Harsh Mariwala

Mr. Mariwala is the Chairman of Marico and Kaya Limited.

He established the Marico Innovation Foundation in 2003 which works towards nurturing innovations in India and started ASCENT Foundation in 2012, a peer-learning entrepreneurial platform.

Mr. Mariwala founded the Mariwala Health Initiative (MHI), with the philanthropic aim of giving back to society. Sharrp Ventures is their Family Office.

He was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Mint India Investment Summit 2024. In the recent past, he received the All India Management Association (AIMA) Life Time Achievement Award 2021 and the EY Entrepreneur of the year award 2020 for India.

Ananth N G

Mr. Ananth Narayan is currently a Whole Time Member of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), looking after Market Regulation Department (MRD), Alternative Investment Fund and Foreign Portfolio Investors Department (AFD), Enforcement, Enquiries & Adjudication Department (EAD), Office of Investor Assistance & Education (OIAE), and Department of Economic & Policy Analysis (DEPA).

Prior to this current role, Ananth has had extensive experience of academia, governance, and international banking.

Between 2018 and 2022, Ananth was an Associate Professor at S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai. He also served on several boards, including as Independent Director on SBI Capital Markets, Additional Director (appointed by RBI) on Yes Bank Ltd., Public Interest Director (appointed by SEBI) on NSE Clearing Limited.

Between 2009 and 2017, Ananth was with Standard Chartered Bank, last as Managing Director & Regional Head of Financial Markets, ASEAN and South Asia. Between 2006 & 2009, he was with Deutsche Bank, last as Managing Director, Global Rates, South Asia. Between 1993 & 2005, he was with Citigroup, last as Director, Financial Markets, South Asia.

Ananth has also served on several RBI and SEBI committees and working groups.

Ananth holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, and is a Bachelor of Technology (Electrical Engineering) from Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Ameera Shah

Deepak Padaki

Deepak Padaki President As President of Catamaran, Deepak is responsible for driving the overall performance of the firm’s portfolio by formulating and executing its investment strategy, asset allocation and risk management policies. Deepak has over 30 years of experience in the Global IT Services and Software Product industry. He was Executive Vice President, Group Head of Strategy & Chief Risk Officer at Infosys Limited (NYSE: INFY) until June 2022. He played various roles at Infosys – including Strategy, M&A, Venture Funding, Risk Management, Business Development, Software Engineering and Project Management. He was a member of the Board of Infosys’ Software subsidiaries in Israel, the Netherlands, USA, Japan, and India. He was the Vice President of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce, a lead member of the start-up and Knowledge Management Councils of the Confederation of Indian Industry and a member of the Strategy and Risk Officers’ Councils of the World Economic Forum. In his spare time, he is active in community theatre and serves on the managing committee of Bangalore Little Theatre. Deepak holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Mysore, India.

Dilip Jose

Dilip Jose is the Managing Director and CEO of Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt. Limited (Manipal Hospitals), an integrated healthcare services system and one of the largest hospitals network in India, with 37 facilities across 19 cities and over 10,500 beds.

He has more than 33 years of experience in various sectors and across functional areas. In healthcare, where he has spent the last 19 years, his previous assignment was as Group CEO of CARE Hospitals, managing a network of tertiary care facilities. Prior to that, he was the Regional Director with Fortis Healthcare, heading their operations in South India. Preceding that, he held leadership positions in the areas of Medical and Para-Medical education as well as tertiary healthcare delivery.

Before his move to the Healthcare sector, Mr Jose spent about 12 years in various roles in Corporate Finance and Strategy.

T K Kurien

T K Kurien (TK) is the Chief Executive Officer at Premji Invest. PI is the investment office sponsored by Mr Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro Ltd.

Prior to his current role TK was Vice Chairman & CEO of Wipro Ltd.

In his career spanning over three decades, TK has held several leadership positions encompassing strategic and operational roles.

TK began his career with Wipro in 2000 and has been instrumental in building and scaling many of Wipro’s successful businesses. As a transformational and inspirational leader, he has started and also scaled several diverse businesses in Wipro including Wipro Eco Energy an analytical startup, Business Process Services, Media, Telecom and Consulting business divisions at Wipro. TK is credited with playing a catalytic role in achieving global recognition and leadership for these businesses.

A strong votary of women’s rights, TK is a recipient of the 2014 Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs) Leadership Award -- a joint initiative of UN Women and the UN Global Compact – for Wipro’s proactive commitment to gender equality.

In May 2014, the American India Foundation, committed to catalyzing social and economic change in India honored TK for his corporate and philanthropic leadership.

TK also served on the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum as well as being a member of the Technology subcommittee of the World Economic Forum.

Before joining Wipro, TK served as the Managing Director of GE X Ray from October 1997 to January 2000. Prior to that, he was the CFO of GE Medical Systems (South Asia).

An influential speaker, TK is a Chartered Accountant by training and has several technology patents to his credit. He has an abiding interest in strategy and history and is an avid runner.