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Charan Lota is group vice president & executive chief engineer, Connected Technologies at Toyota Motor North America (TMNA). In his role, Lota oversees the design, development and implementation of the company’s connected car ecosystem and is driving transformational change through cutting edge technology, data and connectivity. Lota specifically led the concept planning, design, evaluation and launch of Lexus Interface as well as the Toyota Multimedia System for the North American region. These systems debuted on the 2022 Lexus NX and 2022 Toyota Tundra, respectively. Since beginning his career at Toyota in 2000, Lota has served in several positions across Toyota’s North America operations in Michigan as well as in Texas. Lota has worked across vehicle cockpit design, cockpit electronics development and since 2017 in Connected Technologies. Lota was the first multimedia chief engineer in Toyota outside of Japan. Throughout his time at Toyota, Lota has received over 35 design patents in various domains. In 2018, Design News recognized Lota as one of 14 engineers who are transforming the automotive industry. Lota holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Dearborn and completed the University of Michigan Ross School of Business Strategic Leaders Program in 2016.

Jenny is the Chief Compliance Officer at McKesson Corporation. Under her leadership, the Compliance & Ethics Department works closely with senior leadership to design, implement, and oversee our company's compliance program and to support and foster our culture of integrity. Prior to serving in her current role, Jenny was the Assistant General Counsel lawyer for the Pharmaceutical Solutions and Services business (PSaS) at McKesson. Her team of lawyers and paralegals provided legal support for all of the businesses within the PSaS portfolio, including wholesale and specialty drug distribution, GPO functions, physician practice management, repackaging and private label offerings, independent pharmacy franchise, and a host of other pharmacy and provider support services. Before joining McKesson in 2009, Jenny was a corporate lawyer in the Health Care Group at the law firm of Ropes & Gray, first in the Boston office and then in the San Francisco office. She worked primarily with hospital clients on physician contracting, joint ventures and bond financings. She also supported several private equity transactions in the health care space. After graduating from Wellesley College, Jenny attended Northeastern University School of Law in Boston and received her Masters of Public Health from Tufts University School of Medicine. Jenny currently lives in Dallas with her husband Jake, her daughter Louisa, and her son Nicholas.

Nivera Wallani is the Global Chief Development Officer at KFC Yum! Brands. Yum! Brands, Inc., based in Louisville, Kentucky, has nearly 43,000 restaurants in 135 countries and territories. The Company’s restaurant brands – KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell – are the global leaders of the chicken, pizza and Mexican-style food categories. Nivera is responsible for running all facets of the business for Canada. She is an accomplished executive and has a proven executive management track record driving sales growth for the KFC brand in Canada. In her previous role, Nivera served as the Chief Financial Officer for Canada. Her earlier positions included Controller, and Manager, Financial Planning for KFC. She is a strategic thinker and a leader with strong financial expertise and wide ranging experience including people focus and inspiring team leadership. Prior to joining Yum! Nivera served in various management positions. At Schneider Electric she was Manager, Financial Planning. Nivera also was a key player with Loblaw Companies Limited, as Financial Manager, and was responsible for driving strong financial results for the organizations. Nivera is a designated CA, CPA and holds a Certified Public Accountant designation form the Illinois CPA Society. She started her career in assurance and advisory services at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Outside of work, Nivera stays busy spending time with her family, including her two children and being involved in various Women’s programs and charitable initiatives. She holds an honours degree in Management and Economics from the University of Toronto.

Shin-Wen is a global strategy and operations executive with over 25 years of demonstrated success building and transforming technology companies ranging in size and complexity from start-ups of $100M in revenue to large enterprises of $120B in revenue. She has worked in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. She excels at translating strategy into execution to build and scale new businesses, drive revenue and profit growth, and deliver operational excellence. Shin-Wen currently serves as Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) Senior Vice President of AI Strategy, M&A Integration responsible for developing and driving the digitalization and AI strategy for the Juniper integration, a $14B acquisition by HPE to build the world’s best networking company. Shin-Wen is regularly called upon to help organizations drive results across a diverse spectrum of business challenges. She is known for her pragmatic approach to problem solving and is highly respected by her teams. • As Senior Vice President of Customer Success & Chief Operating Officer for HPE’s $4B HPC & AI business group, she led the services and operations organization of seven hundred employees responsible for solution design and implementation, onsite and remote service delivery, engineering resolution, manufacturing and supply chain operations, lab operations, and business operations. She drove a transformation of the business following a troubled Cray acquisition integration, talent attrition, and pandemic-related supply chain dislocations, rebuilding the services and operations organization, strengthening the operating model, and positioning the business to take advantage of the ensuing market momentum from AI, leveraging its leadership in supercomputing. • As General Manager for HPE’s $8B Volume Compute Solutions business, she refocused HPE’s core compute solutions portfolio on workload optimized solutions to deliver revenue growth, improve profitability, and expand market share. • As General Manager for HPE’s Hybrid IT China business, Shin-Wen executed a successful turnaround of HPE’s $2.3B China business across the complete server and storage portfolio, delivering 20% year-over-year revenue growth through HPE’s joint venture H3C. • As a HPE Vice President of Corporate Strategy, she led a company-wide transformation effort to accelerate strategy by realigning cost structure and shifting investment to critical growth areas. The effort delivered greater than $1.1B in savings for reinvestment. • Shin-Wen has led workstreams in global M&A transactions, including the historic separation of Hewlett-Packard Company into two new companies, HP, Inc. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise and the formation of the H3C joint venture. She has built capabilities to enhance strategic, financial and governance oversight, and improved organizational health by realigning global labor pools to business needs. • Prior to HPE, Shin-Wen founded the London office and led the Northern European P&L, 50% of the European business, for a sourcing services and software start-up which was acquired post-IPO by Ariba (now SAP). During this time, she grew the customer base by over 400%, revenue by 67%. Shin-Wen has a passion for developing strong leaders, connecting diverse talent to opportunities, and building sustainable cultures. She has developed and delivered formal trainings as executive faculty for HP’s Stanford Innovation and Entrepreneurship Program and has been a guest lecturer at London Business School. She has served on the board of the Women's Business Council Southwest. Shin-Wen is executive sponsor for the HPE Global Asian Network, a member of the CEO’s Executive DEI Council, and an active champion for women and diverse talent across multiple platforms. Shin-Wen was named to the “50 Women to Watch” list in 2024 by 50/50 Women on Boards and as an Ascend A-List Honoree in 2024. She received a B.S., magna cum laude, in Chemical Engineering from Rice University and started her career at The Boston Consulting Group. She is a dual citizen of the United States and the United Kingdom and is a native English speaker and fluent in Mandarin.