Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Cecilia Ekholm is Ambassador for Sustainable Business at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 15 January 2021. Her areas of responsibilities include promoting the Swedish Government’s Sustainable Business agenda in collaboration with relevant actors, as well as representing Sweden in international organisations such as the UN and OECD. She is chairperson of the Swedish National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct and representative in the GRI Government Advisory Board.

Cecilia Ekholm Ambassador for International Sustainable Business Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm

Mr. Sunil Duggal was appointed as the Interim CEO of Vedanta Limited, effective April 6, 2020, subsequently CEO, effective August 1, 2020 and Whole-Time Director from April 25, 2021. Prior to this, he was the CEO & Whole-Time Director of Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL), a subsidiary of the Company from 2015 to July 2020. He had been associated with HZL since 2010 as Executive Director and thereafter became the Chief Operating Officer in the year 2012 and Deputy CEO in 2014. He is a result-oriented professional with over 37 years of experience of leading high performance teams and more than 20+ years in leadership positions.

Sunil Duggal Chairman Policy and Strategy, Vedanta Limited

Girish drives the group strategy, incubating new business lines and driving synergies across the group’s companies through myriad technology offerings. Right from the group’s inception, Girish has played multiple key leadership roles contributing to the evolution of SLK. His strength lies in establishing a roadmap for the group and ensuring its ultimate realization. A people’s leader, his endearing personality creates an environment that fosters collaboration and creative thinking.