Inaugural Address

Her Excellency (Mrs) Ruchi Ghanashyam IFS

High Commissioner of India to UK

Guest of Honour

Gopichand P. Hinduja

Co-Chairman
The Hinduja Group, UK

Sir. David Clementi

Chairman
BBC-The British Broadcasting Corporation, UK

Helen Brand OBE

Chief Executive
ACCA - Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK

Shallu Jindal

Chairperson
JSPL Foundation & Director on the Board, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd., India

Lord Adair Turner

Sr. Fellow, Institute for New Economic Thinking, Sr. Fellow & Grantee, INET & Former Chairman, Financial Services Authority, UK

Sandip Somany

Vice Chairman & MD
HSIL Limited, President, FICCI-Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry

H.E. Rafael Ortiz Fábrega

Ambassador
of Costa Rica to the UK

H.E. Manisha Gunasekera

High Commissioner
of Sri Lanka to the UK

Dr. Rajesh Rajora, IAS

Principal Secretary
Department of Industrial Policy & Investment Promotion, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh, India

Lord Karan Bilimoria CBE, DL

Founder & Chairman
Cobra Beer & Vice President, The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), UK

R. Madhavan

Chairman & MD
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), India

Valeria Gonzalez Posse

Minister, Deputy Head Of Mission, Head Trade and Investments, Embassy of Argentina in the United Kingdom

Eugene Mayne

Founder & Group CEO
Tristar Group, UAE

Vir Advani

Vice Chairman & MD
Blue Star Limited, India

Atul Temurnikar

Co-founder & Executive Chairman
Global Schools Foundation, Singapore

Dr. Tayeb Kamali

Director General
Education & Training Development, Ministry of Interior, UAE

Subhash C. Garg, IAS (Retd)

Former Secretary
Department of Economic Affairs and Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt of India & Executive Director in the World Bank Group

The Rt. Hon. Lord Swraj Paul of Marylebone, PC

Founder & Chairman
The Caparo Group Plc. UK

Arun Kumar Ray, IPS

Deputy Chairman
Tea Board of India

Navin B. Chawla, IAS (Retd.)

Former Chief Election
Commissioner of India

Vindi Banga

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

Biswajit Roy

Director on the Board
(Human Resource & Business Dev),
Oil India Limited

Feryal Ahmadi

Chief Operating Officer
DMCC (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre), UAE

James Stewart

Vice Chair-Head
of Brexit & Industrial Strategy,
KPMG UK

Edward Bickham

Senior Advisor
World Gold Council, UK

Dr. Shailendra Chouksey

Whole-time Director
JK Lakshmi Cement Limited, India

Paul George

Executive Director
orporate Governance & Reporting, Financial Reporting Council (FRC), UK

V. S. Parthasarathy

Group CFO, Group CIO
& Member of Group Executive Board,
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., India

John Reade

Chief Market Strategist
& Head of Research,
World Gold Council, UK

Mark Millar

Vice President
ACCA- Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK

Dr. Nina Skorupska CBE FEI

Chief Executive Officer
Renewable Energy Association, UK

Rohit Misra

Managing Director
Starkey Labs India Pvt. Ltd. (Starkey Laboratories, USA)

Denise Wilson OBE

Chief Executive
The Hampton-Alexander Review, FTSE Women Leaders, UK

Michael Lewis

Chief Executive Officer
E.ON UK plc

Diana Conrad

Chief Human Resources Officer
GlaxoSmithKline plc, UK

Sanjay Grover

Chief Executive
European Operations, Bank of Baroda, UK

Iain Wright FCA

Director of Corporate &
Industrial Strategy,
ICAEW & former Minister, Govt. of UK

Ron Chandiramani

Founder & Group President
Al Midas International Group, UAE

Vinai Kumar Saxena

Chairman
Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Govt of India

Dr. Graham Wilson

Leadership & Organization
Development, OXFORD, UK

Aruna Radhakeesoon

Executive Director
Roger's Group, & Chairman, National Corporate Governance Committee, Mauritius

Andrew Roscoe

Member of the Board
Egon Zehnder, UK

Prof. Colin Coulson Thomas

Chairman
Audit & Risk Committee, United Learning, UK & President, Institute of Management Services, UK

Philip Bouverat

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

Elsa Palanza

Managing Director-Global
Head of Sustainability & Citizenship, Barclays plc, UK

Dr. Waddah S. Ghanem

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

James F. Reda

Managing Director & Executive
Compensation Service Line Leader,
Gallagher HRCC, USA

Kersi F. Porbunderwalla

President & CEO
The EUGDPR Institute, & Secretary-General, Copenhagen Compliance, Denmark

Alain Mulder

Director European Operations
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), Netherlands

Iain Anderson

Executive Chairman
Cicero Group, Non-Executive Director, Innovate Finance, UK

Maggie McGhee

Executive Director
Governance, ACCA-Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK

Mark Hurley

Country Head
UK/Ireland, Chr. Hansen Holding A/S

Paul Crewe

Chief Sustainability Officer
& Executive Director Anthesis Group, UK

Upendra Keshari Neupane

Chairman Nepal Credit &
Commerce Bank Ltd., Nepal

Dr. Peter Bonfield

FREng, FIET, FICE, FIOM3, FCIOB, HonFIStructE, HonFCABE Vice-Chancellor, University of Westminster, UK

Luke Manning

Head- Sustainability &
Strategic Initiatives, Refinitiv, UK

Sandrine Roseberg

Managing Partner CEO &
Board Practice, Heidrick & Struggles Inc., UK

Paresh Rughani

International Motivational
Speaker, UK

Keith Smith

DBA, MBA, MSc, CFIRM, Member, Audit & Risk Committee, Institute of Risk Management, UK

Dr. (Ms) Ilse Ennsfellner

Certified Management Consultant
Ennsfellner Consulting, Austria

Dr. Epaminondas Koronis

Senior Lecturer-Organisations
Economy and Society, Westminster Business School, UK

Prof. Brendon Noble

FRSA, FRSB, FIKE, Prof. of Regenerative Medicine, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster

Malay Patel

Independent Director
HDFC Bank Ltd., India

Dr. Martin Matthews

Westminster Business School
Responsible Leadership, University of Westminster, UK