Based in Mumbai Darshana Shah is the Group Chief Marketing Officer at Aditya Birla Capital. A marketing, digital, and customer experience leader, she brings over 25 years of cross-industry impact spanning financial services, health insurance, retail, and technology. At Aditya Birla Capital she provides strategic direction and leadership for brand and marketing across omnichannel consumer touchpoints. A Harvard Business School alum of the Senior Executive Leadership Program i

Based in Mumbai Sooni Taraporevala is an Indian screenwriter, filmmaker, and photographer best known for writing the screenplays for internationally acclaimed films such as Salaam Bombay!, Mississippi Masala, and The Namesake, directed by her long-time collaborator Mira Nair. Taraporevala attended Harvard University, where she studied English and American literature while also taking courses in film and photography. She later joined the Cinema Studies Department at New York U

Based in the UK Natasha Duursma is a London-based cinematographer working across commercials, music videos, and narrative projects. She initially began her career in lighting before transitioning into cinematography, developing her work through the lighting route in the film industry. Her commercial work spans fashion, beauty, and brand campaigns, with projects for clients including Adidas, Mango, Zalando, Vogue, Audemars Piguet, Taylor & Hart, and McLaren x Google Pixel. Alo

Based in Spain Albert Salas is a cinematographer and visual storyteller born in Barcelona, whose work spans cinematography and photography across films, commercials, and music videos. After spending nearly a decade living in New York, he now lives and works between Spain and the United States, collaborating on international productions across multiple visual formats. Salas’ first feature film as director of photography, Obey (2018), marked an important breakthrough and earned