions at Procter & Gamble in Brussels, Madrid, and Stockholm before becoming the company’s country Head of Portugal in 2000. 
A respected marketer and change driver, González has written three books: Living and Working Abroad, How to Live and Work with Portuguese, and Cómo Hacerse El Sueco En Los Negocios Con Exito.
As a global leader, González’s personal mission is to motivate and energize large organizations to be more ambitious in profitability, purpose, and people, through respect for diversity of thought, culture, gender, experience, and beliefs.
González majored in Economics at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and received an MSc in International Trade and Finance from the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. He is fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. In January 2021, González became an independent member of the Board of Sodexo and became a board member of Mundi Ventures in July 2023. In 2023, Federico J. González received career recognition from the City Council of Madrid, Spain, rewarding his successful professional career in which he has managed to position Radisson Hotel Group as one of the most competitive brands in hospitality.


Federico J. González

Sunny Mann is Baker McKenzie’s Global Chair-elect and takes office in October 2025. He is based in London and is the former global chair of the Firm’s market-leading International Trade Practice Group. In addition to London, he has also worked in the Firm's Washington DC, New York, Sydney and Hong Kong offices. 
Sunny advises clients, including numerous FTSE 100 and Fortune 100 businesses, on compliance and investigations with respect to trade, sanctions, export controls and anti-bribery rules. He also chairs Baker McKenzie's Geopolitical Risks Taskforce and oversaw the Firm’s support to clients responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The team was at the forefront of the market, having advised around one quarter of each of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100, CAC 40 and DAX 40 communities on geopolitical disruption, including responding to the Russian invasion and the ongoing trade and tariff wars.
Sunny is ranked as a Band 1 practitioner by both The Legal 500 and Chambers. He is also a Visiting Professor at King’s College, London (teaching sanctions on the LLM course) and was for 15 years a Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, the leading institute for post-graduate European studies, where he taught an LLM course on Corporate Compliance.
Sunny is proudly of Indian heritage, speaks Hindi and Punjabi, and routinely advises on India-related matters.


Sunny Mann

Girish Tanti is the Vice Chairman and founding member
of Suzlon Energy Limited. He is an engineer with a Master of
Business Administration from the United Kingdom.
Over his twenty-seven years of global renewables business
experience, he has lived and worked across Europe, the United
States, and Asia. As co-founder of Suzlon, he incubated the
renewable energy business in 1995, led the establishment of
technology development centres in Europe and India, set-up the
global supply chain, and developed wind markets across India, the
United States, Canada, Europe, China, Australia, South America, and
South Africa. His efforts have been vital to Suzlon’s rise to becoming
the only renewable energy player from a developing nation to rank
among the top five worldwide in the early 2000s. He is also the
founding member of the Suzlon Foundation, which has grown to
become a leading grass root rural development foundation in India.
Mr. Tanti champions the industry in India and across the world
as the Vice Chairman on the Board of Global Wind Energy Council
(GWEC), Chairman of GWEC Global Supply Chain Forum for
Manufacturers, Chairman of GWEC India, Co-Chair of
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)’s National Committee on
Renewable Energy, Chairman of CII National Committee on
Renewable Energy Manufacturing Council, and Chairman of
Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA). He is
also actively engaged with various global forums on Climate
Change and Energy Transition.
Committed to enabling the global Energy Transition journey,
Girish Tanti is highly passionate about creating an equitable and
sustainable world for future generations.

Girish Tanti

Christoph Schweizer, Chief Executive Officer, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Profile: https://www.bcg.com/about/people/experts/christoph-schweizer 
Christoph Schweizer is CEO of Boston Consulting Group and a member of the firm's Executive and Operating Committees. Previously, he was BCG’s Chair for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Since joining BCG in 1997, Christoph has supported clients across health care, private equity, and multiple other industries on major transformational programs, including AI/GenAI initiatives, growth strategies, M&A, and post-merger integrations. Under his leadership, BCG has significantly expanded its AI and broader tech capabilities, including through the launch of BCG X, the firm’s tech build and design unit.
Christoph is a member of several leading organizations, including the Business Roundtable, the Singapore Economic Development Board’s International Advisory Council, and the World Economic Forum’s International Business Council.


