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
General Manager of Global Fashion & Interim Co-General Manager UK of eBay
Henri Jaanimägi
Global Head of eBay Ventures
Priyanka Agarwal Chopra
CEO and Managing Partner of IIMA Ventures
Vipul Vachhani
Founder & CEO of Jaivel Aerospace
Gabriele Papievyte
Head of Ventures at XTX Markets
James Lockyer
Director of Portfolio Management at Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund
Minette Navarrete
President & Managing Partner of Kickstart Ventures
Sebastiano Silvestri
Head of Corporate Venture Capital at A2A Life Ventures
Ronja Stoffregen
Director Corporate Venturing at Rehau New Ventures
Matt Ridley
Director of Sustainability and Innovation at oneworld Alliance
Tanja Emmerling
Partner & Head of Berlin Office at High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)
Eli Promisel
Managing Director, Europe, at Silicon Foundry
Ulderico Ulissi
Principal – Head at Global Climate Ventures at CATL
J.D. Englehart
Senior Investment Director at In-Q-Tel
Raza Ali
Managing Partner of IAGi Ventures
Bill Taranto
President of MSD Global Health Innovation Fund
Nicolas Sauvage
President of TDK Ventures; Chair of the GCV Leadership Society
Kaz Hadano
CEO of Sony Ventures
Rob Desborough
General Partner and Managing Partner at Seraphim Space
Ricardo Zapatero
Senior Investment Associate at Repsol Energy Ventures
Mike Smeed
Managing Director at InMotion Ventures
Maija Palmer
Editor-in-Chief of GCV
Jim Mawson
CEO of GCV
