Speakers: Frontiers Of Digital Finance

Country Head – India

Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd.

Bikram Singh Bedi is the Head of India for Amazon Internet Services Pvt. Ltd. Bikram leads the team that helps businesses of all sizes across the region learn about the Amazon Web Services cloud computing platform, allowing them to save money, accelerate their time to market, and focus on their core business. Bikram has over 23 years of experience including managing various business’s in senior leadership roles across ASEAN, Asia Pacific and India geographies for various IT and Telecom-based products and services organisations like IBM and Oracle. Prior to joining Amazon Web Services, Bikram’s last assignment was as the VP of the middleware business at Oracle India.

President, FICCI
Chairman and CEO

Edelweiss Group

Rashesh Shah, Co-founder of the Company, has over two and half decades of diverse experience in the financial markets and has been instrumental in building Edelweiss into one of India’s leading diversified financial services conglomerates.

Rashesh is passionate about financial services and the role they can play in translating India’s vast savings into investments; thereby powering economic growth and development. A regular commentator on macro-economic policies, development matters and financial markets in the mainstream and financial media, Rashesh serves on the Boards of various companies and public institutions. He is a part of the High Level Task Force on Public Credit Registry for India as well as the Insolvency Law Committee. He is currently the President of FICCI, which is India's Apex Industry association.

Previously, he was also on the Executive Committee of the National Stock Exchange and on the committee to review Insider Trading Regulations set up by Securities and Exchange Board of India - the country's capital markets regulator.

An MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Rashesh also holds a Diploma in International Trade from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi.

Executive Director & Group COO

Edelweiss Group

Himanshu Kaji has over three decades of diverse experience in the areas of business strategy, risk, finance, regulatory frameworks, process re-engineering, technology, strategy and implementation across the financial services space.

At Edelweiss, he is responsible for the overall functioning of Global Risk, Finance & Accounts, Resources, Digital Initiatives, Business Solutions, Governance, Compliance, Operations, Technology & Information Security. In addition, he is also in charge of Legal, Administration and Corporate Controls functions of the Group.

He is a member of the Secondary Market Advisory Committee of SEBI and the Trading Member Advisory Committee of NSE. He has also served on the board of BSE and played a key role in the overhaul of the Exchange, contributing largely to the demutualization and corporatization of BSE. He has been a Corporate Advisor to eminent Indian and global financial services companies, consulting on new product strategy, creating and implementing technology solutions and developing compliance and risk frameworks. He also advised many domestic and foreign players on their acquisition of domestic capital market players.

A Chartered Accountant, he holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Securities Law.

Global Industry General Manager Banking & Financial Markets

IBM

Qualifications

Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales BA (Hons) in Economics and Business Finance

Specialist focus

Likhit is IBM’s Global Industry General Manager for the Banking and Financial Markets Industries. Prior to this Likhit led IBM’s Global Banking and Financial Markets team for Global Business Services. His previous roles within IBM were: Leader in Europe for Value Creation and Leader of the Strategy and Change practice. Likhit has also led the M&A practice at PwC and has extensive corporate finance experience.

Relevant experience

Over 25 years of experience in Investment Banking and Strategic Consulting. Likhit has extensive experience of leading complex transformational engagements around the world, including digital banking, advanced analytics, process automation and back office enablement. Under Likhit’s leadership, IBM have developed a market leading position in solutions that support the transformation of core banking and multi-channel capabilities focused on IBM’s priorities in cloud, analytics, mobile and social collaboration. Likhit’s blue chip client base includes Barclays, Banorte, ANZ Bank, NAB, China Construction Bank, Standard Bank of South Africa and Itau. In addition, Likhit oversees teams that work extensively with global banks such as, JPMC, Citigroup, Santander, Lloyds Banking Group, Garanti, Nationwide UK and RBS.

Managing Director & CEO

NSDL e-Governance

Mr. Gagan Rai is the Managing Director and CEO of NSDL e-Governance (NSDL e-Gov) wherein he is responsible for strategic planning as also for driving the growth and expansion of NSDL e-Gov. He plays a crucial role in the development and execution of the company’s strategic plans.

