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EMEA Confluence 2022 edition hosted a stellar line-up of speakers known to be the most compelling visionaries and enterprise game-changers.
Tuesday, November 22nd
Wednesday, November 23rd
Wednesday, November 23rd
Thursday, November 24th
Speakers
14:00 - 14:40
Navigating The Next In Financial Services: How can technology help banks stay secure?
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From Fiumicino Airport, approx. 30 mins
From Ciampino Airport, approx. 40 mins
Registrations will open at 9am on Wednesday, November 23rd 2022.
Attendees will have to bear the cost of their accommodation. However, Infosys has negotiated a special discounted rate of Euro 319 + taxes for attendees of this event from November 22nd-24th. This is for a limited number of rooms and is available on a first-come-first-serve basis at the Rome Cavalieri. We will provide you with breakfast, lunch, evening meals, and tea / coffee during breaks on conferencing days. All personal incidentals such as laundry, mini bar, and phone calls from the room, will be charged to the attendee directly by the hotel during check-out.
The conference is an exclusive invitation-only event. There is no attendance fee for the delegates.
The conference language is English. All sessions and communications will be in English.
No, the business sessions are exclusively for invited delegates. There is a dedicated program planned for the spouses.
To make a booking at the Rome Cavalieri, please use the 'Book Hotel Now' link that will display upon completion of your conference registration. Please note Infosys has negotiated a special discounted rate of Euro 319 + taxes for attendees of this event from Nov 22-24th. This is for a limited number of rooms and is available on a first-come-first-serve basis at the Rome Cavalieri.
At the moment of reservation, the hotel will require a deposit for the first night. In case of cancellation 3 days prior to arrival, no cancellation fee will apply. However, if any cancellation happens within 3 days, the hotel will charge the length of stay in full.
Yes, attendees can stay at any hotel of their choice. However, with the conference being hosted at the Rome Cavalieri, the opportunities to network are numerous. It would be judicious for you to book your accommodation at the same hotel
You may choose to extend your stay at the hotel by making a personal booking. The discounted rates will be applicable for 3 days before and 3 days after the conference for Confluence attendees through the hotel booking link (based on availability). For any assistance, please email InfosysConfluence@infosys.com with the subject line 'Confluence pre/post booking request'.
The hotel standard check-in time is 1500hrs and the check-out time is 1200hrs
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Business leader, campaigner, co-author of “Net Positive”
Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to achieve the UN Global Goals, which he helped develop. He was the CEO of Unilever from 2009 to 2019, Co-Author of “Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take”, and has been described by the Financial Times as “a stand out CEO of the past decade”.
EVP and CTO, Kone
Maciej Kranz is CTO of KONE Corporation leading company’s technology function.
In his New York Times Best Selling book, Building the Internet of Things, Kranz offered practical advice to business decision makers on how and why to implement IoT today. Kranz is also a faculty member of Singularity University, focusing on IoT and corporate innovations.
CEO, Infosys
Salil Parekh, as Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, sets and evolves the strategic direction for the company and its portfolio of offerings, while nurturing a strong leadership team to drive its execution. Salil has nearly three decades of global experience in the IT services industry with a strong track record of driving digital transformation for enterprises, executing business turnarounds and managing successful acquisitions.
Most recently, Salil was a member of the Group Executive Board at Capgemini, where he held several leadership positions for 25 years. He was responsible for overseeing a business cluster comprising Application Services (North America, UK, Asia), Cloud Infrastructure Services, and Sogeti (Technology & Engineering Services Division). He was responsible for the strategy and execution of these businesses – setting direction and enabling rapid client adoption. He was also the Chairman of Capgemini’s North America Executive Council. He was the architect of the North America growth and turnaround strategy, and was instrumental in setting up their offshoring capabilities.
In his earlier role as Partner at Ernst & Young, Salil is widely credited for bringing scale and value to the Indian operations of the consultancy firm.
He holds Master of Engineering degrees in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University, and a Bachelor of Technology degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
President, Infosys
Mohit Joshi is a President of the company. He is Head of Banking, Financial Services & Insurance ( BFSI), Healthcare and Life Sciences at Infosys and is also responsible for firm-wide sales operations and reporting processes, including large deal pursuits and top account growth. Mohit has over 18 years of professional experience working across the US, India, Mexico, and Europe. His area of expertise lies in the intersection of financial services and technology. Mohit was also selected as a Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum, Davos earlier this year.
