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Ada Dyndo
Astrid Johansson
Astrid Johansson
President
WICCI's India-EU Business Council
Director India Desk at Indo Polish Chamber of Commerce, Poland-India Business Advisor
Poland/Mumbai
Ada Dyndo is an experienced communication and cross-cultural business professional who is dedicated to fostering collaboration between Poland/EU and India. With over eight years of experience in India, she has held key leadership positions, serving as the Head of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency and as a Principal Consultant at a Europe-India project advisory company in New Delhi. Ada serves as Director India Desk at Indo Polish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IPPCI).
Her significant contributions in these roles earned her recognition in 2021 from the Europe India Centre for Business and Industry, where she was honored as one of the Top under 40 Europe-India leaders, playing a crucial role in shaping the future of EU-India relations.
In 2022, Ada established WICCI's India-EU Business Council, which is a groundbreaking networking platform aimed at empowering women in the India-EU business corridor under the Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Her leadership within this forum is dedicated to fostering connections and driving collaborations within the EU-India business corridor.
Ada is an active advocate for gender equality in business and engages in discussions about Europe-India business opportunities at various international events, including the Economic Times Global Business Summit, Bengaluru Tech Summit, Vibrant Gujarat, and the Europe India Leaders Conference at the European Parliament. Her continuous efforts contribute to collaboration and underscore the impact of women in shaping the EU-India business corridor.
Astrid Johansson
Astrid Johansson
Astrid Johansson
Vice President
WICCI's India-EU Business Council
Co-founder & Acting CEO of Nordic India Innovation
Sweden/Stockholm
Astrid is Vice President of WICCI’s India-EU Business Council. She runs Nordic India Innovation (NII) with the purpose to elevate the Nordic public on business opportunities and trends in India. In 2021, she was listed by EICBI as one of the Top 40 under 40 Europe-India leaders.
Astrid came to India for the first time as a research student in political science and urban studies at Savitribai Phule Pune University. In 2019-2020, she did the internship at the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in New Delhi.
Astrid supports and enhance trade and talent exchange between Nordics and India through Nordic-India Innovation non-profit community and event platform. Her mission is to inspire and increase accessibility for more Nordic and Indian innovators and entrepreneurs to collaborate and do business between the Nordics and India.
Cecilia Oldne
Astrid Johansson
Cecilia Oldne
Chairwoman
WICCI's India-EU Business Council
Investor, Founding Advisory Board Member at Girls Club Capital
Sweden/Mumbai
Cecilia is Swedish, based in Mumbai since 2007. Cecilia has played a significant role in sparking the Indian Wine Revolution, placing India on the world wine map. She has played an instrumental role in the Sula Vineyards success story - India’s largest wine producer with 65% market share, exporting to 30 countries. With 430,000 visitors in 2019 it is the most visited winery in the world. She is today a shareholder in Sula.
She is a Founding Advisory Board Member at Girls Club Capital, New York City. With GCC’s Israeli female founder AshmoretMishal, she advices, mentors & connects female entrepreneurs with the right people.
Cecilia is Sweden-India Business Council’s (SIBC) India representative & Senior Vice President. SIBC is one of the world’s most active country to country networks & the first choice network in the Sweden & India business corridor. SIBC is also the secretary for Sweden India Business Leaders’ Roundtable, co-chaired by Marcus Wallenberg & Baba Kalyani. She also heads up Sweden-India Tech Community. Cecilia is the Head of Sweden India Tech Community SITEC. SITEC is a 150 people network with representatives from Startup, SMEs, Large Corporates, Academia, Incubators, Media, Governmental Bodies, Investors and Influencers.