Mr. Rai has been a part of NSDL e-Gov since its inception in 1996. Under Mr. Rai’s leadership, the company has spawned several successful offerings in the Capital Market and e-governance space. Several Government Departments, Ministries and State Governments in the country have joined hands with NSDL e-Gov. Having more than 42 years of experience, Mr. Rai is a charismatic leader and brings extensive industry expertise to the table. He understands the importance of a customer centric business and works with his team to put forward the best strategy that will be suitable to fulfil needs of the customers.

Prior to working with NSDL, Mr. Rai worked with Credit Analysis and Research Limited as an Executive Director. Previously, he was also associated with Industrial Development Bank of India as its General Manager.

Mr. Rai has the unique distinction of starting and establishing three important institutions in the Country viz., Credit Analysis and Research Limited; National Securities Depository Limited; and NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited.

He is an Associate in Development Bank Management of Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP), Manila. He is also a Cost Accountant, post graduate in economics and Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. He was presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award by Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) in 2008.

Partner

Bain & Company

He leads Bain's Asia Pacific Digital and Information Technology practices as well as Bain India's Private Equity practice. Arpan has been a part of the leadership team in Bain's New York, Sydney and India offices over his career at Bain. He serves as office head for the firm's Bengaluru office. Arpan has nearly 20 years of consulting experience in the IT industry working with both CIOs and providers of enterprise technology products and services. Arpan has led large-scale transformation efforts in the IT organizations of leading companies across financials services, technology and telecommunications. He has also led strategy and customer-focused engagements with leading IT service providers across the US and India as well as focused-growth efforts with providers of enterprise software and hardware. Prior to joining Bain in 2003, Arpan was a vice president of a systems integrator where he led large-scale SI programs. He was also a manager in the Strategic Information Technology practice of A.T. Kearney where he focused on IT strategy and business technology issues in financial services. Arpan received an MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia and has a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia..

Managing Director and CEO

TransUnion CIBIL

Mr. Pillai is the Managing Director and CEO, TransUnion CIBIL. He is responsible for the management, growth and business strategy.

Mr. Pillai brings over 15 years of rich experience in banking, risk management and usage of analytics and decisioning services to enhance consumer access and experience. Prior to July 2015, Mr. Pillai was the Chief Operating Officer for TransUnion CIBIL with the responsibility for the strategic management of the bureau operations and new product development. He was also the President of TransUnion’s business in India. His team designed and launched analytical solutions including the first generic scoring models in the market – CIBIL TransUnion Score and the Personal Loan Score – as well as customized decisioning solutions for credit institutions to seamlessly integrate bureau data in their credit decision process. In addition, his team worked directly with the financial services and telecommunication industry to design tailored analytics and technology solutions to enable profitable growth.

Before TransUnion, Mr. Pillai was Director – Collection Strategy of American Express, and a manager in the small business risk management area, both part of the U.S. Risk Management division. He began his career in the banking industry with Banco Popular North America and then with Wachovia Bankcard Services.

Mr. Pillai received a Master’s degree in economics from the University of Florida.

Vice Chairman & Managing Director, President – Financial Services Sector & Member of the Group Executive Board

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited

Mr. Ramesh Iyer is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited (MMFSL) and is the President – Financial Services Sector and a Member of the Group Executive Board of Mahindra & Mahindra Limited. Mr. Iyer has been associated with MMFSL since 1994.

MMFSL has total Assets Under Management (AUM) of around Rs. 57,000 Crores (8.8 billion US$) with 1,400+ branches spread across the country. MMFSL is managed by a team of young managers with employee strength upward of 27,000 people. MMFSL has four subsidiaries viz. (1) Mahindra Rural Housing Finance Company Limited (2) Mahindra Insurance Brokers Limited (3) Mahindra Asset Management Company Private Limited (4) Mahindra Trustee Company Private Limited. He also looks into the operations of Mahindra Finance USA, LLC., which is a U.S. joint venture with De Lage Landen Financial Services Inc., (DLLFS) a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Rabobank Group.