Christoph Schweizer

With a distinguished career spanning over two decades, Mohamed Kande stands at the forefront of
international business leadership as the Global Chairman of PwC. Leading an integrated Network
Leadership Team (NLT) which brings together more than 364,000 professionals across 151
countries, Mohamed exemplifies visionary and strategic leadership. His tenure at PwC is marked
by the pursuit of value creation and transformative business solutions, guiding clients from
strategic conception to tangible outcomes.
Prior to becoming Global Chairman, Mohamed served as the US & Global Advisory Leader at
PwC. He also served as the CEO of the combined PwC consulting businesses in the US, Mexico
and Japan. His expertise spans the areas of strategy, technology, business model reinvention, and
mergers and acquisitions.
During his time as Global Advisory Leader, he played a pivotal role in steering the network’s
alliance strategy and served as the executive sponsor for key capability investments such as Gen
AI, managed services and business model reinvention.
Before joining PwC in August 2011, Mohamed was the managing partner of PRTM Management
Consultants’ Europe, Middle East and South Asia businesses.
Mohamed holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, an MS in electrical engineering from the
University of Montreal and a diplôme d’ingénieur in electrical engineering from ESIGELEC in
France. He became a licensed CPA in Washington, D.C. in 2022.
Mohamed comes from a multicultural background, is fluent in French and has diverse and
extensive international business experience.

Mohamed Kande

Gautam Hari Singhania is the Chairman and Managing Director of Raymond Limited, a billion-dollar group. Over 20 years, he has transformed Raymond into an international business powerhouse, expanding into ready-to-wear apparel and real estate. Under his leadership, Raymond expanded its real estate and engineering sectors, significantly enhancing shareholder value. He has been conferred with the Maha Udyog Shri award by the Government of Maharashtra for Industrial Excellence. In addition to his business achievements, Gautam Hari Singhania, an avid motorsport enthusiast, has a personal vision to educate 100,000 children annually. Currently, Singhania Schools are imparting quality education to over 25,000 students physically. In addition to this, their EdTech platform Quest+ educates over 100,000 students.

Gautam Singhania

Nigel Vaz is the CEO of Publicis Sapient, a global digital business transformation company that helps organizations thrive in an increasingly digital world. With over two decades at the company, he has acted as a strategic advisor on complex transformation initiatives across various industries, including financial services, automotive, retail, consumer products, and telecommunications, media & technology 
Under his leadership, Publicis Sapient has become a recognized leader in digital business transformation, combining strategy, product, experience, engineering, and data to help clients sustain relevance by adapting to change and capturing value through digital.  
Nigel is also a member of the Executive Committee of Publicis Groupe and serves as the Global Lead of Digital Business Transformation for the communication, media, data, and technology group. He has been recognized as a Top 25 Global Leader in Consulting-by-Consulting Magazine and is an inductee of the BIMA Digital Hall of Fame. 
In addition to his executive roles, Nigel is the author of the bestselling business book *Digital Business Transformation: How Established Companies Sustain Competitive Advantage from Now to Next*, which draws on years of partnering with clients to harness the power of digital.


Nigel Vaz

Rishit is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Truecaller. Before being named the CEO in January 2025,
he has held leadership roles within the organisation for more than 10 years.
Rishit moved from Bangalore to Stockholm to join Truecaller in 2015 as the Vice President of Product and
has led the evolution of the product since then, becoming Chief Product Officer in 2020 and Managing
Director, India in 2021. He became known as a leader who could span a breadth of technologies and
businesses to revolutionise some of Truecaller's biggest product offerings.
Rishit brings in a wealth of experience, not just gained during his time at Truecaller, but also from his
past stint as an entrepreneur. He is highly proficient with the technology sphere in the country and helps
drive growth for Truecaller through his expertise.
Prior to joining Truecaller, Rishit was co-founder of CloudMagic, an email productivity app based in
Bangalore. Rishit lives in Bengaluru with his family. He earned a Business Management Degree from
Bangalore University.