He joined Infosys in 2000 and has since worked in different capacities. In his previous role, he was responsible for leading the Financial Services practice in Europe. In 2007, Mohit was appointed as CEO of Infosys Mexico and was instrumental in setting up the first subsidiary in Latin America.
Mohit has previously worked in India with ABN AMRO and ANZ Grindlays in their Corporate and Investment banks.
Mohit holds a Master of Business Administration from the Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University and a bachelor’s degree in history from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi.
Former World No. 1 and 2-time Grand Slam Champion
Born in Caracas on October 8th, 1993 Garbiñe spent her first years of her life in the city of Guatire (Miranda state), 50 km east of Caracas.
Her father José Antonio Muguruza was born in Azkoitia and raised in Eibar, two small towns in the Basque Country, in northern of Spain. In 1978 he migrated to Venezuela in search of new opportunities.
In 1999 when Garbiñe was six she moved to Barcelona with her mother and two older brothers. Asier and Igor had played tennis in Venezuela and wanted to become professional tennis players, so they enrolled in the Bruguera Tennis Academy Top Team. Eventually they decided to pursue their studies instead, and it was Garbiñe who turned out to be the one with the real talent to become professional. The family settled in a house next to the academy in Santa Coloma de Cervelló, 10 km from Barcelona.
In December 2009 Garbiñe won her first ITF title in Vinaroz (Spain). Before that, in May she had reached the final in Antalya (Turkey). In 2010, the good results kept coming. In February in Mallorca she reached another ITF tournament and the following week she added her second title. She ended the year as 432 in the world, and she kept on improving to break into the Top 100 in 2012.
Garbiñe started 2013 with great results and wins over three top 10s. In Miami she made the news reaching the quarterfinals after defeating Wozniacki. In a routine study in February at the tournament of Florianopolis she was diagnosed with osteochondritis dissecans of the talus. On July 3rd she went through surgery to prevent future complications.
After six months away from competition, Garbiñe returned to the WTA Tour in December 2013 in Auckland. She was back in great shape, pain-free and eager to compete. She won the tournament in Hobart, her first WTA Tour title, a week before the Australian Open, where she reached the fourth round. In March that year, she played the final in Florianopolis but lost in the first round at Indian Wells and Miami. Roland Garros was a new turning point. She defeated Serena Williams in the first round and advanced to the quarterfinals where she was beaten by Maria Sharapova in a tight match.
From that point her career took off. Garbiñe's most outstanding achievements are two Grand Slam championships (Roland Garros 2016 and Wimbledon 2017), two runners-up (Wimbledon 2015 and Australian Open 2020), and winning the WTA Finals in 2021. She has also won ten other WTA tournaments. In 2017, her best year to date and in which she reached world number one, she was named "Player of the Year" at the WTA and ITF Awards, and nominated for "Sportswoman of the Year" at the Laureus Awards.
She loves music and dancing, traveling to Africa and cooking when she finally makes it home. She is an ambassador of Room to Read that helps young girls to have an education. In 2022 she became an investor in Casa del Sol, a tequila company from Mexico cofounded by actress Eva Logoria.
Chief Digital and Technology Officer, E.ON România
Andreea joined E.ON Romania in April 2018, when she took over the position of Deputy General Manager – member of the Management Board and Digital & Technology Director, leading the Digital Transformation, Data Strategy and Information Technology areas.
Previously, Andreea held the Strategy and Program Management Director position of Orange Romania being member of the Management Board and leading the market strategy of the #1 player in the telecommunication industry.
Andreea has an international experience of over 17 years across energy & telecom industries, having worked in EMEA, Africa and Middle East in different management & Board positions for companies such as E.ON, Orange, Ericsson and Vodafone. With a strong digital and business leadership background, Andreea has experience in building high growth businesses within large corporations.
A recognized public speaker, actively involved in several external C-level industry forums.
High-integrity, energetic leader known for her talent to drive successful transformational programs in highly complex environments.
She graduated the Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of Finance and Banking, attended Master’s Degree courses in Business Management and participated in specialized courses organized by prestigious institutions such as: International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Switzerland, Boston University Management School, USA, IESE Business School Barcelona, Spain and Asia-Pacific Leadership Development Institute Beijing, China.
