Our speakers

Dipu KV, Senior President - Head Operations & Customer Service, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance

Mr K V Dipu is President & Head of Operations and Customer Service at Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company. He has led numerous industry leadership projects as the head of operations, communities & customer service @ Asia's leading general insurance company.

Mr Dipu forefronts the digital transformation drive at Bajaj Allianz GIC, leveraging start-ups from fintech/insure tech globally, while leading a team of ~1600 people in 170 locations.  A management graduate from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM Lucknow), he joined Bajaj Allianz GIC in 2016 after a stellar career of nearly 20 years with GE Capital.

During Mr Dipu’s distinguished career spanning over 24 years, his forte has been combining digital transformation with deep domain expertise & six sigma rigor to redesign the business model for operational excellence and customer delight. Bajaj Allianz GIC features in IDC’s list of top 20 insurers for 2020 in the Asia Pacific, is ranked # 7 in the list of global top 100 digital insurers and has twice been awarded “Digital Insurer of the Year” across Asia.

Mr Dipu is a certified lean six sigma black belt and a member of the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council, an opt-in research group of business professionals.  Many of his accomplishments have received industry awards & press coverage.  A speaker on transformation & innovation at various domestic & global industry forums, he is also an IvyExec mentor & a member of the Customer Advisory Board of UiPath.

He has been recognized by various industry forums for his inspirational leadership - BFSI Innovative Technology Awards 2018, BFSI Game Changer Award 2019, BFSI 100 Innovation Leadership Award 2019, Best Experience Leader B2C at the Global CX Summit 2019, BFSI Leadership Award 2020, and 50 Fabulous Innovative Leaders Award 2020 et al.

Mr KV Dipu is the #1 TripAdvisor reviewer with over 790,000 readers. He writes monthly columns in a New York based website on leadership & a Mumbai based newspaper on the digital world.

Dirk Elsen, Director, Emerging Markets, Triodos Investment Management

Dirk Elsen joined Triodos Investment Management as Director Emerging Markets in January 2012. From 2002 to 2011, he served as Chief Executive of SNV, an international development organization implementing advisory, advocacy and knowledge brokering work in 36 countries across four continents. Before that, Dirk worked at Shell, the World Bank and ABN AMRO, working as a corporate and operational lawyer on projects in Africa and Asia, structuring trade finance business and serving in various senior relationship management roles. Dirk serves on several boards in The Netherlands and beyond including the board of directors of Aavishkaar Group in India.

Divaspati Singh, Partner | Investment Funds, Private Equity, Corporate and Commercial, Khaitan & Co

Divya Garg, Head of HR, INSA, Uber

Divya Gokulnath, Co-Founder, BYJU'S

Divya Madaan, Director - Technology Management and Transformation, Sun Life Global Solutions

Divya Madaan, Director - Special Initiatives, Digital Enterprise, Asia, Sun life

Divya Sehgal, Director, India Value Fund Advisors

Divya Sehgal joined IVFA in 2010 and is based in Mumbai.

Prior to IVFA, Divya was the Chief Operating Officer of Apollo Health Street (AHS), a leading healthcare outsourcing firm with worldwide operations. Divya was a founder of AHS and led it to be among the top five firms in its space globally. As COO, Divya managed a global team of executives with responsibility for business strategy, sales and marketing, organization development and service delivery.

Prior to Apollo, Divya served as a consultant at McKinsey, as an investment banker at ANZ and as an entrepreneur at Emedlife. His consulting work at McKinsey involved portfolio and business strategy, acquisition advisory and operational restructuring across a range of clients. His work in the corporate finance team at ANZ Investment bank included M&A and valuation advisory. His entrepreneurial stint involved setting up Emedlife, one of the first corporate healthcare advisory firms in India, raising capital from the Dabur group, growing it to leadership status and then eventually merging it with the Apollo group.

Divya holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Diwakar Dadoo, Fund Manager & HEAD – Emerging Markets, Brand Capital

Diwakar is a founding member of Brand Capital. Since its inception in 2005,he helped Times Group to set up & grow Brand Capital (earlier called Times Private Treaties)with the help of significant Private Equity Investments across sectors, and across regions.He has a track record of building and mentoring teams and organizations that succeed & outperform.

Diwakar is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, apprenticed at Ernst & Young and received his MBA (Marketing & Finance) from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.

Diwakar has more than 17 years of experience in Investment Banking, Fund Management, Consulting, Brand Development & Management, International Trade, Marketing & Sales having worked with Corporates and some of the top Consulting Firms, in India and abroad.

Diwakar is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Private Equity and regularly contributes by sharing his thoughts at VC / PE conferences, brand and industry forums. He enjoys reading, traveling, watching theatre, supporting art and spending time with the family.

Diwakar Dayal, Managing Director, SentinelOne