Sustainability / SDG / DEI / ESG / Impact
Heather is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Bankers for Net Zero, which is B4NZ.
She has been recognized as one of the 20 trailblazing women in climate change and shortlisted as a sustainability leader of the peer and women in green business.
Vagish is the managing director of Alpla India Private Limited.
He is also the chief engagement officer of Alpla Global. Alpla is one of the largest and most respected companies in the world in the field of plastic bottles and caps.
Jan is a Belgian native living in the Netherlands.
He studied in locations such as Louisville, Belgium, Copenhagen, Denmark, the Netherlands, California, and Harvard.
Robert is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Rebalance Earth, which is an organization that combines nature and finance to protect and restore nature at scale.
He is a fellow member of the YPO.
Agriculture / Food / Food Tech
Sameer is the founder and chief executive officer of Hunger Inc. Hospitality Pvt Ltd.
He has over 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry.
Sanket is the Co-Founder and CEO of SCANDALous Foods.
He is a Core Team Lead at TiE Food Network.
Zoe is the Founder and Creative Director of Gelée.
Her food and travel writing, as well as personal fiction, has been published in a variety of online and print magazines and journals.
Rinka is the Founder and Director of Thinking Forks Consulting.
She is the Co-founder of Tasty Tales.
Consulting / Coaching
Katja Rehse is a Holistic Business & Life Coach.
She is the Founder & CEO of KemHealing.
Loic Potjes is the Managing Partner of Disruptive Leap.
His main focus is now executive coaching for CEOs for personal growth to enable business growth.
Rusty Gaillard is an Executive Coach.
He joined Apple before the iPhone was launched and worked with Apple for 14 years before starting his coaching business.
Eric has over 30 years of experience in various leadership roles, including CTO, COO, CEO, and director.
Sasha has a commercial and sales background and is an entrepreneur, and co-founder of NextGen and Efficiency First.
Education / Author
Amit Bansal is an entrepreneur, restaurateur and author.
He’s a published author of the book “Overflow – Live The Life You Want”.
Alex is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Educate Online, which is a global education and technology company dedicated to making education accessible worldwide.
He’s also been recognized as a Forbes 30 under 30.
Professor Mons is the professor emeritus at the Leiden University.
He’s the founding director of the Leiden Institute for FAIR and Equitable Science, which is the acronym for L, I, F, E, S.
Mr. Das is one of India’s most celebrated authors and thinkers.
He’s a former chief executive officer of Procter and Gamble India and managing director of Procter and Gamble Worldwide for strategic planning.
Finance / Fintech
Prof Nafis Alam is the Professor and Head of the School of Business, at Monash University Malaysia.
His research is focused on banking and fintech, regulation, financial stability, corporate finance, financial markets, Islamic banking and finance, financial intermediation, and financial economics.
Rosalyn is a Corporate, Funds, and Financial Services lawyer specialising in Private Wealth.
She has over 25 years of experience working in private practice, investment banking, and at a multi-family office.
Self-Awareness and Personal Practices: Hassan emphasizes the importance of self-awareness for personal and professional success. He practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu to manage doubts, develop discipline, and integrate values like integrity and respect into his work.
Creative Expression through Writing: Hassan maintains mental clarity by writing and sharing thoughts and poetry anonymously on Twitter. This practice serves as both a creative outlet and a method for balancing the material and higher aspects of his life.
Government / Geo Politics
Surendra Ahuja is the former Managing Director of Boeing Defense in India.
He is a former Rear Admiral of the Indian Navy, now retired.
Michael is a Resilient Strategist, and he is behind the launch of the RISE Framework and Institute.
He is developing the Collab of Southern African Resilience (CSAR) as a collaborative network of visionary business and government leaders.
Aiming to assist in sensitive situations, like domestic violence, while ensuring privacy and safe handling of data.
Tailored for dementia patients of Moroccan descent, considering cultural relevance.
Senator Loffreda was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 2019 by the Governor General of Canada.
He is the first Canadian born senator of Italian descent.
Human Resources
Prof Dave J Snowden is the Director & Founder of The Cynefin Centre.
He works on the application of natural sciences to social systems through the development of methods and the SenseMaker® software suite.
Utkarsh is the learning facilitator and executive coach.
He is also a content creator, from being a physiotherapist to filming and editing 400 hours of content for Columbia Business School professor to scaling a startup and leading sales, he now helps individuals and teams outperform themselves.
Sally is the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Something Big, which is on a mission to make workplaces fairer, healthier, and happier by improving organizational communication.
She fundamentally believes that out-of-control and noisy communication is slowing organizations down, stressing out employees, dampening innovation, and damaging productivity.