Rishit Jhunjhunwala

Chris was appointed President of Broadridge in March 2020. Previously, he served as our Corporate Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Marketing and Client Solutions from 2014 to 2020. Chris leads Broadridge's top clients and partners, overseeing Broadridge International, and coordinating Broadridge's overall growth strategy. He joined Broadridge in 2014 after more than 25 years in banking, brokerage and financial information services. Most recently, he was Global Managing Director of Risk for the Financial & Risk division of Thomson Reuters. Over the previous 14 years, Chris held numerous roles at Thomson Reuters and its predecessor, Thomson Financial. Chris currently serves on the Board of the Financial Services Institute.

Chris Perry

Venu Gopalakrishnan has been the driving force behind Litmus7 since its inception in 2009. Under his leadership, Litmus7 has transformed from a Retail Digital Engineering company into a trusted Digital future design company and Retail Innovation Partner for some of the world’s leading Fortune 100 companies. 
Litmus7, has earned a credible reputation for its engineering excellence in transforming world’s largest global retailers and brands. Since 2019 he has been developing a digital brain adopting the human brain architecture. Users can privately own this technology to converse and accomplish their wishes and needs empathetically and intelligently. He believe the world needs auditable Neural Intelligence (NI) and not Artificial Intelligence (AI). 
His vision to democratize the power of technology by making it accessible to the common man while protecting their knowledge and every aspect of privacy, made him start three initiatives in stealth mode,  
- Retail Singularity - Driving retail innovation to help consumers "buy better", which is a shift from today’s conventional "selling better" approach.
- Deep Future Intelligence - Pushing the frontiers of technology with advanced research in Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to create Sentient Machines, Sentient OS, DNA Data Storage and many more to achieve India’s own Neural Intelligence domain.
- Triode - Visualizing digital experience in the age of Neural Intelligence.

These ventures align with his broader mission to democratize technology with a people-first approach, where every citizen can make their knowledge earn for their livelihood leading to knowledge becoming the new digital currency. He envisions shifting the power of technology from businesses to individuals, fostering a digital ecosystem that prioritizes privacy and human interests at its core design.
His goal is to create an intelligent internet ecosystem, an interconnected self-learning, self-aware and self-evolving network of digital brains that enables rapid, informed decision making. An ecosystem, where the world converges to fulfil someone’s wishes, needs or desires.
Venu’s aspirations extend beyond building the digital future of humanity. His ambition includes the creation of global innovation villages integrating science, spirituality, and philosophy where children and seasoned professionals collaborate to help educate kids to think better and become the future innovators.

Venu Gopalakrishnan

Navi Radjou is a French-American innovation and leadership scholar. He co-led the Centre for India & Global Business at the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School (UK) and served as a vice president at Forrester Research, a technology research and consulting firm in Boston, USA.

Since 2021, Navi is ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the 50 most influential management thinkers in the world.

In 2013, Navi won the prestigious Thinkers50 Innovation Award, given to a management thinker who is redefining the way we think about and practice innovation. He spoke at TED Global 2014 on frugal innovation (+2 million views).
 
Navi is co-author of three books: the global bestseller Jugaad Innovation (over 250,000 copies sold), Frugal Innovation, and From Smart To Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom.

His new book The Frugal Economy: A Guide to Building a Better World with Less, published in 2024 by Wiley and Thinkers50, shows how businesses and nations can generate inclusive growth and maximize citizens’ well-being within planetary boundaries.  