HPE is the global edge-to-cloud company built to transform your business. How? By helping you connect, protect, analyze, and act on all your data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so you can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Learn More at hpe.com
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, continually delivers innovation to enable secure digital transformation—even as the pace of change is accelerating. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Everyday, we provide the visibility, trusted intelligence, automation and flexibility that help complex organizations advance securely. By delivering a comprehensive portfolio and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, Palo Alto Networks is at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. For more information visit : https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/
Snowflake enables every organization to mobilize their data with Snowflake’s Data Cloud. Customers use the Data Cloud to unite siloed data, discover and securely share data, and execute diverse analytic workloads. Wherever data or users live, Snowflake delivers a single data experience that spans multiple clouds and geographies. Thousands of customers across many industries, including 506 of the 2021 Forbes Global 2000 (G2K) as of April 30, 2022, use Snowflake Data Cloud to power their businesses.
Learn more at snowflake.com
Pega provides a powerful low-code platform that builds agility into the world’s leading organizations so they can adapt to change. Clients use our AI-powered decisioning and workflow automation to solve their most pressing business challenges – from personalizing engagement to automating service to streamlining operations. Since 1983, we’ve built our scalable and flexible architecture to help to help enterprises meet today’s customer demands while continuously transforming for tomorrow.
Find out more: www.pega.com
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers —including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs.
Find out more: https://aws.amazon.com/partners/infosys/
Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology – all on the cleanest cloud in the industry. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.
Find out more: https://cloud.google.com
Achieve more with the Microsoft Cloud. Do more with less. Discover how the most trusted and comprehensive cloud can help you meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
Find out more: https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-cloud
SAP’s strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: SAP customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers’ businesses into intelligent enterprises. SAP helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want – without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, SAP helps the world run better and improve people’s lives.
For more information, visit https://www.sap.com/products/rise.html
Appian is the unified platform for change. We accelerate customers’ businesses by discovering, designing, and automating their most important processes. The Appian Low-Code Platform combines the key capabilities needed to get work done faster, Process Mining + Workflow + Automation, in a unified low-code platform. Appian is open, enterprise-grade, and trusted by industry leaders. For more information, visit www.appian.com
Camunda is the leader in process orchestration software. Our software helps orchestrate complex business processes that span people, systems, and devices. With Camunda, business users collaborate with developers to model and automate end-to-end processes using BPMN-powered flowcharts that run with the speed, scale, and resiliency required to compete in today’s digital-first world. Hundreds of enterprises such as Allianz, ING, and Vodafone design, automate, and improve mission-critical business processes with Camunda to drive digital transformation.
Camunda’s new approach allows you to automate your business processes in their entirety with end-to-end orchestration that connects all involved people, systems and devices. It implements the BPMN and DMN standards as a common language for all automation stakeholders and comes with a developer-friendly and open architecture. Thanks to this new approach, you will be able to integrate your existing legacy systems with a modern process automation architecture and gradually replace them with future-proof technologies. To learn more visit camunda.com.
Dell Technologies (NYSE:DELL) helps organizations and individuals build their digital future and transform how they work, live and play. The company provides customers with the industry’s broadest and most innovative technology and services portfolio for the data era.
Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that provides the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. The company services customers of all sizes across 180 countries – ranging from 99 percent of the Fortune 500 to individual consumers – with the industry's most comprehensive and innovative portfolio from the edge to the core to the cloud.
Find out more: www.Dell.com .
SUSE is a global leader in innovative, reliable, secure enterprise-grade open source solutions, relied upon by more than 60% of the Fortune 500 to power their mission-critical workloads. We specialize in Business-critical Linux, Enterprise Container Management and Edge solutions, and collaborate with partners and communities to empower our customers to innovate everywhere – from the data center, to the cloud, to the edge and beyond.
SUSE puts the “open” back in open source, giving customers the agility to tackle innovation challenges today and the freedom to evolve their strategy and solutions tomorrow. The company employs more than 2,000 people globally. SUSE is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
Website www.suse.com.
Dassault Systèmes is a science-based, innovation-driven, business-minded and long-term-oriented company. The company’s 20,000 employees are driven by this ambition. This also translates into a high level of market confidence and trust among its 270,000 enterprise customers in almost 140 countries. Dassault Systèmes is a European company with a global presence and market reach.
