Our speakers
Alok Mittal, Co-founder and CEO, indifi technologies
Alok is Co-founder and CEO of Indifi, a platform for enabling debt financing for small businesses. Alok is also an active angel investor, co-founder of Indian Angel Network, and on the board of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Delhi. Prior to starting Indifi, Alok setup and ran Canaan Partners' operations in India, investing in high growth technology and internet startups. Earlier, Alok co-founded JobsAhead.com, a leading web-based recruitment business in India, which was acquired by Monster.com, the global leader in online recruitment.Alok earned a BE in computer science and engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and a MS in computer science from UC Berkeley.
@alokmittal001
Alok Nanda, Founder and CEO, Alok Nanda & Co. (ANC)
Alok Nanda is the Founder and CEO of Alok Nanda & Company-India’s only Brand and Communications Consultancy focused on the lifestyle and luxury space. Alok started his career with the legendary creative agency-Trikaya Advertising, where he rose to become National Creative Director and then member of the Grey Asia-Pacific Creative Board. He set up ANC in 1999 to bring together for the first timed the worlds of advertising, design, experience design and branding - under one roof. This multidisciplinary approach has helped build brands like Taj Hotels, Arrow, Wrangler, Sula wines, Lodha, Barista, Ambuja and Marico, to name a few.
ANC under Alok’s leadership has forayed into specialist areas such as envisioning ‘purpose’ for corporates, leveraging art to sell brands through Brand Canvas - a JV company, Hyphen - a brand engagement company, and Filter - a design lab. A multi-award winner, Alok is known for his exacting standards and attention to detail - both which he considers not negotiable in the premium consumer space. Alok is an avid collector of wine and antiquarian books.
ANC (Alok Nanda & Company) under Alok’s visionary leadership has won esteemed awards in India and abroad.One such award won by Alok is the prestigious ''The Leading Hotels of the World - Chairman's Award” for two consecutive years ( 2006 and 2007), for the print campaign for the Taj Luxury collection. ANC being the only company in the world to have won this award twice in a row.
Alok Saigal, Sr. Managing Partner (Wealth Management), Edelweiss Financial Services
As a Senior Managing Partner at Edelweiss Wealth Management, Alok Saigal has been with the firm since 2014 and presently heads the Ultra HNI and Family Office businesses. He has founded and built a highly successful Family Office practice from scratch at Edelweiss and is credited with creating India’s only distinct business vertical that caters to the needs of UHNI Family Offices and creating substantial impact in the marketplace.
In the last 5 years with Edelweiss, Alok has essayed various leadership roles including leading the Product Advisory team. In recent times, Alok has contributed to the successful equity raise at EGIA (Edelweiss Global Investment Advisory) and has been a key member of several strategic initiatives at EGIA.
Alok has completed his Master’s in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and has a total experience of over 17 years in Private Banking, Investment Management and Corporate Banking. Prior to Edelweiss, Alok was with HDFC Bank, handling funding and investment for large Indian Corporates.
Alok Saraf, Executive Director & Leader (West), Private & Entrepreneurial Business, PwC
Alok is the Executive Director at PwC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mumbai & Heads the Private & Entrepreneurial Practice for Western Region at PwC.
He has an extensive experience on cross border tax issues and investment structuring, including mergers and acquisitions. Alok, has experience in varied industry segments such as infrastructure, garments, financial services, oil & gas, manufacturing, real estate, media and metal.
He also has a vast experience of working with multiple Indian business families in dealing with the family business challenges like structuring family offices, managing generational changes in the business, succession planning from tax & regulatory perspectives and advising on structures for ownership of family businesses.
Alok Saraogi, Head - Brand Marketing & Corporate Communications, Ashok Leyland Ltd
Alok Saraogi is the Head of Brand Marketing and Corporate Communications with Ashok Leyland, India’s second largest commercial vehicle manufacturer.
With over 20 years of experience spanning FMCG, services and advertising, across automobile, retail, aviation, Internet services and advertising. Immediately prior his current assignment, Alok was head of the brands portfolio at Futurebrands (the marketing services arm of the Future Group) managing the portfolio of private labels across apparel, FMCG and consumer durables.
As the Global Brand Com head for Jet Airways, Alok led the airline’s international foray in to new markets - including Europe, America and ASEAN. At Jet Airways he also led the project to re-position the airline, re-design its brand identity and implement it across the network.
