Camilla Thoma is a strategic leader in private markets and sustainable investment, serving as CFO and Executive Board Member at Tavis Capital AG, a FINMA‑regulated Swiss asset manager. Her work centers on shaping sophisticated investment strategies across private debt, private equity and alternative structures, with a strong emphasis on building resilient, future‑oriented financial ecosystems.
She is also Chairperson and CEO of MOVEAIR Energy Global AG, where she advances decentralized energy solutions and fosters cross‑industry collaboration in the transition toward climate‑positive technologies.
Known for her ability to connect investors, innovators, and institutional partners, Camilla plays a catalytic role in developing networks that accelerate capital formation and scalable impact. Her perspective blends financial discipline with entrepreneurial vision, making her a sought‑after voice on sustainable finance, emerging investment architectures, and the evolving interplay between technology, capital, and global markets.
Arijit Mukherjee is a senior technology leader with exposure spanning financial services, e-commerce and government contract industries, both in permanent positions and offering niche consultancy services.
He has led complex transformations for more than a decade and a half, including data‑centre migrations, commercial card onboarding modernisation and architecture solution contributions for EU licence submissions of a UK bank.
Currently heading the Architecture function within Close Brothers Asset Finance, Arijit enables organisational strategy through close collaboration with C‑Suite stakeholders, technology teams and external partners. He combines commercial awareness, innovation and a ‘white‑glove’ approach to delivering change.
Arijit holds an MSc in Software Engineering from the University of York and is qualified in TOGAF and AI‑Powered Productivity apprenticeship.
Rick Penney is a Manager for the Anti Illicit Trade Operations, Americas Region at JTI. While being based in the country office of JTI-MacDonald in Mississauga he is part of the Global AIT function reporting into Geneva, Switzerland but has a primary responsibility for all AIT functions in Canada and support to other Americas and Caribbean markets.
Born in Newfoundland, Rick joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police where he held Senior Policing positions focused on organized crime and national security spanning a 30 year career. Following his retirement, he has performed key roles as a Global Director of Corporate Security and contract consultant to both private industry, government, and policing. He is the recipient of Commissioners and Commanding Officers Letters of Recognition, Letters of Appreciation from Heads of State, Ambassadors, and numerous partners in law enforcement both domestic and international.
Rick completed his undergraduate studies in Cultural Anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University (1986) and is currently pursuing studies in Law for the University of London (U.K.)
Rick has lectured and taught internationally on areas of human intelligence gathering and major case investigative techniques and strategies.
Therapeutic area Operations Head for General Medicine book of business (specialization Hepatology-MASH/GI/CVM/Renal/reproductive Health, Dermatology). Driver of executive Strategy optimization for ongoing awarded studies and new business with Biotech clients. As head of ICON’s general medicine department, lending operation and indication expertise across a group of Senior directors, Directors, and Project Management staff.
Andrew Gough has spent his career helping large, regulated organisations adopt transformative technology; from the earliest days of cloud computing with Google and AWS through to AI-driven process automation at Pegasystems. A former Royal Navy officer, he brings an operational discipline to technology sales that tends to focus on what works rather than what looks good on a slide. At ai4process, he leads EMEA commercial strategy, working with firms across sectors to turn process transformation from a concept into a measurable outcome. He’ll be available throughout the event to discuss how ai4process works in practice.
Mohamed Kheir is Field CTO for EMEA at SingleStore, where he works with leading financial institutions to design and deliver real-time data platforms powering modern wealth and banking services.
Partnering with enterprise architecture and engineering leaders at organisations including Goldman Sachs and Santander Wealth, Mohamed helps firms transform fragmented data environments into real-time intelligence platforms that support AI-driven applications, advanced analytics and next-generation client experiences.
His work focuses on enabling financial institutions to move faster from data to decision – supporting use cases such as real-time portfolio insight, advisor intelligence, fraud detection, and personalised client engagement.
As a strategic technical advisor on some of SingleStore’s most complex financial services deployments, Mohamed helps institutions modernise critical data infrastructure, reduce operational complexity and unlock new value from data to support innovation, regulatory resilience and growth in an increasingly digital wealth landscape.
Fiona Geiger is a senior clinical operations and supply chain leader with deep expertise in interactive response technology (IRT), e‑clinical systems, and global clinical trial supply delivery. She has led large, cross‑functional teams supporting complex global studies, driven the design and implementation of enterprise‑level IRT platforms, and established scalable, regulatory‑compliant processes supporting end‑to‑end clinical supply chains. Known for bridging technology and operations, Fiona brings a strong background in project management, system validation, regulatory readiness, and operational excellence, with a track record of improving delivery models, strengthening client partnerships, and enabling reliable, high‑quality execution across clinical programs.
International Trade Specialist in the Energy Transition Trade Team in Scottish Enterprise acting as the team lead for decommissioning globally and on and offshore wind in the Americas. James has over 20 years economic development experience in both the public sector and private consultancy.