The solutions of Dassault Systèmes transform the way products are designed, simulated, produced, marketed and supported, leveraging the virtual world to improve the real world. Dassault Systèmes has helped industrials disrupt how products are designed and produced - with 3D design, with 3D digital mock-up (DMU), with 3D Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and now with 3DEXPERIENCE.
Dassault Systèmes focus on developing solutions in Life Sciences & Healthcare alongside two other strategic sectors of the economy : Manufacturing Industries and Infrastructure & Cities.
Global leader in sustainable innovation, Dassault Systèmes provides the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, a virtual experience platform that allows customers to create innovative new products and services, and ultimately address the major challenges facing the world today : cities (how to create cities that are great places to live in ?) ; resources (how to use them in a sustainable way ?) ; healthcare (how can it be both globally managed and personalized ?) ; how to supply and produce; and education and research (how to empower the workforce of the future ?).
Find out more : www.3ds.com .
About Informatica: Informatica (NYSE:INFA), an Enterprise Cloud Data Management leader, empowers businesses to realize the transformative power of data. We have pioneered a new category of software, the Informatica Intelligent Data Management Cloud™(IDMC), powered by AI and a cloud-first, cloud-native, end-to-end data management platform that connects, manages, and unifies data across any multi-cloud, hybrid system, empowering enterprises to modernize and advance their data strategies. Over 5,000 customers in more than 100 countries and 85 of the Fortune 100 rely on Informatica to drive data-led digital transformation.
Learn more at www.informatica.com .
Configit helps global manufacturers master the challenges of getting configurable products to market faster, with higher quality and engineered at lower cost.
As a pioneer of Configuration Lifecycle Management, our configuration platform is the first of its kind to connect and enable collaboration across functions - from engineering and sales to manufacturing and service - by ensuring the entire organization is operating from the same configuration data. We call it a single source of configuration truth, which provides companies with comprehensive, accurate and easily accessible data of all their configurable products and services.
Trusted by the world’s largest manufacturing companies for their mission-critical functions, our collaborative configuration platform, built on the multi-patented Virtual Tabulation® compiler technology, handles the most complex configurations on the market with unprecedented power, accuracy and speed.
Our customers include ABB, Jaguar Land Rover, Vestas, Siemens, Danfoss, AGCO, Viessmann, Emerson, Rockwell Automation, Demant, ThyssenKrupp Elevators, Johnson Controls, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, and more.
IFS develops and delivers cloud enterprise software for companies around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. Within our single platform, our industry specific products are innately connected to a single data model and use embedded digital innovation so that our customers can be their best when it really matters to their customers – at the Moment of Service™. The industry expertise of our people and of our growing ecosystem, together with a commitment to deliver value at every single step, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our global team of 5,000 employees every day live our values of agility, trustworthiness and collaboration in how we support thousands of customers. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at https://www.ifs.com/.
ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) makes the world work better for everyone. Our cloud based platform and solutions help digitize and unify organizations so that they can find smarter, faster, better ways to make work flow. So employees and customers can be more connected, more innovative, and more agile. And we can all create the future we imagine. The world works with ServiceNow™.
For more information, visit: www.servicenow.com .
Salesforce is the global leader in CRM, helping companies connect with customers in a whole new way. Founded in 1999, Salesforce enables companies of every size and industry to digitally transform around their customers and create unforgettable moments that wow by harnessing the power of automation, artificial intelligence, real-time data, and flexible work. With Customer 360, our full portfolio of technology and services, we unite teams through a single view of customer data and real-time insights that drive cost savings by improving connectivity, efficiency and productivity — all while creating personalized customer experiences.
Salesforce is proud to be the global leader in CRM for nine years in a row, but we’re even more proud to be recognized as a leader in innovation, culture and philanthropy. We lead with our core values of trust, customer success, innovation, equality, and sustainability, and through our philanthropic 1-1-1 model – where we donate 1% of our equity, 1% of our product and 1% of our time to our communities – we’ve built giving back into our business. With a global community driven by shared core values, Salesforce is more than a business – it’s a platform for change.
Learn more at www.salesforce.com.
HP Inc. is a technology company that believes one thoughtful idea has the power to change the world. Its product and service portfolio of personal systems, printers, and 3D printing solutions helps bring these ideas to life.
Visit http://www.hp.com.