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Avni Arora
Andrea Michele Brown
Stefania Benaglia
former Research Assistant
Observer Research Foundation
India/New Delhi
Stefania Benaglia
Andrea Michele Brown
Stefania Benaglia
Head of Foreign Policy Unit
Centre for European Policy Studies
Italy/Brussels
Andrea Michele Brown
Andrea Michele Brown
Andrea Michele Brown
Senior Marketing Manager - UAE and India
Kings Group Ventures LLC
USA/Dubai
Simran Dhingra
Andrea Michele Brown
Andrea Michele Brown
Head of International Cooperation
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung,
India Office
India/New Delhi
Tania D'Souza
Emilia Dryżałowska
Emilia Dryżałowska
General Manager
European Business Group Federation
India/Mumbai
Emilia Dryżałowska
Emilia Dryżałowska
Emilia Dryżałowska
Manager
PwC Poland
Poland/Warsaw
Suki Dusanj-Lenz
Emilia Dryżałowska
Suki Dusanj-Lenz
Founder of Once Upon a Media,
Co-founder of Fashion Revolution India, Advisory Board of Seams for Dreams
Switzerland/Zurich
Sukanya Dutta
Emilia Dryżałowska
Suki Dusanj-Lenz
Investment Advisor
Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency
India/New Delhi
Ada Dyndo
Juliane Frömmter
Juliane Frömmter
President of WICCI's India-EU Business Council, Director India Desk, Indo Polish Chamber of Commerce,
Poland-India Business Advisor
Poland/Mumbai
Juliane Frömmter
Juliane Frömmter
Juliane Frömmter
Founder and CEO MyFirstIndianClient
Germany/Berlin
Francesca Gatti
Juliane Frömmter
Francesca Gatti
Security Sector Reform Officer - UN Minusca; former Project Manager at Princess Diya Kumari Foundation
Italy/Jaipur
Sofia Imad
Juliane Frömmter
Francesca Gatti
Market Shaping, Demand, and Trade Facilitation Expert
Team Europe Support Structure
France-Morocco/Mumbai
Vaishali Jain
Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska
Maria Janiszewska
Expert
European Business and Technology Centre
India/Mumbai
Maria Janiszewska
Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska
Maria Janiszewska
Sales Director
ITDS
Poland/Warsaw
Katharina Janotta
Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska
Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska
Consultant
Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom
Germany/New Delhi
Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska
Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska
Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska
CEO
Cross-Cultural Intelligence
Poland/Warsaw
Astrid Johansson
Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska
Astrid Johansson
Vice President of WICCI's India-EU Business Council,
Co-founder and Acting CEO of Nordic India Innovation Sweden/Stockholm
Dipali Joshi
Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska
Astrid Johansson
Team Lead - Strategy Advisory
Roedl & Partner Consulting
India/Pune
Nidhi Piplani Kapur
Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska
Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska
Head of Symbiosis Centre for European Studies
Symbiosis International
India/Pune
Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska
Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska
Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska
CEO
Cross-Cultural Intelligence
Poland/Wrocław
Shairee Malhotra
Lakshmi Lalita Mohan
Shairee Malhotra
Europe Fellow
Observer Research Foundation
India/Delhi
Raita Mocherla
Lakshmi Lalita Mohan
Shairee Malhotra
Vice President
Pangaea TradeTeam
Finland/Hyderabad
Lakshmi Lalita Mohan
Lakshmi Lalita Mohan
Lakshmi Lalita Mohan
Head and Representative
Confederation of Indian Industry,
Co-Founder of OncoCoin AG
India/Frankfurt
Queenie Nair
Lakshmi Lalita Mohan
Lakshmi Lalita Mohan
Director
Content & Alliances
ET Edge
Founder of Global Business and Investment Consortium
India/Mumbai
Cecilia Oldne
Patrycja Pendrakowska
Hana Onderková
Investor
Founding Advisory Board Member at Girls Club Capital
Chairwoman of the WICCI's India-EU Business Council
Sweden/Mumbai
Hana Onderková
Patrycja Pendrakowska
Hana Onderková
Director
CzechTrade in Bangalore
Czech Republic/Bangalore
Patrycja Pendrakowska
Patrycja Pendrakowska
Patrycja Pendrakowska
Head
Boym Institute for Asian and Global Studies
Poland/Berlin
Alina Posłuszny
Patrycja Pendrakowska
Patrycja Pendrakowska
Whole-time Director
TZMO India South
Poland/Bangalore
Tehmina Sethna Plaza
Judith E. Weinberger-Singh
Tehmina Sethna Plaza
Founder
Onenak Business & India
Spain/Hondarribia
Swathi Suman
Judith E. Weinberger-Singh
Tehmina Sethna Plaza
Founder
TechniFris Agro Solutions