Mr. Iyer is also a Director of various Companies in the Mahindra Group. He is a member of various Committees in the Industry like CII, FICCI, BCCI, FIDC and IMC Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He has been recently appointed on the Board of Advisors of Vidyalankar Institute Of Technology – School Of Management.

Mr. Iyer is recipient of various prestigious awards, the most recent ones being: Received the prestigious Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award (APEA) 2017 INDIA ‘Best CEO – Financial Services Sector Mid Cap’ award by Business Today, ‘CEO – FINANCIAL SERVICES’ at the CEO AWARDs organised by CEO India magazine.

Mr. Iyer was also one of the finalists in the CNBC 15 th Asia Business Leaders Awards 2016 held in Jakarta, Indonesia and has been recently featured in Business Today magazine in the top 40 BFSI CEOs of India.

President

US-India Strategic Partnership Forum

Mukesh Aghi is the President of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum. Dr. Aghi has extensive experience working with business and government leaders in the U.S. and India to promote trade and strengthen ties between the two countries. He also currently serves as a trustee at Claremont Graduate University.

Previously, Dr. Aghi served as Chief Executive and Member of the Board at L&T Infotech where he expanded the business on a global level. During his time at Steria, Inc. (India), Dr. Aghi served as Chairman and CEO of the Asia-Pacific region. Additionally, Dr. Aghi was the founding CEO of Universitas 21 Global, the world’s largest consortium of research-led universities and global leader in providing post-graduate online education. He was also the President of IBM India for IBM Corporation, and spent time working with Ariba, Inc. and JD Edwards & Co.

Dr. Aghi holds several degrees, including an advanced management diploma from Harvard Business School, a Ph.D. in international relations from Claremont Graduate University, an MBA in international marketing from Andrews University, and a BA in business administration from the Middle East College, Beirut, Lebanon.

As a fluent speaker in many international languages, Dr. Aghi was recognized by Esquire Magazine as a Global Leader and has won many awards over the course of his professional career, including the J. R. D. Tata Leadership Award. In his free time, Dr. Aghi is a major marathon and mountaineering enthusiast. He has competed in over 27 international marathons and climbed some of the highest peaks in North America and Europe.

CEO and Founder

Corridor Funds

Manish Gupta is the CEO and founder of Corridor Funds, a new Institutional Credit Fund that combines the latest in analytics and technology with the human intuition of a very experienced credit team who has successfully underwritten and managed multi-billion dollar consumer and small business lending portfolios through multiple economic cycles at some of the leading banks in the world. He also recently launched Corridor Platforms Inc. a fully integrated big data credit decisioning platform to underwrite and manage consumer loans through the credit lifecycle.

Prior to that, he spent 13 years holding key senior management roles at American Express. Most recently, he was EVP and Head of Global Information Management and Data Products for American Express, along with responsibility for the companies Big Data and Advanced Decisioning Platforms. Before that, he was EVP and GM of OPEN (Small Business) Products and also launched American Express merchant financing and working capital products.

During his tenure at Amex Manish established a Big Data Lab in Bangalore to help transition American Express to the latest machine learning based predictive modeling. He also launched a new business for Amex called Performance Marketing - which uses the latest in big data and AI to help develop highly targeted marketing and deliver personalized customer experiences to consumers.

Before that Manish spent many years in risk management as CRO for the Global Commercial businesses, and then as the Chief Credit Officer of the U.S. consumer card business at Amex. Prior to joining American Express, Manish was a management consultant, as a partner and practice leader, with Mitchell Madison Group and PwC.