Every year, Genesys® orchestrates billions of remarkable customer experiences for organizations in more than 100 countries. Through the power of our cloud, digital and AI technologies, organizations can realize Experience as a Service℠, our vision for empathetic customer experiences at scale. With Genesys, organizations have the power to deliver proactive, predictive, and hyper personalized experiences to deepen their customer connection across every marketing, sales, and service moment on any channel, while also improving employee productivity and engagement. By transforming back-office technology to a modern revenue velocity engine Genesys enables true intimacy at scale to foster customer trust and loyalty.
Find out more: https://www.genesys.com/.
IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider, helping clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,800 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently, and securely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity, and service.
Find out more: https://www.ibm.com/in-en.
Oracle offers integrated suites of applications plus secure, autonomous infrastructure in the Oracle Cloud.
Find out more: https://www.oracle.com/partner/infosys/.
Global CIO Solution Lines and Head of Platforms, AON
Paul Brotzel joined Aon in April 2014 and currently holds the position of Global CIO Solution Lines and Head of Platforms.
Paul has over 30 years’ experience in the IT and Insurance industry holding multiple senior roles including board positions. Prior to joining Aon, Paul held multiple CIO, CTO and COO roles for major organisations such as Allianz, St. Paul (Travellers) and Cardif (Part of the BNP Paribas group).
Paul has spent much of his career working internationally leading him to live and work in multiple cities around the world including Chicago and Sydney.
CIO, Uniper
Damian began his career in 1990 at British Gas. Following E.ON’s takeover of Powergen in 2000, he moved to Germany in 2004 and became a member of the Board of Management of E.ON IS GmbH in 2006. In 2013 he was appointed Member of the Board of E.ON Global Commodities in Düsseldorf. Since the foundation of Uniper in 2016, Damian has been the CIO of Uniper Group.
The split from E.ON gave Damian Bunyan, CIO, and his team a unique opportunity. Either they used E.ON as an IT Service Provider or they would make their own way. The Uniper Team set out to fully move themselves on a new IT landscape. They have fully exited E.ON’s Data Centres, moving all applications towards the public cloud. A new network was built and Uniper staff are enjoying the benefits of the modern cloud based workplace with its evergreen approach and modern security.
Formula 1 Racing Champion and 13 Grand Prix Winner
One of the world’s most widely recognised sports personalities, David Coulthard is a renowned Formula 1 Grand Prix driver, television broadcaster, author and entrepreneur.
Born in Twynholm, Scotland, David began racing karts at the age of 11 and achieved significant success in the lower formulae of motor racing. This included victory in the prestigious Macau Grand Prix. He won the inaugural McLaren Autosport ‘Young Driver of the Year Award’ in 1989, leading to a test drive for the McLaren Formula 1 team.
He joined the Williams Formula 1 team in 1993 as test driver, supporting Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna in successive seasons. He made his Formula 1 World Championship debut for the team the following year, scoring his maiden victory at the 1995 Portuguese Grand Prix.
He then moved to McLaren for nine seasons where he enjoyed a series of stellar performances including winning a further 12 Grands Prix. He finished in the top 3 in the World Championship for Drivers on no fewer than 5 occasions. His Formula 1 victories included twice winning the prestigious British and Monaco Grands Prix.
In 2005 David joined the newly created Red Bull Racing team and played a key role in the team’s development, including bringing the team its first podium finish, at the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix. He stepped away from Formula 1 racing at the end of 2008, scoring his final podium finish in that year’s Canadian Grand Prix.
His business interests include co-founding Whisper, one of Europe’s fastest growing media production companies, and Velocity Experience which develops and produces branded corporate events. In 2019 David became non-Executive Chairman of W Series, the world’s first professional all-women single seater racing series, and he is President of the British Racing Drivers Club which owns and operates Silverstone Circuit in the UK.
David’s profile is underlined through ambassadorships for a number of major international brands. He continues to drive Red Bull’s F1 cars at promotional events and is co-commentator for Channel 4’s Formula 1 coverage in the UK. He often conducts the podium interviews with the top three finishers as part of Formula 1’s global television feed.
In 2007 David published his autobiography It Is What It Is and in 2018 his second book The Winning Formula made the Sunday Times Best Seller list in the UK. In 2010 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Global Economist, Politician and Best Selling Author
Yanis Varoufakis is a member of Greece’s Parliament and parliamentary leader of MeRA25, the Greek political party belonging to DiEM25 – Europe’s first transnational paneuropean movement.
