
Summit Overview
The B20 Summit comes at a time like no other in modern history when the world is facing the urgent need for global economies’ leaders to collaborate. As a global community, we recognize that governments cannot act alone and businesses need to play an important role. Global collaboration and effective international dialogue – and platforms such as the B20 – will be key to our collective success. And as the voice of business to the G20, B20 Saudi Arabia will convene global leaders to address these pivotal challenges and create an inclusive, resilient and sustainable economic future for all.
This year’s theme for the B20 Saudi Arabia Summit 2020 is ‘Transforming for Inclusive Growth’. The event will highlight the policies, business practices and innovations to realize this aim. B20 Saudi Arabia will present inclusive, action-oriented policy recommendations that are aligned to the G20 focus areas of people, planet and new frontiers.
Over the past several months, B20 Saudi Arabia’s six taskforces and action council have worked tirelessly to develop policy recommendations that will create a lasting legacy for the entire world. These actions cover B20 priority areas, including future of work, energy, finance, trade, and integrity and compliance. Special emphasis is on encouraging and creating a more equitable future for women in the business world. Further, the policy recommendations have been crafted to align to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and supporting SMEs and entrepreneurship.
We look forward to hosting global leaders in Riyadh and virtually at the Summit.
Agenda
Summit Speakers

HRH Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al-Saud
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the United States of America.

H.E Khalid Abdulaziz Al-Falih
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment.

Yousef Al-Benyan
Chair of B20 Saudi Arabia

Amin Nasser
President & CEO, Saudi Aramco

Ajay Banga
President & CEO, Mastercard

Gordon Brown
United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education, and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Carly Fiorina
Chairman, Carly Fiorina Enterprises

Mark Tucker
Group Chairman, HSBC

Dr. Abdulwahab Al Sadoun
Sherpa of B20 Saudi Arabia

Dr. Werner Hoyer
President of the European Investment Bank

Suresh Prabhu
Sherpa, G20 India

Robert D. Atkinson
President, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

Roberto Azevedo
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, PepsiCo and Former Director General, World Trade Organization (WTO)

Dr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Daniel Funes de Rioja
Founding Partner, Funes de Rioja & Associates; Former B20 Chair (Argentina)

Richard Goyder
Chairperson, Qantas Airways, Woodside Petroleum Limited, AFL Commission; Former B20 Chair (Australia)

Shinta Kamdani
CEO, Sintesa Group

Cedrik Neike
Member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG and CEO Digital Industries

Dr. Alexander Shokhin
President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs; Former B20 Chair (Russia)

Adam Sieminski
President, King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC)

Emma Marcegaglia
Former Chairman ENI, B20 Chair, Italy

Chad Bown
Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

Marcus Wallenberg
Vice Chairman, Institute of International Finance and Co-Chair, B20 Saudi Arabia Trade & Investment Taskforce

Diane Wang
Founder & CEO, DHgate

Gabriela Ramos
Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO

Bill Winters
Chief Executive, Standard Chartered, and Co-Chair, B20 Saudi Arabia Women in Business Action Council

Sri Mulyani Indrawati
Minister of Finance, Republic of Indonesia

Kristalina Georgieva
Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Patrick Pouyanné
CEO, Total

Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl
Director General, DIGITALEUROPE

Event Moderators

Gillian Tett
Chair of the Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large, Financial Times

Dr. Manar Al-Moneef
President and CEO, Onshore Wind business in the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, GE Renewable Energy

Nouf Al-Rakan
CEO, Alimtiaz Consulting; Saudi Arabia B20 Executive Committee Member

Deemah Al-Yahya
Digital Economy and Innovation Advisor
