Past Speakers

While we’re still working on the agenda for this year, take a look at some of the amazing speakers we’ve hosted before! Here is the full lineup from 2024.

  • Tamara Steffens

    Managing Director at TR Ventures

  • Archana Srivatsan

    Head of South Asia VC at Gates Foundation Strategic Investment Fund

  • Warrick Matthews

    CEO at Tokamak Energy

  • Warren East

    Board Member at Tokamak Energy, and former CEO at Rolls-Royce plc.

  • Mike Smeed

    Managing Director at InMotion Ventures

  • Samantha Santaniello

    Head of Platform at MassMutual Ventures

  • Stephanie Downs

    CEO & Co-Founder at Uncaged Innovations

  • Ilyas Khan

    Founder & CEO at Cambridge Quantum. and Chief Product Officer at Quantinuum

  • Lina Arbeláez

    Head of Decarbonisation Ventures at Anglo American

  • Vuyo Mpako

    Managing Director at Next176 (Old Mutual)

  • James Orchard

    CEO at QBE Ventures

  • Mitchell Yun

    General Manager and Head of Office at Hyundai Mobis Ventures

  • Maija Palmer

    Editor at Global Corporate Venturing

  • James Mawson

    CEO & Founder at Global Corporate Venturing

  • Sean Porta

    Senior Director of M&A & Corporate Ventures at Adidas

  • Leonid Feinberg

    Co-Founder and CEO at Verax AI

  • Tomi Rantakari

    CEO and Co-Founder at ChipFlow

  • Gerard Kelly

    Vice President of Innovation and Venture Acceleration at National Grid Partners

  • Kaz Hadano

    CEO at Sony Ventures

  • Julien Cristiani

    General Partner at SE Ventures

  • Terry Doyle

    Managing Partner and Vice President at TELUS ventures

  • Bob Ackerman

    Founder & Managing Director of AllegisCyber Capital

  • Oliver Newbury

    Global Chief Information Security Officer at Barclays

  • Tom Ryan

    Partner at Anthemis

  • Sandra Särav

    Deputy Minister for Economy and Innovation at the Estonian Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications

  • Victor Boyajian

    Global Chair of the Venture Technology Group at Dentons

  • Nicolas Sauvage

    President of TDK Ventures

  • Patty Burke

    Principal Designer at the GCV Institute

  • Kim Moore

    Editor of Global University Venturing

  • Liz Arrington

    Co-Founder & Managing Director of the GCV Institute

  • Gareth Burns

    Vice President of bp ventures

  • Bogdan Gogu

    Head of UBS Next Investing, UBS

  • Kevin Rodrigues

    Regional Managing Director: Head of Europe at bp ventures

  • Nityen Lal

    Managing Director of ICOS Capital

  • Erin Hallock

    Managing Partner at bp ventures

  • Rachael Reid

    Investment Director at bp ventures

  • Paul Asel

    Venture Partner & Co-founder at NGP Capital

  • Tom Whitehouse

    CEO of Leif Capital

  • Thibaut Monfort-Micheo

    CEO of FlexSea

  • Boris Hodakel

    CEO of Feel

  • Ida Christine Brun

    Head of Ecosystem Engagement at Maersk Growth

  • Meghan Stevenson-Krausz

    Co-CEO of Diversity VC

  • Justin Watkins

    Partner at Faegre Drinker

  • Kinga Stanislawska

    Founder of European Women in VC

  • Bernhard Mohr

    Managing Director of Evonik Venture Capital

  • Fred van Beuningen

    Managing Partner at Chrysalix

  • Julien Fredonie

    Strategic Investments & Venture Partnerships at Honda Xcelerator Ventures

  • Sam Harman

    Principal & Acting Head of Deep Tech at Oxford Science Enterprises

  • Nick Hawker

    Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of First Light Fusion

  • Chris Ballance

    Co-Founder & CEO of Oxford Ionics

  • Robin Wang

    Co-Founder & CEO of Living Optics

  • Richie Gray

    VP & Head of SnackFutures Ventures at Mondelez International

  • Janice Mawson

    Managing Director of the GCV Leadership Society

  • Nichola Bates

    Ventures & Innovation at Boeing Global

  • Gurdeep Singh Kohli

    Co-Founder of SC Ventures

  • Tjerk Joustra

    GM Global Implementation Management at Shell Ventures

  • Rob Lavine

    Special Features Editor for Global Corporate Venturing

  • Chris Voelker

    Senior Legal Council at Btomorrow Ventures

  • Luca Gori

    Partner, Global Co-Head of Emerging Growth Companies & Venture Capital at DLA Piper

  • Gabriela Ruggeri

    Managing Partner at Overboost & Kamay Ventures

  • Punit Goyal

    Co-Founder of BluSmart

  • J.D Englehart

    Investment Director at In-Q-Tel

We’re still announcing our 2024 guest speakers & keynotes…so stay tuned!

Get in touch.

To learn more about speaker opportunities at the 2024 GCV Symposium, please get in touch by filling out the form or contacting Anamya Anurag at aanurag@globalventuring.com.