

Prateep Basu is the co-founder and CEO at SatSure. He has 10+ years of experience working in the space tech ecosystem. Prateep has worked as a scientist at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Indian space missions, followed by working as an analyst and consultant at Northern Sky Research, a global consultancy firm in the satellite industry. He started SatSure with Abhishek Raju and Rashmit Singh Sukhmani in 2017.
Prateep has a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Space science and Technology (IIST) set up by the Dept of Space, India, and a master's from International Space University (ISU), France. His vision is to enable space technology to solve global sustainability challenges at scale.
Prateep Basu
Prateep Basu
CEO , SatSure , India
Prateep Basu is the co-founder and CEO at SatSure. He has 10+ years of experience working in the space tech ecosystem. Prateep has worked as a scientist at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Indian space missions, followed by working as an analyst and consultant at Northern Sky Research, a global consultancy firm in the satellite industry. He started SatSure with Abhishek Raju and Rashmit Singh Sukhmani in 2017.
Prateep has a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Space science and Technology (IIST) set up by the Dept of Space, India, and a master's from International Space University (ISU), France. His vision is to enable space technology to solve global sustainability challenges at scale.

Prateep Basu is the co-founder and CEO at SatSure. He has 10+ years of experience working in the space tech ecosystem. Prateep has worked as a scientist at Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Indian space missions, followed by working as an analyst and consultant at Northern Sky Research, a global consultancy firm in the satellite industry. He started SatSure with Abhishek Raju and Rashmit Singh Sukhmani in 2017.
Prateep has a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Space science and Technology (IIST) set up by the Dept of Space, India, and a master's from International Space University (ISU), France. His vision is to enable space technology to solve global sustainability challenges at scale.
CEO | SatSure | India


Nollie Maoto is a FNB (First National Bank) South Africa, Chief Data and Analytics Officer within the Merchant Services business unit. She also has a significant profile and responsibilities outside of FNB within the data and analytics community in South Africa, Africa and internationally. She is a CDO Magazine Editorial Board Member, an internationally recognised American tech magazine.and is the CDO Ambassador for South Africa as approved by MIT CDOIQ, CDO Magazine and the International Institute of Chief Data Officers.
In 2022 alone, she was selected as one of the Global Top 100 Data & Analytics Leaders for 2022, was named one of the CDO Global Data Power Women 2022 and has been named as one of the World's Leading Enterprise Data Leaders for 2022. Nollie is winner of the Data Analytics Leader 2022 in South Africa and also won the coveted Finnovex Chief Data Officer of the Year 2022 award.
Nollie Maoto
Nollie Maoto
Chief Data and Analytics Officer - Merchant Services , First National Bank , South Africa
Nollie Maoto is a FNB (First National Bank) South Africa, Chief Data and Analytics Officer within the Merchant Services business unit. She also has a significant profile and responsibilities outside of FNB within the data and analytics community in South Africa, Africa and internationally. She is a CDO Magazine Editorial Board Member, an internationally recognised American tech magazine.and is the CDO Ambassador for South Africa as approved by MIT CDOIQ, CDO Magazine and the International Institute of Chief Data Officers.
In 2022 alone, she was selected as one of the Global Top 100 Data & Analytics Leaders for 2022, was named one of the CDO Global Data Power Women 2022 and has been named as one of the World's Leading Enterprise Data Leaders for 2022. Nollie is winner of the Data Analytics Leader 2022 in South Africa and also won the coveted Finnovex Chief Data Officer of the Year 2022 award.

Nollie Maoto is a FNB (First National Bank) South Africa, Chief Data and Analytics Officer within the Merchant Services business unit. She also has a significant profile and responsibilities outside of FNB within the data and analytics community in South Africa, Africa and internationally. She is a CDO Magazine Editorial Board Member, an internationally recognised American tech magazine.and is the CDO Ambassador for South Africa as approved by MIT CDOIQ, CDO Magazine and the International Institute of Chief Data Officers.
In 2022 alone, she was selected as one of the Global Top 100 Data & Analytics Leaders for 2022, was named one of the CDO Global Data Power Women 2022 and has been named as one of the World's Leading Enterprise Data Leaders for 2022. Nollie is winner of the Data Analytics Leader 2022 in South Africa and also won the coveted Finnovex Chief Data Officer of the Year 2022 award.
Chief Data and Analytics Officer - Merchant Services | First National Bank | South Africa


