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Meet our inspiring India-EU leaders

Know the Team

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 is an experienced communication and cross-cultural business professional dedicated to fostering collaboration between Poland/EU and India. With nearly a decade of experience in India, she has held key leadership positions, including Head of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) in Mumbai and Principal Consultant at a Europe-India advisory firm in New Delhi.

She actively promotes gender equality in business and is a frequent speaker at international events discussing EU-India opportunities. Through her work, Ada continues to strengthen business ties and amplify the role 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 and Co-founder & Acting CEO of Nordic India Innovation (NII), an organization dedicated to bridging business opportunities between the Nordics and India.

Her connection with India began as a research student in political science and urban studies at Savitribai Phule Pune University. Passionate about cross-border innovation, she works to inspire and facilitate collaboration between Nordic and Indian entrepreneurs, ensuring greater accessibility and understanding of emerging business trends.

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 a Swedish entrepreneur and investor based in Mumbai since 2007. She played a pivotal role in India’s wine industry, contributing to the success of Sula Vineyards - India’s largest wine producer with a 65% market share and exports to 30 countries.

She is a Founding Advisory Board Member at Girls Club Capital, where she mentors and connects female entrepreneurs with investors. Additionally, Cecilia represents the Sweden-India Business Council (SIBC) as Senior Vice President and leads the Sweden-India Tech Community (SITEC), a 150-member network spanning startups, corporates, academia, and government.

Founding Members

Avni Arora

Andrea Michele Brown

Stefania Benaglia

Associate - Partnerships

HealthSetGo Education,

former Research Assistant at Observer Research Foundation  

India/Delhi NCR

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

Tania D'Souza

Andrea Michele Brown

Andrea Michele Brown

General Manager

European Business Group Federation

   India/Mumbai  



Emilia Dryżałowska

Emilia Dryżałowska

Emilia Dryżałowska

Manager

PwC Poland

Poland/Warsaw  



Suki Dusanj-Lenz

Emilia Dryżałowska

Emilia Dryżałowska

Founder of Once Upon a Media, 

Co-founder of Fashion Revolution India, Advisory Board of Seams for Dreams  

Switzerland/Zurich 

Sukanya Dutta

Emilia Dryżałowska

Sukanya Dutta

Investment Advisor 

Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency  

India/New Delhi 

Ada Dyndo

Emilia Dryżałowska

Sukanya Dutta

President of WICCI's India-EU Business Council, Director India Desk, Indo Polish Chamber of Commerce, and Poland-India Business Advisor  

Poland/Mumbai    

Juliane Frömmter

Juliane Frömmter

Juliane Frömmter

Founder and CEO MyFirstIndianClient 

Germany/Berlin   

Francesca Gatti

Juliane Frömmter

Juliane Frömmter

Former Security Sector Reform Officer - UN Minusca; former Project Manager at Princess Diya Kumari Foundation  

Italy/Jaipur 

Sofia Imad

Juliane Frömmter

Vaishali Jain

Market Shaping, Demand, and Trade Facilitation Expert

Team Europe Support Structure

France-Morocco/Mumbai 

Vaishali Jain

Juliane Frömmter

Vaishali Jain

Former Senior Manager - Corporate Finance Forum & Startup Forum

European Business and Technology Centre

 India/Mumbai  

Maria Janiszewska

Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska

Maria Janiszewska

Sales Director

Craftware   

Poland/Warsaw   

Katharina Janotta

Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska

Maria Janiszewska

Former Lead Expert

Delegation of the European Union to India; former Advisor at Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom 