He is a much sought-after speaker and advisor and widely quoted in the international media. 

Born and raised in Pondicherry, India, he holds dual French-American nationality. He studied at Ecole Centrale Paris and Yale School of Management.

He is a long-time student of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Vipassana (mindfulness) meditation.


Navi Radjou

Dr. Vishal Sikka is the Founder and CEO of Vianai Systems, a Human-Centered AI platform and products company launched in 2019 to fulfill the unmet promise of enterprise AI. Based in Palo Alto and backed by leading industry investors, Vianai serves a rapidly growing customer base under the guidance of an expert leadership team. Its flagship generative AI platform, hila, delivers significant value to Fortune 500 companies through advanced conversational analytics.


Widely recognized as a global authority on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Dr. Sikka advises top executives at major corporations on strategic AI transformations. He holds board positions with BMW Group, GlaxoSmithKline, and serves on Stanford University’s Institute for Human-centered AI Advisory Council.


Previously, from 2014 to 2017, Dr. Sikka was CEO of Infosys, a global technology services firm with revenues exceeding $10 billion. As Infosys’s first non-founder CEO, he navigated significant industry shifts by pioneering a “Renew + New” strategy—reducing client costs through automation, while simultaneously driving innovation with design thinking and next-generation technologies such as AI.


Vishal Sikka

Vugar is an award-winning senior manager and communications expert with 15 years of
progressive hands-on experience spanning Fortune 500 giants to dynamic startups, currently
serving as Chief Operations Officer at Bitget.
A stalwart in the Web3 and blockchain arena, Vugar previously assumed the role of Chief
Marketing Officer at Beincrypto, leaving an indelible mark on the industry. His journey extends to
co-founder and board levels, where he adeptly crafted brands and ushered in compelling
products, contributing to the success of a "unicorn" MarTech startup. Notably, Vugar has
collaborated with renowned brands such as Carlsberg, Facebook, Danone, Coca-Cola, Twitter,
SONY, and more, showcasing his versatility and strategic acumen. Having also lent his expertise
as a senior consultant at Bain & Company, Vugar focused on data, Web3, and private equity,
further solidifying his standing as a seasoned professional in the field.
An Edward S. Mason Fellow, Vugar holds a master's degree from Harvard University and a
Doctorate in Economics from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. Vugar passionately
hosts a popular crypto podcast, the "Usi Talk," delving into the realms of technology, Web3, AI,
and Blockchain.
His diverse experience positions him well to drive Bitget's global expansion, improve operational
efficiency, and ensure compliance. With a team of over 1500 professionals, Vugar is enthusiastic
about leading Bitget's growth and contributing to a crypto-powered and equitable future.
Vugar is based out of Dubai.

Vugar Usi Zade

Toby attended UCL and went onto focus on the tech and telco spaces. With a proven track record of founding new start ups, including having successfully invested in and exited three telecommunications companies operating in Europe, Africa and Asia, Toby invested in and led both the Blockfort and OnRamp team as well as co-founding and leading the Coinweb project since 2018, and PACT SWAP since 2024.

Toby Gilbert

Sabyasachi Mukherjee
Founder, Sabyasachi
 
Sabyasachi Mukherjee is the founder of Sabyasachi, India’s leading luxury design house. He set up his eponymous studio with a workforce of three people in 1999. A market pioneer, there have been many firsts since—he is the first Indian designer and brand to collaborate with Estée Lauder, H&M, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks, Pottery Barn, Disney, Thomas Goode, Morgenthal Frederics, Printemps Doha and Christian Louboutin. Patrons of the brand include celebrities, royals, intellectuals, and achievers. As the brand has evolved, he has also helmed a number of initiatives, both non-profit and for-profit including the Save The Sari project and the Sabyasachi Art Foundation, working closely with artisans and artists on models of economic sustainability. With flagship stores in most major cities across India, he has launched his first international store in New York in 2022. Over a little more than two decades, Mukherjee has redefined Indian fashion and design into a lifestyle firmly rooted in heritage, craftsmanship and authenticity.


Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Shub Bhowmick is the CEO and Co-founder of Tredence. In 2013, Bhowmick and his partners launched Tredence, a data science and AI engineering company focused on solving the last-mile problem in analytics. The ‘last mile’ is defined as the gap between insight creation and value realization. Today Tredence is Great Place to Work-Certified and a 'Leader' in the Forrester Wave: Customer Analytics Services. Tredence is 3,500-plus employees strong with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, London, Toronto and Bangalore, with the largest companies in Retail, CPG, Hi-tech, Telecom, Healthcare, Travel, and Industrials as clients.
 
For more than 27 years, Bhowmick has been a problem solver, entrepreneur, and technology leader. Prior to the founding of Tredence, he held senior executive positions at Diamond Consultants (now PwC), Mu Sigma, Liberty Advisor Group, and Infosys. Bhowmick holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Technology with Honors in Chemical Engineering from IIT-BHU, India.


Shub Bhowmick

Mr. Koichi ZAIKI is the CEO for Asia-Pacific, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. and Mizuho
Bank, Ltd., one of the largest Japanese financial institutions with a global presence.
He is responsible for driving Mizuho’s strategy and business performance in the
region to meet stakeholder expectations through active engagement.
During his 33 years banking career, he worked in Tokyo, Chicago, New York, London
and Singapore. His experiences are predominantly in corporate banking with a
specialty in automotive industry and structured finance. Since his relocation to
Singapore in 2023, he contributes to clients’ successes in providing innovative
financial solutions with a vast and in-depth knowledge of industries and countries
in the Asia-Pacific.
He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Koichi Zaiki

C U R R E N T P O S I T I O N A N D R E S P O N S I B I L I T I E S
Sandeep Ghosh is Visa’s Group Country Manager India and South
Asia (INSA). He is responsible for the organisation’s growth strategy
and market leadership across South Asian markets including India, Sri
Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives, and Bhutan.
In his role, Sandeep focuses on Visa’s leadership and growth in the
cluster, based on innovative strategies to open avenues, help build
and scale a trusted payments ecosystem and drive financial inclusion
by developing a less-cash society across each market.

P R E V I O U S P O S I T I O N S
Sandeep brings diverse and rich experience from the banking and
finance ecosystem, having worked across multiple global markets. His
roles spanned business development, brand marketing, strategy and
general management in FMCG, banking, insurance and consulting.
Prior to joining Visa in March 2022, Sandeep led the Financial Services
Consulting practice at EY for India. Previously, he served as Managing
Director, Bharti AXA Life Insurance and Country Manager AXA India,
helping build a strong franchise for the brand.
Sandeep has also worked in senior management roles, leading
Commercial Banking at ANZ and RBS in the region. He spent nearly a
decade at Citibank, heading its commercial banking operations in India,
prior to which he was Category Head – Marketing, South Asia with
PepsiCo.

O T H E R I N F O R M A T I O N
Sandeep holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Accountancy and
Financial Management from Sydenham College, University of Mumbai,
and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Sandeep Ghosh

Pradeep Parameswaran is Head of Mobility at Uber, responsible for Uber's global mobility business, overseeing business strategy and operations across more than 70 countries. He leads the team dedicated to providing seamless, reliable, and innovative transportation options to millions of people worldwide, while shaping the future of mobility.
Pradeep joined Uber in January 2017 and has held several key leadership positions, including managing Uber’s mobility operations in India and South Asia and across the Asia-Pacific region. Most recently, Pradeep served as Vice President in charge of Uber for Business, the company’s B2B solution, and as global head of business development.
Pradeep serves on the board of Nykaa, India’s leading online beauty and fashion e-commerce company. Before joining Uber, Pradeep was CEO of DEN Networks, a leading cable television company in India. He spent over a decade at McKinsey & Company working with clients in the technology sector in the U.S. and India. Pradeep began his career in sales at Unilever. He is an alum of the University of Mumbai and Vanderbilt University.


