Know the team

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President 

WICCI's India-EU Business Council   

Principal Consultant of European Business and Technology Centre   

Poland/New Delhi   

Ada has founded the WICCI’s India-EU Business Council in March 2022. She is an Indologist with over seven years of experience in Asia and a solid background in business and administration. In 2021, Ada was chosen by EICBI as one of the Top 40 under 40 Europe-India leaders who will shape the future of EU/India & UK/India relations.   

At the European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC), Ada is responsible for managing the Internationalisation Programme for European green-tech companies who are looking for long term partnerships and sustainable projects in India. Her role is also to strengthen existing partnerships & develop new collaborations with stakeholders from Europe and India. 

Before ETBC, Ada was heading the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH) in India. She has successfully facilitated the market entry of various Polish companies and led the establishment of partnerships with local chambers of commerce, business organisations and governmental entities. 

Ada regularly speaks about Europe-India business opportunities and women's empowerment at many international events including: Vibrant Gujarat, Bengaluru Tech Summit, Europe India Leaders Conference at the European Parliament, Economic Times Global Business Summit.

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.

Chairwoman

WICCI's India-EU Business Council

   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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