With over 30 years in ClimateTech and healthtech ventures across 15 countries, Mr. Krishnan has co-founded AI startups and holds multiple USPTO patents. He has testified before the US Senate, spoken at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, and received a joint commendation from Prime Minister Modi and President Hollande for his off-grid solar work. He holds degrees from IIT Madras and Cornell University.
Mr. Bausset spent three decades with Airbus and EADS in senior executive roles, culminating as President and CEO of Airbus India. He also served as Secretary to the Airbus Board of Directors and Executive Committee, and held board positions at Dassault Aviation and Vigoe for several years. He also served as the President of Aerospatiale.
With more than 20 years of experience in venture capital and private equity, Mr. Pedersen has led transactions across Europe, the US, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. He is the founder of Sikhoya & Company and previously held senior roles at Abu Dhabi Investment Company, the European Investment Fund, and Denmark's Vaekstfonden. He holds an MSc in Finance from Copenhagen Business School.
Mr. O'Grady is an experienced corporate lawyer with a focus on international transactions, financings, and joint ventures. He was a partner at McGuire Woods LLP for 27 years and previously practiced with Bowman Gilfillan in Johannesburg and Shearman & Sterling in New York. He earned law degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Virginia and is admitted to practice in the US and South Africa.
Mr. Pillai brings over 20 years of leadership in healthcare and life sciences. As the founder and CEO of Ulivmo, LLC., he built and scaled digital health ventures focused on smart, connected care services. His expertise spans autoimmune, cardiovascular, chronic pain, and metabolic diseases. He previously held senior executive roles at Merck (Vree Health), and Pfizer and is a published author.
Sid is an AI Innovation Technologist and Entrepreneur specializing in the integration of AI to digitize, optimize, and augment complex technologies and industrial processes. With a background as an Ex-Tesla Engineer, he brings broad expertise in electronics manufacturing, operational efficiency, and scaling startupsâ€"driving transformative impact across the energy and manufacturing sectors.
Ms. Soni has over 25 years of experience in operations, HR, and compliance. She has led investor outreach, due diligence, and public-private partnership negotiations, with a strong focus on efficiency and governance. She holds an MBA in Human Resources from Indira Gandhi National Open University and management qualifications from Mumbai University and NMIMS.
Dr. Chhabra is a hematologist-oncologist with over 30 years of clinical and teaching experience. He serves as Medical Director at the Cancer Recovery Center at Philip J. Bean Medical Center and for Outpatient Infusion Services at St. Mary's Hospital, while remaining active at Prince George's Hospital and MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He trained in India and the US, completing his fellowship in hematology/oncology at Washington Hospital Center.
Dr. Karudapuram is an accomplished biotech leader with over 15 years of experience driving strategy, product launches, and demand generation across genomics, clinical platforms, and oncology medical devices. She has successfully launched instruments, consumables, software, and medical devices.
Ms. Krishnan is a multidisciplinary designer with a BFA in Integrated Design (Honors) from Parsons School of Design and an MA in Social Design from New York University. She creates visually compelling stories and purpose-driven solutions that merge creative entrepreneurship with social impact.
Mr. Conte has over 20 years of executive experience with P&L leadership across forest products, renewable energy, commodities, cryptocurrencies, and equity derivatives. He also serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director with regulated financial services companies and is recognized for his leadership in strategy and risk management.
Mr. Cresswell is the founder and managing partner of New Enterprise Ventures. Over the past 25+ years, he has built healthcare companies, new business models, partnerships, and joint ventures. He has supported high-profile clients including Walmart Health & Wellness and Quest Diagnostics.
Mr. Slovenski is a healthcare innovator with over 30 years of leadership in wellness, digital health, and population health. He is CEO of BioIQ and previously led Walmart Health & Wellness, and co-founded Hummingbird Coaching Services, acquired by Humana. He has twice been named Healthcare Leader of the Year by the US Chamber of Commerce and recognized among Modern Healthcare's Top 100 most influential leaders.
Mrs. Griffin has over 25 years of experience in clinical development, consulting, and digital health innovation. She has held leadership roles at Syneos Health since 2010 and previously founded a strategic consulting firm, with earlier experience in management consulting and CROs focused on planning, organizational development, and technology strategy.
Dr. Mohamed is Director of the Jefferson Integrated MRI Center and Professor of Radiology at Thomas Jefferson University, with over 25 years of experience in neuroimaging. His research focuses on MRI-based biomarkers for brain and spinal cord injury, and he has led numerous NIH- and industry-funded projects. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Investigator Award from the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging Research.
Mr. Singh has a storied career with over thirty years of proven business expertise, a formal engineering background, and a slate of successful self-started ventures under his belt. Pauli has extensive expertise working with internal and external stakeholders, vendors, suppliers and manufacturers all over the world.
Dr. Baveja is an ophthalmologist with over a decade of practice in the Washington, D.C. area. She trained at the University of Pennsylvania, George Washington University, and the University of Virginia, with a fellowship in Cornea and Refractive Surgery. She is active in major ophthalmology societies and leads ophthalmology platform and ClimateTech health initiatives.
Mr. Jagannathan has over 15 years of experience in enterprise technology consulting, solution design, and development for Fortune 500 companies including Walmart, Airbus, BT, and Telstra. He contributed to the design of the faster payments solution for Nationwide Building Society in the UK and has worked globally across multiple technology verticals.
Dr. Narayan is a data scientist with nearly 20 years of experience in geospatial systems, climate models, and AI/ML applications in ClimateTech and AgTech. He holds degrees from IIT, a PhD from USC, and a Post-Doctoral fellowship at MIT, and is a past recipient of the NASA Earth System Science Fellowship. He has published over 30 research papers.
Mr Srinivasan, formerly a senior product manager at Google, has over two decades of experience in cloud enterprise technologies and analytics. He has led digital transformation, cloud migration, and AI-driven projects for Fortune 500 companies, utilities, and government agencies.
Dr. Sekhsaria is a physician and business leader who serves as Chief of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital and a member of the Maryland Economic Council. He has led over 50 clinical trials, published 100+ peer-reviewed works, and received Lifetime Achievement Awards from GWAPI and the American Diversity Group.