Pradeep Parameswaran

Akis Evangelidis is a marketing and technology leader with over a decade of experience in the industry. As the Co-founder & India President of Nothing, he plays a crucial role in driving the brand’s vision, market expansion, and strategic direction. Under his leadership, Nothing has achieved significant milestones, selling over millions of units globally across eight audio products, eight smartphones, and two smart wearables under the Nothing and CMF by Nothing brands.

In his role as India President, Akis leads Nothing’s operations in one of the world’s most competitive smartphone markets, overseeing business strategy, marketing initiatives, and key partnerships. His leadership has been instrumental in strengthening Nothing’s position in India, a critical market for the company’s future growth.

Before co-founding Nothing, he held senior leadership roles at OnePlus and Sony Mobile, driving sales, marketing, and brand growth across key global markets.

Originally from France, Akis brings a global perspective to his role, leveraging his expertise in scaling brands, executing innovative marketing strategies, and leading high-performance teams.

Akis Evangelidis

Sandeep Nailwal is the co-founder of Polygon, one of the world’s most widely used blockchain protocols, powering over millions of transactions a day and serving as the foundation for applications by global giants. A pioneer in Ethereum scaling, Nailwal has played a pivotal role in shaping the modern Web3 landscape by making blockchain infrastructure faster, more efficient, and developer-friendly.

Born in Ramnagar, Uttrakhand and raised in East Delhi in a one-room rooftop home, Nailwal’s story is one of remarkable ascent—from modest beginnings and early financial hardship to leading a multibillion-dollar protocol with global reach. His ability to combine deep technical understanding with long-term vision has earned him recognition as one of the most influential voices in crypto today.

Now serving as CEO of the Polygon Foundation, Nailwal is focused on aligning the ecosystem under a unified roadmap—scaling the network to support real-world assets, digital identity, and global payments. Beyond Web3, he is also the founder of Blockchain for Impact (BFI), a nonprofit he started during India’s COVID crisis. BFI now funds scientific research across virology, AI, and biomedicine, with the aim of building open, decentralized research infrastructure for the future.

Whether through Polygon, BFI or his newest venture Sentient AI, Sandeep Nailwal is building systems designed not just for speed or profit—but for long-term impact across finance, science, and society.


Sandeep Nailwal

Chef Gaggan’s impact on Indian cuisine and fine dining in Bangkok has been remarkable. He
redefined Indian food by blending classic Indian dishes with modern influences and cooking
techniques, creating “Progressive Indian Cuisine.” This culinary philosophy guides the Gaggan
Restaurant team’s approach to cooking.
The journey began in 2010 with the opening of his first restaurant, ‘Gaggan,’ which gained
international recognition. Despite challenges and transitions, Gaggan’s creativity remained at the
forefront, leading to the birth of ‘Gaggan Anand Restaurant’ in November 2019. The revamped
establishment showcased his imaginative approach and earned accolades like ranking #5 in Asia’s
Top 50 Best Restaurants soon after opening.

Gaggan Anand

Sandeep Sahai is the Chief Executive Officer of Clearwater Analytics, a position he has held since 2018. Under his leadership, the company has experienced significant organic growth across its core industries, expanded into new geographies, and entered new markets. Clearwater has built a disruptive SaaS platform that, combined with deep operational expertise, has helped establish the company as a leader in the industry. What began as a primarily single-office operation has evolved into a global entity with offices and operating centers around the world, serving large and complex global customers. Clearwater went public in the Fall of 2021 and is traded under the ticker CWAN.

