Global Risks Forum 2025

Industry Leadership

Location: Switzerland
Current: Member of the Board of Directors, WNS (India), Imperial Brands (UK) and C&A (Switzerland)

Experience: Former Member of the Board of Directors of Transocean (Switzerland), Natixis (France), ABB India (India), Altran (France), The American Chamber of Commerce in France & Barclays PLC (UK) Former Executive Committee Member, General Counsel & Company Secretary, ABB Ltd (Switzerland) Former General Counsel Airbus (France) Various Legal & Government Relations positions at Essity (Germany), Honeywell (Belgium), GE (France & USA) & Thales (France) Admitted to the Paris Bar
Areas: ESG, Risk management, Change management, People & Talent, Culture, Legal & Regulatory, Government Relations, M&A

Location: United States
Current: Director, Aviation at The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Experience: As the esteemed Director of Aviation for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Mr. Everett commands one of the most critical aviation infrastructures globally, overseeing an extensive network that includes JFK International Air Terminal, Newark Liberty International, LaGuardia, Stewart International, and Teterboro airports
Areas: Aviation Operations and Management, Leadership and Organizational Development

Location: France
Current: Executive President at VITANLINK

Experience: YONI Solutions, TenderHut, The Sabi, Thais Health, Synthetic Neural Labs inc.
Areas: Investment, Venture Building

Location: Greece
Current: CEO/Partner at ETSdesk, Member Of The Supervisory Board at PeerBerry

Experience: Strategy, ESG and Carbon Credits Trading Consultant at The House of Shipping, Board Of Directors at DNV, Technical-Compliance Director at Southpoint Maritime. In his significant 20-year tenure with DNV, Mr. Papanikos has held multiple roles, including Director on Board Of Directors and Flag Liaison Officer for the Greek Flag, as well as a Principal Surveyor Lead Auditor
Areas: Maritime, Engineering, ESG

Location: United Arab Emirates
Current: Non Executive Director at SOLA Group, Co-Founder & CEO at SHē

Experience: Deputy Director of Nursing at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust 
Areas: Healthcare, HealthTech, AI

Location: Singapore
Current: Managing Director, APAC at Flywire

Experience: Mizuho, HSBC, RBS, Moneygram, Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime
Areas: Fintech, Payments, Regulatory Policies, Compliance

Location: Switzerland
Current: Head of Audit and Advisory at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Experience: Raiffeisen Bank to the BRD – Groupe Societe Generale
Areas: Risk Management, Governance, Finance, International Development

Location: Denmark
Current: Director Planning Transformation at Novo Nordisk

Experience: General Motors Europe, McKinsey & Company, Outokumpu
Areas: Supply chain Planning

Location: Canada
Current: Lead Advisor, Environmental and Social Risks FinDev Canada

Experience: McGill University, Pact, Pan African Resources PLC, CMOC, Resolute Forest Products
Areas:  ESG, Sustainable Development, Impact Investing, Stakeholder Engagement, Risk Assessment

Location: Luxembourg
Current: Digital Disruption & Innovation Leader at International Scaling Startups

Experience: STAR program at Airbus, Spire, Swire Shipping
Areas: AI, Innovation, Digital Transformation, Security, Transportation, Shipping, Aviation, Space, Sustainability, Data, Product Management, Project Management, Agile

Location: United States
Current: Project Director People & Culture at Africa Chartered Managers

Experience: Agricultural Research Council, Government Technical Advisory Centre SA (GTAC)
Areas: Strategy Planning, Project Management, People Operations and Organization Development

Location: South Africa
Current: Chairperson of Transformation Committee at Netcare Limited

Experience: International Women’s Forum South Africa
Areas: Compliance, Risk Management, Internal Controls, Finance & Accounting (IFRS), Integrated Reporting, Project Management, Team Leadership, Strategic Thinking, Self Leadership

Location: Brazil
Current: Strategic Advisor for FAPESP, Lead Consultant and Partner at MedNova Consulting

Experience: Sindusfarma – Industry Syndicate of Pharmaceutical Products, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Department for Business and Trade
Areas: Innovation Strategy, Healthcare Leadership, Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industries

Location: Canada
Current: CEO at Future Edge Consulting Group

Experience: Scotiabank, TD Insurance, Standard Bank Group
Areas: Risk Management, Compliance, Leadership

Location: South Africa
Current: Founder and CEO 

Experience: Basalt Technology, ImaliPay 
Areas: Innovation and Ethics in (African) Emerging Economies with further specialisation in SME market participation.