Marc Carolus is a Senior Vice President within Mastercard's Data & Services division, responsible for Location Insights Product Management globally. In this role Marc owns the product strategy, roadmaps and commercial success of Mastercard's location solutions. His focus on product innovation as well as global scaling to 20+ markets have advanced the business amongst key customers and stakeholders.
Prior to joining Mastercard, Marc was a senior project manager at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Europe, focused on the telecom and financial services practice, where he was responsible for developing growth and market strategies for a range of clients in the private and retail banking, loyalty and mobile payments industries.
Marc Carolus
Marc Carolus
SVP, Insights & Analytics Location Products , Mastercard , Germany
Marc Carolus is a Senior Vice President within Mastercard's Data & Services division, responsible for Location Insights Product Management globally. In this role Marc owns the product strategy, roadmaps and commercial success of Mastercard's location solutions. His focus on product innovation as well as global scaling to 20+ markets have advanced the business amongst key customers and stakeholders.
Prior to joining Mastercard, Marc was a senior project manager at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Europe, focused on the telecom and financial services practice, where he was responsible for developing growth and market strategies for a range of clients in the private and retail banking, loyalty and mobile payments industries.

Marc Carolus is a Senior Vice President within Mastercard's Data & Services division, responsible for Location Insights Product Management globally. In this role Marc owns the product strategy, roadmaps and commercial success of Mastercard's location solutions. His focus on product innovation as well as global scaling to 20+ markets have advanced the business amongst key customers and stakeholders.
Prior to joining Mastercard, Marc was a senior project manager at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Europe, focused on the telecom and financial services practice, where he was responsible for developing growth and market strategies for a range of clients in the private and retail banking, loyalty and mobile payments industries.
SVP, Insights & Analytics Location Products | Mastercard | Germany


During 14+ years in the geospatial industry, Neena has certainly made her mark. She recently played a vital role in the award of a new patent for Geocoding Positional Accuracy, helping with idea development and taking the lead in writing the application. This is an industry development of huge importance - helping to identify how close a geocode is to a likely real-world position, vastly improving location accuracy. This significantly impacts businesses relying upon analysis of precisely located assets on the earth's surface to make critical decisions.
Neena is academically accomplished, with several certifications to her name, including; a PhD in Geospatial Technologies, a Post-Graduate Degree in Machine Learning, and an Executive MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. She also recently began a Master's Degree in Data Science, specialising in AI/ML.
On top of this, Neena is generous with her time and knowledge, being an active member of the geospatial community - regularly speaking at conferences, on webinars, and authoring white papers. She is also a proud advocate for Diversity & Inclusion, recently becoming co-leader of the Precisely Women in Technology group, and is an active fundraiser for Girls Who Code.
Neena Priyanka
Neena Priyanka
Product Manager-Location Intelligence , Precisely , India
During 14+ years in the geospatial industry, Neena has certainly made her mark. She recently played a vital role in the award of a new patent for Geocoding Positional Accuracy, helping with idea development and taking the lead in writing the application. This is an industry development of huge importance - helping to identify how close a geocode is to a likely real-world position, vastly improving location accuracy. This significantly impacts businesses relying upon analysis of precisely located assets on the earth's surface to make critical decisions.
Neena is academically accomplished, with several certifications to her name, including; a PhD in Geospatial Technologies, a Post-Graduate Degree in Machine Learning, and an Executive MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. She also recently began a Master's Degree in Data Science, specialising in AI/ML.
On top of this, Neena is generous with her time and knowledge, being an active member of the geospatial community - regularly speaking at conferences, on webinars, and authoring white papers. She is also a proud advocate for Diversity & Inclusion, recently becoming co-leader of the Precisely Women in Technology group, and is an active fundraiser for Girls Who Code.

During 14+ years in the geospatial industry, Neena has certainly made her mark. She recently played a vital role in the award of a new patent for Geocoding Positional Accuracy, helping with idea development and taking the lead in writing the application. This is an industry development of huge importance - helping to identify how close a geocode is to a likely real-world position, vastly improving location accuracy. This significantly impacts businesses relying upon analysis of precisely located assets on the earth's surface to make critical decisions.
Neena is academically accomplished, with several certifications to her name, including; a PhD in Geospatial Technologies, a Post-Graduate Degree in Machine Learning, and an Executive MBA in International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. She also recently began a Master's Degree in Data Science, specialising in AI/ML.
On top of this, Neena is generous with her time and knowledge, being an active member of the geospatial community - regularly speaking at conferences, on webinars, and authoring white papers. She is also a proud advocate for Diversity & Inclusion, recently becoming co-leader of the Precisely Women in Technology group, and is an active fundraiser for Girls Who Code.
Product Manager-Location Intelligence | Precisely | India