Previously, Sandeep was President and CEO of Headstrong, a leading solutions and managed services provider to financial institutions around the world. At the conclusion of his tenure as CEO at Headstrong, the company had several thousand employees with development centers across Asia, Europe, and the United States. Before Headstrong, he was a founder and partner of the consulting firm TechSpan, CEO of Virginia-based SkanSoft, and served for 10 years with the HCL group. Prior to joining Clearwater, Sandeep was Chairman of AIM Software in Austria, on the Board of Simeio solutions, and an Operating Partner at Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (WCAS).

Sandeep holds an M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, an Engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Varanasi, and is an alumnus of The Doon School, Dehradun.


Sandeep Sahai

Erol Baliyan is an accomplished professional serving as the Managing Director for
Franck Muller in the Middle East, Africa, and India. With a remarkable tenure of over
two decades in the luxury watch industry, Erol joined the company in 2003, bringing
extensive expertise across various domains including retail, distribution, logistics,
finance, sales, and design.
Throughout his illustrious career, Erol has consistently demonstrated exceptional
leadership and business acumen. He spearheaded the establishment and growth of
the Middle East distribution office in Dubai, which now oversees operations in more

than 15 countries. His strategic vision and invaluable contributions have been instru-
mental in successfully opening up new markets and expanding the brand's presence.

Moreover, Erol Baliyan's pioneering spirit and commitment to innovation have revolu-
tionized the watchmaking capabilities of Franck Muller. He holds a patent for integrat-
ing groundbreaking technologies into traditional watchmaking, marking a significant

milestone in the industry.

Erol's academic background is equally impressive, with a Bachelor's degree in Econo-
metrics from Marmara University and a Master of Science in International Manage-
ment from the prestigious University of Exeter.

Driven by a relentless pursuit of excellence and a deep passion for the luxury watch

industry, Erol Baliyan continues to lead Franck Muller's regional operations, deliver-
ing unrivaled craftsmanship, exceptional customer experiences, and remarkable

growth for the brand.

Erol Baliyan

Mr. Puneet Chhatwal joined The Indian Hotels
Company Limited (IHCL) as the Managing Director
and Chief Executive Officer in November 2017. He
is a global professional with close to four decades
of leadership experience at highly acclaimed hotel
groups in Europe and North America.

Puneet Chhatwal

N. Chandrababu Naidu

Subra is the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Visa. He oversees cybersecurity, technology controls, and cyber resiliency. His expansive career, spanning over three decades, has been crucial in establishing Visa's Zero Trust Architecture and enhancing the cyber defense capabilities of VisaNet. His focus on Zero Trust and Security-first principles has hardened the payments infrastructure for billions of users while enabling Visa’s product teams to innovate at scale. Under his strategic leadership, Visa has consistently achieved the highest cybersecurity maturity rating in high-risk sectors from Gartner.

Subra Kumaraswamy

Prashanth Chandrasekar is Chief Executive Officer of Stack Overflow and is responsible for driving Stack Overflow’s overall strategic direction and results.
Prashanth is a proven technology executive with extensive experience leading and scaling high-growth global organizations. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President & General Manager of Rackspace’s Cloud & Infrastructure Services portfolio of businesses, including the Managed Public Clouds, Private Clouds, Colocation and Managed Security businesses.


Prior to joining Rackspace, Prashanth was a Vice President at Barclays Investment Bank, focused on providing Strategic and Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) advice for clients in the Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) industries. Prashanth was also a Manager at Capgemini Consulting where he managed Operations transformation engagements and consulting teams across the US. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an M.Eng in Engineering Management from Cornell University and a B.S. in Computer Engineering (summa cum laude) from the University of Maine.


