Our speakers
Dr. Robert Benhenni, CEO of QFA, Inc.
- Deep knowledge of High Yield and Distressed credit investment strategies (e.g., QFA, NYU Stern Salomon Center for the Credit Markets, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, Nicomachean Partners, Natixis)
- Thorough knowledge of valuation of credit securities including structured credit, full capital structure debt claims and credit derivatives (Credit Suisse, Nicomachean Partners, Natixis)
- Strong background in the application of statistical techniques to the financial markets such as the application of statistical survival analysis to default prediction (e.g., Morgan Stanley) and the successful application of Bayesian dynamic multifactor econometric models to systematic investments strategies in Futures (e.g., QFA)
- Thorough knowledge of portfolio construction analytics and asset allocation techniques (e.g., QFA, Natixis)
- High competence in risk management analytics such as Value-at-Risk, Credit Risk and Stress Testing (e.g., QFA, Morgan Stanley, Nicomachean Partners, Natixis)
- Strong background in the valuation of derivatives products, cash instruments and corporate firm valuation (e.g., Credit Suisse, Nicomachean Partners, Natixis, JP Morgan)
- Excellent capacity to explain complex issues clearly and succinctly no matter the professional or academic audience (e.g., Morgan Stanley, NYU Stern School of Business)
- Robert Benhenni created the first-ever Middle-Market company performance index providing early investment insights into major stock indexes: S&P 500, S&P SmallCap 600 and Russell 2000, that the media (WSJ, CNBC) have discussed (NYU Stern School of Business, QFA)
- Built a unique quantitative credit investment strategy in High Yield corporate bonds incorporating the business risk of the firm, the capital structure of the firm and earnings growth forecasts, and managed the fund resulting in superior performance (Natixis)
- Actively developed the CLO/CBO business: an instigator of the investment strategy to identify CLOs/CBOs relative value trades by quantifying the risk / return profiles of those products (Natixis)
- Built state-of-the-art credit default models for both non-financial firms and financial firms covering the full U.S. market that showed very high prediction power (Morgan Stanley)
- Developed a novel capital structure valuation model based on balance sheet simulation valuing senior/junior/secured debt and CDS; plus developed investment strategy applications such as capital structure arbitrage and optimal firm recapitalization models (Nicomachean Partners, Credit Suisse)
- Built systematic investment strategies in grain and soft commodity futures based on a state-of-the-art Bayesian dynamic multifactor econometric model resulting in stellar fund performance significantly outperforming most of the hedge funds (QFA)
- Chaired the portfolio risk management committee and successfully managed risk during turbulent times for all funds such as long/short Macro-Fund, long/short Equity, long Credit, and long/short Emerging Market debt (Natixis)
Dr. Robert Benhenni, CEO of QFA, Inc. He is also a lecturer at the University of Bergamo, (Italy) and Portfolio Advisor to Classis Capital, SpA. (Milan)
Robert Benhenni holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics (Statistical Probability) from UCLA (University of California Los Angeles), and an MBA in Finance from the University Of Chicago Booth School Of Business.
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Dr. RS Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority, MoHFW (Govt. of India)
Dr. Ram Sewak Sharma is a former member of the prestigious Indian Administrative Service with a distinguished career in the Government of India and State Governments, leading reforms and leveraging IT to simplify administrative processes. In the process, he has contributed to shaping India's Policies in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). He combines planning and execution skills to ensure that policies work at the ground.
Dr. Sharma is presently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Authority responsible for managing the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) – the largest health insurance scheme of the World - and the Ayushman Bharat -Digital Mission. Also, he serves as the Chairperson of the Empowered Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19.
Previously, Dr Sharma headed the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) from August 2015 to September 2020, in which period he brought consumer focus to reaching the telecom and broadcasting services to all pockets of the country. And where the regulatory action may have been insufficient, he advocated policy changes to the government.
He provided thought leadership through initiatives, for example, in adopting Net Neutrality principles in India, use of crowdsourced data to measure service quality, and leveraging blockchain to achieve regulatory outcomes.
He pushed for development of indigenous technologies, keeping the country's needs in mind, e.g., to establish a grid of Wi-Fi hotspots or to make interoperable set-top boxes for television broadcast.
