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Rajit Mehta, CEO & Managing Director, Antara Senior Living

Rajiv Agarwal, CEO and Managing Director, Essar Ports Ltd

Mr. Rajiv Agarwal is the CEO and Managing Director of Essar Ports Ltd, one of the largest private port companies in the country. Mr. Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience and has held leadership position in industries like Ports, Shipping, Telecom, Retail and Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO).

He became MD and CEO of Essar Shipping, Ports & Logistics Limited in 2010.  He Joined Essar Group in 1997 as Chief Operating Officer in Essar Telecom and was the Executive Director of Essar Shipping Limited (ESL) from 1998-2002. He has been instrumental in setting up several startup companies as CEO like The MobileStore Limited, Telecom Towers and Infrastructure Limited and Aegis Communications.  He has been key member of several industry committees like Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Federation of Indian Commerce Industries (FICCI), The Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) and SUPERBRANDS for several years.

He is recipient of Maritime Personality of the Year’ 17 at Gujarat Star Awards and Port Personality of the Year’ 17 at Maritime & Logistics Awards.  He has also been conferred with Maritime Standard Excellence Award’ 16 in Dubai for his contributions to maritime Sector.  In the past he has also won the CEO of the Year Award in 2009 at Asia Retail Congress and was among the finalists for Asia Business Leadership Awards, 2015 by CNBC.

Rajiv Bajaj, Chairman & Managing Director, Bajaj Capital Limited

Rajiv Bajaj is the Chairman & Managing Director of Bajaj Capital Ltd. He is also the Founding Chairman of Financial Planning Standards Board, India and has been one of the key people involved with bringing the globally recognized Certified Financial Planner tm professional designation to India.

He has over 25 years of strategic management experience in the fields of Investment Banking, Investment Advisory, Insurance Brokerage and Financial Planning. He had spent his initial years in setting up of the investment banking business for Bajaj Capital. He also played an important role in expanding the distribution reach of Bajaj Capital from 20 offices in 1990 to around 230 now.

In the last few years, Rajiv has spent a lot of time in upgrading the operating system and processes of the company. Under his leadership, the company has won various category awards and recognition nationally like Great Places to Work (2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011) and ‘Best Financial Advisor – Retail’ Award for 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016 & 2017 by CNBC TV18.

Rajiv has done his MBA (International Wealth Management) from University of Geneva, Switzerland and an Executive MBA (International Wealth Management) from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. He holds an 'International Certificate for Financial Advisors' from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII), London, UK. He is also amongst the first batch of 25 Certified Financial Planner (CFPtm) designation holders in India.

He is a member of Entrepreneurs’ Organization (Delhi Chapter). He is also a member of Young Presidents’ Organization (Delhi Chapter). An active speaker and writer on Investment Strategy and Financial Planning in leading print and electronic media, Rajiv is extremely passionate about spreading financial literacy among the masses. His interests include Golf, Yoga, fitness training and Meditation.

 

Rajiv Chandak, Partner-Restructuring, Deloitte India

Rajiv Maliwal, Founder & Managing Partner, Sabre Capital

Over 23 years of experience in managing large businesses in the financial services industry. Invested and created liquidity for over US$ 500 m of investments.

Led the US$ 229 m recapitalization and restructuring by Sabre Group of Centurion Bank and set up an asset management business - Lotus India, as a JV with Temasek Holdings.

Led businesses in Asia with Citibank, Goldman Sachs & JP Morgan. Former Global Head of Private Equity, & E-commerce for Standard Chartered Bank.

MBA from IIM, Bangalore and Bachelor of Engineering from BITS, Pilani.

Rajiv Mehta, MD, PUMA South Asia

A foodie at heart, an engineer by profession and a retailer by passion – meet Rajiv Mehta, the young and multi-faceted Managing Director of PUMA South Asia. A chemical engineer from ICT in Mumbai, Rajiv then completed his MS at the University of Pennsylvania. He worked for three years at BOC in New Jersey where he was responsible for driving research, design and development, before the academic bug hit once more – resulting in an MBA from the prestigious INSEAD University in Singapore. Upon graduating, Rajiv was identified by the global SportLifestyle brand PUMA to head their Indian operations at the young age of 27.

Today, after 7 years at the helm, Rajiv’s contribution is recognized as instrumental in establishing PUMA as the creative leader of SportLifestyle in the country. With a singular vision to aesthetically blend sport, fashion and lifestyle, Rajiv is credited with the transformation of PUMA from being a new entrant to becoming the 2nd largest sports brand in India. He strategically spearheaded the marketing and distribution of PUMA in India with the establishment of the first retail store in Chennai in 2006. Today, PUMA has a brand presence across more than 60 cities in India with a retail presence of over 200 stores. Under his stellar leadership, the company in India has grown to a 180 people strong team operating out of 4 offices and headquartered in Bangalore.

