Speakers
Meet the leaders shaping the conversations at GCV Symposium 2026
Marjut Falkstedt
CEO of European Investment Fund
Stéphane Ouaki
Head of Department at European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA)
Kirsty Keoghan
GM Fashion & Luxury Europe of eBay
Henri Jaanimägi
Global Head of eBay Ventures
Priyanka Agarwal Chopra
CEO and Managing Partner of IIMA Ventures
Steven Kan
Other Bets Director of Alphabet
Gabriele Papievyte
Head of Ventures at XTX Markets
Maximilian Kammerinke
Investment Manager at Henkel Ventures
Minette Navarrete
President & Managing Partner of Kickstart Ventures
Gianluigi Baldesi
Head of the Ventures and Financing Office of European Space Agency (ESA)
Ronja Stoffregen
Director Corporate Venturing at Rehau New Ventures
Vipul Vachhani
Founder & CEO of Jaivel Aerospace
Tanja Emmerling
Partner & Head of Berlin Office at High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)
Markus Gatterwe
VC Investment Lead of Holcim MAQER Ventures
Suzanna Chiu
Head of Amadeus Ventures
James Lockyer
Director of Portfolio Management at Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund
Inga Grieger
Managing Director at BWM i Ventures
Luca Gori
Partner at DLA Piper
Ben Wright
Vice President of 3M Ventures
Charlie Hayward
Deputy Managing Director at GCV
Sebastiano Silvestri
Head of Corporate Venture Capital at A2A Life Ventures
Matt Ridley
Director of Sustainability and Innovation at oneworld Alliance
Eli Promisel
Managing Director - Europe at Silicon Foundry
Kaz Hadano
CEO of Sony Ventures
Ulderico Ulissi
Associate at the ZERO Institute - University of Oxford
J.D. Englehart
Senior Investment Director at In-Q-Tel
Nicolas Sauvage
President of TDK Ventures
Raza Ali
Managing Partner of IAGi Ventures
Jim Mawson
Founder & CEO of GCV
Bill Taranto
President of MSD Global Health Innovation Fund
Rob Desborough
General Partner and Managing Partner at Seraphim Space
Maija Palmer
Editor-in-Chief of GCV
Ricardo Zapatero
Senior Investment Associate at Repsol Energy Ventures
Takeshi Kodama
Head and Managing Partner of JERA Ventures
Mike Smeed
Managing Director at InMotion Ventures
Tony Askew
Founder Partner of REV Venture Partners
Phillipp Rose
Managing Director of Robert Bosch Venture Capital
Amber Knapp
Relationship Manager at GCV
Bernhard Mohr
Managing Director of Evonik Venture Capital
Crispin Leick
Managing Director of EnBW New Ventures
Ben Luckett
Chief Innovation Officer & Founding MD of Aviva Ventures
Vinay Solanki
CEO of Channel 4 Ventures
Andy Challis
Managing Director and Co-Head of Principal Investments at Barclays
Ben Lawson
VP Strategic Initiatives at Enterprise Mobility
Tom Schneider
Lead Venture Architect at DSV
Sean Huff
Head of Ventures at James Fisher and Sons
Davide Romeo Nanni
Portfolio Manager - Venture at ENGIE New Ventures
Dev Amratia
CEO of nPlan
Tom Whitehouse
CEO of Leif Capital
André Botelho
Principal at EDP Ventures
Oliver Fitz-Gibbon
Head of Platform at InMotion Ventures
Tjerk Joustra
GM, Business Development at Shell Ventures
Ethan Feldman
Co-Founder & CTO of Talos
Chris Maurice
Co-Founder & CEO of Yellow Card
Sota Moriyama
CEO of YOAKE entertainment
Jaidev Shergill
President at Capital One Ventures
John Banta
President & Managing Director at Blue Venture Funds
Roger Kitterman
Managing Partner at Mass General Brigham Ventures
Doug Russell
Managing Partner and Head at MassMutual Ventures
Amey Mashelkar
Head of JioGenNext at Reliance Industries
Christina Riboldi
US Events Director at GCV
Joe Hook
Head of Data and AI at GCV
Patty Burke
Principal Designer and Instructor at the GCV Institute