Joris Merks-Benjaminsen is a trainer for managers and leaders.
He is the author of ‘Managing Without Power’.
Energy / Manufacturing
Mark is the founder of ZICO coconut water, pioneering the $8 billion global coconut water market.
He is the co-founder of Power-Plant Partners, investing in plant-based food companies like Beyond Meat.
Mr. Ramanathan is the Managing Director and Group CEO of S&S Power Switchgear Ltd.
He is a Management professional with 32 years of experience working in the Electrical and Electronics sector.
Arushi is the marketing manager of the M&M Group India.
She’s the founder of Overdrive Shoes.
Bhavika is the director of Siddharth Grease & Lubes Private Limited.
She has been named among the top 10 leaders in the oil and gas industry.
Marketing / Branding / Personal Branding
Arun is the Founder & Pacemaker of inPace Solutions.
He partners in creating at least 11 global brands by 2043, empowering professionals to embrace financial abundance with confidence.
Lisa is a coach.
She’s a disabled veteran and a marketing strategist.
Grant is the Chief Executive Officer of 5 Star BDM.
He has been recognized as South Florida’s top black healthcare professional of 2019 and an African American achiever in 2020 and he hosts a podcast which is called Follow The Brand.
Media / Film
Takesh is a public-speaking and camera-facing coach.
He’s an actor, a filmmaker, and a voiceover artist.
Nina is educated at a musical school in Frankfurt.
She is also the voice of Captain Hollywood project, a German eurodance project, which was quite well known in the 90s which is “More and More” and “Only with You”.
Felix is an award-winning journalist and author based in New York City.
He is the Founder and CEO of Remote Daily.
Wellness / Healthcare / Pharma
Founder of Meraki Holistic Wellness Company
Unique selling proposition: combining Eastern and Western healing methods
Henk Kraaijenhof is the Founder and Director of VortX.
He has been in the world of sports performance since 1975 and is considered one of the world’s leading experts in speed and power development.
Introduction to Jim Kaveney
Overview of the podcast and today’s guest
Siddharth is the Founder and Managing Director of Samskrt Natural Wellbeing Company, Private Limited that is focused on preventive, predictive healthcare and reversal of lifestyle diseases, which is based on Ayurveda.
He was earlier with Indofil, Clariant, Merck, Arkema and BASF.
Private Equity
Sameer is an investor and Chief Executive Officer with Axiom Service Management.
He also co-founded Futuristic Equity LLC, which is a family office mandated to acquire operating companies and real estate opportunities.
Pete Mathias is a venture capitalist and Partner at one of the world’s most active venture funds, Alumni Ventures.
Pete is a Distinction graduate of the University of Oxford, holds an MBA and A.B. (magna cum laude) from Dartmouth College, and an MPA from Harvard University.
Sharad is the Founding Partner of Warmup Ventures.
He is the Co-Founder of Tinkerly.
Matt is the Founder and Managing Partner, of Ripple Ventures.
He is a venture capitalist focused on early-stage technology.
Real Estate
Kristi is a real estate managing broker and specializes in luxury and waterfront properties throughout the Greater East Side and Seattle area.
She has nearly 2 decades of experience buying and selling homes in the greater Eastside and Seattle areas.
Julie is a property investor and a best-selling author.
She is a Solicitor and Managing Partner of Creative Legal Solutions Solicitors.
Karndee is currently serving as the Chief Foresight & Digital Asset Officer at DTGO Group of Companies.
She also chairs the board of Digitalife Corporation, a financial innovation platform that bridges traditional and digital assets through a mobile application.
Shiv is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of hBits.
He has earlier worked with City and the Stanford Management Company.
Retail
Shweta is the founder and managing director of Truly Tribal, which is an Indian art, culture, and heritage hub.
She has over 13 years of experience in the IT sector and a background in technology and management.
Melissa is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Lifelines LLC, a wellness company.
She is also a Co-Founder of Melissa & Doug Toys.
Shrijeet is a digital evangelist, a sustainability advocate, and a CX customer experience specialist.
He’s currently the Chief Innovation Officer and Head-Group services at the Aditya Birla group.
Services / Legal / Architecture
Mukesh’s vision for a slum-free Maharashtra and the world.
The unique financial and social models that make slum rehabilitation possible.
Vanessa is the Principal and Founder of Studioteka Design, LLC.
She is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia GSAPP.
Conrad is the Chief Executive Officer of Well Aware.
He is a very effective communicator and innovator.
Terry is a Professor at the School of Design and the Director of the Transition Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University
She is one of the Co-originators of Transition Design, a transdisciplinary approach to addressing the many complex and wicked problems confronting 21st-century societies.
