Our speakers

Moby Babu, CEO, econz-Google Cloud Premier Partner

Mohamed Sharaf, Chief Operating Officer - FDI, Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism

Mohamed Sharaf is Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Dubai Economic Development Corporation (DEDC), a subsidiary of Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism (DET). 

As the economic development arm of Dubai, DEDC’s mandate is in line with the Dubai Economic Agenda, D33 to further consolidate Dubai’s position as one of the top three global cities.  Mohamed is responsible for promoting economic growth through attraction of Foreign Direct Investment and world class talent to the economy as envisioned under the D33 Agenda.  Additionally, he has a focus on supporting the growth and expansion of Dubai based businesses locally and globally. 

Prior to joining DET, Mohamed was COO and Managing Director of Dubai Holding Entertainment (DHE), where he led operations of Dubai’s largest and most diverse entertainment portfolio including Global Village, Ain Dubai, Coca-Cola Arena, Arabian Radio Network and The Green Planet. During his time with Dubai Holding, he led and managed the successful integration of Dubai Holding and Meraas’ entertainment portfolios to create DHE. He also oversaw the addition of Dubai’s leading theme park destination manager and operator, DXB Entertainment, to the DHE portfolio to form one of the region’s largest entertainment businesses. 

Mohamed previously was the CEO of Arab Media Group, Dubai Holding’s media and entertainment focused vertical.  He has also served as the Chairman of the Board of Malta Properties Company plc and Yvolv LLC, and served as a board member, committee member or board observer at numerous organisations locally and globally including Rove Hospitality, Rivoli Group, Ishraq Holding, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, Travelodge, Doncasters, and StandardAero. 

He began his career as an investment professional with Dubai International Capital (a Dubai Holding investment vehicle) managing a diverse portfolio with assets under management in excess of USD 3 billion invested in regional and global businesses across Europe and the Middle East. 

Mohamed holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a minor in Entrepreneurial Leadership from Tufts University in Medford, MA, and a Master’s degree in Finance from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. He was one of the first students selected for the EDAAD scholarship program me initiated by The Executive Office of H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, Vice-President & Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai.

Mohammad Imthiaz, Founder & CEO, Y2CF Digital Media Pvt Limited

As Founder and CEO at hoppr, Imthiaz focuses on building an organization of world class people from diverse backgrounds. His belief in the potential of mobile services in India has led to the formation of hoppr, which he strongly believes will contribute immensely to the growth of the mobile ecosystem of India and ensure that there is never a dull moment in the life of a mobile phone user.

Prior to starting up hoppr, Imthiaz has worked with Bharti Airtel for close to 7 years, playing a pivotal role leading Value Added Services and New Business Incubation, as well as stints in Sales and Marketing. An MBA from IMT, Ghaziabad, Imthiaz also has experience in managing brands outside the telecom space, specifically with UB Group and Pizza Corner.

Mohammed Hussain Naseem, Co-Founder & CEO, GetActive

Mohammed has spent two decades with corporate world (GE, Wipro, IBM, Infosys) in senior positions across various continents, before venturing into preventive health management space. He is a graduate from IIT-Powai in Mechanical Engineering & Masters in Industrial Engineering & Medical Physics from University of Cincinnati, Ohio (USA). He is passionate about adventure sports and participates in marathon events across the country.

GetActive is the first wearable tech product indigenously designed from India by 2mpower Health Management Services (P) Ltd, which Mohammed founded in 2011 with few of his close friends. Today, GetActive is one of the leading product in the wearable space and has rapidly gained market share & mind space of people in consumer & corporate segment.

Mohan Alexander, Vice Chairman and Co-founder, Copal Amba

Mohan is Vice Chairman of Copal Amba. He oversees the company’s global operations and manages a number of the core accounts. He was most recently Co-Founder and CEO, Amba Research. Previously he was Deputy Head of Asia Research and Head of India Research at Deutsche Bank. He also worked at Lehman Brothers covering the conglomerate and infrastructure sectors for South Asia and headed its India effort. He has over 24 years of research experience.

Mohan Bhat, MD & Founder, Accops Systems Pvt. Ltd.