Emanuele Colonnella
Innovation Activation Manager | Generali | Italy

Mariam Crichton
CEO & Co-founder | 7 Satya | UK


Abhijit Akerkar is responsible for oversight and management of the Risk Services business. He joined Swiss Re in 2021. Earlier, he brought machine intelligence to life at Lloyds Banking Group. As a Service Line Leader at McKinsey, he partnered with business leaders to set strategy, transform organizations, and deliver sustainable value. Previously, he built and led tech-enabled businesses in Europe and Asia. He holds Master's degree in Business Administration from London Business School.
Abhijit Akerkar
Abhijit Akerkar
Managing Director, Risk Services , Swiss Re , UK
Abhijit Akerkar is responsible for oversight and management of the Risk Services business. He joined Swiss Re in 2021. Earlier, he brought machine intelligence to life at Lloyds Banking Group. As a Service Line Leader at McKinsey, he partnered with business leaders to set strategy, transform organizations, and deliver sustainable value. Previously, he built and led tech-enabled businesses in Europe and Asia. He holds Master's degree in Business Administration from London Business School.

Abhijit Akerkar is responsible for oversight and management of the Risk Services business. He joined Swiss Re in 2021. Earlier, he brought machine intelligence to life at Lloyds Banking Group. As a Service Line Leader at McKinsey, he partnered with business leaders to set strategy, transform organizations, and deliver sustainable value. Previously, he built and led tech-enabled businesses in Europe and Asia. He holds Master's degree in Business Administration from London Business School.
Managing Director, Risk Services | Swiss Re | UK

Tina Thomson
Head of Catastrophe Analytics EMEA WS | Gallagher Re | UK


Experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance and reinsurance industry, in both Lloyd's and non-Lloyd's environments, for over 16 years. Responsible for Exposure and Catastrophe Modelling at Inigo which includes how we implement the Inigo View of Risk for pricing and portfolio management purposes. The Exposure Management Team is vital to Inigo's understanding of its exposures to both natural and non-natural catastrophe risk and ensuring that we are able to support Inigo's clients when they need us. Chris is a member of the London Market Association (LMA) Exposure Management Working Group as well as a number of other Industry working groups. He studied Earth Sciences (BSc) at Brunel University and is a Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS). Chris also holds the Certified Extreme Events Modelling designation (CEEM).
Chris Weller
Chris Weller
Head of Catastrophe Modelling , Inigo Insurance , UK
Experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance and reinsurance industry, in both Lloyd's and non-Lloyd's environments, for over 16 years. Responsible for Exposure and Catastrophe Modelling at Inigo which includes how we implement the Inigo View of Risk for pricing and portfolio management purposes. The Exposure Management Team is vital to Inigo's understanding of its exposures to both natural and non-natural catastrophe risk and ensuring that we are able to support Inigo's clients when they need us. Chris is a member of the London Market Association (LMA) Exposure Management Working Group as well as a number of other Industry working groups. He studied Earth Sciences (BSc) at Brunel University and is a Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS). Chris also holds the Certified Extreme Events Modelling designation (CEEM).

Experienced leader with a demonstrated history of working in the insurance and reinsurance industry, in both Lloyd's and non-Lloyd's environments, for over 16 years. Responsible for Exposure and Catastrophe Modelling at Inigo which includes how we implement the Inigo View of Risk for pricing and portfolio management purposes. The Exposure Management Team is vital to Inigo's understanding of its exposures to both natural and non-natural catastrophe risk and ensuring that we are able to support Inigo's clients when they need us. Chris is a member of the London Market Association (LMA) Exposure Management Working Group as well as a number of other Industry working groups. He studied Earth Sciences (BSc) at Brunel University and is a Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS). Chris also holds the Certified Extreme Events Modelling designation (CEEM).
Head of Catastrophe Modelling | Inigo Insurance | UK

Phil Cottle
Head of Forestry | ForestRe | UK


'Passion for Innovation Head of Innovation @ Banca Mediolanum Group. Passion for entrepreneurship Co-Founder @ FoolFarm, Milan & Rome based Startup Studio. Angel investor, mentor, board member. Passion for dissemination Contract Professor (Venice Ca'Foscari University & Milan Cattolica University) Author (AI, Digital, Innovation, Leadership)Keynote speaker'
Demetrio Migliorati
Demetrio Migliorati
Head of Innovation , Banca Mediolanum , Italy
'Passion for Innovation Head of Innovation @ Banca Mediolanum Group. Passion for entrepreneurship Co-Founder @ FoolFarm, Milan & Rome based Startup Studio. Angel investor, mentor, board member. Passion for dissemination Contract Professor (Venice Ca'Foscari University & Milan Cattolica University) Author (AI, Digital, Innovation, Leadership)Keynote speaker'

