Opening
Address By

The Rt. Hon. Mark Field MP

Hon'ble Minister of State for Asia and Pacific, Department of Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Govt. of UK

Guest of Honour at Global Business Meet

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Bates

Hon'ble Minister of State for International Development, Govt. of UK

Inaugural
Address

Shailesh Vara MP

Hon'ble Minister of State for Northern Ireland, Govt. of United Kingdom

Guest of Honour at GPA Awards

Alok Sharma, MP

Hon’ble Minister of State for Employment, Department of Work and Pensions, Govt. of UK

IOD Distinguished
Fellow

Donald H. Brydon, CBE

Chairman
London Stock Exchange Group & The Sage Group plc, UK

IOD Distinguished
Fellow

Sir Richard Stagg, KCMG

Chairman
Rothschild (India), former High Commissioner of UK to India, Ambassador to Afghanistan & Bulgaria

Golden Peacock Global Award for Lifetime Achievements in Corporate Governance

Prof. (Judge) Mervyn E. King SC

Chairman
King Committee on Corporate Governance & former Judge, Supreme Court of South Africa

H.E. Dr. Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor

Group Chairman
Al Habtoor Group, UAE

The Rt. Hon. Lord Swraj Paul Marylebone, PC

Founder & Chairman
The Caparo Group Plc., UK

H.E. Ahmed Bin Sulayem

Executive Chairman
DMCC Dubai Multi Commodities Centre

Ann Cairns

Vice Chairman
MasterCard Inc.

Shobana Kamineni

Executive Vice Chairperson
Apollo Hospitals Group and Immediate Past President, CII, India

Kapil Wadhawan

Chairman
Wadhawan Global Capital (WGC), India

David Cruickshank

Global Chairman
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited

Vijay Karia

Chairman & MD
Ravin Group of Companies, India

Gopichand P. Hinduja

Co-Chairman
The Hinduja Group, UK

Lord Karan Bilimoria, CBE, DL

Founder & Chairman
Cobra Beer, UK

Helen Brand OBE

Chief Executive
ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK

Terry Heymann

Chief Financial Officer
World Gold Council, UK

Gautam Sashittal

Chief Executive Officer
DMCC Dubai Multi Commodities Centre

Dr. P. V. Ramesh, IAS

Chairman & MD
Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd., Govt. of India

Brahmani Nara

Executive Director
Heritage Foods & Trustee - NTR Memorial Trust, India

Dr. Regeena J. Murli

Managing Director
Jeppiaar College of Engineering, India

Michael Eckhart

MD & Global Head
of Environmental Finance & Sustainability, Citigroup, New York

Neelabh Dalmia

Director & Promoter
Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd. (GHCL), India

Vindi Banga

Partner, Clayton Dubilier & Rice; Chairman, Marie Curie; Senior Independent Director, GlaxoSmithKline plc., UK

Koushik Chatterjee

ED & Chief Financial Officer
& Member of the Board, Tata Steel Group

Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem

Sr. Director
Sustainability, Operational & Business Excellence, Emirates National Oil Company Limited (ENOC) LLC, UAE

Tony Hambro

Director
Wadhawan Global Capital (UK) Ltd.

Dr. P. Anbalagan, IAS

Chief Executive Officer
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC), Govt. of Maharashtra

Ian Davies

Non-executive Deputy Chairman
BMT Group Ltd. & Independent Non-Executive Director, Harvey Nash Group plc, UK

Prof. (Dr.) Andrew Kakabadse, FCIS

Emeritus Prof.
of International Management Development, Cranfield University, School of Management, UK

Philip Bouverat

Director
J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited (JCB), UK

Simon Jack

Business Editor
BBC News, UK

Sushma Paul Berlia

Co-Promoter & President
Apeejay Stya & Svran Group, India

Khalil Saqer Bin Gharib

Executive Director
Dubai Customs - Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation (PCFC), UAE

Tim Willcox

Chief Presenter
BBC World News

Nikhil Rathi

Chief Executive Officer
LSE plc & Director, International Development, London Stock Exchange Group, UK

Iain Wright FCA

Director of Corporate & Regional Engagement,
ICAEW, Ex. MP, Minister and Chair of Business Committee, UK

Ajay Poddar

Managing Director
Syenergy Environics, India

Katharina Miller

Founding Partner
3C Compliance, Spain

James F. Reda

MD & Practice Leader
Executive Compensation, Gallagher HRCC, USA

Steve Spellman

Head of Internal Audit & Risk, M&S Group plc., UK

Kyle Whitehill

Chief Executive Officer
Avanti Communications Group plc, UK

Neil Stevenson

Managing Director
Global Implementation, International Integrated Reporting Council, UK

Monique Bachner

Chair, LëtzBlock – Luxembourg Blockchain Association; Director, ILA - the Luxembourg Institute of Directors, & Independent Director, Board Advisor, Luxembourg

Dr. Graham Wilson

Leadership & Organization Development ,OXFORD, UK A Report on the last year 2017 London Global Convention - VIDEO

Prof. Andrew George

Dy. Vice-Chancellor
(Education and International), Brunel University London

Peter Swabey FCIS

Policy & Research Director
The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA): The Governance Institute, UK

Lord Diljit Singh Rana MBE

Chairman
Andras House Group, Northern Ireland

Mike Hughes

President - UK & Ireland
Schneider Electric

Saleh Ahmed Janeeh

Advisor - Creativity &
Innovation, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, UAE

Robert Stenhouse

Deputy President
ACCA- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK

Alissa Amico

Managing Director
GOVERN, France

Prof. Colin Coulson Thomas

President
Institute of Management Services & Director-General, UK and Europe, Institute of Directors, India

Alan Young

Managing Director
Corporate Affairs & Sustainability, SSE plc, UK

CS Makarand Lele

President
The Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Rajendra Chopra

Chief Compliance Officer & Company Secretary, Cipla Ltd., India

Dr. (Ms) Ilse Ennsfellner

Certified Management Consultant
Ennsfellner Consulting, Austria

Dr. Vandana Gandhi

Founder and CEO
British Orchard Nursery, UAE