Our speakers

Neeraj Garg, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd.

Neeraj Kakkar, CEO, Hector Beverages

Neeraj is co-founder and CEO of Hector Beverages Pvt. Ltd. Tzinga Energy Drink, their flagship brand, is the second largest selling energy drink in India. Paper Boat drinks, traditional Indian beverages, is recent brand addition in the portfolio. Prior to starting with Hector Beverages, Neeraj had an impressive career with The Coca-Cola Company for 8 years.

Neeraj is a graduate from Wharton Business School and was awarded the highest academic honor, the palmer scholar, in the University of Pennsylvania business program.

Neeraj Roy, Founder & CEO, Hungama Digital Media

Neeraj Roy is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Hungama Digital Media. Under his leadership, Hungama today is the largest Digital Media Company in South Asia.

Neeraj was recently voted amongst the ‘Top Ten mobiThinkers’ and ‘50 Most influential People in Mobile Entertainment’ globally.

Neeraj was also awarded the Sun Microsystems- Economic Times Young Leader award in 2001 and voted as 25 young leaders in the new millennium by Business India. He is an active speaker at various international forums as Mobile World Congress, CTIA, World Handset Forum etc and on several domestic and international committees advising on the global Mobile & Digital Entertainment economy.

Neeraj has served as Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum - Asia (MEF) and is currently Vice President of IAA - India Chapter. Known as an innovator, and sought for his vision in the digital and mobile media and entertainment industry, Neeraj leads a team of highly motivated professionals at Hungama.

A serial entrepreneur, Neeraj has incubated several businesses such as Hungama.com, which is South Asia’s largest Digital Entertainment service with over 20 million active consumers offering an integrated Movie and Music Service. Hungama also has a partnership with WPP’s JWT offering Digital Marketing Services clients worldwide.
Over the years Hungama has forayed into various aspects of Digital Media and Content such as Gaming, via its subsidiary Hungama Gameshastra Ltd.

Neeraj is excited about the prospects of the Indian digital economy as it prepares to transition to 600 million consumers over the next few years and is gearing up to cater to the needs of the world’s youngest nation as it embraces the mobile internet.

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Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, Head of Asian Credit, BLACKROCK

Neeraj Seth, Managing Director, is the Head of Asian Credit and has been in his current role since 2009. He is the portfolio manager for the Asian Tiger Bond Fund and Asia Pacific private credit fund. He leads the strategy for Asian Fundamental Credit and is responsible for providing oversight of the investment process, performance, and the team's infrastructure as well as determining the strategic direction and growth initiatives of the platform. He has been responsible for building the Asian fundamental credit business since 2009.

Prior to joining BlackRock in 2009, Mr. Seth was a Senior Vice President focusing on the Asia Pacific market for R3 Capital Partners. He previously held a similar role with the Global Principal Strategies team at Lehman Brothers. Previously, he was an Associate Partner with McKinsey & Company where he was in the leadership group for the Technology & Telecom practice in Southeast Asia.

Mr. Seth earned a BE degree in mechanical engineering from Delhi University and an MBA degree in finance from the Indiana University of Kelley School of Business.

Neeraj Sharma, MD & CEO, Indian School Finance Company

Neeraj Sharma is a Chartered accountant and Cost accountant with 21 years of rich experience across industries. He joined the company in October 2012 from Fullerton India Credit Company Ltd. where he served as Senior Vice President & Head Treasury.

Prior to Fullerton, he worked with AIG Consumer Finance, Ballarpur Industries, Fibcom India (Tellabs JV), Bridgestone India and ACC Limited in various capacities.

Neeru Sharma, Director – Platform Business Services, Infibeam.com | @infibeam

Neeru Sharma, is the Director of Platform Business Service Department at our Company. She holds bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Engineering from Maharshi Dayanand University and holds a master’s degree in business administration from Carnegie Mellon University. Before joining infibeam, she has worked with Alcatel Development India Private Limited, Tata Consultancy Services, Amazon Global Resources Inc.in, EDS-Electronic Data Systems (India) Private Limited and NIGPL at various key positions. She has a background in Business Development, Project Management, Financial Analysis in technology Sector, Product Management, Business Planning, Strategic Analysis, Corporate Finance roles and led R&D related projects in the Intelligent Network services domain for major telecom partners in India, Australia and France for more than 14 years.

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Neeta Potnis, Partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells

Ms. Neeta Potnis is the lead Partner for the Forensic & Dispute Services practice of Deloitte India. She has led varied investigative and Business Intelligence assignments for Indian as well as multinational clients. She has provided forensic investigation, accounting, auditing and consulting services to a variety of clients over twenty years. She has extensive experience in providing services to various entities in India including on many large, complex assignments of multinationals in India as well as Indian multinationals in life science industry, consumer business, automobile industry, chemical industry as well as to not for profit organisations.

Neeti Wahi, Group Chief Information & Digital Officer, Sterllite Power

Neha Grover, South Asia Lead, Private Equity Funds, IFC - International Finance Corporation

Neha Grover, South Asia Lead, Private Equity, International Finance Corporation

Neha Grover is currently Regional Lead of IFC’s South Asia Funds group where she is responsible for identifying and investing into PE Funds, managing the current PE portfolio and focusing on co-investments. She serves on Advisory Boards of 6 (six) PE Funds.

Her professional and personal investing experience spans across private and public markets and across diverse industries with specific focus on Consumer, Healthcare, Financial services, Manufacturing and Education sectors.

Prior to IFC, she has worked across 2 complete fund cycles at Baring India for over 12 years. She was Principal and India CFO at Baring Private Equity Partners India – a leading emerging markets private equity group with over USD 14 billion under management.

Neha features as one of the top 100 women in finance in India (AIWMI 2019 list). She is an all-India rank-holding Chartered Accountant, a Company Secretary, and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow (Ranked top 5).