Mohan Jayaraman, MD, Experian Credit Information Company of India Pvt Ltd

Mohan Jayaraman, Managing Director, Experian Credit Information Company of India Pvt. Ltd. and Country Manager, Experian India has been with Experian India since 2010. In this role, Mohan works closely with Experian’s global lines of business to ensure that the company’s world class credit bureau products, Decision Analytics, Marketing Services and Business Information Services are available to the Indian market. Experian India helps organisations to make informed decisions when interacting with their customers through the customer lifecycle and help them manage credit and the risk of fraud in their daily lives. 

Prior to joining Experian, He was with ICICI Bank, where he held a number of senior management positions, most recently Joint General Manager, Head of Payment solutions & Enterprise Analytics. In his 8 year stint with ICICI bank he has also handled the retail portfolio buyouts & sell down business besides being involved in strategic buyout deals in the auto, two wheelers, commercial vehicles and the credit cards businesses. He has over 19 years of experience in banking and has been a member of various industry forums driving analytics and credit bureau usage in the Indian banking system.

Before joining ICICI Bank, He was Head of Credit & Operations for the FISAF (FIAT and Sundaram Finance Joint Venture), preceded by 5 years at Sundaram Finance. He graduated from Madras University in Chennai with Bachelor degree in Commerce before becoming a graduate member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, from Kolkata.

Mohan Kumar, Founder & Managing Partner, Avataar Venture Partners

Mohan Kumar is the founding Partner of Avtaaar Ventures. He is an active investor in the Indian Venture space with a focus on B2B/SaaS, Heathcare and Education. He has invested over US$400M+ in the last 8 years. Some of his portfolio company includes Capillary, Manthan, Zenoti, ElasticRun, Swiggy and Thyrocare.

Prior to founding Avataar Ventures, he was a partner at Norwest Ventures and also as Corporate Vice President of Mobile Devices at Motorola.

Mohan holds a B.Tech degree in Electronics & Communication engineering from Indian Institute of Technology & Executive MBA from Kellog School of Management.

Mohan Lakhamraju, CEO & Co-founder, Great Learning

Mohan Lakhamraju is the Founder and CEO of Great Learning, an e-learning platform for working professionals to upgrade their competencies and succeed in the digital economy. He cofounded Great Learning with a vision to make it a lifelong learning partner for India’s young professionals. Great Learning has already delivered over 2+ million hours of learning to thousands of professionals from across India and conducts its hybrid programs across 6 cities in India presently.

Mohan also serves as the Vice Chairman and CEO of Great Lakes Institute of Management, one of India’s leading business schools, where he spearheads its growth and innovation. Over the past 6 years, he set up and developed its second campus in Gurgaon.

In prior life, he was Managing Director, India for Tiger Global where he focused on investments in India and other Emerging Markets. He also spent close to 10 years in Silicon Valley, first as an entrepreneur helping build a SAAS (software as a service) company called Stratify (now a division of HP) and then as a Venture Capitalist at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ).

Mr. Lakhamraju received a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay where he was the recipient of the Hughes Best Scholar Award, an MS in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley where he was a recipient of the Regents Fellowship and an MBA from Stanford Business School where he was the recipient of the David Packard Fellowship.
He is very passionate about high quality education and its ability to transform one’s life, having experienced it firsthand and has made it his mission to enable others in India have similar transformational opportunities.

Mohan Lakhamraju, Founder and CEO, Great Learning

Mohan Lakhamraju is the founder and CEO of Great Learning, an e-learning platform for working professionals to upgrade their competencies and succeed in the digital economy. He cofounded Great Learning with a vision to make it a lifelong learning partner for India’s young professionals. Great Learning has already delivered over 1,500,000 hours of learning to thousands of professionals from across India and conducts its hybrid programs across 6 cities in India presently.

Mohan also serves as the Vice Chairman and CEO of Great Lakes Institute of Management, one of India’s leading business schools, where he spearheads its growth and innovation. Over the past 6 years, he set up and developed its second campus in Gurgaon.

In prior life, he was Managing Director, India for Tiger Global where he focused on investments in India and other Emerging Markets. He also spent close to 10 years in Silicon Valley, first as an entrepreneur helping build a SAAS (software as a service) company called Stratify (now a division of HP) and then as a Venture Capitalist at Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ).

Mr. Lakhamraju received a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay where he was the recipient of the Hughes Best Scholar Award, an MS in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley where he was a recipient of the Regents Fellowship and an MBA from Stanford Business School where he was the recipient of the David Packard Fellowship.

He is very passionate about high quality education and its ability to transform one's life, having experienced it firsthand and has made it his mission to enable others in India have similar transformational opportunities.