2026 Investment Conference
The fourth Investment Conference takes place on Tuesday 28 April.
What's a winning culture?
Corporate culture is the only competitive advantage you can't copy – and the hardest to build. Can you measure it? Transform it? Scale it without losing it? And with AI reshaping organizations, what does a winning culture look like in 2026? To answer this, we have invited some of the world’s leading CEOs and experts.
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Jamie Dimon – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at JP Morgan Chase
Jamie Dimon is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., a global financial services firm with assets of $3.2 trillion and operations worldwide.
Dimon became CEO on January 1, 2006 and one year later also became Chairman of the Board. He was named President and Chief Operating Officer upon the company’s merger with Bank One Corporation on July 1, 2004. Dimon joined Bank One as Chairman and CEO in 2000.
Dimon began his career at American Express Company. Next, he served as Chief Financial Officer and then President at Commercial Credit, which made numerous acquisitions and divestitures, including acquiring Primerica Corporation in 1987 and The Travelers Corporation in 1993. Dimon served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Travelers from 1990 through 1998 while concurrently serving as Chief Operating Officer of its Smith Barney Inc. subsidiary before becoming co-Chairman and Co-CEO of the combined brokerage following the 1997 merger of Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers. In 1998, Dimon was named President of Citigroup Inc., the global financial services company formed by the combination of Travelers Group and Citicorp.
Dimon earned his bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. He serves on the boards of directors of a number of non-profit institutions including the Business Roundtable, Bank Policy Institute and Harvard Business School. Additionally, he serves on the executive committee of the Partnership for New York City, and is a member of the Business Council, Financial Services Forum and Council on Foreign Relations.
Kenneth C. Griffin – Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel
Kenneth Griffin is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Citadel, one of the world's leading alternative investment firms managing over $60 billion in capital. He is also the Founder and Non-Executive Chairman of Citadel Securities, one of the world's largest market makers serving more than 1,600 institutional clients globally.
Ken founded Citadel in 1990, a year after graduating from Harvard, where he had begun investing from his dorm room in 1986. He built the firm on the belief that exceptional talent, advanced quantitative analytics, and powerful technology could unlock opportunities in global capital markets.
Through Griffin Catalyst, Ken has made transformative philanthropic contributions to education, health sciences, and cultural institutions.
Ken holds an A.B. with Honors in Economics from Harvard College.
Christophe Fouquet – President and Chief Executive Officer of ASML
Christophe Fouquet has been President and Chief Executive Officer of ASML since 2024, bringing more than 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. He joined ASML in 2008 and was appointed to the Board of Management in 2018 as Chief Business Officer. He previously led ASML's EUV business from 2018 to 2022, spearheading the industrialization of Extreme Ultraviolet lithography, and headed ASML's Applications business from 2013 to 2018.
Prior to his tenure at ASML, Christophe held positions at semiconductor equipment industry peers KLA Tencor and Applied Materials.
Christophe holds a master’s degree in physics from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble, France.
Christel Heydemann – Chief Executive Officer at Orange
Christel Heydemann was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Orange group on April 4, 2022.
She began her career in 1999 at Alcatel, where she held various management positions. In 2011, she was promoted to Director of Human Resources and Transformation and member of the Executive Committee.
Christel Heydemann joined Schneider Electric in 2014. In 2017, she became Executive Director France Operations of Schneider Electric and member of Schneider Electric’s Executive Committee. In 2021, she was named Director Europe Operations, a position she held until the beginning of 2022 when she became Chief Executive Officer of the Orange group, having served as a member of its Board of Directors since 2017.
She is a graduate of École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Christel Heydemann is an Officer of the French Order of Merit and a Knight of the French Legion of Honor.
David M. Rubenstein – Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Board of Carlyle
Mr. Rubenstein is Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Board of Carlyle, one of the world’s largest and most diversified global investment firms. Previously, Mr. Rubenstein served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of Carlyle.
Among other philanthropic endeavors, Mr. Rubenstein is Chairman of the Boards of the Council on Foreign Relations, the National Gallery of Art, the Economic Club of Washington, and the University of Chicago; a Trustee of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Brookings Institution, and the World Economic Forum; an Emeritus Trustee of Johns Hopkins Medicine; and a Director of Moderna, Inc. and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Mr. Rubenstein is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University, where he was elected Phi Beta Kappa. Following Duke, Mr. Rubenstein graduated from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the Law Review.
James P. Gorman – Chairman Emeritus of Morgan Stanley
James Gorman is Chairman Emeritus of Morgan Stanley, having served as Executive Chairman in 2024, Chief Executive Officer from 2010 to 2023, and Chairman from 2012 to 2023. He joined the firm in 2006 and was named Co-President in 2007. Under his leadership, Morgan Stanley was transformed into one of the world's leading financial institutions.
James serves as Chairman of The Walt Disney Co., a Director of the Council on Foreign Relations, Chair of the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School, and a Trustee of Columbia University. He is a member of the Business Council and the Business Roundtable. He formerly served as a Director of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and President of the Federal Advisory Council to the U.S. Federal Reserve Board.
Before joining Morgan Stanley, James held executive positions at Merrill Lynch and was a senior partner at McKinsey & Co. He began his career as an attorney in Melbourne, Australia.
James holds BA and law degrees from the University of Melbourne and an MBA from Columbia University.
Karin Rådström – President and Chief Executive Officer of Daimler Truck AG
Karin Rådström has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Daimler Truck AG since October 2024. She previously served as a Member of the Board of Management responsible for Mercedes-Benz Trucks from February 2021 until her appointment as CEO. She brings extensive international experience in the commercial vehicles industry and a strong track record in building customer-focused sales organisations.
