#WORLDLEADERSCONCLAVE2025
Speakers
World Leaders Awards creates worldwide recognition and reserves its space in the Society for the winning profiles. As such it also provides participants with an ideal opportunity to make their work visible to a wider audience.
OSAMA BEN SALEH
FOUNDER @ ALFARIS GROUP
Osama is an entrepreneur that leads several initiatives and businesses in Saudi Arabia as well as globally under Alfaris International Group. He embarked upon his career in the banking sector where he gained valuable experience across a span of almost two decades, then opting to shift his focus on expand his family businesses since 2014. Ranging from education to medical services, retail businesses, and most importantly, information technology. Since 2012, Osama has held the role of the head of the Banking Committee under the International Chamber of Commerce, where he represents ICC Saudi Arabia in global events and regularly appears on CNBC Arabia addressing the financial sector developments. Moreover, he is also the deputy head of the digital economy committee as well as is a member of the anti-corruption committee, both under ICC Saudi Arabia. In addition, Osama is a member of the executive committee of the Saudi Uzbek business council.
BARONESS SANDIP VERMA
MEMBER OF HOUSE OF LORDS @ UK PARLIAMENT
Baroness Verma served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development from May 2015 until July 2016. She has been a Conservative member of the House of Lords since 2006 and previously served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for DECC.
Baroness Verma started her first business at the age of 19 in high fashion, supplying high street multiples. In 2000 she changed her business to the service sector
In 2006 she was raised to the peerage as Baroness Verma of Leicester in the County of Leicestershire. She was Opposition Whip from 2006 to 2010 and then Government Whip following the 2010 general election.
VIKASH SOROUT
CEO @ VS INTERNATIONAL
Vikash Sorout's impact on the business world is nothing short of remarkable. Through his entrepreneurial ventures, he has revolutionised industries and set new standards for success. As the founder and CEO of VS International Limited, a global conglomerate with diverse business interests, Vikash has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and an innate ability to identify growth opportunities.
DR VIVEK LALL
CEO @ GENERAL ATOMICS GLOBAL CORPORATION
Dr. Vivek Lall, CEO of General Atomics Global Corporation, oversees operations across five continents. Appointed to the Quad Investors Network Advisory Board by The White House in 2023, he also serves on the NATO STO Technical Team through the Pentagon. He is on the Industry Advisory Board of ASME and the International Advisory Group of the US Chamber of Commerce. Additionally, he sits on the boards of the US Japan Business Council, the Global Board of Directors of the US India Business Council, and advises the Center for Commerce and Diplomacy at UC San Diego. Formerly Vice President at Lockheed Martin and Chief Executive at General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems, he held key roles at Boeing from 1996 to 2011. Recognized for his contributions, he received the President’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022 and the "World Leader Award" from the UK's House of Lords in 2023.
SANJIB SAHOO
Executive Vice President @ Ingram Micro
Sanjib Sahoo is an award-winning Global Technology Executive and the EVP and Chief Digital Officer of Ingram Micro, a worldwide leader in technology distribution and the brand behind today's established and emerging technology brands. Sanjib is an accomplished global executive who has a very successful career track record. He has been involved in leading digital transformation in two different industries, the financial services industry, and the transportation industry. He has won more than 18 awards for his leadership and technology innovation, including being recognized as one of the world’s most influential executives in 2020 for Business Transformation.
LORD CHARLES BANNER KC
MP @ UK PARLIAMENT
Charlie Banner KC was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2004 and to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 2010. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2019 (at the age of 38, the youngest of the 2019 silks). He practices across both jurisdictions as well as internationally. He has rights of audience in the Dubai International Finance Centre Court (Part II Registered since 2015). He sits judicially on a part-time basis as a Justice of the Astana International Finance Centre Court in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
In 2024 he was appointed to the House of Lords as a working peer, in which capacity he sits as a legislator in the upper house of the UK Parliament. He is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Groups for Housing, Custom & Self-Build Housebuilding, and the Private Rental Sector.