He represented India at various international fora and contributed to the policy space in communication technologies and broadcasting. Before joining the TRAI, Dr Sharma worked as Secretary, Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, where he spearheaded the Digital India program to develop India into a digitally empowered society and a knowledge economy.
He brought in policies related to open source, open standards, and open APIs in all government projects and shaped eGovernance space by converting silo applications in various sectors to modern, multi-tenanted enterprise systems.
Dr. Sharma supported the development and adoption of several digital products in governance and citizen services, such as eKYC, Digital Locker, eSign, Online Reservation System (ORS) in the hospitals, Digital Attendance, Jeevan Pramaan (a system for issuing Digital Life Certificate for the pensioners) and the Digital Consent Artefact. Importantly, he crafted policies for digital payments that led to the creation of the phenomenally successful UPI payment system in India.
Before joining the Government of India as Secretary, Dr Sharma worked for one year in 2013-14 as Chief Secretary in the Government of Bihar and Jharkhand, where he provided leadership to the entire administrative system of the State. He dealt with law and order, administration of the criminal justice system, revenue system and all other aspects of the work, for which a State Government is responsible under the Constitution. While there, he modernized governance and public service delivery systems using technology in several areas, such as land and property registration systems, municipal governance, Public Distribution System (PDS) and taxation systems.
Dr. Sharma is best known for the role he played as Director General & Mission Director of the Unique Identification Authority of India in the years 2009 – 2013.
Working closely with Mr Nandan Nilekani in overall design and implementation of Aadhaar, he brought to fruition Government of India’s ambitious project to provide a unique identity to all its residents. Today it is the world’s largest identity system, capable of biometrically authenticating every individual resident in the country.
He conceptualized (and later implemented) several services that leveraged the authentication infrastructure for better governance and for bringing in cost-effectiveness in both government and private enterprise.
In his other assignments, he has worked as District Magistrate in several districts in Bihar, Director of Treasuries, Secretary in different departments in the State and as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India.
In September 2020 Rupa Publications brought out his book The Making of Aadhaar: World's Largest Identity Platform (ISBN-13: 978-9390356126), which has been very well received.
Dr Sharma holds a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi; Master’s in Computer Sciences from the University of California, USA; and Master’s in Mathematics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Dr. Ruchi Dana, Partner & Executive Board Member, DANA Group
Dr Ruchi Dana is a qualified medical practitioner, who has transitioned successfully into a seasoned entrepreneur and Business Leader. Ruchi did her MD from AMU and her full-time MBA from Stanford University. Ruchi also received her PMP Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation from Stanford University. Ruchi is a frequent speaker at various industry conferences and sits on multiple Corporate, startup, non-profits and University boards including Dana Group of Companies, Dubai, Duluth Medical Technologies Inc, USA, NGO Aaroogya Foundation, India and the California State University, Chico Cybersecurity Advisory Board. Ruchi has been recognized by Forbes Middle East as the “Next Generation Business Leader, Arab World” for 3 consecutive years 2017, 2018 and 2019. She has also been recognized by Campden Wealth as the “Women to Watch ” in September’18 issue, and was conferred with the YuvaRatna Award, 2018. Ruchi has also been recognized as “Top 75 Family Business Leaders” 2019 by Campden Research (UK). Recently, Dr Ruchi was featured on the Forbes ME Top Power Businesswomen 2020.
Dr Ruchi is actively involved in strategic planning for Dana Group and manages its investments in Healthcare and Digital innovation. Ruchi has also worked with Golden Seeds, an investment firm in New York and New Silk Route Growth Capital, a PE firm in Dubai, she has focused on healthcare related investments at both these firms.
Dr. S Prakash, Joint Managing Director, Star Health Insurance - India
Dr. S. B Vikram, CMD, Vikram Hospital Pvt. Ltd
S. B. Vikram,,M.D. serves as Managing Director and Physician of Vikram Hospital Private Limited. Mr. Vikram served as Consultant Physician at B.M.Hospital Mysore. He holds a MBBS from JSS, Mysore in 1991. He holds a MD from JNM, Belgaum in 1995.
Dr. S. Subramanian, MD & Head of Investment Banking, Axis Capital Ltd
Dr. S. Subramanian is the Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking at Axis Capital Limited.
