On Thursday, November 30, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal convened a virtual U.S.-India CEO Forum (Forum) meeting as a follow-up to the March 2023 Forum meeting in New Delhi, India. During the meeting, U.S. and Indian CEOs provided both governments with updates on the status of their recommendations on how to advance U.S.-India commercial ties. They also discussed topics pertinent across sectors, including supply chain resiliency, workforce development, regulatory and standards harmonization, and economic collaboration. Secretary Raimondo and Minister Goyal highlighted recent government initiatives that were inspired by the CEOs’ recommendations and encouraged Forum members to focus on concrete outcomes and policy deliverables ahead of the next Forum in early 2024. 

At the opening of the meeting, Secretary Raimondo announced the appointment of seven new CEOs to the U.S. Section of the Forum, who will serve alongside the existing CEO members announced in July 2022.  The new members include:

Robert Riney, President, and CEO, Henry Ford Health

Vimal Kapur, CEO, Honeywell International, Inc.

Arvind Krishna, Chairman and CEO, International Business Machines (IBM) Corporation

Martin Schroeter, Chairman and CEO, Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.

Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO, Pfizer

Cristiano Amon, President & Chief Executive Officer, Qualcomm Incorporated

Kumara Guru Gowrappan, President, Viasat, Inc.