Purushothama Reddy has over 25 years of corporate experience spanning both domestic and overseas assignments. He is Whole-time Director and Member of the India Board at Omega. As a key member of the Executive Management Team, he reports to the COO and plays a strategic role in the overall stewardship of the company. PR (as he is known internally) has headed the organisation’s Finance department since 2005, covering both its India and its Philippines operations. His primary responsibilities include planning, managing and controlling all finance-related activities of the company, while also taking direct responsibility for investor relations and partner compliance. PR also heads the procurement department, driving deal analysis and negotiations at a macro level. As part of his role, he also oversees the functioning of the legal department, advising management on legal matters and policy-making. PR holds a master’s degree in business administration, specialising in finance, and a bachelorss degree in law. He won the National Award for Excellence in Cost Management from ICAI.

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Amit is a CA, an MBA (IIM – Bangalore), a CFA-charter member from The CFA Institute (USA), and has also studied CS. He currently works as CFO at Anviti, a Catamaran company. Previously, Mr Agarwal worked as Group Head-FP&A with Indiabulls; as Vice-President and the youngest member of the National Leadership Council with Jana Group; as Zonal CFO at the Essel Group’s listed entity; and at the Tata Group, KPMG and Grant-Thornton. Apart from his community initiatives for specially-abled children, he had been a state-level chess player and a finalist at the Global Investment Banking Olympiad.

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Manish Kapur is a Chartered Accountant and is currently a Partner with the Firm’s Global International Corporate and M&A Tax practice. He has over 25 years of experience in international and domestic tax and M&A. Mr Kapur has earlier worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Arthur Andersen, Coopers & Lybrand, Motorola and Ambit RSM. He advises leading multinational and domestic companies in India on M&A, business re-organisation and international tax matters.

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Joydeep Nag is Head of Finance at TE Connectivity (formerly Tyco Electronics) for South Asia and Middle East and Israel. A qualified Chartered Accountant, he holds an MBA and is a graduate of GE’s Experienced Finance Leadership Programme (EFLP), with extensive leadership training at Cambridge University and at IMD, Lausanne. Mr Nag began his career at Dunlop India and subsequently worked with reputed organisations such as Indian Aluminium Company and GE. He was Regional CFO for South Asia at GE Health Care, leading sustainable growth, reverse innovation, strategy and growth. He joined TE connectivity in 2013, where he also looks after IT, business development and acquisitions. Mr Nag has been an Executive Committee Member of the American Chamber of Commerce. He loves teaching and reading and is a Member of the Economics Affairs and Start Up committee of the Bangalore Chamber of Commerce.

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Manoj Naik has over 29 years of experience, including more than 23 in financial services at GE Capital, Fullerton Securities and ManipalCigna Health Insurance. His financial-services career has spanned various treasury and Finance roles in India, Taiwan and Europe, and has included banking, non-banking, insurance and broking platforms. Mr Naik earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from VJTI, Mumbai and an MBA (Finance) from IIM – Bangalore. He is also a certified leadership coach.

Amitava Sur has been VP Finance and Global CFO of Portescap since 2012 and Managing Director of Portescap India since July 2019. He holds a master’s degree in commerce from Utkal University, Bhubaneshwar, and is an FCA from the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants and an ACMA from the Indian Institute of Cost Accountants. Prior to this, he was Director Finance and Compliance at Videojet India from 2006-2012, where he held responsibility as CFO for Videojet’s India and South Asia business and as Financial Compliance Manager for the Asia business. Before that, he worked as General Manager – Finance at Thomas Cook India (2005-06); as Manager - Finance and Accounts at Bharti Broadband (formerly Comsat Max), from 2000 to 2005; as Assistant Manager at Crompton Greaves from 1997 to 2000; and as Deputy Manager – Finance at MMTC from 1993 to 1997.

Anand Venkateswaran joined Target India in 2010, and is currently Vice President, Finance and a Member of its Board of Directors. In this role, he is responsible for leading the Finance operations team that supports Global Finance, and the indirect sourcing and procurement CoE team that drives sourcing strategy in Minneapolis and Bangalore. Additionally, Anand heads the CFO/Controllership function for Target India. He comes with over 20 years of diverse experience in corporate banking, business strategy, finance controllership, business transformation and re-engineering, risk management and the setting-up of Finance GICs. He has worked with companies such as Citibank, Bank of America and American Express, with experience leading global teams. Anand is a Management Accountant (CMA) from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, a non-practising Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) from ISACA, and passed the Certified Public Accountancy (CPA) examination from the Maine State Board of Accountancy. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Delhi

As CFO of the DDB Mudra Group, Anurag Bansal oversees the Finance, legal and commercial and information technology functions of all Group entities, in addition to heading its financial integration with the Omnicom Group. He is also a trustee of the Mudra Foundation for Communications Research and Education. With over two decades of experience, Mr Bansal has been instrumental in starting key business initiatives and forging business alliances and joint ventures. He is valued for his expertise in interpreting corporate vision and strategy, translating objectives into actionable plans, and providing decisive leadership to cross-functional and multi-regional teams. Mr Bansal holds a master’s degree in business administration, with a specialisation in finance.