India/Rotterdam
Varda Taneja
Judith E. Weinberger-Singh
Judith E. Weinberger-Singh
Independent EU-India Consultant
India/New Delhi
Judith E. Weinberger-Singh
Judith E. Weinberger-Singh
Judith E. Weinberger-Singh
Resident Representative
Hanns Seidel Foundation India
Germany/Bangalore
Prafulla Vedula Agarwal
Prafulla Vedula Agarwal
Prafulla Vedula Agarwal
Founder
TOKERE Energy Solutions
India/Bengaluru
Rhythm Bhatia
Prafulla Vedula Agarwal
Prafulla Vedula Agarwal
Founder, CEO
Cognozire
India/Kuopio
Saloni Angras
Prafulla Vedula Agarwal
Saloni Angras
Associate and Foreign Counsel
RLVT - Tax Legal AFC Advisory
President for WICCI’s India-Italy Business Council
India/Torino
Apoorva Bose
Prafulla Vedula Agarwal
Saloni Angras
India Programme Coordinator, Global Initiative G20 at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Member of WICCI's India-Austria Business Council
India/New Delhi
Shruti Chandra
Maithili Chodankar
Maithili Chodankar
Vice President
Invest India
India/New Delhi
Maithili Chodankar
Maithili Chodankar
Maithili Chodankar
Founder and CEO
Buno Behen
India/Paris
Arati Davis
Maithili Chodankar
Monika Gogna
COO
Sweden India Business Council
Sweden/Stockholm
Monika Gogna
Maithili Chodankar
Monika Gogna
Founder
Nyāsa Solutions
Board Member at the India Netherlands Business Circle Bangalore
India/Bangalore
Suchetha Haldipur
Suchetha Haldipur
Suchetha Haldipur
CEO and Co-Founder
HireInfinity Consulting
India/Bangalore
Shivangi Jain
Suchetha Haldipur
Suchetha Haldipur
Assistant Vice President,
Startup India, Invest India
Member of WICCI's India-Austria Business Council
India/New Delhi
Gauri Kacherikar
Suchetha Haldipur
Gauri Kacherikar
Head of Public
Tieto Technologies
India/Pune
Amrutha V Kumar
Suchetha Haldipur
Gauri Kacherikar
Assistant Vice President -International Business Development
SAS Partners Corporate Advisors
India/Chennai
Katja Larsen
Margaux Plater-Zyberk
Katja Larsen
CEO & Co-founder
Silverspoon Consultancy
Denmark/Bangalore
Smita Negi
Margaux Plater-Zyberk
Katja Larsen
Vice President, Head of Operations Management India
Bayer
India/Gurgaon
Eerishika Pankaj
Margaux Plater-Zyberk
Margaux Plater-Zyberk
Director
Organisation for Research on China and Asia
India/New Delhi
Margaux Plater-Zyberk
Margaux Plater-Zyberk
Margaux Plater-Zyberk
Innovation Associate at Swissnex India
Switzerland/Bangalore
Samridhi Shoor
Dr. Daphné Reguiessé
Neetubala Raina
Managing Director
Cryptonium Fintech,
CEO of House of Krifin,
President of WICCI's India-Austria Business Council
India/New Delhi
Neetubala Raina
Dr. Daphné Reguiessé
Neetubala Raina
Director – Talent Management and Learning Experience (Global Services)
TIAA
India/Pune
Dr. Swasti Rao
Dr. Daphné Reguiessé
Dr. Daphné Reguiessé
Associate Fellow
Europe and Eurasia Center
Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
India/New Delhi
Dr. Daphné Reguiessé
Dr. Daphné Reguiessé
Dr. Daphné Reguiessé
Founder
AZaadi Consulting • project management • training • research
France/Padua
Ankita Rishabh
Dr. Harpreet A De Singh
Ankita Rishabh
Managing Director
MeJuvante
India/Bengaluru
Sonal Shah
Dr. Harpreet A De Singh
Ankita Rishabh
Founder
The Urban Catalysts
India/New Delhi
Dr. Harpreet A De Singh
Dr. Harpreet A De Singh
Dr. Harpreet A De Singh
Executive Director - Headquarters at Air India
Member of WICCI's India-Austria Business Council
India/New Delhi
Ananya Srivastava
Dr. Harpreet A De Singh
Dr. Harpreet A De Singh
Business Development Manager Studely
India/Bangalore
Velina Tchakarova
Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen
Velina Tchakarova
Founder of FACE,
Member of WICCI's India-Austria Business Council
Austria/Vienna
Ankita Tyagi
Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen
Velina Tchakarova
Head, IP and Public Projects
European Business and Technology Centre
India/New Delhi
Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen
Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen
Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen
Professor at European University Institute, Senior Expert with European Commission
Romania/Florence
Hannah Vanquaille
Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen
Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen
Founder
Saheli Stories
Belgium/Brussels
Priti Verma
Megha Vishwanath
Megha Vishwanath
Founder
ResearchnConsulting
India/Bengaluru
Megha Vishwanath
Megha Vishwanath
Megha Vishwanath
Vice President - Operations
Zomato
India/New Delhi
Sreeja Vijjapu
Megha Vishwanath
Sreeja Vijjapu
CEO & Founder
Superkons
India/Gothenburg