Speakers - CMO Meet 2026

Frank Diana

Frank Diana is Managing Partner and Principal Futurist at Tata Consultancy Services, USA and a globally recognised thought leader with more than four decades of executive leadership experience. Having served as a board member, CEO, CTO, and CIO, he brings a rare ability to bridge visionary thinking with practical business impact.

His proprietary foresight methodology traces how forces like AI, geopolitics, shifting demographics, and behavioural science converge over time to reshape entire industries. A prolific writer and highly sought after keynote speaker, Frank is known for reframing how leaders imagine and design the future.

Pierre Yves Calloc’h

Pierre Yves Calloc’h is a global technology and transformation leader with over 25 years of experience spanning digital strategy, data, and artificial intelligence. As Chief Digital and Marketing Officer at Pernod Ricard, he led large scale AI initiatives across more than 30 markets, generating over 100 million euros in value and positioning the group as a global AI leader.

He has held senior leadership roles across APAC, Europe, and Latin America, combining strategic vision with operational depth. Based in Paris, he recently founded Paradygma, a platform focused on improving executive decision making.

Nell Watson

Eleanor Nell Watson is a philosopher, engineer, and author working at the intersection of machine vision, AI ethics, and emerging technologies, with a focus on embedding safety, ethics, and human centred values into AI systems. A founder of the field of machine psychology, she developed Psychopathia Machinalis, a clinical research framework that brings diagnostic rigour to the study of artificial minds.

Operating from Belfast, Ireland, she serves as IEEE AI Ethics Maestro, Chair of the IEEE ECPAIS Transparency Experts Focus Group, Vice Chair of IEEE P7001, and President of the European Responsible Artificial Intelligence Office, shaping global governance frameworks and technical standards. Nell has advised organisations including Apple, the Atlantic Council, and The Future Society, and has addressed the World Bank, the United Tata Sons - Internal Nations General Assembly, and The Royal Society, with her work guided by a single imperative of ensuring AI systems amplify human agency rather than erode it.

Philip Hambach

An insights and brand strategy leader at Adidas AG, Philip Hambach is working within brand development to make the organisation deeply consumer centric. He shapes the language, processes, and tools that enable teams to think and act through a consumer lens, while building and scaling global programmes and new capabilities.

With prior experience at Kantar and Carat Media and a background in international business, he brings strong analytical depth and commercial understanding. His work spans brand planning, measurement frameworks, global and local alignment, and driving cultural and mindset change across areas such as AI, design thinking, semiotics, and digital forensics.

Dr. Randhir Thakur

Dr. Randhir Thakur has been the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Tata Electronics since April 2023, with over 40 years of semiconductor industry experience in manufacturing, R&D, and P&L management. Before joining Tata Electronics, he held senior roles at Intel, including President of Intel Foundry Services and Corporate Vice President and Chief Supply Chain Officer, and has also held leadership positions at Applied Materials, SanDisk, Steag Electronic Systems, and Micron Technology.

An IEEE Fellow since 2013, he holds more than 300 patents, with expertise spanning product development, joint ventures, process technology, and ecosystem collaboration. He is also a member of the Board of Tejas Networks. He brings to this conversation a rare perspective on what it takes to build trust, scale ecosystems, and lead transformation where the stakes are global.

Raghav Aggarwal

Raghav Aggarwal co-founded Fluid AI at the age of 20 with a conviction that AI should not just automate but think, adapt, and act – a belief that has since grown into an agentic AI platform trusted by global enterprises to deliver up to 50x ROI. With over 14 years building at the frontier of AI, he has worked with more than 50 global enterprises and won the TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon in New York.

He is recognised on both Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fortune 40 Under 40, and co-authored Bridging the AI Gap, the world’s first AI written book. Raghav believes we are still scratching the surface of what AI can do for business.

Tony Quinlan

Tony Quinlan works with senior leaders at the intersection of complexity, narrative, and strategic decision making, helping them think more clearly when conventional frameworks no longer apply. With over 20 years of experience, he has worked with boards, executive teams, governments, and global organisations facing complex cultural and systemic challenges.

His work focuses on leadership, organisational listening, and reframing intractable problems into actionable understanding. A highly engaging speaker, Tony combines intellectual rigour with practical, accessible insight that resonates long after the session.

Rameet Arora

Rameet Arora brings deep business, marketing, and leadership experience to his work with leaders and organisations navigating transformation. A former CMO and corporate leader with more than 25 years across advertising, retail, media, consumer products, and technology, he has led change at scale, including major digital reinvention.

He has worked across India, Asia, North America, China, and Southeast Asia, supporting leaders at moments of growth and ambiguity. Now a leadership coach and co-founder of The Core Questin, he focuses on unlocking individual and collective potential through meaningful change.