Girish Deshpande, Chief Financial Officer Radhakrishna Foodland In his current role as Chief Financial officer at Radhakrishna Foodland, Girish Deshpande holds responsibility for establishing a financial control environment across the company, and setting up the systems and processes for managing the next level of growth. Mr Deshpande has over 23 years of experience incubating start-up companies and collaborating with owners-entrepreneurs to scale up their organisations. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant with rich experience in the fields of strategic planning, risk management, and corporate governance.

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Chandan Kumar has 21 years of industry experience, including over 15 years in the field of finance and accounting at IT and ITeS companies. He joined the Altimetrik group in 2008, and has worked in various capacities at the top- and mid-management levels. Mr Kumar is responsible for the finance and accounting function at Altimetrik and its group companies in the India and APAC region. He also holds responsibility for the legal, secretarial and compliance functions, and plays a key role in procurement and M&A for the company. Mr Kumar is also part of Altimetrik’s global strategic and management group. He previously worked with SunGard India, ISoft Solutions (previously Medicom Consultancy) and Tatra Trucks. In his spare time, Mr Kumar enjoys travelling and watching sports.

Joy Basu joined Times Internet in July 2012, and has over 25 years of experience in organisations including the Tata Group, Sterlite Technologies, the RPG Group, and Rediff.com. Mr Basu has a rich background in the management of public companies, and wide experience in corporate governance, business turnarounds, capital raising, investor relations, operational and risk management, and M&A. A Chartered Accountant and British Chevening Scholar, he studied management at the Manchester Business School, where he attended a Senior Executive Programme. Mr Basu was awarded IMA India's CFO of the Year award in 2006 in the ‘Excellence in Finance in an SME’ category.

Kashif Kidwai is Director of Business Development at C2FO and prior to this, he was Vice President, Client Engagement at Priority Vendor. At C2FO and Priority Vendor, he has been responsible for adding new anchors to the dynamic discounting platform. He was worked with clients across multiple industries, including chemicals, pharma, engineering, auto and logistics. Prior to this, Mr Kidwai worked for more than 6 years at Barclays Bank. At Barclays, he was part of the sales team handling client groups across large local corporates in western India. During his time there, he delivered more than 5 key clients for the bank. Outside of the office, Mr Kidwai enjoys running and has completed 6 full marathons. He holds an MBA from IIM – Calcutta and a BTech from IIT – Kanpur.

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Kalpesh Maheshwari is Finance Leader for GE’s DT operations in India and its Coretech Asia operations. GE is a leading global high-tech industrial company. With products and services ranging from aircraft engines and power generation to medical imaging, finance and industrial products, GE serve customers in over 180 countries and employ approximately 283,000 people worldwide. Mr Maheshwari joined GE Digital in 2016. As Finance Leader, he is responsible for leading the Finance operations, FP&A, devising strategy for the site, leading cross-functional teams and process improvements using lean. Results-focused and a persuasive leader, Mr Maheshwari comes with over 19 years of diverse experience in FP&A, controllership, business transformation and the setting-up of Finance operations. He has worked with companies such as Dell EMC, AXA, AOL and the Aditya Birla Group, and has experience leading global teams. Mr Maheshwari is a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Rajasthan.

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Navin Agarwal assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer at Dream11 in March 2016. Mr Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with over 25 years of experience working with companies such as the Zee Group, Reliance Big Entertainment and Prime Focus. He loves to travel and listen to music.

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Pavan MV has been Vice President, Finance and Procurement at Praxair India since July 2018. Previously, he was Finance Director at Praxair Middle East, based in the UAE, from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, he held various roles at Praxair India between 2005 and 2012, and worked in Risk Advisory Services at KPMG from 2003 to 2004. From 1997 to 2003, he worked at Sharp & Tannan’s Audit/Transaction Services in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Pavan MV holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Bangalore University and is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI. At Praxair, his key responsibilities include those around controllership, assistance in formulating financial/economic strategies, and supporting tactical business initiatives. He is also a Director on the Board of the Middle East JVs, where he helps oversee/improve financial performance, shape key initiatives, share best practices and influence dividend decisions. Married to Rashmi, he is blessed with an 8-year-old son, Pranav Kashyap.

