Our speakers
Amarpreet Kaur Ahuja, Country-Head HR, AstraZeneca
Amb. Dunston P, Chief Executive Officer, Royal office of HH sheikh Ahmed Bin Faisal Al Qassimi
Ambalika Banerji, Former Executive Director - Direct Investments, National Investment & Infrastructure Fund
Ambar Deep, VP Product management , Shopclues
Ambar Deep, is the Vice President at ShopClues and a senior product leader in mobile, ecommerce and web based products with over 8 years’ experience. A seasoned Indian Ecommerce professional, Ambar looks at all aspects of building and improving ShopClues as a platform, enhancing customer experience, managing large teams and executing go-to-market strategies. He is passionate about creating and launching new businesses in digital space.
He has been a fast track performer throughout his career with a natural ability to drive an entire team with varied expertise levels, to success through conceptual analysis. Ambar creates strong, nimble culture driven teams with strong focus on data driven approaches and collaborative outlooks.
In an online marketplace that has more than 100 million monthly visits, Ambar has led the transformation of ShopClues Mobile app platform, so much so that 70% of ShopClues users come from Mobile and App and 35% are Frequent buyers, 50-60% of which are repeat buyers. He is a strong proponent of Predictive analytics developing a research system with more than 100 data points of consumer behaviour used for generating insights.
An alumnus of IIM-A, with a background in Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Ambar firmly believes that User Experience (UX) trumps User Interface (UI). Ambar and his team at ShopClues prides themselves on minute level customer experience personalization with Root-Cause-Analysis and resolution. A technology and fitness enthusiast, Ambar has also worked as a software developer in Hughes and as a sales and marketing professional in Airtel before becoming an ecommerce professional.
Ambar Maheshwari, CEO, Indiabulls Private Equity, Indiabulls Asset Management
Ambar looks after the Asset Management business at Indiabulls. A Chartered Accountant, Ambar brings with him substantial deal-making and structuring experience in the Real Estate sector. Prior to joining Indiabulls AMC, Ambar was associated with JLL as Managing Director, where he successfully ran five businesses including Corporate Finance, Education, Healthcare and Social Housing, Special Development Initiatives and Infrastructure. He had worked with DTZ for over five years profitably leading the Investment Advisory business for India which included Capital Raising, Valuations and Strategic Consulting Services. Additionally, the firm’s presence in West India for other service lines that included Commercial Leasing, Project Management and Research were set-up under Ambar’s leadership. With an overall experience of over 20 years in India and Australia, Ambar has been focusing on the Real Estate sector for the last 10 years. His non real estate stints as an investment banker included IL&FS where he set up the Fee Based Investment Banking business for India, Ambit Corporate Finance and KPMG.
Ambar Srivastava, MD, Wrig Nanosystems Pvt. Ltd.
An engineer to the core, Ambar is the founder and Managing Director at Wrig Nanosystems Pvt. Starting the company in a humble manner, Ambar has been successful in developing new technology products and products. He is responsible for various responsibilities at Wrig, including product development, strategic & financial planning and managing day to day operations.
Before founding Wrig, Ambar had had diverse experience across various industries. He worked extensively in bioelectronics in different assignments and project in different research labs in India and overseas. During his technical assignments he has dealt with challenges ranging from controlling the placement of DNA nanowires to evaluating extent of corrosion induced by seawater microbes. Apart from technical experience, Ambar has worked with private equity firms and management consultancies. In his corporate assignments he has been involved in financial planning, valuation of various companies, development of business processes and designing business strategies.
Ambar is a dual degree (bachelors & masters) graduate in Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology with focus on electrochemical immunosensing platforms (electrochemical biosensors), from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Ambareesh Murthy, Founder & CEO, Pepperfry.com
Ambareesh Murty turned entrepreneur and launched Pepperfry.com in January 2012. In less than three years, he has established Pepperfry as India’s leading Online Furniture and Home marketplace with over a million customers.
Prior to founding Pepperfry, he was the Country Manager of eBay India, Philippines and Malaysia, where he step jumped eBay’s growth by tailoring products and processes to local requirements while delivering a superior customer experience. During his tenure with eBay he also served as the Vice Chairman of the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).
Ambareesh started his career with Cadbury’s and has also held senior management positions at ICICI Prudential and Britannia.
Ambareesh holds a B.E. from the Delhi College of Engineering and is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. In his free time, he closely follows FC Barcelona, loves to read and collects Zippo lighters and memorabilia from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels.
Ambareesh Murty, Founder & CEO, Pepperfry.com
Ambareesh Murty turned entrepreneur and launched Pepperfry.com in January 2012. In the last five years, he has established Pepperfry as India’s No. 1 Online Furniture and Home marketplace processing over 4 million customer orders. Prior to founding Pepperfry, Mr. Murty was the Country Manager of eBay India, Philippines and Malaysia, where he step jumped eBay’s growth by tailoring products and processes to local requirements while delivering a superior customer experience. During his tenure with eBay, he also served as the Vice Chairman of the Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI). Mr. Murty started his career with Cadbury’s and has also held senior management positions at ICICI Prudential and Britannia. He holds a B.E. from the Delhi College of Engineering and is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. In his free time, Mr. Ambareesh Murty closely follows FC Barcelona, loves to read and collects Zippo lighters and memorabilia from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels.
Ambarish, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas
Ambarish is a Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, specifically, an acquisition through a resolution plan under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).
Ambarish has been involved with IBC from its inception. He has represented resolution applicants in some of the early and highly contested cases of corporate insolvency. Ambarish has also been actively involved on the policy related to IBC, and has assisted in the work of the Insolvency Law Committee, constituted by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
Ambarish Datta, MD & CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange Training Institute
Mr. Ambarish Datta is the Managing Director of the BSE Institute Ltd.
Prior to taking up this assignment he headed the Technology Aided Learning group at Reliance Retail Limited. During which he was responsible for a nationwide roll out of e-learning and blended learning programs covering a wide range of learners for shop floor staff to senior managers.
Prior to his stint with Reliance Retail he has handled various portfolios in the IT and learning solutions space. He has over 15 years of experience in sales & execution of technology solutions. Extensive domain knowledge in SCM, Retail, BFSI, eLearning Solutions & Manufacturing businesses. Well versed with global technological progress and trends with proven experience in developing custom software solutions & new product development and the ability to design complex solutions for mission critical business needs.
He has done his SMP from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.