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Kanwaljit Singh, Sr. MD, Helion Venture Fund

Kanwal Singh is a co-founder of Helion and has over 23 years of experience in the areas of venture investing, marketing and business development across multiple sectors in India. In addition to his role at Helion, he serves on the boards of NGPay, Hurix, Amba Research, HummingBird, YLG Salons, Qwikcilver, Mast Kalandar, Yepme, Attano and LifeCell.

Prior to Helion, Kanwal spent four years as a director and co-head of The Carlyle Group's India venture operations. Before this, he worked as Head of Marketing for Intel South Asia. He joined Intel from Hindustan Unilever Ltd. where he spent over 10 years in various functions including sales, marketing and product innovation.

Kanwal has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from Punjab University and an MBA in marketing and finance from the Faculty of Management Studies, New Delhi.

Kapil Bharati, Co-Founder, Delhivery

Kapil Kapoor, Chief Product & Technology Officer | Board Member, CredAble

Kapil Kapoor, CPTO, CredAble

Kapil Khandelwal, Co-Founder, El-Toro

Kapil is the co-founder of El-Toro, an investment firm that is looking to create a REIT related to the healthcare industry. Prior to Toro, he ran his own investment banking and advisory services company, EquNev Capital.

He has served as a senior executive with Groupe Danone, Britannia Industries, KPMG, Wipro Technologies, Jubliant Organics Group, and Cisco Systems and is also a director on the board of Pfizer Ltd (India). He has done Bachelors in Commerce from Jai Hind College, Masters in Commerce from Sydenham College and MBA in Marketing & Finance from Sydenham Institute of Management.

Kapil Mahajan, Group CIO, Safexpress Private Limited

CIO known for his sharp technical and business acumen with expertise in building and executing strategic visions and technology roadmaps that work in alignment with business goals. He is a true Digital platform leader and early adopter of CAMSS (Cloud, Analytics, Mobile, Social and Security) across global clients and in Safexpress.

Has expertise in management of complex IT setups and new age technologies (IoT, AI/ML, RPA etc) and has been instrumental in setting up of digital practices across verticals for big global clients. Prior to joining Safexpress, Kapil worked with IBM Global Services for 14 years which comprised of over 7 years of experience abroad including USA, Europe and South East Asia. He enjoys generating new ideas and has setup successful innovation labs and centres using Design Thinking as the underlying approach.

Kapil Mehan, MD, Coromandel International Limited

Mr Kapil Mehan is a graduate in Veterinary Science and Animal Health. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad with specialisation in Agriculture. He brings with him rich experience and background in varied leadership roles. He started his career with Rallis India and later moved on to Tata Chemicals Limited. Mr. Mehan held various positions in the Sales and Marketing function in Rallis and Tata Chemicals Limited before moving into the position of Chief Operating Officer for its fertilisers business in 2003. He took over as the Executive Director of Tata Chemicals in 2008. He joined Coromandel in 2010.

Karan A Chanana, Chairman, Amira Foods

Karan A Chanana has steered Amira Group from a family-run operation into a professionally managed business enterprise. With his leadership and global vision, Amira Foods India Limited has established itself as the Largest privately owned rice exporter in the country and also to be listed on the NYSE in October 2012.

Karan has had operating experience in vertically integrated companies including real estate, hotels and hospitality, mining and functioning of special economic zones.

He is the chairman for Food Processing Value Addition Council of ASSOCHAM, member of National Committee on Food Processing, CII, Chairman or CII Africa ? agricultural task force for AFRICA, member of FICCI, APEDA and FIEO committees.

He is the recipient of various awards, including Rashtriya Nirman Ratan, Indian Institute of Economic Entrepreneur Council & Bharat Shiromani Puraska, Institute of Economic Studies.

Karan Behal, Founder / CEO, PrettySecrets.com

Karan is the Founder & CEO of PrettySecrets, India’s first online exclusive lingerie brand. He has over 9 years of entrepreneurial experience in lingerie retail and is an active member of the industry. He founded PrettySecrets; a ladies sleepwear brand in 2005 and also a chain of lingerie stores; Lace - the lingerie club in 2008.

In 2012, Karan founded PrettySecrets.com, an online lingerie brand with a vision to become market leader in the online lingerie category. PrettySecrets retails on all major E-commerce sites and is the current category market leader. The company has raised multiple round of angel & venture capital and is in the midst of a large scale up.

Karan was schooled at The Lawrence School Sanawar (India) and completed his Bachelors Degree from Franklin & Marshall College (USA) with a double major in Business Management & International Relations.

Karan Bhatia, CEO, LendEast

Karan is the CEO & Co-Founder of Lend East, a digital lending platform focused on providing structured financing solutions to alternative lenders in Southeast Asia and India. He is driving financial inclusion in the region, by bringing global institutional capital to growing Emerging Asia lenders.

With over 15 years of experience in financial services Karan brings a wealth of credit, structuring, investment and operational experience across Asia and the US. Most recently he was the Founder & CEO of X10 Finance, an alternative lending NBFC focused on supply chain finance solutions for SMEs in India.

X10 managed USD 80 MM of lending with no NPAs, in a short span of 2 years. Karan led the successfully sale of the X10 portfolio to a leading Indian NBFC in 2017.

Prior to X10, Karan worked at Deutsche Bank, part of the Strategic Investment Group, focusing on investments in special situations across Asia. He managed a large credit focused portfolio across SE Asia with a strong focus on India. Previously in his career, he worked with Mason Capital and Puma, two credit funds based in New York, with focus on high yield and special situations credit investments.

Karan brings an extensive credit and investment experience across global markets, deep knowledge of credit products and an excellent ability to interpret market trends. He has unique combination of experience as a investment professional and an entrepreneur who understands credit, building partnerships, mitigating risk and operational issues and challenges in emerging markets.

Mr. Bhatia is a CFA charter holder and has an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business. He completed his Masters in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.

He lives in Singapore with his wife and two children. He is an avid reader, a technology enthusiast and a keen (but struggling) golfer.