February 22, 2026
On February 20 at The Leela Palace New Delhi, Bloomberg New Economy convened senior global leaders for a special breakfast session themed Who’s in Control? Ahead of the eighth Bloomberg New Economy Forum, October 13-15 – hosted by India for the first time – the discussion focused on AI sovereignty: who owns the infrastructure, shapes the rules and captures the economic upside of artificial intelligence.
H.E. Ashwini Vaishnaw, India’s Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics and Information Technology, shared opening remarks before handing the floor to Erik Schatzker, Editorial Director of Bloomberg New Economy, for a conversation with former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and an open dialogue with the attendees.
Vaishnaw outlined India’s plan to build domestic models and chips, expand shared compute and leverage the AI summit to attract investment. Sunak encouraged countries to secure a strong position in a key part of the AI supply chain, diversify providers and deepen international partnerships to build resilience and seize the opportunity. You can read more from Schatzker on this in the New Economy Saturday newsletter.
H.E. Joko Widodo, former President of Indonesia, also in attendance, is a member of Bloomberg New Economy’s advisory board along with Sunak.
The group of senior public- and private-sector leaders participating included Mukesh Aghi – President & CEO, US-India Strategic Partnership Forum; Aparna Bawa – Chief Operating Officer, Zoom; Jay Chaudhry – CEO, Chairman & Founder, Zscaler; Erik Ekudden – Chief Technology Officer, Ericsson; Dr. Surya Ganguli – Senior Fellow, Stanford HAI & Associate Professor, Stanford University; Dr. Tom Johnstone – Chairman, Husqvarna; Ashish Koshy – CEO, Inception (G42); Sanjeev Krishan – Chairperson, India, PwC; Sopnendu Mohanty – Group CEO, GFTN; Jason Oxman – President & CEO, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI); Salil Parekh – Managing Director & CEO, Infosys Ltd; Dr. Akshay Sahni – Head of India, Chevron; Jeff Schultz – SVP, Strategy & Portfolio Marketing, Cisco; Michael Sellitto – Head of Global Affairs, Anthropic; Shamina Singh – President, Center for Inclusive Growth, Mastercard; Rajesh Subramaniam – President & CEO, FedEx Corporation; and Sara Wallin – CEO, Chalmers Ventures.
Also attending for Bloomberg were Haslinda Amin – Anchor & Editor-at-Large, Bloomberg TV; David Hearn – Global Head of Forums, Bloomberg Live; and Varun Chojhar – South Asia Head of Enterprise Sales, Bloomberg.
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