Our speakers

Navin Surya, CHAIRMAN (Non-Executive), Fintech Convergence Council (FCC)

Navita Yadav, Global Head - Capital Markets, Vistra and MD Vistra India

Navita Yadav is the Managing Director and Global Head of Capital Markets for Vistra Group, which is amongst the Top 3 Corporate & Fiduciary Service Providers globally.

Navita has been active in the Financial Services space for more than two decades. Her specialties include Structured Finance and Corporate Issuance services for Infrastructure and Financial services, Development of Financial products for Debt markets and Alternate asset classes for Capital Markets and Funds, Risk Management and Tech platforms, Regulatory frameworks and Policy interface, Commercial Banking and Private Banking.

Over the last two decades, Navita has consistently driven revenue growth and profitability of Capital Markets and Financial services businesses in Asia. Navita joined Vistra in 2011 and has led the Company to develop the largest integrated platform for Corporates raising funds from Indian Capital Markets and for servicing their long term borrowing programmes. Vistra in India has since grown to become the largest corporate service providers and fiduciaries in India.

Under her leadership, Assets under Administration grew from USD 40 billion to over USD 140 billion. Vistra in India preserves significant market share in fund business (~47%), Private clients (~20%) and debt markets (~18%). Vistra India also became the most innovative fiduciary company in financial services - spear heading policy interventions and development of new investment vehicles for capital markets including InVITs and services for FDI into India. She started her career with KPMG where she handled several key clients in financial services and then spent a decade contributing to all major verticals at Axis Bank.

Navita also carries valuable hands-on experience in M&A and integration of businesses across Asia and Europe. In early 2016, she led the significant acquisition in India, marking the first FDI in Corporate Services space in SE Asia. In 2017, she set up Singapore and Hong Kong capital markets businesses post which she led strategic capital markets acquisitions in Europe including the acquisition of Deutsche Bank corporate services business in Europe and the largest aircraft leasing financial services provider in Europe. Today, Navita manages Global Capital Markets businesses of Vistra across UK, US, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, India, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Navjot Kaur, Director, Epiq Capital

Navjot Kaur is a venture capital investor in India. She has invested across angel/seed, early stage and growth stage investments. While she has invested across sectors in tech enabled startups, a large part of her portfolio is consumer and consumer tech. Navjot has deep expertise in the Indian consumer market. She built consumer internet businesses at BookMyShow, India’s early consumer tech app. Subsequently, she was an early stage investor at Fireside Ventures, India’s leading consumer venture capital firm, where she was on the Board of 9 companies. Earlier in her career, Navjot build a global leading SAAS company within the private equity and venture capital data landscape. Navjot is currently Director at Epiq Capital, a growth stage tech and tech enabled venture capital firm that has invested in companies such as Lenskart, Zepto, Dailyhunt, Cultfit, etc. Having recently raised a $225M fund, she currently manages 300 investors. Navjot is a part of the 11 member VC Council, IVCA (2024-2026).

Navjot Kaur, Associate Director, Epiq Capital

Navjot is an Associate Director at Epiq Capital that has backed companies such as Lenskart, Curefit, Parkplus, Dailyhunt. Navjot has invested across angel, early and growth stages in India. She recently raised a $225M fund to invest in the tech Nifty50 companies in the making.

Prior to Epiq, she was with Fireside Ventures where she invested in consumer startups and also built the operating ecosystem to support portfolio companies. Navjot served on the boards of Design Café, Vahdam, Kapiva, Pipa Bella, Yogabar, Gynoveda, Pilgrim, Traya, and Nat Habit.

Prior to Fireside, Navjot was an operator at BookMyShow, and earlier, she led a 100 member team to create a global SAAS based global database for the PE and VC ecosystem. Navjot holds an MBA from Indian School of Business and graduated St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata.  When Navjot is not talking to entrepreneurs, she is often found learning a new meditation practice.

Navneet Bali, CEO, Clearmedi Healthcare

Navneet Chahal, Partner, Bain & Company

Navneet Chahal is a partner in our Consumer Products, Retail and Customer Experience practices, based in Bengaluru. She co-leads FRWD, our firm's digital marketing arm, in India.

Throughout more than a decade in consulting, Navneet has worked closely with startups and incumbents in the consumer and consumer-tech spaces on wide-ranging topics, including sales acceleration, supply chain digitization, customer experience, corporate and BU strategy, M&A, operating model and organization.

As the lead for our proprietary Bain E-Commerce Accelerator (BEA), she works extensively with retailers and brands across FMCG, fashion and lifestyle, consumer durables and electronics.

Navneet previously worked in business operations at Curefit, a leading Indian health-tech startup.

She holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and a B.Tech in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.

Navneet is an Anita Borg Scholar and a recipient of the Google Women in Engineering Award.

Navneet Munot, MD and CEO, HDFC Asset Management Company Ltd.

Navneet Munot, CIO, SBI Funds Management Private Limited

Navneet Munot is Chief Investment Officer of SBI Funds Management since 2008, and is responsible for overseeing investments across asset classes worth over $ 10 billion. In a career spanning close to 2 decades, Navneet was associated with Morgan Stanley Investment Management as Executive Director and Head- Multi Strategy Boutique and Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd as Chief Investment Officer - Fixed Income and Hybrid Funds.

Navneet is a detail-oriented professional who mentors one of the largest Investment Team in India, to efficiently manage portfolio comprising Fixed Income and Equity. He guides his team in attaining competitive fund performance while successfully balancing risk, in a volatile market place.

A Chartered Accountant from ICAI, Navneet holds masters in accountancy and business statistics. He is also a charter holder of the CFA Institute USA and CAIA Institute USA and an FRM charter holder of Global Association of Risk professionals (GARP).

Navneet Singh, Founder & CEO, PepperTap | @peppertap

Navneet Singh serves as the Co-Founder of PepperTap, the fastest on-demand grocery delivery service platform in the country. With an expansive experience of over a decade across financial services, transportation & logistics industries.

As Founder of PepperTap, they bring a well-established repute and expertise of running operations in 18 cities across India with over 1200 employees at NuvoEx which remains an ongoing business apart from PepperTap. In his earlier avatar, Navneet held different positions with companies like Delhivery, World Bank (IFC), ExxonMobil etc. He also had a major role in setting up Indian operations of a UK-based fund and was instrumental in acquisition of GharPay at Delhivery.

Navneet an alumnus of IIM-Ahmedabad and was acknowledged as the President’s Gold Medal Winner at T.S. Chanakya, India’s premium Merchant Navy Training Institute. A movie buff and gadget-freak, Navneet likes to be with his kid and read tech blogs in his free time.

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Navodit Mittal, Vice President, Portfolio Valuation (PE/VC), Kroll