Fortune 500 Europe: In Conversation with Tech Leaders

In this session, moderated by Fortune Europe Editor Francesca Cassidy and presented in partnership with Glean and VivaTech, Fortune explored how senior technology leaders at some of the world's largest companies are navigating the shift from AI experimentation to applied AI at scale. Speakers included Bruno Zerbib, Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Orange; Rahul Shah, Global Chief Digital & Information Officer at Mars Pet Nutrition; Nigel Richardson, Chief Information and Digitisation Officer at Reckitt; and Ursula Soritsch-Renier, Group Chief Digital and Information Officer at Saint-Gobain. The discussion examined how C-Suite and board-level leaders are making AI investment credible, revenue accretive and defensible, moving beyond strategy to build the organizational foundations needed to succeed in the era of agentic AI and large language models.