Meet the influential voices at The Times Group ETNOW Global Business Summit 2025 who are steering change across industries. Discover their expertise and forward-thinking solutions that are set to redefine the future of global businesses and foster long-term growth and innovation.
Chief Guest
Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India
Special Guests
HM Queen Rania Al Abdullah
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Rt Hon Patricia Scotland KC
Secretary-General – Commonwealth of Nations
Akis Evangelidis
Co-Founder of Nothing
Álvaro S. Pereira
Chief Economist and G20 Finance Deputy – Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Anil Bhansali
VP Engineering and Head of India Development Center- Google Cloud India
Andrés Vicente
Head of Market Area South East Asia
Anshula Kant
Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer
Arvind Tiku
Founder and Group Chairman, AT Capital Group
Börje Ekholm
CEO and President – Ericsson
Cameron Adams
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer – Canva
Christian Dustmann
Professor of Economics at University College London and Director, ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin)
Devansh Jain
Executive Director of the INOXGFL Group
Dilip Shanghvi
Founder Chairman and Managing Director – Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Dov Moran
Inventor of USB flash drive and Managing Partner, Grove Ventures
Dr. Diana Anne Vorsatz
Vice-Chair – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Dr. Sama Bilbao y León
Director General – World Nuclear Association
Dr Hal Brands
Political Scientist; Professor of Global Affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Dr Michael Spence
President and Provost – University College London
Harvey Schwartz
CEO and member of the Board of Directors – Carlyle Group
Heena Gambhir
News Editor – Times Now
Hon. Sunil Handunneththi
“Minister of Industries and Entrepreneurship Development“ – Government of Sri Lanka
Inna Braverman
Co-Founder – Eco Wave Power Ltd.
Kami Viswanathan
President, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and Africa – FedEx
Karishma Singh
News Editor – Times Network
Katie Sadleir
CEO – Commonwealth Games Federation
Kevin Sneader
President of Asia Pacific Ex-Japan at Goldman Sachs
Luciano Rossi
President – International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
Michael Williamson
President – Lockheed Martin International
Naveen Jindal
Chairman, Jindal Steel & Power & Member of Parliament
Neeraj Kumar
Managing Director – Suntory Global Spirits India
Naiyya Saggi
Co-Founder, The Good Glamm Group – Founder, Edition
Omri Morgenshtern
CEO – Agoda
Santosh Iyer
CEO – Mercedes-Benz India
Sharath Bulusu
Lead Product Management, Google Pay
Prashant Ruia
CEO – Essar
Prof Dr Kan Zaw
Union Minister for Ministry of Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Raj Subramaniam
President, CEO and Director, FedEx
Sheenam Ohrie
Managing Director, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Simon Stiell
Executive Secretary – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Vivek Oberoi
Actor and Entrepreneur
Warren “Woody” Hoburg
Astronaut, NASA
King Willonius
Comedian and AI Storyteller, digital architect, futurist, and cultural innovator, Hollywood film maker
Global Influential Voices in Attendance
Meet the influential voices at The Times Group ETNOW Global Business Summit 2025 who are steering change across industries. Discover their expertise and forward-thinking solutions that are set to redefine the future of global businesses and foster long-term growth and innovation.
Aparna Taneja
Software Engineer – Google DeepMind
Aleksandra Pietilä
Chief Growth Officer – StepOne Tech
Amit Goenka
Chairman & Managing Director – Nisus Finance
Anil Arora
Director – Ace Insurance Brokers
Anne Raudaskoski
Head of Circular Design & Co-Founder – Ethica
Apoorve Goyal
Managing Director – India – Prosus
Ashutosh Sharma
Head of Growth Investments- India and Asia – Prosus
Bingumal Thewarathanthri
Chief Executive Officer, Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka
Dr. Diana Anne Vorsatz
Vice-Chair – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Dimitris Manikis
President for Europe, Middle East, Eurasia and Africa (EMEA), Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Dikshu Kukreja
Honorary Consul General for the Republic of Albania and Managing Principal, C P Kukreja Architects
Dr Alex Zhavoronkov
Founder and CEO – Insilico Medicine
H.E. MINN MINN
Hon’ble Deputy Minister – Ministry of Commerce, Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Inna Braverman
Co-Founder – Eco Wave Power Ltd.