In his own words, Varoufakis was “thrust onto the public scene by Europe’s inane handling of an inevitable crisis”. In January 2015 he was elected to Greece's Parliament with the largest majority in the country and served as Greece’s Finance Minister between January and early July of 2015. During those tumultuous six months he faced down the authoritarian ineptitude of the world’s most powerful institutions – the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission, and the European Central Bank; three institutions determined to impose upon the poorest of Greeks the harshest austerity in history. Varoufakis resigned the finance ministry when he refused to sign a loan agreement that perpetuated Greece’s debt- deflationary cycle.
A year later, Varoufakis co-founded DiEM25 (the Democracy in Europe Movement) and, two years hence, in 2018, he launched its Greek electoral wing (MeRA25). Also in 2018, together with US Senator Bernie Sanders, he established the Progressive International – a global movement whose affiliated members exceed 200 million persons from across the world. In addition to these organisational endeavours he has travelled extensively giving talks and participating in various activist events and projects.
Varoufakis read mathematics and economics at the Universities of Essex and Birmingham and subsequently taught economics at the Universities of East Anglia, Cambridge, Sydney, Glasgow, Texas and Athens where he still holds a Chair in Political Economy and Economic Theory. He is also Honorary Professor of Political Economy at the University of Sydney, Honoris Causa Professor of Law, Economics and Finance at the University of Torino, Visiting Professor of Political Economy at King’s College, London, and Doctor of the University Honoris Causa at University of Sussex.
Currently completing a new book entitled Technofeudalism: Capitalism’s stealthysuccessor (to be published by Penguin in the UK), he is the author of a number of best-selling books, including Another Now: A novel (Penguin UK & Melville House US), Adults in the Room: My struggle against Europe’s Deep Establishment (London: Bodley Head, 2017); Talking to My Daughter About the Economy: A brief history of capitalism (London: Bodley Head, 2017), And the Weak Suffer What They Must? Europe, Austerity and the Threat to Global Stability (London: Bodley Head and NY: Nation Books, 2016); and The Global Minotaur: America, Europe and the Future of the World Economy (London: Zed Books, 2011,2015). His academic books include Economic Indeterminacy (London: Routledge, 2014); Game Theory: An introductory Text (London: Routledge, 2003), Foundations of Economics (London: Routledge, 1998); and Rational Conflict (Oxford: Bl
Thinkers50, Ted Speaker, Professor at Hult International Business School
Megan Reitz is Professor of Leadership and Dialogue at Hult International Business School where she speaks, researches, consults and supervises on the intersection of leadership, change, dialogue and mindfulness. She is on the Thinkers50 ranking of global business thinkers and is ranked in HR Magazine’s Most Influential Thinkers listing. She has presented her research to audiences throughout the world and is the author of Dialogue in Organizations and Mind Time. Her new book, with Financial Times Publishing, is called Speak Up which was shortlisted for the CMI Management Book of the Year 2020.
Her passion and curiosity centres around the quality of how we meet, see, hear, speak, learn with and encounter one another in organisational systems. Her research and publications, featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes magazine, on the BBC and Deutsche Welle, explore the links between mindfulness and leadership capacities for the 21st century and the capacity to ‘speak truth to power’ and develop psychologically safe, ‘speak-up’ cultures.
Before joining Ashridge, Megan was a consultant with Deloitte; surfed the dot-com boom with boo.com; and worked in strategy consulting for The Kalchas Group, now the strategic arm of Computer Science Corporation. She was educated at Cambridge University and has a PhD from Cranfield School of Management. She is an accredited executive coach with Ashridge and The School of Coaching.
She is mother to two wonderful daughters who test her regularly on her powers of mindfulness and dialogue.
Head of Visual and Data Journalism, Financial Times
A data visualisation specialist, his TEDx talk Why You Should Love Statistics was featured on TED.com in 2017. Alan is the author of How Charts Work, a handbook on designing with data using the FT's principles.
Before he joined the FT, he was head of digital content at the UK Office for National Statistics where he was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II in 2011 for services to official statistics.
VP IT and Cross Functions, Mercedes-Benz Group AG
Hartmut Müller, Vice President IT Technology & Cross Functions at Mercedes-Benz Group AG, leads the IT technology and cross-functions of a global organization with over 1,000 employees, which manages the technology and platform business of Mercedes-Benz, the IT infrastructure, driving cybersecurity, enterprise architecture and IT global service delivery. Previously, he held a managerial position at Deutsche Telekom AG. There he was most recently responsible for the B2B business as Senior Vice President Business Solutions and CIO. In this role, he drove the digitization, innovation and agile transformation of the company.
