ET NOW Global Business Summit get to host author, top economists, policymakers

New Delhi: The ET NOW Global Business Summit (GBS) 2026 will host an array of distinguished speakers and global leaders in New Delhi on February 13-14.

Among them is Ann E Harrison, economist and former dean of the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. One of the most cited scholars on foreign investment and multinational firms, she served as the 15th dean of the Haas School of Business and was the second woman to lead the school since its founding in 1898.

Harrison is a life member of the Council of Foreign Relations as well as a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research. She also serves on a number of boards, including the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education, the Berkeley Haas Advisory Board and the board of the French business school EDHEC.

Another speaker, Ajay Chhibber, is a distinguished visiting scholar at Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, and former assistant secretary general, United Nations. At the World Bank, he served for over 24 years in senior roles as country director in Turkey and Vietnam, and as director of the seminal 1997 World Development Report on the role of the state. He has written six books on economic development and published numerous articles in major journals.

Marianne Williamson, author and authority on spirituality and metaphysics, and a 2020 and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate, will also be addressing the summit. A prominent voice on spirituality, ethics and public life, she has influenced global conversations on leadership and collective well-being. She brings a human-centred perspective on how values shape politics, society and personal transformation. She is the author of 14 books, including four NYT number one bestsellers such as 'A Return to Love'.

Also addressing the GBS will be Fabian Zuleeg, chief executive and chief economist, European Policy Centre (EPC). Zuleeg provides strategic direction and public representation for the EPC. His analysis focuses on the political economy of the future of European integration in the context of political dis-cohesion within the EU and a contested, challenging global landscape. His current work is concentrated on determining how Europe can meet the triple challenge of the watershed of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the fundamental transformations Europe has to go through (technological revolution, climate change mitigation and demographic change), and the Permacrisis, a term he coined with EPC colleagues in 2021.

Yet another renowned economist, Sergei Guriev, who currently serves as the dean of London Business School, will also be speaking at the event. A globally respected economist and academic leader, his work spans political economy, development economics, labour mobility and institutional reform. He joined London Business School as its tenth dean in 2024, bringing with him a distinguished career across leading global institutions, including Sciences Po in Paris, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the New Economic School in Moscow.

Professor Klisman Murati, founder of Pareto Economics, inventor of the Global Power Index and a geoeconomics and geopolitics thought leader, is a globally recognised keynote speaker known for his long-term perspective on global shifts.

His work focuses on explaining how economics, technology and geopolitical forces interact to shape nations and markets over extended time horizons rather than short-term cycles.