Scriptures
Mr. Talwar is a Musician and a Filmmaker.
He is a Managing Trustee of the Immaculate Ideal Human Foundation, which is an NGO.
Sunita is a storyteller and a mythologist.
For over four decades, she has donned multiple hats as a writer, editor, publisher, and entrepreneur.
Swami Mukundananda is a global spiritual leader and is an authority on mind management.
He’s the founder of JKYog and JKU.
Nithya is a public figure and a facilitator.
He is an ex-monk.
Sports
Paddy is a high-performance coach and a keynote speaker.
He was instrumental in leading the Indian national cricket team to win the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Emily is a professional speaker, author, and podcast host.
She’s got a forthcoming book titled, ‘Let’s Go, A Guide to Increasing Your Confidence’.
Pratik is the Senior Marketing Manager of the Global Institutes of Sports Business.
He is the Indian National Car Racing Champion for 2022-23.
Alex is the Founder of Athlete2Business.
He is also the co-host of Athlete2Business podcast.
Supply Chain
Ratnesh is the Chief Executive and Founder of Pidge.
He has been a global business leader.
Tikam is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of FLEECA India Private Limited.
He is a member of TiE, The Indus Entrepreneurs Organisation in Rajasthan.
Mr. Krishnan is the Regional Managing Director, of South Asia and a member of the executive leadership team of Crown Worldwide Group.
He is a passionate cricketer and has represented the state of Java in Indonesia.
Roberto Hernandez is the Consultant and Professor in Supply Chain, Logistics, and Procurement, at Keiser University
AI / Technology / Automation / Web 3.0 / Metaverse
Auriga’s Innovation: Discover how Auriga outperforms traditional LLMs by leveraging industry-specific data for advanced knowledge management.
LLM Challenges in B2B: Learn about the limitations of LLMs in business contexts and how automated prompt generation offers a solution.
Jay Jain is the Co-Founder of Astute Group.
He is also the President of TiE Madhya Pradesh.
Karl is an innovation growth and AI expert.
He’s been honored as a top AI thought leader by Thinkers 360.
Craig is the principal deceptive AI researcher and founder of DupeWise AI, a security company that experiences and does research to understand the evolution of the threat landscape and its future impacts on markets.
He has been in cyber security his whole working life, since 1998, threat defense architect, security architect, information security architect, and normally based out of Toronto, Canada.
Travel / Hospitality
aaghav is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hype Luxury.
He is a graduate of Mechanical Engineering.
Nakul is one of the longest-serving board members of ITC Limited.
He is the author of a book titled, “Hors D’oeuvres Small Bites | Big Flavours.”
Buntu is the co-founder of ABCD Concepts, which is a local travel agency working along with the Khayelitsha community.
She is skilled in Sales, Team Building, Public Speaking, Leadership, and Marketing.
Hannes is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of TravelGenius Private Limited.
He is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of SpotQuest.
YPO
Shilpa is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Electronica Finance Limited.
She was conferred with the Woman Entrepreneur of the Year by the World Women Leadership Congress in 2014.
Loic Potjes is the Managing Partner of Disruptive Leap.
His main focus is now executive coaching for CEOs for personal growth to enable business growth.
Mukesh’s vision for a slum-free Maharashtra and the world.
The unique financial and social models that make slum rehabilitation possible.
Sustainable Innovation: Packmate’s unbleached, recycled paper not only reduces water usage by up to 70% but also eliminates harmful chemicals, making it safe for both users and the environment.
Challenges and Mindset: Shifting to sustainable stationery involves overcoming deep-seated consumer mindsets and educating people on the benefits of using eco-friendly paper.
Social Sector & NGO
Deepak Sharma, Trustee, Udayan Care; Author, ‘Wings to Fly’
Celina is the CEO and co-founder of Zindi.
She has a passion for unleashing the power of data for social good.
Survivor of the Rwandan genocide
Now serves as Chief Executive Officer at Aegis Trust
Transition from Banking to Social Sector: Ujwal Thakar’s career journey began in banking, with influential roles at Standard Chartered Bank and BNP Paribas. At age 55, he transitioned to the social sector, motivated by a desire to contribute to society, taking on the role of CEO at Pratham, one of India’s largest NGOs.
Serendipitous Career Path: Ujwal’s entry into banking was unplanned, marked by a series of fortunate events. However, his shift to the social sector was deliberate, aligning with his long-held aspiration to make a social impact.
Charmaine is a consultant, an educator, and an editor.
He is an author and the editor of a book a couple of years ago called The Complexities of Race: Identity, Power, and Justice in an Evolving America.