Ruth Handcock JOB TO: CEO, HEALTH PARTNERS GROUP
Jean-Brice Dumont
JOB TO: CEO, MBDA
Known for leading high-growth, customer-focused businesses, Ruth has several years of experience across several major companies, including serving as CEO of Octopus Investments and currently as a Non-Executive Director at British Business Bank and Seccl. In 2025, she was awarded an OBE in recognition of her extensive work across the financial services sector.
Jean-Brice has held several executive roles at Airbus for the past 14 years, including EVP Engineering and head of Military Air Systems. As a licensed French Army Aviation pilot, he began his career at the DGA, France’ s defence procurement agency, in 1996, working on several rotorcraft programmes and serving as the Tiger helicopter’ s Chief Test Director.
Srini Gopalan
JOB TO: CEO, T-MOBILE
Frans Everts
JOB TO: CEO, TenneT
One year into running T-Mobile, Srini has kept America’ s fastest-growing carrier growing without buying customers the way subsidy-happy rivals do. What he must get right after 2026 is the harder act: turning the best network in the country into an AI-era product and“ differentiate our experience, not to salami slice cost” as he puts it.
Frans brings almost four decades of international energy experience from Shell, where he currently leads its operations in the Netherlands. He was selected for the CEO role at TenneT for his experience in large-scale investments, strategic leadership and understanding of complex energy transition initiatives. businesschief. com 23