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Ajay Aggarwal is the President and Chief Financial Officer at Cyient, handling corporate finance, M&A, corporate venturing, procurement, facilities, financial planning, risk management, fund raising, business finance, corporate restructuring, international taxation, among others. Having celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2016, Cyient is an acknowledged leader in engineering design services, design-led manufacturing, networks and operations, data transformation, and analytics with over 15,000 people employed across 38 locations globally.

Mr Aggarwal has extensive international experience spanning 33 years in financial management and commercial management at large multi-location, multi-product organisations. Prior to joining Cyient, he was Chief Corporate Controller with Tata Chemicals. Preceding that, he was associated, at various capacities at leadership positions, with reputed organisations such as Reliance Industries, Kirby Building Systems, PT Polysindo and JK Synthetics. In his earlier stints, Mr Aggarwal was extensively involved in funding, banking, strategic planning, business modelling, MIS, ERP implementations, capital budgeting, corporate finance, M&A and restructuring. He is currently on the board of Cyient DLM (previously Rangsons Electronics). He is an active member in various CFO forums, and has contributed immensely to the finance community in his capacity as speaker and panellist. He is also a guest faculty/speaker at educational institutes, including the likes of the ISB and IIT.

In 2018, Mr Aggarwal was voted as one of the Best CFOs (ranked 3rd among 77 nominations across Asia) under the sell-side category for investor relations in the Technology/ IT Services and Software category. He was recognised as ‘CFO of the Year’ and also received a team award for ‘Excellence in FP&A’ at the 2018 CFO Leadership Summit organised by Kamikaze Events. In 2017, he received the Golden Peacock Award for Risk Management for developing a robust risk management process based on industry and proven best practices. Mr Aggarwal is an FCS and FICWA and holds an engineering degree from BITS – Pilani. He has completed a corporate finance programme at Euromoney, UK and an Advanced Management Programme from INSEAD, France. He is based out of Hyderabad.

Based in Mumbai, Alok Bajpai is the Global CFO for Netmagic, which is owned by Japan's NTT. With over 25 years of rich experience in India, Africa and North America, and across various leadership roles, Mr Bajpai's career has had many key milestones. Besides Finance, his key focus areas have been business strategy and M&A. He has led two large M&As from the sell side. A Chartered Accountant from India and a CPA from the US, he also holds a management degree from the UK. A traveling enthusiast, he has an interest in golf and badminton when not traveling.

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Jagannath Sabat, Chief Financial officer at OPC, established and has led the F&A team Since 2010. At OPC, he is responsible for Corporate Strategy, Financial Planning and Reporting, Treasury Management, Controllership, Secretarial, Taxation, Compliance, HR and IT. Mr Sabat has over 18 years of rich cross-functional experience in managing a wide gamut of financial and commercial functions across diverse industries. Prior to OPC, he worked at Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Moser Baer, and Euronet, where he was responsible for various functions under the corporate Finance, planning and analysis, audit, commercial, supply chain management and compliance verticals. A qualified Chartered Accountant, Mr Sabat completed a management programme at IIM - Lucknow, and holds a certification in IFRS.

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Pawan Khandelwal currently serves as the Finance Director India at G4S Corporate Services. Prior to this, he served as Director – Finance for Reed Elsevier in South Asia, and as CFO for Verizon in India. He earlier managed M&A at HCL Technologies. With over 16 years of diverse functional experience, including nearly ten years in the telecom industry, in areas including statutory, tax and regulatory compliance, and business restructuring, Mr Khandelwal is a certified Chartered Accountant and holds a bachelor’s degree from Kanpur University.

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Shivani Chauhan works as the International Finance Manager for Adobe. She is a Chartered Accountant and has always been enthusiastic about dealing with numbers. Prior to Adobe, Ms Chauhan was associated with companies such as Walmart and Honda Cars. She is a keen learner and loves to face challenges, open new prospects (especially systems development) and to explore new methodologies in various arenas. Ms Chauhan believes that, ‘The road to success is always under construction.’ Travelling is her hobby, and she finds solace in exploring nature. A mother of two young boys, she thinks that three makes the perfect team for playing numerous indoor and outdoor games or enjoying cartoons. Often, she enjoys those visits to Universal Studios even more than her kids do.