In addition to his management responsibilities, he led programs in the areas of M&A, culture change and portfolio management, among others. He coaches Six Sigma Black Belts and is an assessor for leadership positions. He studied economics and computer science at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences.
CIO, Daimler Truck AG
Marcus Claesson serves as Global CIO of Daimler Truck AG. He also spearheads Daimler Truck Connectivity, having founded Connectivity Services Group (CSG), supporting the divisions and brands in creating more value for customers through connected products and services.
Marcus is passionate about unlocking the full potential of technology in business, driving technology-led business transformation and advanced digital solutions to accelerate growth and efficiencies. As the transportation industry is moving towards a more sustainable future, he is taking an active role in shaping the customer experience around the products and developing new ecosystems for zero emission vehicles and autonomous vehicles.
His colleagues describe him as a strategic-thinking leader with a focused and results-oriented approach, combined with strong interpersonal skills. Marcus holds a B. Sc. in Computer Science and has more than two decades of experience leading global teams in diverse industries.
Chief Information and Transformation Officer, Britvic
Sudeep joined Britvic in 2016 and became a member of the executive team in June 2022. Retaining oversight of IT, data and analytics from his previous role as Chief Information Officer, Sudeep is also responsible for cross-functional transformation programmes.
Sudeep started his career in India as a business analyst for Cognizant, having graduated in mechanical engineering. He moved to London in 2006 on secondment with J.P. Morgan, eventually leading an international business transformation programme for the investment bank. Subsequent roles have seen him develop digital solutions for consumers at M&S, Jack Wills and Selfridges.
Group EVP, Technology and Services ,DNB
Maria Ervik Løvold is Group Executive Vice President for Technology & Services in DNB and responsible for common IT-solutions, security, Anti-money laundering and bank services. DNB is the biggest bank in Norway and aims to develop innovative and responsible products and services and create exceptional user experiences. Maria is known for her energetic and direct leadership style and she is passionate about diversity and enabling her colleagues to thrive. Maria has been a board member of «Norsk Gjeldsinformasjon AS» and «DNB Eiendom AS», and is now member of the board in «IKT Norge». She is cand. jur. from the University in Oslo and she has many years of experience as a lawyer in the financial industry.
VP, Digital Product Management, New Integrated Offers, bp
Fred is the Vice President of digital product management at bp, focused on the discovery and creation of new digital product offers aligned to bp’s five growth engines: bioenergy – to produce more renewable fuels made from waste or plants, EV charging – to accelerate the switch to electric vehicles, convenience – to help make everyday life a little easier, renewables – that can be used to power millions of homes and businesses with low carbon energy from the sun and wind, and hydrogen and carbon capture and storage – to help build the lower carbon energy system of the future.
Fred is a passionate environmentalist, having transitioned to a meat-free diet, electric cars and a solar-powered house 5 years ago. She joined bp in 2018 to be part of the solution to the climate crisis and progress the energy transition. Since joining bp, she has held a range of leadership roles, including supporting the agile transformation and more recently leading the digital innovation teams across the customer facing businesses. Fred started her career as a technology consultant initially within the construction industry before falling in love with the complexities and emerging challenges of the energy industry. She is passionate about diversity and supporting new generations of STEM students to reach their full potential. She is a mother to two children and one dog, and enjoys adrenaline sports and travel in her spare time.
EVP Customer Journey, Data and Digital, Telenet
Benedikte Paulissen studied Applied Economics at the KU Leuven and obtained a post-graduate degree in European law at the UCL. She also worked for Flanders Technology International, a non-profit organization established by the Flemish government to promote technology, innovation and science. In 1998, she switched to Telenet and worked at the communication department and the marketing division to promote Telenet to the general public. In 2004, she was made responsible for all direct sales channels, including telesales and sales via indirect sales channels, including own shops, dealers and Telenet Centres. From 2011 she was also responsible for all customer service activities. The last couple of years she is driving the data & digital transformation and the customer centric experience. In 2019 she became responsible for the data, digital and the journey-teams. In this role she is engaging the company in managing the customer relationship and in creating a persistent focus on the customer. She is driving the organization to work together for the optimal customer experience delivery.
