Our speakers
Pankaj Makkar, Managing Director, Bertelsmann Corporate Services India Pvt. Ltd.
Pankaj Makkar is currently the Managing Director of Bertelsmann India Corporate Centre. He led the setup of the Corporate Centre in 2011 and has been active in helping define and execute the growth strategy for Bertelsmann and its divisions in India. He currently runs the Bertelsmann India Investment fund, which is Bertelsmann strategic investment vehicle investing in venture and growth opportunities in Media, Education, Digital and BPO sectors.
Pankaj sits on the board of various companies such as Authorgen Technologies, Big RTL Broadcast and Bertelsmann India Corporate Services. He joined Bertelsmann Inc. in 2009 in the company’s Bertelsmann Entrepreneur’s program. As part of the program, Pankaj initially worked on projects including Random House (US), ZD group on their education initiatives.
Pankaj worked from 2003 to 2007 with the Malaysian conglomerate – The Usaha Tegas Group and helped the group invest in various sectors in India and South East Asia. Working with various top executives of the group, he led key investment projects in the Television, Radio, TV Distribution, Internet, Telecom and Real Estate sectors for the group’s divisions including Astro All Asian Networks, Maxis Communications, Measat Satellite Systems, Powertek and UT Real Estate.
Pankaj holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Hons.) from Delhi University. He is also a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has spent around 3 years (2000-2003) in audit, accounting and consulting assignments for his family firm SSA India for Indian and International clients.
Pankaj Naik, Co-head Digital and Technology Investment Banking practice, Avendus Capital Pvt Ltd
Pankaj is co-head of Avendus’ Digital and Technology Investment Banking practice. Pankaj has 17 years of investment banking experience across industries with focus on Technology and Media vertical. Avendus’ Digital and Technology Team has closed over 40 deals in private capital raise and M&A in the last three years in India.
Pankaj Patwari, Assistant Director, Advent International
Pankaj Rai, Director - Global Analytics, Dell
Pankaj Sahni, CEO, Medanta- The Medicity Hospital
Pankaj Sehgal, Managing Director, SUN Group
Pankaj Sehgal, as Managing Director at SUN Group, he heads the group?s clean and technology investments. Earlier, he was with McKinsey & Company, where he counseled senior management and boards of global companies on broad-ranging business issues including corporate strategy, operations improvement, mergers & acquisitions, restructuring, and turnarounds. He was also Managing Director of Quark, a $300 million software company, where he managed a 1600-employee organization across Asia Pacific; Vice President at i2 Technologies, a leading supply chain management software company, and held management positions with Kraft Foods in the US.
Pankaj Shah, CEO, Retail & Merchandise, Gitanjali Gems Ltd | @gitanjalijewel
23 Years of rich experience across functions of diamond industry like rough diamonds, polished diamonds, jewellery manufacturing, product/brand development, channel and partner development Handling a portfolio of Retail /Franchise /Digital sales Nakshatra, Gili, Asmi, Nirvana, Sangini & other Diamond jewellery brands, also looking after Retail of Watches brands like rotary, Morellato, chronostar etc & Fashion jewellery with good eye on From Product development to Product Management/Strategy/P&L Management/ Marketing & after sales services.
Pankaj Sharma, Co - Founder, ELEMENTS
An astute professional with 22 Year of experience in Profit Centre Operations, Business Development, Team Management and Key Account Management. Keen planner, strategist and implementer with deftness in devising and implementing strategies aimed at ensuring successful running and management of business operations. Proficient in heading business operations encompassing administration, finalization of strategic alliances, and development of products based on market/customer specifications.
Enterprising leader with a solid record of contributions that streamlined operations, invigorated businesses, heightened productivity & enhanced internal controls. Domain expertise lies in Payment Systems, Encryption products and technologies and e-commerce solutions, Value Added Services in Telecom Domain, Entertainment Content Music and Movie Industry. Impressive communicator with honed interpersonal, team building, negotiation, presentation, convincing and analytical skills.
Specialties: Strategic Planning / Fund Raising / Profit Centre Operations with an organization of repute
Pankaj Thapar, CFO, IndoStar Capital Finance
Pankaj has over 25 years of experience in Corporate Finance, M&A and Capital Markets with large global and Indian companies. Previously, he worked as a Managing Director in the Private Equity business of Everstone Capital Advisors.
Previously, he was the Group CFO for Dentsu, a Japanese advertising major, where he was responsible for their business in India. He has held a variety of senior corporate finance roles with global companies such as Coca-Cola, ANZ Bank, Citibank and ICICI and has over 20 years exposure to M & A and capital markets.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and an MBA from the University of Delhi.
Parag Dhol, Managing Director, Inventus Advisors India
Parag is a Managing Director at Inventus Capital Partners, a venture firm that invests in entrepreneurs building global tech-focussed companies in India & US. At Inventus, Parag is/was a Board Director at redBus (acquired), FundsIndia, Vizury, eTechies, Power2SME, PolicyBazaar, Avaz, peel-works and Tricog. He is based out of Bangalore.
Parag made a foray into venture capital after his MBA in 1993. He started off with ICICI Venture (in Bangalore) and followed that up with stints at GE Equity (in Gurgaon) and Intel Capital (in Bangalore). Parag also worked, for two years, with Genpact in a commercial role.
Parag has a B. Tech. (Mech. Engg.) from IIT, Delhi and is an MBA from IIM, Bangalore.