He has over 27 years of experience in the financial services, during which period he set up and ran equity research at DSP Financial Consultants and the equities broking business at HG Asia Ltd. and UBS Warburg. In the last 13 + years at Axis Capital, Subramanian has led several land mark transactions including those of Coal India, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank, Reliance Petroleum, NTPC, etc. in the Indian Capital Markets.
He holds a Doctoral Degree from the Indian Management Ahmedabad. His dissertation topic was titled “The Impact of Political and Economical Events on Stock Price Behavior.” During this period, he also studied at ESSEC in Paris under a French government scholarship as an exchange scholar.
His other interests include reading and traveling. He has delivered several lectures and talks at the Executive Development Programme at various IIM’s and conferences organized by Euro Money, Metal Bulletin as well as by Bombay Chamber of Commerce.
Dr. Sadananda Maiya, Founder & MD, Maiyas Beverages and Foods Pvt. Ltd.
Maiyas Beverages and food is a 4 years old company founded by Dr. P. Sadananda Maiya who was also the founder and Managing Director of MTR Foods Limited. He sold MTR FOODS to Orkla, a Norwegian conglomerate in 2007. Since then, he has spent the past few years in researching new techniques in Food processing and Cooking. The result is MAIYAS BEVERAGES AND FOODS PVT LTD. Currently we are having 7 landmark restaurants in Bangalore and one of the them is at International Airport.
He is done his Mechanical engineering & he joined MTR foods where he developed several products which is still popular worldwide he is the first person to use Nano technology in food and beverages. Result is Xpress Rasam (1 min Rasam first time in the world). also products like Curd rice, Curd wada, Banana milk shake, cold filter coffee, Sugarcane juice with 1 to 2 year shelf life, without using any preservative or additives.
Dr. Sameer Khan, CEO, Rockland Hospitals
Dr. Sameer Ahmed Khan, MBBS, MHA, is the CEO of the Rockland hospitals. Rockland Hospital was started as a 100 Bed Unit in South Delhi in 2004 and Under his leadership, now the group runs 800 beds in the Delhi NCR region with three hospitals covering all levels of Healthcare. As the Group CEO he is responsible for the Healthcare Business and currently building a team to deliver both clinical and financial results. He is actively engaged in hiring a top notch team in addition to streamlining the processes so that the business is ready for the explosive growth it is witnessing.
He was previously Chief Operating Officer at NOVA MEDICAL CENTERS. At Nova he was responsible the Profit and loss of the company, ensure robust operational excellence, manage Projects and the essential areas of Growth, IT and Doctor Engagement. In his major part of career he was associated with Fortis Healthcare as a Director. He was involved in Medical Strategy and Operations, Revenue and Capital Budgeting and its review, Hospital Planning, Technology Management, Doctor Engagement, Project Management and devising appropriate Medical and Growth Strategy. He is a seasoned professional with over 15 years’ experience in Healthcare Industry .A trained clinician and manager who has worked with two of the largest Healthcare Organizations in the country; namely - Apollo Hospital Group and Fortis Healthcare.
Dr. Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals Group
Dr. Sangita Reddy is a Global Healthcare Leader, Indian Entrepreneur and Humanitarian. She is the Joint Managing Director of Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited - Asia's largest and most trusted healthcare group. Dr. Sangita Reddy is also the President of The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Passionately committed to transforming healthcare system through technological advancements, she is accelerating positive transformation for effective healthcare service delivery. She has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate by Macquarie University Australia, in recognition of her untiring efforts and resolute commitment to bringing transformative changes in healthcare, development of Health IT and championing manifold initiatives both in India and abroad. She is the Honorary Consul of Brazil in Hyderabad, appointed by the Govt. of India and also an erstwhile member of the World Economic Forum.
Influencing Global Healthcare - As an influential policy maker and reformist, she is actively engaged with governments and industry bodies on aspects of public health and policy development. Dr. Sangita Reddy has been nominated by the Government of India as a Member of the Technology Development Board, Department of Science and Technology. She is an Executive Member at National Association of Software & Services Cos (NASSCOM) and was on the Board for Development Institute, USA and GAVI.Org. She was an elected Member of the Steering Committee on Health for the Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) by the Planning Commission, Government of India.
She has advocated and influenced policy reforms and is an acclaimed speaker on global healthcare forums around the world including the World Health Congress. As a member of the Rockefeller Working Group she contributes to the development of private sector’s role in the global healthcare industry.