Prashanth Chandrasekar

Dame Sharon White is Managing Director and Head of Europe. Based in London, she works closely with asset class managers in the UK, Europe and Montréal. In her role, she represents CDPQ in various markets, as well as with partners, governments, regulators and commercial organizations. 
Until September 2024, Ms. White was Executive Chair of John Lewis Partnership, the UK’s largest employee-owned company. From 2015 to 2019, she served as Chief Executive of Ofcom, the UK’s media, telecoms and postal regulator. She began her career in the UK Government as an economist. She held a series of roles including in the UK Prime Minister’s office, the Diplomatic Service and at the World Bank, based in Washington, D.C. She was Second Permanent Secretary at the UK Treasury, overseeing public finances between 2013 and 2015. She has held various non-Executive roles and is currently non-Executive Chair of Frontier Economics. 
Sharon was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2020 in recognition of her contribution to public service. She was named the UK’s most influential black person in the 2023 Powerlist. 
She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Cambridge University and a Master’s Degree from University College London.


Dame Sharon White

Dr. Praveer Sinha is the CEO & Managing Director of The Tata Power Company Limited, one of India's oldest and largest integrated power utilities.
A seasoned power sector professional with a career spanning almost four decades, Dr. Sinha has held several leadership positions across the power sector value chain.
As CEO and MD of Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, he was instrumental in driving the turnaround of the DISCOM through technological and social interventions and setting a benchmark operational model for other DISCOMs and developing countries to follow.
Under his current leadership, Tata Power is at the forefront of transforming itself from a century old power utility company into a new-aged sustainable, technology oriented and customer centric green energy solutions company.
Dr. Sinha has led multiple partnerships with national and international technology partners and institutional associations. He has contributed significantly to setting up the first international incubator in India for promoting innovations in the clean energy space.
He is the chairman of the CIl Western Region Council and co-chairs the CII National Committee on Power.
Dr. Sinha is a qualified electrical engineer and has also completed his master's in business law. He received his PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and is a visiting research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston, USA.


 Praveer Sinha

Rahul Jain is the India system lead for Boston Consulting Group as well as a core member of the firm's
Industrial Goods (IG) practice. He is a past leader of the IG practice for the Asia Pacific region, covering
China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and Korea. His expertise in conglomerates
and family-owned businesses has enabled him to drive complex business transformations at scale for
client organizations, including restructuring their operations, sales, and marketing, and delivering a step
change in overall business performance—both profitability and growth.
Rahul has expertise in process industries including cement, steel, power, chemicals, and other building
materials. He has significant experience in the automotive, engineering, and infrastructure industries,
and is passionate about the energy transition, including renewable energy, decarbonization, and electric
vehicles.

Rahul Jain

Mr. Jayarama Prasad Chalasani brings
with him a rich experience of 40 years
in the Indian infrastructure industry,
transcending a mix of both public and private
sectors, at companies such as NTPC, Reliance
Power Ltd, Punj Lloyd, and Suzlon. He is a
mechanical engineer who is widely acclaimed
for his project management and people
leadership skills. Rated among Asia's Best CEOs
on multiple occasions, Mr. Chalasani has been
recognized for his leadership and employee
engagement skills.

JP Chalasani

Vibhuti Garg is the Director for South Asia at the
Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
(IEEFA), where she leads efforts to advance
sustainable development through strategic policy
interventions in energy pricing, subsidy reforms,
innovative business models, and market design. Her
work supports the adoption of clean energy
technologies and the development of financial
instruments that improve commercial viability and
access to finance. With over 21 years of experience in
the energy sector, she focuses on accelerating the

energy transition through economic and financial analysis.

Prior to joining IEEFA in 2018, Vibhuti held roles at organizations such as Mercados Energy
Markets India, ARX Analytics, and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), where she
advised on power sector market strategies and investment analyses. She also served as a
Senior Energy Specialist at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD),
focusing on fossil fuel subsidy reforms and renewable energy investments.

Vibhuti holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a
Bachelor’s degree from Hansraj College, Delhi University. In 2023, she participated in the
Canberra Fellowships Program, an initiative by Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs
and Trade aimed at fostering Indo-Pacific leadership in climate change and sustainability.

Leaders At The World Leaders Forum 2025