Our speakers
Leonard Menezes, CEO, Ace Alcobev Pvt Ltd
A Management Post Graduate from Mumbai University and a senior alcoholic beverage industry professional with successful track record of over twenty four years of working experience in Marketing, Business Development, Production, Distribution, Brand Management and International Business and Joint Ventures across India, Middle East, Africa and other international markets.
Leslie D'Monte, Executive Editor, VCCircle (Moderator)
Lingraju Sawkar, Kyndryl India, President
Lizzie Chapman, Co-founder & CEO, ZestMoney
Lizzie Chapman is ZestMoney’s crusader-in-chief, leading its mission of helping Indian consumers to upgrade their lifestyle by owning their favourite products today and pay in the future. Her global fintech experiences have guided ZestMoney’s journey to become India’s fastest digital EMI solution for fast growing e-commerce businesses, lenders and consumers.
Lloyd Mathias , Angel Investor and Business Strategist,
Lloyd Mathias is an Angel Investor and Business Strategist. He is a Board Member and Advisor to companies in the technology and consumer space.
Lloyd has held senior leadership roles in Fortune 500 companies across India and the AsiaPacific. He was the marketing head of HP’ for the Asia Pacific region, based in Singapore till 2017.
In previous corporate roles he was President & CMO of Tata Docomo and Country Sales Director for Motorola, Executive VP Marketing and Category Director for PepsiCo India and South Asia.
Lloyd has been Chairman of MRUC the publishers of the Indian Readership Survey; Chairman of Mobile Asia; Co-Chairman of the Device Strategy Council of the Mobility Development Group, USA.
Lloyd is a science graduate from Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s College has an MBA from Bombay University and did a Senior Executive Program at the London Business School.
Lokendra Sethi, Head - Human Resources, DXC Technology India
Lokesh Bharwani, Founder, Mad Over Donuts
Lokesh Bharwani is the Founder of Mad Over Donuts, a donut and coffee brand which has carved out a niche for itself in the quick-service segment of the food and beverage space in India. Prior to starting Mad Over Donuts, Lokesh had been involved in several start-up environments including a telecommunications company in the US and a medical tourism company based out of Singapore. During his time serving in the Singapore Armed Forces, Lokesh saw an opportunity in the food and beverage industry and created the Mad Over Donuts brand, enlisting the help of professional consultants in Singapore. He chose to launch the first Mad Over Donuts store in India and is looking to expand the current network of over 45 stores in Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi & NCR to other cities in India as well as overseas.
Born and raised in Singapore, Lokesh is a graduate of a premier business school, Babson College in the USA and specialized in entrepreneurship, finance and economics.
Lokesh Chauhan, Chief Technology Officer, Eros Now
Lokesh Chauhan is a technocrat and a thought leader experienced in strategic planning, product scoping, team building and scaling with architecture decisions. He is currently the CTO at Eros Now. Prior to joining Eros Now, he served as VP of Engineering at Zomato where he was responsible for technology decisions of the company. He comes with over 14 years of experience and has in the past worked with organizations such as Paytm, Craftsvilla, Balaji Telefilms and Webaroo.
Lopa Gandhi, Founder, Ugam foundation
Lopa Gandhi has over 15 years of experience in the field of education. She is the Founder of Ugam Education Foundation (June 2015) and Education Indeed Consultants. She has a Masters degree and has experience in teaching adolescents, curriculum design and development, HR management and coaching of NGO and government school teachers and Head Masters.
She was a teacher, Principal Coach and Head of HR at the Akanksha Foundation. She has been involved as a Master Coach and a senior design team member with the Kaivalya Education Foundation in Mumbai. She led Muktangan as a Project Director. She has worked with many NGOs and is a trustee at Antarang Foundation and a managing committee member at Aarohi.
Lovaii Navlakhi, Founder and CEO, International Money Matters
Lovaii Navlakhi, is the Founder and CEO of International Money Matters. With over 30 years of top-notch industry experience, an MBA (Finance) from SP Jain Institute of Management, an ICWA, the distinction of being one of the first Certified Financial Planners (CFP) from India and a stellar reputation in the world of personal finance, Lovaii firmly believes in continuing education as a way of life.
He is oft quoted and widely read across publications and personal finance websites and TV channels. He has authored a book “A Layman’s Guide to Retirement Planning” published by OutlookMoney in 2007.
He was a Board Member of Financial Planning Standards Board, (FPSB) India from 2009 to 2011.