Top Thinkers50 Speakers

Dr. Neri Karra Sillaman, immigrant entrepreneur, Oxford Professor of Practice, award-winning author, and 2025 Thinkers50 Radar Award winner is an influential management thinkers.

Founder and Creative Director of the Neri Karra leather goods brand, she blends sustainability and long-term business thinking, advising major Italian fashion houses and global companies.

Her journey from child refugee to pioneering leader informs her work on resilience and regenerative business - as well as why it's so important for organisations to harness.

Through lectures at Apple, Credit Suisse, LSE, Imperial, NYU, and others, she equips the next generation of leaders with the tools to build responsible businesses.

Professor Lynda Gratton is a bestselling author and leading London Business School academic. She is the recipient of the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award, for her contributions to modern management thinking.

Renowned for placing humans at the centre of organisational strategy, she explores how storytelling and purpose are essential in an era defined by the “100-year life.”

Through her pioneering Future of Work Research Consortium, her advisory practice HSM, and her direction of LBS’s world-leading HR strategy programme, Gratton has guided leaders from more than 100 global companies.

Terence Mauri is a Thinkers50 award-winning futurist and MIT Entrepreneur Mentor-in-Residence. He is the founder of the Hack Future Lab which stands among the world’s foremost experts on leveraging disruption.

The five-time bestselling author helps leaders transform uncertainty into strategic advantage, earning recognition from Thinkers50 as “an influential and outspoken thinker on the future of leadership.”

With more than 25 years of experience advising organisations including Google, HSBC, Pfizer, and Assurant, Mauri equips teams to build future-readiness and harness disruption as a catalyst for innovation.

Erica Dhawan is an international authority on teamwork and innovation.

A Thinkers50-ranked management thinker and bestselling author of Get Big Things Done and Digital Body Language, she has become a defining voice on how connectional intelligence and communication shape innovation.

Dhawan equips organisations with the mindset and tools to collaborate smarter and achieve results in an increasingly disruptive and uncertain world.

Aidan McCullen is the 2025 Thinkers50 Innovation Award winner, recognising his impact and work as host of the globally broadcasted Innovation Show.

He is an influential voice on reinvention and adaptability. The former professional rugby player turned change consultant helps organisations rethink how they evolve in times of disruption.

Through his work in digital transformation and leadership, McCullen gives leaders the tools to thrive amid constant change.

Andrew Winston, Thinkers50-ranked #1 most influential management thinker and bestselling author, founded Winston Eco-Strategies - a global authority on sustainable business and green strategy.

Renowned for showing how companies can profit while contributing to a healthy world, he is a contributor to Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review.

Winston equips leaders with strategies to navigate megatrends and embed sustainability at the core of business.

Paul Polman is the former CEO of Unilever and advocate for sustainable business. He is a leading voice on how companies can thrive by giving more than they take.

Described by the Financial Times as “a standout CEO of the past decade,” he championed a multi-stakeholder approach that combined strong financial performance with social and environmental impact.

A member of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel that developed the Sustainable Development Goals, Polman continues to drive global initiatives tackling climate change, demonstrating the power of business as a force for good.

Thinkers50-ranked management thinker, Marga Hoek, is a multiple award-winning author and visionary CEO.

She is known for pioneering business models that combine sustainability and advanced technologies to help companies become future-ready.

A globally respected strategist and speaker, she operates at the intersection of business and technology - championing environmental change through storytelling and action.

Kate O’Neill is a digital innovator known as the “Tech Humanist” - who leads KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm that designs human-centered experiences at scale using data and AI.

With a career spanning roles at Netflix, and collaborations with Google, IBM, Microsoft, and the United Nations, she helps organisations use technology to enhance human connection.

Her insights have been featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, WIRED, and on NPR and the BBC, making her a leading voice at the intersection of technology and business.

Ian Khan is a Thinkers50 Future Readiness Distinguished Achievement Award finalist, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of Undisrupted, and futurist.

Ranked among the Top 25 Futurists worldwide, he helps leaders understand the impact of emerging technologies on businesses.

Khan has advised organisations including Microsoft, Deloitte, ServiceNow, SWIFT, Aston Martin F1, and hundreds more across industries, equipping them to navigate disruption and the evolving business landscape.