T K Kurien (TK) is the Chief Executive Officer of IT Business and Executive Director, Wipro Limited. TK is also a member of the Wipro Corporate Executive Council.

With over 27 years of global diversified experience, which includes the 10-years he has been with Wipro, TK has been instrumental in building and scaling many of Wipro's businesses successfully. He has a track record for customer centricity, passion for excellence and rigor in execution. He has proven to be a transformational leader and has been instrumental in turning around the various businesses that he has spearheaded within Wipro including the BPO, Media, Telecom and Consulting businesses. TK is also credited with building global leadership for some of Wipro's business units he led across the world.

Prior to taking over the role as CEO of the IT business, in Feb 2011, TK was President of Wipro's recently launched Eco Energy business. In June 2008, he took on the responsibility of heading Wipro's Consulting arm, WCS (Wipro Consulting Services), and spearheaded its growth, establishing it as a distinct offering by Wipro. From 2004 to 2008, TK headed Wipro BPO, during which time he turned the business around to achieve market leadership, best-in-class profitability and revenue growth. He was awarded the Global BPO Industry Leader award by IQPC (International Quality & Productivity Center) in 2007 for the exceptional performance of Wipro BPO. In February 2003, he became the Chief Executive of Wipro's Healthcare & Life Sciences, the new business segment of Wipro Ltd. formed in April 2002 to address the market opportunities in Healthcare and Life Science IT. In his early years at Wipro, TK started the Telecom Internet Service Provider business for which he managed to create a significant impact by accelerating revenue growth.

Before joining Wipro, TK served as the Managing Director of GE X Ray from October 1997 to January 2000 and prior to that was the CFO of GE Medical Systems (South Asia).

TK is a Chartered Accountant by qualification. He spends his spare time reading books on history and strategy.

Appointed Chairman of BAE Systems plc in July 2004, Dick joined BP in 1973, with a wide variety of positions in the upstream oil and gas business, as well as strategy and planning, plus the following positions: Deputy Chairman of TNK-BP; Deputy Group Chief Executive of BP plc; and Chief Executive, Exploration and Production.

He is a Chartered engineer with a First Class Honours degree in Civil Engineering; Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers; Honorary Doctorate in Science from City University, London; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Honorary Doctorate in Science from Cranfield University, Bedfordshire; and Fellow of the City and Guilds of London Institute.

Dick is a member of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group.  He is also a UK Business Ambassador, a member of the Trilateral Commission and a member of the Global Leadership Foundation.

WPP companies, which include some of the most eminent agencies in the business, provide clients with advertising, media investment management, consumer insight, public relations and public affairs, branding and identity, healthcare communications, direct, interactive and internet marketing, and specialist communications services.

Collectively, WPP employs over 162,000 people (including associates) in over 3,000 offices in 110 countries.  The Group’s worldwide companies include JWT, Ogilvy & Mather Advertising, Y&R, Grey, Mindshare, MEC, MediaCom, Kantar (including Millward Brown and TNS), Wunderman, Burson-Marsteller, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, Landor, The Brand Union, G2, Fitch, The Partners and WPP Digital (including 24/7 Media). Clients include 340 of the Fortune Global 500, 64 of the NASDAQ 100 and 28 of the Fortune e-50.  In 2011, WPP had revenues of $16.1 billion and billings of $71.7 billion.

Sir Martin actively supports the advancement of international business schools – advising Harvard, IESE, the Indian School of Business and the China Europe International Business School.  He has been publicly recognised with a number of awards including the Harvard Business School Alumni Achievement Award.  He received a knighthood in January 2000. 

Sir Martin contributes to many important organisations and charities.  In 2006, he was appointed a non executive director of Alpha Topco, the Formula 1 company.  In 2008, he was appointed by The English Football Association to the Board of the bid to stage the 2018 FIFA World Cup.  He is on the Executive Committee of the World Economic Forum International Business Council and a member of the Business Council in the US.  He is a Trustee of the British Museum, a member of the corporate Advisory Group of the Tate Gallery, and on the International Advisory Board of The Russian Museum in St. Petersburg.  In 2010 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.  He is vice-chairman of IBLAC 2011. He is a non-executive director of Sorrell Capital. In 2011 he was appointed a member of the Advisory Board of Stanhope Capital.  In 2012 he was appointed a non-executive director of Alcoa.

Gillian Tett is markets and finance commentator and an assistant editor of the Financial Times. In her previous roles, she was US managing editor and oversaw global coverage of the financial markets. In March 2009 she was Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards. In June 2009 her book Fool’s Gold won Financial Book of the Year at the inaugural Spear’s Book Awards.

In 2007 she was awarded the Wincott prize, the premier British award for financial journalism, for her capital markets coverage. She was British Business Journalist of the Year in 2008. She joined the FT in 1993 and worked in the former Soviet Union and Europe, and in the economics team. In 1997 she was posted to Tokyo where she became the bureau chief, before returning in 2003 to become deputy head of the Lex column.