Amit Tandon
Managing Director, IiAS
Former MD of Fitch Ratings, responsible for Indian and Sri Lankan businesses. Earlier, headed corporate banking at ICICI Securities, responsible for the Capital Markets, M&A and advisory business.
Arjun Dhawan
Group CEO, Hindustan Construction Company
Prior to HCC, Arjun Dhawan was MD of Arya Capital Management. He is an active member of the World Economic Forum and CII.
Arundhati Bhattacharya
Former Chairman, SBI
40 years of experience in financial sector; first woman chief of SBI; listed amongst the world’s most powerful women; currently on boards of Reliance Industries, Piramal Enterprises, etc.
Deepak Satwalekar
Independent Director
Former MD & CEO of HDFC Standard Life Insurance and MD of HDFC; serves on Indian advisory board of a large European bank; venture advisor with Nexus Venture Partners.
Dilip Piramal
Chairman and Managing Director, VIP Industries
Chairman of the country’s best known luggage maker with brands like VIP, Carlton, Aristocrat, Skybags and Alfa. The company remains market leader despite the presence of global giants like Samsonite.
M.K Sharma
Former Chairman, ICICI Bank
Currently chairman, United Spirits. Independent director of Wipro, Asian Paints, etc. Former VC of HUL. Served on committees to redraft Companies Act and norms for Corporate Governance.
Milind Sarwate
Founder & CEO, Increate Value Advisors
Over 32 years of experience in finance, HR and strategy in groups such as Marico & Godrej. Currently, independent director on several Boards including Glenmark, MindTree, Matrimony.com.
R. Gopalakrishnan
Former Executive Director, Tata Sons
Served as Chairman of Unilever Arabia, MD of Brooke Bond Lipton; VC of HUL, ED of Tata Sons. Serves as an independent director of Akzo Nobel India, Castrol India, and Hemas Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka.
Rajeev Gupta
CEO, Arpwood Capital
Over 35 years of industry experience. Previously MD & Head of Carlyle India, and CEO of Talbros Automotive Components. Currently on Boards of EIH Hotels, VIP Industries, TVF Capital, etc.
Rama Bijapurkar
Independent Management Consultant
Among the most experienced independent directors in India, with board experience in blue chips such as Axis Bank, Infosys, Godrej Industries, NPCI, RBL Bank, BPCL, Crisil, etc.
Sanjaya Mariwala
Managing Director, OmniActive
Entrepreneur; 30 years in food and supplement ingredients industries. Worked with Bombay Oil Industries, Marico and other Mariwala family companies. Active member of various industrial affiliations.
Sunil Alagh
Founder, SKA Advisors
Former chairman of Britannia Industries; 40 years of experience across three countries (Malaysia, India and Indonesia) and four industries – FMCG, private equity, pharma and corporate security.
Co-Moderators
Alokesh Bhattacharyya
Senior Editor, The Economic Times
Alokesh heads editorial content at the national level for ET Grey Cell, a specialised division that generates world-class content through leader engagements such as panel discussions, closed-door roundtables, symposiums, summits, awards, etc. Alokesh specialises in creating sharp content by moderating discussions involving top leaders such as chairmen, MDs, CEOs, CIOs, CHROs, heads of strategy, heads of innovation, Board members, among others, across a wide range of sectors and functions. Before ET, Alokesh was Deputy Editor of Business Today.
Preety Kumar
Managing Partner, Amrop India
Member of Amrop’s Global Executive Board. Leads Board Advisory Practice in India; member of Amrop’s Global Board Practice. Independent Director on the Board of Sanmar Group.