In earlier roles as the Head of Strategic Planning at Bates Bombay and also Contract, Delhi, he was responsible for new business acquisition, consumer research, insights mining, creative ideating and providing counsel to clients across FMCG, financial products, retail and service industries.
He looked after National Alliances and Client Servicing for Indya.com, one of the most recognised horizontal portals in India and has also worked with leading communication agencies such as Lowe Lintas, Contract, Leo Burnett and Bates.
Alok is a known speaker at seminars and conferences across the country and frequently invited to speak on subjects ranging consumer behavior, marketing insights and the digital space. He has been recognised as among the 50 Most Talented Brand Leaders of India at the Brand Leadership Awards of the World CMO Council in February 2013. In the same year he was also nominated Marketer of the Year – Auto Commercial Vehicles – at the Leadership Awards by the International Advertising Association.
You can reach out to him on Twitter at twitter.com/alosara
Alok Shukla, Products and Solutions Group, Airtel Business
Alok Verma, Senior Strategy Leader and Partner, Grant Thornton
- Indian Auto Industry 2.0: Innovation, NPD and Globalization imperatives
- NextGen Automotive Technologies: Imperative India
- Innovation driven growth in India- Assocham Study
- Indo-US Trade: $500 Bn Roadmap- IACC Study
Alok is a Senior Strategy Leader with over 20 years of experience in consulting across growth strategy, corporate strategy, mergers & acquisitions, market entry strategy, innovation & performance improvement advisory. He has led several commercial diligence engagements across Auto, IT, Pharma & Healthcare, Retail etc. He has had extensive international consulting experience being based out of US, India, Europe, and APAC. He works with Global Corporate Boards, Promoters, CEO’s, PE players as part of his Strategic Advisory efforts. Alok focuses on cross-industry solutions, leverages cutting edge thinking on Right to Win, Hypotheses Driven Approach and Design Thinking.
Alok works actively with Industry forums like CII, IDG, IACC, Assocham, FICCI, ET, ACMA and other trade forums/ academia interfaces. Alok is part of CII Future Business Council and is also part of its select committee on Artificial Intelligence.
Prior to Grant Thornton, Alok was Automotive Sector leader at a leading strategy firm. Some of Alok’s recent publications which captures his perspective on Innovation and disruption across Industry segments:
Alok is a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Bangalore.
Alok Verma, Head-Corporate Strategy and ESG, Ashok Leyland
Alok Verma, Senior Strategy Leader and Partner, Grant Thornton
- Indian Auto Industry 2.0: Innovation, NPD and Globalization imperatives
- NextGen Automotive Technologies: Imperative India
- Innovation driven growth in India- Assocham Study
- Indo-US Trade: $500 Bn Roadmap- IACC Study
Advisory efforts. Alok focuses on cross-industry solutions, leverages cutting edge thinking on Right to Win, Hypotheses Driven Approach and Design Thinking.
Alok works actively with Industry forums like CII, IDG, IACC, Assocham, FICCI, ET, ACMA and other trade forums/ academia interfaces. Alok is part of CII Future Business Council and is also part of its select committee on Artificial Intelligence.
Prior to Grant Thornton, Alok was Automotive Sector leader at a leading strategy firm. Some of Alok’s recent publications which captures his perspective on Innovation and disruption across Industry segments:
Alok is a Mechanical Engineer from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Bangalore.
Aloke Bajpai, CEO & Co-Founder, Ixigo.com | @ixigo
Aloke is the dynamo who drives ixigo with his passion and eye for detail. He is responsible for providing strategic leadership and direction to the team with his business acumen and consumer-centric thinking. His creativity, intuition and perseverance have had immense impact on ixigo’s growth story.
An IIT Kanpur Electrical Engineering alumnus and an MBA graduate from INSEAD, he loves creative writing, history and gadgets. Prior to launching ixigo, he worked in technology roles at Amadeus SAS, Nice, France, where he was part of the team that built the world’s first web-based cruise-line booking engine for agencies. Since then, his love for Internet products and Croissants has never ebbed.
Aloke has also recently won the Young Achiever Award at Mobby's 2013. He is a TiE charter member and a mentor to several startups, incubators and accelerators.
He is also an advisor to 10+ Startups including: Playcez (acquired by IndiaMart group), Bluegape, Dogspot, Azoi.
@alokebajpai