Driving Healthcare Technology & Innovation - A firm believer in the potential of leveraging technology in a holistic manner, Dr. Sangita Reddy is focused on setting benchmarks in futuristic health care projects enabling IOT, AI, Data Analytics, drone tech and Block Chain. A driving force for the eHealth initiatives, it is under her leadership that Apollo Hospitals has received three consecutive HiMSS-Elsevier ICT achievement awards and four hospitals have achieved the HiMSS Level-6 certification. Apollo Hospitals Hyderabad has emerged as Asia’s first Health City.
In an initiative to build a healthier India, Dr. Sangita Reddy launched Mobile Clinics equipped with high-end technology for advanced screening of NCDs for reaching the masses who do not have easy access to affordable and quality healthcare.
An Entrepreneur Promoting Affordable and Sustainable Social Initiatives - Committed to building a more inclusive healthcare ecosystem in the nation, one of her initiatives has been Apollo Reach, which aims to build a string of secondary care hospitals in rural areas across India. It is under her leadership that the world’s 1st Telemedicine Centre, at an altitude of 14,000 feet, has been successfully established by Apollo Telehealth.
Dr. Sangita Reddy is also Chairman at Apollo Knowledge, an education initiative focused on shaping healthcare human capital for tomorrow. Apollo Knowledge initiatives such as setting up of Medical Colleges, the online learning platform Medvarsity and Apollo MedSkills, go a long way towards achievement of this objective. Today, Apollo MedSkills is the largest and most preferred healthcare skilling institution in India.
Driving Humanitarian Initiatives - Dr. Sangita Reddy heads Apollo Philanthropy, an umbrella entity encompassing ‘Save a Child’s Heart Initiative’, SAHI, CURE and the Billion Hearts Beating Foundation. She was also in the forefront of the formation of the Total Health Foundation which aims to improve the 'total health' of people by acting on the wider determinants of health as well as providing access to healthcare.
Steering the awareness and cause of Organ Donation, Dr. Sangita Reddy has implemented initiatives to bring together volunteer groups, healthcare organizations, civil society organizations, governments, NGO's and public sector institutions on a common platform to create an Organ Donation Bank.
Educational Qualifications - A graduate in Science from the Women’s Christian College in Chennai, India, Dr. Sangita Reddy has pursued post-graduation courses in Hospital Administration from Rutgers University, Harvard University and the National University of Singapore.
Directorships - Dr. Sangita Reddy is director of 16 companies in India dealing in Healthcare, Alternate Energy, Real Estate and Software Development
Awards and Recognitions - Dr. Sangita Reddy has been a recipient of numerous prestigious awards for business and leadership. In 2019, she was presented with the “Best Female Healthcare Leader “Mediko award from the prestigious Indian Medical Association.International Women Entrepreneur 2019 award from the IWEC Foundation &The Healthcare Transformation Leader’s Award’ for her exemplary role in India’s healthcare sector at India's Biggest Event on Innovation in Healthcare – ‘Healthcare in today’s Digital India. Dr.Sangita Reddy has also been featured by LinkedIn in the “Top Voices 2019 India List”.
In 2007, FICCI Ladies Organization, Hyderabad chapter awarded Dr. Sangita Reddy for her contribution to ‘Women Power & Entrepreneurship’. In 2005-06 Dr. Sangita Reddy was awarded the Top Woman Entrepreneur in the Information and Communication Technology Sector by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh. In 1998, Dr. Sangita Reddy received the Young Manager of the Year Award from the Hyderabad Management Association.
Dr. Sanjay Arora, MD & Founder, Suburban Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd
Dr. Sanjay Arora is the founder & managing Director of a diagnostic center, Suburban Diagnostics India Pvt Ltd. Since 1994, he has expanded 14 main centers and over 22 collection centers with handling 2000 patients per day catering to all pathology investigations including Clinical Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Histopathology, Cytology, Clinical Pathology, Serology along with X ray, ECG, Stress test (TMT), Sonography, 2D echo, Color Doppler and Health Checkups while handling staff strength of over 600 employees and catering to a patient profile from direct walk-ins to refer and hospital samples and corporate clients including insurance medicals. He also worked as a lecturer of pathology in J J hospital.
Dr Sanjay did his MBBS from Grant Medical college/ Bombay university, DPB from College of physicians and surgeons & MD (path) from Grant Medical college/Bombay university.