Meeting Schedules

Managing Director, IMF

Kristalina Georgieva is the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the first person from an emerging market economy to lead the IMF since its inception in 1944. Before joining the Fund, Ms. Georgieva was Chief Executive Officer of the World Bank and also served as Interim President for a time. Previously, she served at the European Commission as Vice President for Budget and Human Resources – and as Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response. She was named “European of the Year” and “Commissioner of the Year” by European Voice for her leadership in the European Union’s humanitarian response to crises.

President, World Bank Group

Ajay Banga most recently served as Vice Chairman at General Atlantic. Previously, he was President and CEO of Mastercard, a global organization with nearly 24,000 employees. Under his leadership, MasterCard launched the Center for Inclusive Growth, which advances equitable and sustainable economic growth and financial inclusion around the world. He was Honorary Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce, serving as Chairman from 2020-2022. He became an advisor to General Atlantic’s climate-focused fund, BeyondNetZero, at its inception in 2021. Banga served as Co-Chair of the Partnership for Central America, a coalition of private organizations that works to advance economic opportunity across underserved populations in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. He was previously on the Boards of the American Red Cross, Kraft Foods, and Dow Inc.

Ajay Banga is a co-founder of The Cyber Readiness Institute and was Vice Chair of the Economic Club of New York. He was awarded the Foreign Policy Association Medal in 2012, the Padma Shri Award by the President of India in 2016, the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the Business Council for International Understanding’s Global Leadership Award in 2019, and the Distinguished Friends of Singapore Public Service Star in 2021.

President, Singapore

Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore’s President in September 2023. He served in politics for 22 years before resigning to contest in the Presidential Election. He was Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister for several years, and Education Minister earlier. He also served as Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Singapore’s central bank and financial regulator, over the 12 years to 2023. Tharman was committed through his years in government to building a more inclusive society, and economic resilience. He has been especially engaged in initiatives to sustain social mobility, improve jobs for lower-income workers, make life-long learning a reality for all, and deepen Singapore’s model of multiculturalism. He introduced major educational reforms while serving as Education Minister, aimed at achieving a broader and more flexible system of meritocracy. He later led the ‘SkillsFuture’ programme, launched in 2014. He also chaired the tripartite councils from 2011 to 2016 which drove national efforts to raise productivity through innovation and skills, including through the implementation of industry-specific transformation programmes.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Thailand
 

Ekniti Nitithanprapas was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance on September 22, 2025. Ekniti was Director-General of the Revenue Department, Excise Department, Treasury Department, and State Enterprise Policy Office. Previously, he served as Minister for Economic and Financial Affairs to the United Kingdom and Europe, Senior Advisor to the Executive Director at the World Bank in Washington, D.C., and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Finance. In addition, he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors in various organizations including Krung Thai Bank Public Company Ltd. and Thai Airways International Public Company Ltd. Ekniti holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Claremont Graduate University, a Master’s from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Thammasat.

Author of the national bestseller, The Trust Code
 

Tiffany Xingyu Wang is the author of the national bestseller, The Trust Code, and a global leader in digital trust and AI safety whose work has helped protect more than a billion users online. Named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and Forbes' Most Entrepreneurial CMO, she serves as a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a member of the World Economic Forum's Frontier AI Systems & Capabilities group. Shaped by Shanghai, Paris, Singapore, and sub-Saharan Africa, she now lives in San Francisco with her husband and two children.

President, Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
 

Vilas Dhar is a globally recognized authority on artificial intelligence and society, serving as President of the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, a $1.5 billion philanthropy advancing AI for public purpose. He has served on the United Nations Secretary-General’s High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, is the U.S. Government’s nominated expert to the Global Partnership on AI, and advises Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI, OECD.AI, and MIT Solve. Named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader in 2022, he is also a public intellectual whose writing and teaching have reached audiences worldwide, including 750,000 learners of his LinkedIn Learning course.

Executive Vice President at the Wadhwani Family Office and Wadhwani Impact Trust
 

Shalina Wadhwani is Executive Vice President at the Wadhwani Family Office and Wadhwani Impact Trust, where she helped launched Wadhwani AI US, a nonprofit founded in 2018 that develops and deploys AI solutions in healthcare, education, and agriculture for underserved communities. Wadhwani AI has reached over 190 million lives with 25+ solutions spanning tuberculosis, maternal and child health, and reading fluency. Previously, Shalina held leadership roles at venture-backed digital health companies. She is based in New York and holds an MBA from Wharton.