Our Speakers

O. P. Bhatt is the former Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI), one of the few to serve a five-year term. He is a leading expert in corporate transformation and financial sector strategy. He is an Independent Director on the boards of corporate giants like Tata Steel Ltd and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL). His keynotes share insights on achieving efficiency and competitiveness, managing complex organizations, and the importance of corporate governance and effective leadership.

Jonty Rhodes is a legendary former South African cricketer and the first fielding superstar of world cricket. His fielding ability famously defied gravity and revolutionized the sport. His career, which includes playing 52 Tests and 245 ODIs, demonstrates the finest attributes of achievers: perseverance, energy, and commitment. His keynotes, drawing on his coaching experience with the Mumbai Indians and Lucknow Super Giants, reinforce the power of focus and dedication to achieve the impossible in any competitive field.

Dr. Rajdeep Manwani is a National Award winner and an acclaimed professor and speaker. He has trained and mentored over 21,500 students and executives at companies like WIPRO and Britannia. A TEDx speaker and winner of the Distinguished Toastmaster award, his talks focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), offering practical strategies to face discrimination with confidence and courage. His work is a blueprint for organizational and societal change in the disability sector.

John Rossman is a former Amazon Executive and the bestselling author of The Amazon Way series. He is renowned for leading the launch and scaling of the Amazon Marketplace—now over 50% of Amazon’s units sold. As a leadership keynote speaker, he provides thought-provoking principles and actionable playbooks on digital transformation, AI-driven enterprise, and the cultivation of high-performance teams. He brings a unique blend of Amazon leadership principles and cutting-edge strategies to empower organizations to compete in the hyper-digital era.

Imtiaz Ali is an acclaimed Indian filmmaker, writer, and director of iconic films including Jab We Met and Rockstar. He is a pioneer in creating contemporary romantic dramas in Hindi cinema. An alumnus of Delhi University who pioneered the college's dramatics society, he translates his deep theatre background into filmmaking. His keynotes share insights into creative vision, storytelling, and how to bring authenticity to narratives that resonate across a wide audience.

Gaur Gopal Das is a renowned monk and lifestyle coach who inspires a global audience with spiritual insights for a happier, more holistic life. He is a member of ISKCON and a bestselling author. A former electrical engineer at Hewlett Packard, he provides spiritual guidance and practical wisdom to corporate leaders, doctors, and students. His keynotes blend deep knowledge of Vedic Culture with witty humor, teaching audiences how to turn inwards for the right answers to individual, organizational, and global challenges.

Jim Dethmer is the Co-author of the Amazon bestseller The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership and a founding partner at The Conscious Leadership Group. He is a top advisor who specializes in coaching over 150 CEOs on emotional intelligence and trust-rich teamwork. His presentations, including Why EQ Trumps IQ in the Workplace, provide practical evidence that emotional intelligence is the key predictor of long-term success in leadership. He teaches audiences how to end gossip, transcend drama, and harness curiosity to build peak-performing, learning-agile organizations.

John Foley is the former Lead Solo Pilot of the Blue Angels. He is an expert in precision, teamwork, and high performance, sharing the principles used by the U.S. Navy’s elite flight demonstration squadron. His presentations, which feature dynamic Blue Angels footage, introduce the Glad To Be Here mindset—a systematic approach to building a culture of excellence, clarity, and focus that transcends virtual boundaries and drives results through a "purpose larger than self."

José Hernández is a former NASA astronaut and engineer who flew as the Flight Engineer on the 2009 STS-128 mission to the International Space Station. His inspiring life story from migrant farmworker to astronaut is the subject of the 2023 Amazon Prime biopic, A Million Miles Away. As a keynote speaker, Hernández shares his powerful message on perseverance, STEM education, and the power of achieving the impossible. His talks provide unique insights into aerospace consulting, technical due diligence, and the principles of leadership honed at NASA and LLNL.

Jacqueline Novogratz is the Founder and CEO of Acumen, a global nonprofit that invests in sustainable businesses and leaders to combat poverty. She is a recognized pioneer in social innovation and patient capital. Her best-selling memoir, The Blue Sweater, chronicles her quest to understand poverty and challenges readers to grant dignity to the poor. As a speaker, she provides vital, firsthand insights into social enterprise, leadership development, and the strategic use of market forces to achieve profound global impact.

Joe Weinman is a globally sought-after speaker, digital strategist, and the author of the bestsellers Cloudonomics and Digital Disciplines. He has held executive positions at Bell Labs, AT&T, and HP. With 27 U.S. and international patents in areas including cloud computing and homomorphic encryption, he is a pioneer in technology strategy. His keynotes provide leaders with practical frameworks for capitalizing on AI, Big Data, and IoT to achieve market leadership and drive business value in the post-digital age.

Gary Kirsten is a legendary cricket icon, a World Cup-winning coach for Team India, and the former national coach for Cricket South Africa. He is celebrated for his insights on leadership and team culture. He is the founder of Gary Kirsten Cricket and the online education platform CoachED, which teaches leadership philosophies from the best minds in the game. His presentations offer high-impact, straightforward advice on Building a Winning Culture, Managing Team Dynamics, and the often-overlooked area of Parenting in Sport.

Arunima Sinha is the first female amputee to climb Mt. Everest (2013) and a former national level volleyball player. Her life is a profound testament to resilience and human spirit. She is currently on a mission to summit all seven of the world's highest peaks, having already scaled Mt Kilimanjaro and Mt Elbrus. Her mission extends to opening a free sports academy to help physically challenged and poor people achieve self-dependence.

Dr. Morten T. Hansen is a top-ranked global management thinker (Thinkers50) and a Professor at UC Berkeley and INSEAD. He is the co-author of the influential book Great by Choice. A former manager at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), his work is focused on helping companies thrive in a disruptive world. His keynotes provide research-backed strategies on Leading Collaboration and how to boost performance in the workplace by avoiding common organizational traps.

Geeta Phogat is an Indian wrestling pioneer, the first Indian woman to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal in wrestling (2010), and the first to qualify for the Olympic Games (London 2012). Her inspiring journey of shattering stereotypes and achieving elite success is immortalized in the 2016 Bollywood blockbuster Dangal. Her keynotes focus on Teamwork, Motivation, and Self-Belief, inspiring audiences to follow their passion by crushing all opposition.

Ann Handley is the Chief Content Officer of MarketingProfs and a WSJ bestselling author of Everybody Writes. Recognized by IBM as one of the 7 people shaping modern marketing, she is a global expert on content strategy. Her books, including Content Rules, have been translated into 19 languages. As a speaker, she provides actionable strategies for businesses to escape marketing mediocrity and leverage new digital tools to create killer content that turns customers into passionate brand advocates.

Laxmi Agarwal is a global social activist and inspirational speaker who survived an acid attack and now stands as a powerful symbol of courage and inner beauty. She is a recipient of the prestigious International Women of Courage Award (presented by Michelle Obama) and the Mother Teresa Award. Her keynotes inspire audiences with her personal journey and her campaign to curb the free sale of acid in India.

Laurence Moroney is a leading AI expert, award-winning researcher, and bestselling author who formerly led AI Advocacy at Google. He is an authority on scaling education in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Computer Vision. He designed a globally recognized AI certification curriculum and created content for MOOCs and the TensorFlow YouTube Channel (with hundreds of videos). His keynotes deliver inspiring, technical, and strategic insights on AI roadmaps and the need for racial and gender equity in technology development.