Below you can find the European Business Leader’s Convention Northern Light Summit 2025 speakers arranged in alphabetical order according to their first names. If you want more information about a participant, please click “Open bio”.

Speakers 2025

  • Alexander Stubb

    President of the Republic of Finland

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  • Alexander Gabuev

    Director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center

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  • Ákos Székely

    SVP, MOL Group

  • Björn Wahlroos

    Chair, Wahlroos Capital

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  • Bob Prince

    Co-Chief Investment Officer,
    Bridgewater Associates

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  • Bob Sternfels

    Global Managing Partner,
    McKinsey & Company

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  • Casper Von Koskull

    Chairman, European Business Leaders’ Convention

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  • Carl-Erik Lagercranz

    Co-Founder and CEO, Vargas Holding

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  • Chad Hesters

    President and CEO, Boyden / Northern Stars Program

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  • Christian Klein

    CEO, SAP

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  • Cristoph Schweizer

    CEO, Boston Consulting Group

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  • Elina Valtonen

    Minister for Foreign Affairs, Finland

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  • Gautam Chikermane

    Vice President, Observer Research Foundation

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  • Gideon Rachman

    Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist, Financial Times

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  • Goli Sheikholeslami

    CEO, POLITICO Media Group

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  • Hans Sohlström

    CEO, Stora Enso

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  • Henna Virkkunen

    Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, European Commission

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  • Jamil Anderlini

    Moderator,
    Regional Director in Europe, POLITICO

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  • Janne Jaakkola

    General, Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces

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  • Justin Hotard

    President and CEO, Nokia

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  • Kari Kulojärvi

    Partner, McKinsey & Company, Helsinki / Northern Stars Program

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  • K. Krithivasan

    CEO, Tata Consultancy Services

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  • Kevin Roberts

    President, the Heritage Foundation

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  • Kiron Skinner

    Taube Family Chair of International Relations and Politics, Pepperdine University /
    Northern Stars Program

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  • Luc Rémont

    Honorary Chairman, EDF

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  • Mathias Döpfner

    CEO, Axel Springer

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  • Megan Greene

    External member of the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England

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  • Michael Singh

    Managing Director and Lane-Swig Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute for the Near East policy

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  • Ole Jacob Sunde

    Chairman of the Board, Tinius Trust and Scott Trust

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  • Rana Mitter

    S.T. Lee Professor of U.S.-Asia Relations,
    Harvard University

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  • Robert Malley

    Middle East Advisor to 3 former US Presidents

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  • Richard Fontaine

    CEO, Center for a New American Security (CNAS)

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  • Simon Johnson

    Nobel Laureate 2024
    Professor, MIT

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  • Melinda Crane

    Moderator

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  • Morten Wierod

    President and CEO, ABB

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  • Markus Rauramo

    CEO, Fortum Corporation

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  • Meredith Whittaker

    President, Signal Foundation

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  • Mohammed Alardhi

    Executive Chairman, Investcorp

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  • Philip Gordon

    Jr. Scholar, The Brookings Institution

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  • Sharon Prince

    CEO and Founder, Grace Farms Foundation

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  • Tero Kiviniemi

    CEO, Destia

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