Ahmed Ameen Ashour is a luminary and results-oriented leader at the forefront of ed-tech and sustainability. As the chief sustainability commercial officer at Microsoft, he spearheads the company's sustainability initiatives, enabling organisations in both the public and private sectors on their ESG journey through Microsoft's sustainability cloud solutions. With a rich background in education consultancy and a decade-long career at Microsoft, Ahmed's deep technical expertise, leadership, and passion for sustainability drive scalable business strategies, fostering sustainable innovation and digital transformation. His impact in education can be seen through various transformative initiatives, and his commitment to a better future for generations shines in his engagement with partners and startups to create innovative sustainability solutions. Ahmed's journey from education industry director to his pivotal role as a driving force in Microsoft's mission to empower every person and organization to achieve more sustainably is truly commendable.

Over the course of the past 20 years, Yasir Wafi has consistently enhanced operational productivity by challenging existing practices and driving change through coaching and engaging multi-disciplinary teams. With increasing levels of responsibility and accountability in an international context, he has shown an exemplary track record in providing inspiring management by fusing technical and operational methods into a cohesive and focussed direction.

Serving as an engineer from the onset of his career with reputable global organisations and under the guidance of experienced industry veterans, Yasir has gained exposure across Europe, Middle East, and Asia regions. His experience and skills in the area of environmental, green energy, and governance have garnered his passion and interest further to contribute to the private and public sectors.

Yasir has developed strategies through roadmaps for the current and previous organisations (in UAE and Oman) introducing lean initiatives resulting in sustainable outcomes. The subject of green energy solutions and sustainability is a personal commitment that he has enacted within his own work culture and, thus, continues to drive innovative solutions.

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta is an accomplished senior board member and business executive with a remarkable track record in regulatory engagement, strategic business development, and business transformation across various sectors like banking, markets, crypto, asset management, and technology. Currently, he serves on the boards of several financially regulated firms in UAE, UK, and Europe as a non-executive director and advises UAE-based family office advisory firms as well as healthtech/biotech, edtech, agtech, and fintech startups.

Bhaskar played a key role in developing Abu Dhabi's award-winning international financial centre (Abu Dhabi global market) and financial regulator (financial service regulatory authority). His achievements include making ADGM the largest regulated crypto jurisdiction globally, quadrupling the number of broker-dealers, and establishing it as the biggest venture capital hub in the region.

Before joining ADGM, he served as the COO of UK Export Finance and had a successful 25-year career with leadership roles in prominent institutions like HSBC, ABN AMRO, Citigroup, and PwC.

Bhaskar’s academic journey is equally impressive, holding multiple degrees including BSc in mathematics, an MBA in finance, and two PhDs - one in financial modelling and AI and another in politics. He is currently pursuing his third PhD in food history from Brunel University, UK.

His diverse expertise, pragmatic approach, and visionary leadership have made him an invaluable asset in the financial and academic arenas.

Vito Saluto is an ESG and sustainability professional, specialising on leading diverse teams in environmental, social, and governance development, strategy design, and program execution. He has two decades of experience in international development and management of environmental and social performances of private equity projects in the renewable energy sector across Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

Vito currently leads the ESG team of AMEA Power in developing, building, and operating a project portfolio having a total capacity of up to 6GW. Projects include large-scale solar and wind farms, battery energy storage, and green hydrogen systems.

He also manages AMEA Power’s sustainability agenda including the community investment and development programs, the company's voluntary commitment initiatives, and partnerships for sustainable development.