Kaustubh Kulkarni
Senior Country Officer and vice chairman , Asia Pacific – JPMorgan
Karlijn Sibbel
Innovation Director – Notpla
Kami Viswanathan
President, Middle East, Indian subcontinent, and Africa – FedEx
Kaamya Karthikeyan
17 year old Mountaineer and Skier
Luigi Caini
Brazilian skydiving legend and 11-time world record holder
Martin Nils Mikael Hermansson
Global Educator and Creator of ‘Grej of the day’
Manjunatha D.V
Founder & MD – Emmvee Group
Neha Nagar
Content Creator, Filmy Finance
Nirraj Manek
Co-Founder and CEO – SBOOCH
Shahriare Mahmood
Chief Product & Sustainability Officer – Spinnova Group
Sheenam Ohrie
Managing Director, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Shalini Goyal Bhalla
Managing Director – International Council for Circular Economy
Svilen Rangelov
Co-Founder and CEO – Dronamics
Sukant Mishra
MD & CEO – Octagon International
Siddharth Bhatia
Co-Founder and CEO – TurboML
Rahul Taneja
Partner – Lightspeed
Parthaa Bosu
Innovation and Future Strategies Expert – Domain and Functional Advisory Group
Sanjeev Fadnavis
CEO Nitor Infotech, an Ascendion company
Tapan Bhatt
COO – Ascendas Firstspace
Tarun Nazare
Co- founder & MD – Neokred Technologies
Pranjali Awasthi
16-Year-Old AI Startup Owner
Dr. Arunabha Ghosh
CEO, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Preeti Bajaj
MD & CEO – Luminous Power Technologies
Rakesh Sharma
Founder & MD – Quick Smart Wash
Rajneesh Chopra
Managing Director – Amway India
Pamela Thomson-Hall
CEO of International Head of Risk & Broking International
Raj Ajmera
Director – Ace Insurance Brokers
Venkatesh Sarvasiddhi
MD – Springer Nature
Deepak Rai
founder and Managing Director of BOOTES
Saurabh Kumar Sahu
Managing Director & Lead India Business, Accenture
Koel Chakrabarty
CTO – GSB, Sterlite Technologies
Neelakantan Venkataraman
Vice President and Global Head of Cloud and Edge Business at Tata Communications
Nitin Prabhakar Shenoy
Senior Vice President, Head of IT and Digital Transformation at Biocon Limited
Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta
illustrious figure in disaster risk reduction, policy-planning and capacity strategist, a global DRR leader
Dr. Pankaj Agarwal
cleantech expert, entrepreneur and investor with over 20 years’ experience
Rishu Sharma
Director & Digital Evangelist at Birlasoft
Sandeep Varaganti
CEO, JioMart – Reliance Retail
Nikunj Dang
Founder and CEO of Yagnum – a new age management consulting firm
Subramanyam Yadavalli
CEO – International Apollo Hospitals, India
Vinay Rustagi
Director, Premier Energies Limited
Vineet Mittal
Chairman, Avaada Group
Bharat Bhushan Rathi
Head Distribution and Logistics-Mankind Pharma
Prof. (Dr.) S. Vijayalakshmi
Registrar of ICFAI Foundation of Higher Education, A Deemed to be Univerity located in Sankarpally & Professor of Department of Finance, IFHE
Dr. Tanmoy Chakraborty
Registrar of SVKM’s NMIMS, Deemed to be University, Mumbai
Dr. Gunjan Rajput
Higher Education Administrator with leadership experience of more than 15 years at various universities
Goda Ramkumar
Vice President of Data Science Swiggy
Akis Evangelidis
Co-Founder of Nothing
Anand Bajpai
Colonel Anand Bajpai is an Infantry Officer
Anish Mandal
Partner-Deloitte
Sumita Dawra
Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment Govt of India
Francesca Gatti
International Development & Security Specialist Former Security Sector Reform Officer, UN MINUSCA, Southern Africa
Suresh Yadav
Deputy Chief of Staff Commonwealth, UK
Mangal Dev
Head Hitachi Rail India South Asia (Green Energy Mobility Sector) & Director Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd
Tarun Nazare
Co- founder & MD Neokred Technologies
Zainon Mohamad Kassim
Senior Community Leader – Western Australia
Yati Phanindra Kumar Korlaganti
CEO & Director RGS Migration Services
Kanwaljit Chawla
Founder & Director Starr Property Group, Australia
Bhuwan Chandra Tripathi
Vice Chairman, Essar Exploration & Production and Board Member Essar Green Mobility
Ricky Singh
Director – Tans Entertainment, Australia
Natasha Chopra
Director – Mondelez
Chandra Prasad Dhakal
President & Chairman IME Group Pvt. Ltd.; Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FNCCI), Nepal
Rutansh Jagtap
CEO New Dream Network
Kamen Velichkov
VP Strategies Analyst Dronamics, UK
Deepak Dogra
Director Engineered Green Technologies Ltd, UK
Sarthak Ahuja
Investment Banker with over a decade of experience in startup advisory
Ankur Warikoo
entrepreneur, a bestselling author, public speaker and a content creator.
Adil Safdar
CEO – N7 Group, Australia
Sriram Krishnan
Chief Business Development Officer, National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)
Priyanka Gill
entrepreneur shaping the future of luxury, content, and commerce
Rtn. Manpreet Singh
President International Chamber of Investment and Business
Sahiba Bali
versatile actor
Deepak Aggarwal
Founder & CEO of KAZO
Camilla Thoma
Finance & Strategy Specialist TAVIS Capital Switzerland
Mr. Shantanu Mukerji
heads the Singapore office for Gulf Capital
Pratik Gauri
Founder & CEO, 5ire.org
R.G. Manalac
Senior Vice President, Head of APAC FinTech
Prof. (Dr) Dhirendra Singh Parihar
Registrar – Bennett University
Indrajeet Mitra
Founder & Board Member Gateway Group of Companies.
Viraj Bahl
Founder and Managing Director – Veeba
Kalki Subramaniam
Founder and Director, Transgender rights activist & Social Worker Sahodari Foundation
Harnath-Babu
CIO and Partner at KPMG in India
Madhumalti Sharma
Founder & Director Workshop4Me a.s.b.l., Luxembourg
Peter Tschütscher
CEO – KGAL Investment Management
Dr. Vivek Kumar Gupta
Registrar & CHRO – Sharda University
Dr. Meeran Chadha Borwankar
1981 batch of Indian Police Service
Cristiano Pasini
Cristiano Pasini
Anton Panayotov
Deputy Board Chairman – Bulgarian Business Leaders Forum, Founder and CEO of Alaric Securities