Manish Gupta holds an MBA in Finance, and a degree in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Senior Director, Financial Services Business Lead - Asia

Worldwide Financial Services Microsoft Corporation

Connie Leung is the Senior Director & Financial Services Business Lead - Asia of the Worldwide Financial Services Industry team. Connie has dual responsibility as Asia lead for driving high level engagement and industry spokesperson and thought leader in Asia, and provides the strategic direction and leadership for all aspects of the Financial Services business as part of the Worldwide Financial Services group, including Banking, Capital Markets and Insurance. As part of the worldwide financial services team, Connie has led various global initiatives including Blockchain and AI/Machine learning for corporate banking and industry digital transformation initiatives. Connie brings many years of diversified industry experience to this role including banking & finance, vertical business segment such as payments, treasury and trade, technology & infra-structure, sales and management experience to this role.

Before joining Microsoft, Connie was a Director, Payments & Trade markets, Asia Pacific at SWIFT responsible for corporate, payments and trade markets activities in Asia Pacific. She was with SWIFT since March 2006 initially focusing on launching the new Trade Services Utility(ICCBPO) in the market and moved into her last position in September 2010 to develop SWIFT’s corporate, payments and trade & supply chain business in Asia Pacific. Prior to joining SWIFT, Connie held management positions with various financial information services providers including as Misys, Surecomp and Fidelity Information Services, offering trade finance, core banking, treasury and payment systems to banks. Prior to that, Connie served as vice president and in other management roles for companies such as smart card management system, credit card payment terminals and internet e-commerce portals for the financial sector.

Connie has a strong track record in sales, marketing and growing new business in the financial sector, is capable of bringing innovative solutions to the market. She is a regular speaker at industry events such as Eurofinance, Asia Trade Finance week, Exporta, Finance Asia, APEC and Euromoney events and contributor to media and publications such as GTR, The Asian Banker, The Asset, Finance Asia and the BAFT newsletter. Connie holds an honors degree in Computer Science and is fluent in English and Chinese.

Vice Chairman

NITI Aayog

Dr. Rajiv Kumar, took over as Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog on 1 September 2017.

Prior to his present appointment he was :
(i) Founding Director of Pahle India Foundation (PIF), Delhi;
(ii) Chancellor of the Gokhale Institute of Economics and Politics, Pune;
His earlier full time positions have been:
(i) Senior Fellow, Centre of Policy Research, Delhi (2013- 2017)
(ii) Secretary General, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI, 2010-2012)
(iii) Director & Chief Executive, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER, 2006-2010)
(vi) Chief Economist, Confederation of India Industries (CII, 2004-2006)
(vii) Principal Economist, Asian Development Bank, Manila (1995 to 2005)
(vii) Economic Advisor, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, (1992 to 1995);
(viii) Senior Consultant, Bureau of Costs and Prices, Ministry of Industry Government of India (1989-1991)
(ix) Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi (1987-89)
(x) Senior Research Program Officer, ICRIER. Delhi, (1982 to 1987).

In the past he has served as Government of India nominee on the Boards of:(a) Government of India nominated Director on Central Board of the Reserve Bank of India; (b) Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and Asia (ERIA) Jakarta; (c) Central Board of the State Bank of India, Mumbai; (d) Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi; (e) Part Time Member, National Security Advisory Board (2006-2008); and (f) Part Time Member, Economics, Telecom Regulatory Authority India (TRAI), New Delhi (2007-2010).

He has also served as (i) Member of the International Board of Management of King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center, Riyadh, chaired by the Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy; (ii) Member, Board of Directors, Indian Institute of Management, Vizag, (iii) Member Board of Directors, Institute of Human Development, Delhi; (iv) Member Board of Directors, Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow; (v) Independent Director on the Board of DHFL (publicly listed housing finance company) ; and (vi) Member, Indian Advisory Board, CISCO (the San Jose based US MNC);

He has published more than a dozen books. ‘Modi And His Challenges’ (Bloomsbury New Delhi, 2016) is his latest book. Author of several research papers, he also is a noted economic columnist. He has a D.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University (1982) and a Ph.D from Lucknow University, India (1978).

Chief Digital Officer

Kotak Mahindra Bank

Deepak Sharma heads Kotak Mahindra Bank’s digital initiatives where he drives digital transformation, business model innovation & future ready initiatives of the bank. He is responsible for efficiency, productivity, customer experience & growth of the business through digital intervention across digital channels, lending, payments, investments, insurance, trade & forex, across Consumer, SME & Institutional banking segments. Deepak also leads the Innovation Lab, Design Studio, Fintech partnerships and Start-up ecosystem participation for the bank.