'Passion for Innovation Head of Innovation @ Banca Mediolanum Group. Passion for entrepreneurship Co-Founder @ FoolFarm, Milan & Rome based Startup Studio. Angel investor, mentor, board member. Passion for dissemination Contract Professor (Venice Ca'Foscari University & Milan Cattolica University) Author (AI, Digital, Innovation, Leadership)Keynote speaker'
Head of Innovation | Banca Mediolanum | Italy


Jagdish Narayanan is the CIO of Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services. With an experience of nearly 3 decades in BFSI and FinTech, he has led technology at digital fintechs such as Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services and Aditya Birla Payments Bank, as well as been a senior technology leader with large multi-national financial institutions such as Citi, Barclays, Bank of America. He has deep knowledge of global businesses in the domains of digital wallets, digital payments, paperless and friction-free e-commerce, Cash Management, Payments, Liquidity Management, Trade Finance, by virtue of experience in heading large global technology portfolios across regions such as North America, EMEA, and Africa.
Jagdish Narayanan
Jagdish Narayanan
CIO , Reliance Jio Payments Bank , India
Jagdish Narayanan is the CIO of Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services. With an experience of nearly 3 decades in BFSI and FinTech, he has led technology at digital fintechs such as Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services and Aditya Birla Payments Bank, as well as been a senior technology leader with large multi-national financial institutions such as Citi, Barclays, Bank of America.
He has deep knowledge of global businesses in the domains of digital wallets, digital payments, paperless and friction-free e-commerce, Cash Management, Payments, Liquidity Management, Trade Finance, by virtue of experience in heading large global technology portfolios across regions such as North America, EMEA, and Africa.

Jagdish Narayanan is the CIO of Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services. With an experience of nearly 3 decades in BFSI and FinTech, he has led technology at digital fintechs such as Jio Payments Bank and Financial Services and Aditya Birla Payments Bank, as well as been a senior technology leader with large multi-national financial institutions such as Citi, Barclays, Bank of America. He has deep knowledge of global businesses in the domains of digital wallets, digital payments, paperless and friction-free e-commerce, Cash Management, Payments, Liquidity Management, Trade Finance, by virtue of experience in heading large global technology portfolios across regions such as North America, EMEA, and Africa.
CIO | Reliance Jio Payments Bank | India


"Andrea Picchi is Head of Design at Kroo. With a background in cognitive psychology and computer science, he subsequently learned design thinking at the Hasso Platter d.school at Stanford University and studied its business applications at MIT Sloan School of Management. Andrea developed his leadership and management knowledge working with and for companies such as Apple, Google, Samsung, Sony, and Nokia. His research in human-computer interaction has been used to develop patents for products such as Google Glass, and in the past decade, he has been building, leading, and managing successful teams that created products and services used by millions of people worldwide. In 2022 he published his last book on Design Management and Leadership."
Andrea Picchi
Andrea Picchi
Head of Design , Kroo Bank , UK
"Andrea Picchi is Head of Design at Kroo. With a background in cognitive psychology and computer science, he subsequently learned design thinking at the Hasso Platter d.school at Stanford University and studied its business applications at MIT Sloan School of Management.
Andrea developed his leadership and management knowledge working with and for companies such as Apple, Google, Samsung, Sony, and Nokia. His research in human-computer interaction has been used to develop patents for products such as Google Glass, and in the past decade, he has been building, leading, and managing successful teams that created products and services used by millions of people worldwide. In 2022 he published his last book on Design Management and Leadership."

"Andrea Picchi is Head of Design at Kroo. With a background in cognitive psychology and computer science, he subsequently learned design thinking at the Hasso Platter d.school at Stanford University and studied its business applications at MIT Sloan School of Management. Andrea developed his leadership and management knowledge working with and for companies such as Apple, Google, Samsung, Sony, and Nokia. His research in human-computer interaction has been used to develop patents for products such as Google Glass, and in the past decade, he has been building, leading, and managing successful teams that created products and services used by millions of people worldwide. In 2022 he published his last book on Design Management and Leadership."
Head of Design | Kroo Bank | UK