Rajiv has played a pivotal role in spreading the brand ethos of fun and joy. This is strongly reflected in the young and vibrant work culture at PUMA India wherein the ‘PUMA Way” of doing things with a generous measure of cool quotient is the norm. Rajiv is an adventure sports enthusiast and is a P2 level certified pilot for paragliding. Water sports, particularly white water rafting, bungee jumping and skydiving are amongst his adventure sports passions.

Rajiv Prakash, Advisor, Digital Businesses, Future Group

Rajiv has twenty years experience spanning retail, technology, outsourcing, investment banking and business consulting and has established successful ventures in these areas. He is presently an adviser to the Future Group (India’s largest retailer) on their digital businesses. In his previous assignment, he headed Future Group’s Digital Commerce business which includes futurebazaar.com and the digital retail arms of Big Bazaar, Pantaloons and eZone. The mandate for this business is to democratise shopping via digital channels and deliver 10% of the Group’s retail revenue. Rajiv was earlier the co-founder of Future Knowledge Services (FKS), Future Group's specialised retail business and technology solutions venture.

Prior to Future Group, he has worked at Cisco, KPMG, Andersen and Bank of America in consulting, strategic planning and investment banking roles  and also co-founded a merchant banking start-up. He is a commerce graduate from the Bombay University and a MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad.

Rajiv also works closely with start-ups as a mentor/adviser. These include ventures in food services, location based  marketing services, solar lighting and distribution, multi-lingual technologies, ecommerce platforms and digital marketing services.

Rajiv Sabharwal, MD & CEO, TATA Capital

Rajiv, a B. Tech from IIT Delhi and PGDM from IIM Lucknow, has over 26 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry. Rajiv is currently the Managing Director & CEO of Tata Capital Limited. He is also the Chairman of Tata Capital Financial Services Limited, Tata Capital Housing Finance Limited and Tata Securities Limited and is also on the Board of Tata Cleantech Capital Limited, Tata Capital Pte Ltd. and Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited.

He has served as an Executive Director on the Board of ICICI Bank where he was responsible for several businesses including retail banking, business banking, rural banking, financial inclusion, technology and digital banking.  He has also served as the Chairman of ICICI Home Finance Company Limited and was on the Board of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited. He was also on the Investment Advisory Committee (Real Estate) of ICICI Prudential AMC.

Rajiv has been widely acknowledged and credited for his contribution to the growth of the Retail Banking and Real Estate & Housing Finance market in India.

He also has experience in both Venture Capital and Growth Capital investing, through stints at both Sequoia Capital and True North. He has also been on the Board of a number of early stage and growing companies in the Financial services space.

He has also served on a number of RBI and IBA committees.

Rajiv has also had successful stints with the Godrej Group, SRF Finance, GE Capital and Times Bank.

Rajiv Sabharwal, Executive Director, ICICI Bank

Mr. Rajiv Sabharwal is the Executive Director on the board of ICICI Bank. He is responsible for Retail Banking, Business Banking, Rural Banking & Financial Inclusion Business. He is also a director on the board of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited and the Non-executive Chairman of ICICI Home Finance Company Limited.

Mr. Sabharwal has done his Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and MBA from Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.

He has over 22 years of experience in the Banking/Financial Services industry. He joined ICICI Group in 1998 and has held leadership positions in credit policy, debt management, business analytics, mortgage finance, consumer loans, credit cards, rural and microfinance lending and financial inclusion. His contribution in the growth of mortgage and retail business is widely acknowledged in the industry circles and within ICICI Group. He also has considerable knowledge relating to the securities and portfolio management business segments as he has been on the investment advisory committee of ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company's Real Estate PMS since 2007.

Prior to joining ICICI Group Mr. Sabharwal has worked in the Consumer Durables Marketing, Commercial Finance and Retail Finance businesses at Godrej, SRF Finance and GE Capital respectively. In January 2009 he joined Sequoia Capital, a leading venture/growth capital company and worked as Operating Partner focusing on the financial services sector. There he led new investment decisions as well as represented Sequoia at the board in existing investments.

He then rejoined ICICI Bank Limited from April 2010.

Rajiv Sahney, MD, New Vernon Private Equity Ltd

Mr. Rajiv Sahney is the Managing Director of New Vernon Capital LLC and is responsible for its Indian operations. Mr. Sahney is the Managing Partner of New Vernon Advisory Services(N V Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd). He serves as a Consultant at Bain and Company. Mr. Sahney co-founded Medusind Solutions India Pvt Ltd., and serves as the Chairman there. He also served as MD of Antfactory.

 

He serves on the Boards of Sahney Kirkwood Pvt. Ltd., Sahney Commutators Pvt. Ltd., Isovolta (I) Pvt. Ltd., Kanwaldeep Investments Co. Pvt. Ltd., NV Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd., Varroc Engineering Pvt. Ltd. and B. Seenaiah Co. (Projects) Ltd. He served as a Director of BSCPLInfrastructure Ltd.  He served as a Non-Executive Independent Director of Allcargo Global Logistics Limited from August 21, 2006 to August 14, 2010.

 

Mr. Sahney received an MBA from IMEDE (Lausanne, Switzerland) and a BS in Physics from the California Institute of Technology.