Pinnacle Awards 2025

Our Jury

Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan

Director & Professor of Strategy

Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Mr. Sidharath Kapur

Board Member

Noida International Airport

Mr. Martin Moodie

Founder and Chairman

The Moodie Davitt Report

Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan

Director & Professor of Strategy
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Prof. Krishnan is a luminary in the field of Strategy and Innovation. Prior to IIM Bangalore, Prof. Krishnan has served as Director IIM Indore and Mentor Director IIM Sambalpur.

His vast knowledge and research on strategy and innovation in the context of emerging markets, with a special focus on India led him to be a part of lectures and TEDx forums on Systematic Innovation, Areas of Development, Tech. Transformation, etc. He has been recognized as amongst the most influential thinkers in management and has received the special Thinkers50 India Innovation Award (2013).

He has authored celebrated books such as “From Jugaad to Systematic Innovation: The Challenge for India” and “8 Steps to Innovation: Going from Jugaad to Excellence”

Prof. Krishnan is a part of many renowned non-profit initiatives and is on the Boards Foundation for Excellence India Trust (2009-present)

Mr. Sidharath Kapur

Board Member
Noida International Airport

Holding an impeccable record of over two decades in strategic leadership and leading complex businesses

He has successfully led complex infrastructure businesses including Airports, Renewable Energy, Oil & Gas, Pipelines, etc. He has strong experience in scaling businesses, strategy, transformation, value creation, revenue enhancement and M & A with a solid understanding of regulatory stakeholder and media engagement, path-breaking fundraising and developing and leading major partnerships with varying complexity.

Sidharath has represented the Airport Council International Economics Committee and was a Co-Chairman to the Aviation Committee of FICCI. He has received the Best CFO award by CFO India Magazine and CAPA Chairman’s award for exceptional work in Finance and International Development.

Mr. Martin Moodie

Founder and Chairman
The Moodie Davitt Report

Martin Moodie is Founder and Chairman of The Moodie Davitt Report, the world’s leading information and media source for the airport commercial revenues and travel retail sectors and famed as ‘the website that never sleeps’.

Martin has worked in the travel retail and airport non-aeronautical revenues sector for 38 years and is respected throughout the world as its leading editor and commentator.

The Moodie Davitt Report owns and organises the leading airport commercial revenue conference, The Trinity Forum, hosted in partnership with Airports Council International (ACI) World and ACI Asia-Pacific & Middle East. In 2025 The Moodie Davitt Report launched the inaugural Travel Retail Exclusive (TREX) Awards and later in the year will unveil another industry first – The Airports as Artports Awards.

Born in New Zealand and now based in Hong Kong, China, Martin Moodie is a keen All Blacks and Black Caps supporter but has come to terms with the fact that India invariably beats his national team at cricket.