Prior to joining Daimler Truck, Karin spent 16 years at Scania, where she was most recently a member of the Executive Board responsible for sales and marketing. She held various managerial positions within Scania's sales and service organisation, including Head of the bus and coach business and leading the launch of the connected vehicle business.
Karin serves as a Board Member of Atlas Copco since April 2024. She holds a Master of Engineering in Industrial Management from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Jesper Brodin – Former Chief Executive Officer of Ingka Group
Jesper Brodin served as Chief Executive Officer of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, from 2017 until November 2025, following a career with IKEA spanning more than 30 years. Before becoming CEO, Jesper was Managing Director at IKEA of Sweden, responsible for the development of the product range and supply chain of the IKEA brand.
Jesper began his IKEA career in Pakistan in 1995 as a purchase manager, later becoming Regional Purchase Manager for Southeast Asia. In 1999, he served as assistant to both IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad and then-CEO Anders Dahlvig.
Jesper serves as Chair of The B Team and Co-Chair of the UN Global Compact, advocating for a future where purpose and profit go hand in hand. In 2024, he was named one of TIME's 100 most influential people.
Jesper holds a Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
Stefano Domenicali – President and Chief Executive Officer of Formula 1
Stefano Domenicali has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Formula 1 since January 2021. He also serves as Co-Chairman of the F1 Commission and is a Member of the FIA World Motor Sport Council.
Stefano began his career at Ferrari in 1991, where he held positions of increasing responsibility over more than two decades. He served as Formula 1 Team Manager from 1998, Formula 1 Sports Director from 2004, and Team Principal of Scuderia Ferrari from 2008 to 2014, contributing to the team's many victories. He subsequently served as Vice President of New Business Initiatives at Audi AG from 2014, before becoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Automobili Lamborghini from 2016 to 2020.
Stefano is a Member of the Board of Directors of Brunello Cucinelli and Ferretti Group. In 2023, he was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro by the President of the Italian Republic.
Stefano holds a degree in economics and business from the University of Bologna.
Ajay Banga – President of the World Bank Group
Ajay Banga has been President of the World Bank Group since June 2023, leading the institution's transformation with a new vision to create a world free of poverty on a liveable planet.
Prior to joining the World Bank, Ajay was Vice Chairman at General Atlantic and, before that, President and CEO of Mastercard for 12 years, where he led a global workforce of nearly 24,000 and made financial inclusion a core part of the company's strategy. He founded the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth to advance equitable and sustainable economic opportunity. Earlier in his career, Ajay spent 13 years at Nestlé India and held senior leadership positions at Citigroup, including CEO of the Asia-Pacific region.
Ajay served as Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce from 2020 to 2022 and is a co-founder of the Cyber Readiness Institute. He was awarded the Padma Shri by the President of India in 2016.
Ajay holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.
Robyn Grew – Chief Executive Officer at Man Group
Robyn Grew is the Chief Executive Officer of Man Group, a global alternative investment management firm with more than USD 200 billion assets under management that is listed on the London Stock Exchange. As CEO, she leads the firm’s Executive Committee and is an executive director on the Man Group Board.
Since joining Man Group in 2010 through its acquisition of GLG, Robyn has served as Group COO, Head of ESG, General Counsel, and most recently, President. Robyn led Man Group’s corporate reorganisation in 2019 and has also spearheaded the firm’s diversity programme.
Robyn has worked in the investment industry since 1994. Previously, she held senior global positions at investment banks in London, New York and Tokyo, including Barclays Capital and Lehman Brothers, as well as what is now the ICE Futures Europe exchange. She is a qualified barrister and member of the Standards Board for Alternative Investment (SBAI) Board of Trustees.
Michael O’Leary – Group Chief Executive Officer at Ryanair
Michael O’Leary has served as a Director of Ryanair DAC since 1988 and a Director of Ryanair Holdings since 1996. Michael was appointed CEO of Ryanair in 1994 and Group CEO in April 2019, having previously served as CFO since 1988.
Under his leadership, Ryanair has grown to become Europe's largest airline group, pioneering the low-cost model that has transformed air travel across the continent. Michael holds a degree in Business and Economics from Trinity College Dublin.
Nandan M. Nilekani – Chairman and Co-Founder, Infosys and Founding Chairman UIDAI (Aadhaar)
Nandan Nilekani is the Co-Founder and Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited. He was the Founding Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the rank of a Cabinet Minister from 2009-2014. Nandan has co-founded and is the Chairman of EkStep Foundation, a not-for-profit effort to create a learner centric, technology-based platform to improve basic literacy and numeracy for millions of children. In January 2023, he was appointed as the co-chair of the “G20 Task Force on Digital Public Infrastructure for Economic Transformation, Financial Inclusion, and Development.”
Born in Bengaluru, Nilekani received his Bachelor’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. Among many awards and accolades, he was inducted as International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2019 and TIME Magazine has featured him among 100 Most Influential People in AI in 2024.
Roula Khalaf – Editor of the Financial Times
Roula Khalaf has been Editor of the Financial Times since 2020. She previously served as Deputy Editor, overseeing a range of newsroom initiatives and award-winning editorial projects while leading a global network of over 100 foreign correspondents.
Before becoming Deputy Editor, Roula was the FT's Foreign Editor, overseeing operations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. As Middle East Editor, she launched a Middle East edition and led coverage of the Arab Spring. She joined the FT in 1995 as North Africa correspondent, having previously been a staff writer for Forbes magazine in New York.
Roula is a Board Member of the Committee to Protect Journalists. She was named Foreign Commentator of the Year at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards in 2016.
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