GBS Speakers 2025


  • Plenary Stage
  • Parallel Stages

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.


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

Rolls-Royce says India will continue to be ‘important and high potential’ market

March 13, 2022
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Speaking at The Economic Times Global Business Summit Rolls-Royce plc Chief Executive Warren East CBE said that India is not only among the few large economies to have managed a very quick and effective recovery, but it has also bounced back to its pre-COVID-19 growth.