Under his leadership, Kotak launched several innovative and global first products like 811, Jifi, Hashtag banking, Bharat Banking, M-Store & Kaypay, apart from new initiatives like API Banking, BYOD Biometric Banking & Robotic Process Automation. Deepak believes in constant innovation and focuses on building business models which are customer-centric, value accretive and disruptive. Deepak has worked across various international markets and brings a global perspective to his business. Prior to this, he was responsible for setting up the Bank’s highly successful Non Resident Indian (NRI) & International Remittance business. Deepak also played a key role in launching the Bank’s affluent banking programme - Privy League.

With over 24 years of experience, Deepak’s professional tenure spans across the banking, telecom and service verticals. Prior to joining Kotak, he was part of the leadership team of Consumer Banking at Standard Chartered bank from 2003 to 2008. As National Head for Corporate Business, he was responsible for building the corporate payroll and Wealth Management business. Deepak has completed an advanced programme in Strategy from IIM Calcutta & Lead Certified in Corporate Innovation from Stanford GSB. He is a member of the FICCI National Committee on Fintech 2017-18, Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) apart from participating in various trade & Government initiatives on Digital India Roadmap. He is also associated with the NASSCOM Startup 10K program and mentors fintech & start-up ecosystems on an ongoing basis.

Executive Vice Chairman Asia Pacific

Biz2Credit

Over 30 years of experience, in Banking, Financial Services,Digital&Technological innovations, in India and overseas.Swarup is a highly driven, transformational leader and innovativethinker, with deep rooted foundation in Banking & Technology, with an entrepreneurial mindset, an established track record in achieving excellence and outstanding results in growing businesses, building strong leadership and leading strategic growth in the technology, information & analytics, financial services and Digital Transformation. Swarup has effectively blended Banking & Technology to provide provocative value to the clients.

Swarup has a vast global presence spanning the emerging markets, ASEAN/South Asia, U.K. and U.S with significant and strong foundation in Banking having worked most of his career for HSBC, Midland , IBM Thomson Reuters and First Data Corporation in India and overseas

Swarup is currently Executive Vice Chairman Asia Pacific for Biz2Credit Inc., a leading online marketplace and innovator in digital platforms for banks and other financial services providers in USA Australia and Asia Pacific. He is also Chief Strategy Advisor to the promoter of a matured Fintech Banking Solution company Intellect.

Speakers at #FDFConf2018

Vice Chairman

President, FICCI
Chairman and CEO

CEO

President

Country Head – India

Managing Director & CEO, Designate

Dy. Managing Director & Chief Information Officer

Executive Director & Group COO

Executive Vice Chairman Asia Pacific

Managing Director

India FinTech Leader and Partner

Vice Chairman & Managing Director, President – Financial Services Sector & Member of the Group Executive Board

Global Industry General Manager Banking & Financial Markets

Executive Director (Retail Banking)

Head – Retail Banking, India

Global FinTech Leader

Managing Director & CEO

President

Managing Partner

Senior Director, Financial Services Business Lead - Asia

Partner

CEO

CEO, Global Consumer Banking

Managing Director

CEO and Founder

COO & Co Founder

Chief Digital Officer

Chief Strategy Officer and Head SME Lending

Managing Director

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Country Head – India

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Executive Director & Group COO

Executive Vice Chairman Asia Pacific

Managing Director

India FinTech Leader and Partner

Vice Chairman & Managing Director, President – Financial Services Sector & Member of the Group Executive Board

Global Industry General Manager Banking & Financial Markets

Executive Director (Retail Banking)

Head – Retail Banking, India

Global FinTech Leader

Managing Director & CEO

President

Managing Partner

Senior Director, Financial Services Business Lead - Asia

Partner

CEO

CEO, Global Consumer Banking

Managing Director

CEO and Founder

COO & Co Founder

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