 Germany/Vienna

Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska

Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska

Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska

CEO 

Cross-Cultural Intelligence 

 Poland/Warsaw

Astrid Johansson

Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska

Dr. Aleksandra Jaskólska

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

Nidhi Piplani Kapur

Lead - Strategy Advisory

Roedl & Partner Consulting

India/Pune 

Nidhi Piplani Kapur

Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska

Nidhi Piplani Kapur

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

Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska

Dr. Kamila Ludwikowska

Deputy Director, Strategic Studies Programme

Observer Research Foundation

India/Delhi

Raita Mocherla

Lakshmi Lalita Mohan

Lakshmi Lalita Mohan

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

Queenie Nair

Director 

Content & Alliances 

ET Edge

Founder of Global Business and Investment Consortium 

India/Mumbai 


Cecilia Oldne

Lakshmi Lalita Mohan

Queenie Nair

Investor,

Chairwoman of the WICCI's India-EU Business Council, and 

Founding Advisory Board Member at Girls Club Capital  

Sweden/Mumbai 

Hana Onderková

Patrycja Pendrakowska

Patrycja Pendrakowska

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

Tehmina Sethna Plaza

Whole-time Director

TZMO India South

Poland/Bangalore

Tehmina Sethna Plaza

Patrycja Pendrakowska

Tehmina Sethna Plaza

Founder 

Onenak Business & India 

Spain/Hondarribia

Swathi Suman

Judith E. Weinberger-Singh

Swathi Suman

Founder

TechniFris Agro Solutions 

India/Rotterdam

Varda Taneja

Judith E. Weinberger-Singh

Swathi Suman

Director - Government Affairs 

Federation of European Business in India, former Vice President at Invest India

India/New Delhi 

Judith E. Weinberger-Singh

Judith E. Weinberger-Singh

Judith E. Weinberger-Singh

Resident Representative 

Hanns Seidel Foundation India

Germany/Bangalore 

Council Members

Prafulla Vedula Agarwal

Prafulla Vedula Agarwal

Prafulla Vedula Agarwal

Founder

TOKERE Energy Solutions

India/Bengaluru

Rhythm Bhatia

Prafulla Vedula Agarwal

Prafulla Vedula Agarwal

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

ICONFlyertech IT Systems 

India/Pune

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

Head Government Relations and Public Policy

Prudential Plc India, former Vice President at Invest India

India/New Delhi

Maithili Chodankar

Maithili Chodankar

Maithili Chodankar

Founder and CEO 

Buno Behen

India/Paris

Arati Davis

Maithili Chodankar

Simran Dhingra

Lead - Business Co-Development Lead 

Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), Former COO

Sweden India Business Council

Sweden/Stockholm


Simran Dhingra

Maithili Chodankar

Simran Dhingra

Head of International Cooperation
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 

India Office

India/New Delhi

Monika Gogna

Suchetha Haldipur

Suchetha Haldipur

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

Gauri Kacherikar

Senior Assistant Vice President  Invest India

India/New Delhi

Gauri Kacherikar

Suchetha Haldipur

Gauri Kacherikar

Head of Public

Tieto Technologies 

India/Pune

Amrutha V Kumar

Eerishika Pankaj

Amrutha V Kumar

Assistant Vice President -International Business Development

SAS Partners Corporate Advisors

India/Delhi

Katja Larsen

Eerishika Pankaj

Amrutha V Kumar

CEO & Co-founder 

Silverspoon Consultancy

Denmark/Bangalore

Smita Negi

Eerishika Pankaj

Eerishika Pankaj

Vice President, Head of Operations Management India

Bayer 

India/Gurgaon

Eerishika Pankaj

Eerishika Pankaj

Eerishika Pankaj

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

Margaux Plater-Zyberk

Margaux Plater-Zyberk

Managing Director   

Cryptonium Fintech,

CEO of House of Krifin,

President of WICCI's India-Austria Business Council 

India/New Delhi

Neetubala Raina

Margaux Plater-Zyberk

Neetubala Raina

Director - Head of TM | L&D | DEI

Carelon Global Solutions India

India/Pune 

Dr. Swasti Rao

Margaux Plater-Zyberk

Neetubala Raina

Associate Fellow 

Europe and Eurasia Center 

Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses

India/New Delhi 

Dr. Daphné Reguiessé

Dr. Harpreet A De Singh

Dr. Daphné Reguiessé

Founder 

AZaadi Consulting • project management • training • research

France/Padua

Ankita Rishabh

Dr. Harpreet A De Singh

Dr. Daphné Reguiessé

Managing Director 

MeJuvante

India/Bengaluru

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

Namrata Sethi

Dr. Harpreet A De Singh

Dr. Harpreet A De Singh

Project Manager 

Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences

India/Helsinki

Sonal Shah

Velina Tchakarova

Ananya Srivastava

Founder 

The Urban Catalysts

India/New Delhi

Ananya Srivastava

Velina Tchakarova

Ananya Srivastava

Business Development Manager 

Studely 

India/Bangalore

Velina Tchakarova

Velina Tchakarova

Velina Tchakarova

Founder of FACE, 

Member of WICCI's India-Austria Business Council 

Austria/Vienna

Ankita Tyagi

Velina Tchakarova

Velina Tchakarova

Former 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

Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen

Megha Vishwanath

Founder 

 ResearchnConsulting 

India/Bengaluru

Megha Vishwanath

Prof. Dr. Cristina Vanberghen

Megha Vishwanath

Vice President - Operations

Zomato

India/New Delhi

Sreeja Vijjapu

Sreeja Vijjapu

Sreeja Vijjapu

CEO & Founder 

Superkons 

India/Gothenburg

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