Location: Switzerland
Current: Independent Consultant

Experience: Siemens, Quantum Global Corporate Services, Credit Suisse
Areas: Operational Excellence, Strategic Financial Management, People & Talent, Risk & Controls

Location: Switzerland
Current: Director Alliances & Business Development EMEA at CCH® Tagetik 

Experience: CCH® Tagetik , Taxi 444 AG
Areas: Corporate Performance Management

Location: Indonesia
Current: Advisory Director at Global Mining Sustainability

Experience: Country Program Manager at Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 
Areas: ESG, Sustainability

Location: Portugal
Current: Manager at Global TB Caucus

Experience: Advisor to member of Parliament at Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Areas: Policy advocacy in the sphere of tuberculosis (TB), connection with TB affected communities, CSOs

Location: Australia
Current: Chief Customer and Analytics Officer at Simplyai Ltd

Experience: PwC, KPMG, Deloitte
Areas: Data, ML/AI, Risk Management, Strategy Development, Governance, General Management & Business Operations

Location: United Arab Emirate
Current: Regional General Manager and Managing Director at Siemens Logistics

Experience: Airport Solution at Siemens SD
Areas: Executive Leadership, Finance Excellence, Airports Logistics, Digital Transformation, Project Management, Commercial Managment

Location: Finland
Current: Senior Industrial Designer at Nokia

Experience: Arctic Design Shop
Areas: Industrial Design, Service Design, Strategic planning, Leadership, Communications 

Location: Singapore
Current: Sustainability Manager at Golden Energy and Resources, Trustee (Sustainability and Climate Change) at ReportOut

Experience: Deloitte
Areas: Corporate Sustainability, Sustainable Finance, Energy Transition and Investment Management

Location: United Arab Emirates
Current: Senior Financial Inspector in Supervision & Compliance at Securities and Commodities Authority-UAE

Experience: TenIntelligence, FxPro Global Markets MENA Limited – DIFC
Areas: Operational Risk Management, Compliance, Anti Money Laundering (AML), Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), Targeted Financial Sanctions (TFS), Corporate Governance 

Location: Sudan
Current: Executive Director Economic Development & Board Chairman at Council of International Chambers of Commerce (CICC) 

Experience: GLG, CICC
Areas: Internal Audit, Anti-Corruption, Risk Management, Compliance & Ethics, Corporate Governance, Quality and Excellence

Location: Sri Lanka
Current: Chief Risk Officer / SVP – Risk at Softlogic Life Insurance PLC

Experience: Aitken Spence, DFCC Bank
Areas: Risk Management Frameworks and Risk Appetites, Market, Investment, Capital and Compliance Risk Management

Location: Spain
Current: Head Of Sustainability – European HUB at Hitachi Energy

Experience: Power Systems Division ABB Elektrik Sanayi A.S., European HUB – Grid & Power Quality Solutions Hitachi ABB Power Grids
Areas: Health/Safety/ Environment, Sustainability including Human Rights, Social Responsibility and Environmental Footprint management

Location: Canada
Current: Lead Associate at Kroll 

Experience: MSCI Inc.
Areas: Law, Corporate Governance, ESG, Compliance and Financial Risk

Location: Bangladesh
Current: Vice President of Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF)

Experience: Quill Capital Partners, Fintelligence, 
Areas: Fund Management, Investment, Research, Mentoring

Location: Singapore
Current: Chief Technology Officer at Markono Group Pte Ltd

Experience: Viagoo.co, Gain City, Pactera, ASM, NEC
Areas: Software Development Lifecycle, Data Analysis and Optimization, Innovative Problem-Solving, User-Centric Design Principles & Scalable System Architectureesearch, Mentoring

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