5th annual Business Innovation Summit 2025 | The Economist | 24 March 2025 | Convene 155 Bishopsgate Liverpool Street, 155 Bishopsgate, City of London, London EC2M 3YD, UK

Generative AI has dominated the media but what does it mean for companies? Can the technology unlock transformative new efficiencies across business functions? Balancing the risks and opportunities will be crucial for productivity and growth.

This conference convened over 500 senior executives from a range of industries and disciplines—including strategy, technology, operations and marketing—to discuss specific examples and case studies. Attendees gained fresh perspectives and actionable insights from more than 60 influential speakers with debates and panel discussions on the most pertinent business issues for C-suite executives.

Who attended?
• FTSE 500/Fortune 100/Eurostoxx 50
• C-suite, SVP/VP, directors, global department heads
• AI, automation, digital transformation, operations, strategy, growth
• Technology, transformation, AI or digital solution or service providers
• Finance, insurance, recruitment, or learning solution or service providers
• Strategy and leadership consultants
• Government, academics and non-profits

2025 Speakers

Angela Byrne
Interim Chief Executive, Retail Banking, NatWest

Brian Higgins
Chief Customer Experience Officer, Verizon Consumer

Loretta Franks
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Kellanova

Aneesh Raman
Chief Economic Opportunity Officer, LinkedIn

Jessica Hall
Chief Product Officer, Just Eat Takeaway.com

Tor Boe-Lillegraven
Chief Data Officer and Global Head of Data Management, ING

Taner Akcok
Chief Technology Officer, Corporate Bank Germany and Global Head of API Banking, Deutsche Bank

Huiming Chen
Chief Financial Officer, Illumina

Dan Winn
Chief Technology Officer, Deliveroo

Giovanni D’Aniello
Chief Information Officer, AXA

Chris Blatchford
Group Chief Technology Officer, Kingfisher

Danielle D’Lima
Vice-President Operations, Depop

Bastien Parizot
Senior Vice-President IT & Digital, Reckitt

Renaud Heyd
Chief Financial Officer, SAP

Alicia Criner
Vice-President, Global Head of Marketing and Digital Transformation, Galderma

Arul Daniel
Chief Information Officer, Twitch

Niresh Rajah
Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer, DLA Piper

Betsabeh Madani-Hermann
Global Head of Research, Philips

Idan Vlodinger
Chief Executive, Statement.io

Amitabh Apte
Chief Digital Officer, Barilla

Costi Perricos
Global Gen AI Lead, Deloitte

Shreya Ruikar
Head of AI Strategy – HR, DHL Group

Giovanni Di Filippo
Vice-President, Infrastructure Solution Sales EMEA, ISO, Lenovo

Nadine Thomson
President, Product Operations, Choreograph, WPP

Greg Smith
Executive Director and General Manager EMEA SSG Sales, Lenovo

Grzegorz (Greg) Ombach
Head of Disruptive Research and Technology, Senior Vice-President, Airbus

Stacey Winters
North & South Europe Gen AI Lead, Deloitte

Winny Li
Group Treasurer, PPD

Eléonore Crespo
Co-Chief Executive, Pigment

Abraham Georgakarakos
Vice-President of Digital, E-Commerce, and AI, Virgin Media O2

Lorraine Barnes
UK Gen AI Lead, Deloitte

Peter Jackson
Global Head of Data Office (Interim), Schroders

Usha Mishra
Chief of Social Policy, UNICEF China

James Waters
Senior Vice-President and Chief Business Officer, Booking.com

Jarek Wojnarowski
Vice-President Global Business Services Management, Pandora

Fabrizio Antonelli
Global Head of Data and AI, Swarovski

Pinar Ozcan
Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Oxford University

Tikiri Wanduragala
Senior Consultant Infrastructure Solutions EMEA, Lenovo

Royston da Costa
Assistant Treasurer, CTP, AffilACT Ferguson

Tony Wimmer
Head of Data & Analytics, Payments, J.P. Morgan

Isabell Welpe
Professor of Strategy, Technical University of Munich

Rajeev Jain
Leader, Finance Operations Transformation, HP

Ahmed Khedr
Vice-President Retail Digital Transformation, e&

Barbara Karuth-Zelle
Chief Operations Officer, Allianz

Marco Rossetti
Head of Big Data and AI, Vodafone Italy

Ruth Miller
Principal Consultant, Lenovo

Morne Rossouw
Chief AI Officer, Kyriba

Tahmid Quddus Islam
Assistant Vice-President, Innovation & Technology, Citi Global Insights

Grace Anderson
Global Vice-President Gen AI & Digital Adoption, Sodexo

Yemi Olagbaiye
Client Solutions Director, Softwire

Ikhlaq Sidhu
Dean and Professor, School of Science & Technology, IE University

Christina Yan Zhang
Chief Executive, The Metaverse Institute

Mark Gradwell
Member, Board of Directors, Zero Outage Industry Standard

David Aiub
Senior Director, Technology, CI&T

Bilal Gokpinar
Professor of Operations, Technology and Innovation and Head, Marketing and Analytics, UCL School of Management

Stephanie Peterson
Chief Customer Officer, AXA

Riccardo Calliano
Vice-President Finance, GenAI Commercial Investment, GSK

Lee Fulmer
Chairman, Finance Advisory Board, OpenUK

Christopher Bishop
Chief Reinvention Officer, Improvising Careers

Andrew Rashbass
Associate, Van der Schaar Lab

Pallavi Mantrao
Audit Director - Tech, Transformation and Data, Lloyds Banking Group

Ian Cheng
Enterprise Digital Strategy Leader, JLR

Suraj Shah
Director, Finance Domain Advisory, SAP

Jaci Badenhorst
Head of Software Engineering, Performance Insights Centre of Excellence, NatWest

Edoardo Del Bosco
Head of Innovation & AI, Generali Asset Management

Shivangi Jain
Senior Manager, Economic Modelling Lead and EMEA Team Lead, Economist Impact

Akinchan Jain
Head of Asset and Liability Operations, World Bank Treasury

Federico Cohen
Senior Vice-President, AI & Data Operations, Mastercard

Ian MacKenzie
Chief Operations and Technology Officer, St. James's Place

Emre Yildiz
Treasury and Credit Risk Director, ETI

Jonathan Birdwell
Regional Head, EMEA, Policy, Research & Insights Team, Economist Impact

John Ferguson
Global Lead for New Globalisation, Economist Impact

Dexter Thillien
Lead Analyst Technology and Telecoms, Economist Intelligence Unit

Oliver Sawbridge
Policy and Insights Manager, Economist Impact

Eddie Milev
Analyst, Policy and Insights, Economist Impact

Jeremy Kingsley
Global Lead, Strategic Foresight, Economist Impact

2025 Sponsors

DIAMOND SPONSORS:
• Lenovo
• Deloitte
• Softwire

SILVER SPONSORS:
• CI&T
• Multiverse