Our speakers

Piyush Goenka, Partner, Tano India Advisors Pvt Ltd.

Piyush has over 6 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to his work with Tano, Piyush was working with IL&FS Ltd. in investment banking for over 3 years and was part of the team headed by Hetal Gandhi. Before that Piyush worked with Export Import Bank of India in Corporate Banking and with First Global Securities as an equity analyst.

Piyush is a Postgraduate in Business Administration from Management Development Institute, India and a Graduate in Commerce from St. Xaviers College, India. He is also a CFA Charterholder.

Piyush Gupta, Head of Credit Markets, Investec

Piyush Gupta, Head of Credit Markets, Investec Capital

Piyush is Head of Credit Markets, Investec Capital. Piyush has over 25 years’ experience in Indian and Asian Credit & Fixed Income markets. He was previously MD & Head of Fixed Income at JP Morgan and MD & Co-Head of Global Markets at Deutsche Bank India.

Piyush Khaitan, Co-founder & MD, NeoGrowth Credit Pvt. Ltd

Piyush Khaitan (PK), Managing Director, NeoGrowth Credit Pvt. Ltd., is a seasoned operating executive who has successfully founded a number of businesses and operated them to high levels of success. NeoGrowth (www.neogrowth.in) is a FinTech business that gives loans to brick & click merchants. NeoGrowth has pioneered a unique model in India which enables a flexible automated repayment mechanism for these merchants. NeoGrowth has enabled improvement in credit history, financial inclusion and business growth (resulting in job creation) for many of its customers.

Before that, PK was the Managing Director of Venture Infotek. That company was a pioneer and leader in the Indian e-payments industry processing merchant transactions for acquiring banks as well as credit card issuers and large loyalty programs. PK divested the company to a large European IT Services Company in 2010. By then, Venture Infotek was the market leader in e-payments processing with a 40% share of all India card volumes. PK had also established DEI, India's largest secure card personalization bureau which merged into Venture Infotek in 2007.

He has worked closely with the Card Networks, RBI and IBA in framing policies and giving direction to the card payments industry in India. He was also the Founder Chairman of the 'ePayments Focus Group' of the Smart Card Forum of India (SCAFI) from 2000 thru 2005. SCAFI worked with RBI in formulating the 'Smart Rupee' (SMARS) standards and later with the Ministry of Surface Transport in formulating SCOSTA which are now generic standards for smart card based Financial and eGovernment programs in India.

Educational Qualifications: Bachelors degree with honors from Mumbai University, Small & Medium Enterprises Program (SMEP) from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Social Responsibility: Continuing the family tradition of social commitment, PK set up the Kusum Kumar Khaitan Centre in Bangalore which makes a substantial difference to the lives of over 1,500 persons with visual disability each year. Programs include computer education for the blind, a talking book library, living skills, counselling centre etc. A new vocational training centre and workshop for the blind at another location in Bangalore is also nearing completion.

Piyush Singh, Sr. Managing Director - India Business Lead, Accenture

Piyush Singh is the India Business Lead at Accenture. He is also responsible for driving Accenture’s growth and strategic client relationships across Asia Pacific and Latin America.

Previously, Piyush was Senior Managing Director of Financial Services for Africa, Middle East, and Asia Pacific, responsible for setting Accenture’s overall vision and strategy as well as guiding the development of client relationships in the region. Before that, he led Accenture’s Financial Services business in India.

Piyush joined Accenture in 2007 and has worked extensively across the European and Asian Markets. He has a degree in Economics from Delhi University and an MBA from ENPC School of International Management in Paris. He is based in New Delhi.

PN Vasudevan, Promoter & Managing Director, Equitas Micro Finance India P. Ltd.

PN Vasudevan is the Promoter & Managing Director of Equitas, a Chennai-based new age Microfinance organization. In a retail finance career spanning over 20 years, Vasu rose up the ranks at Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Co. Ltd. and last served as the Executive Vice President & Business Head at Development Credit Bank, Mumbai.

Under Vasu direction, Equitas has built a reputation of a professional, efficient & transparent MFI. Equitas is widely know in the industry for its innovations including a centralized back office, pre-printed collection, stickers & real time collection monitoring. To quote CGAP post on its website, Equitas is one example of how good MIS is essential to well manage microfianance. Equitas is also involved in a wide range of social interventions including vocational training and medical camps that has covered over 100 thousand members.

Pooja Gianchandani, Head of Global Business - EduTech and Skills, IL&FS Education Technology Services Ltd | @ILFSEducation

Pooja's has deep interest in developing solutions that engage young people through education and skills. She has worked extensively in the areas of Industry engagement for TVET. Through her work she wishes to create opportunities that connect stakeholders towards “Skills for All”.

Currently, she oversees policy advocacy and global business expansion for IL&FS Education Group. IL&FS has impacted more than 13 million people through Education and Skills since 1997. These learning technologies, knowledge products and training services are highly relevant for countries in need of transformational solutions for students, teachers, educators, parents, youth, employers, policy makers etc.

Prior to this, she was Director for Skills Development at FICCI, where she strengthened the Skills Forum leading to setting up Sector Skills Councils and collaboration with 10+ countries.

She has done her Post Graduate in Social Work from the University of Delhi. Pooja is also an Aspire Circle Fellow and working with like-minded Social Leaders to create deeper engagement within the development sector.

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Pooja Kapadia, Principal associate, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Pooja Roy, Director, EY

Poonam Masand, Director - Data Tech AI Consulting Digital Transformation, GBS & Change advisory, Genpact