Our speakers

Shomik Mukherjee, Partner and Head South Asia - Private Equity, Actis Capital

Shomik Mukherjee, Partner, Actis Advisers Pvt. Ltd

Shomik joined Actis in 2007 to advise on new investments strategy in the Consumer and Retail sector. He came from McKinsey & Co. in London where he advised companies on strategic and operational matters and prior to that, worked as a consultant with Accenture and with Unilever in India.

Whether it’s doing the deals no one else can or transforming a family-run regional business into a leading international player, the thrill of developing potential never dies away, nor does Shomik’s desire to use capital to change people’s lives – the lives of the country’s emerging middle class and those of his partners, management teams and investors.

Shomik holds an MBAfrom London Business School.

Shraeyansh Thakur, Principal, Sequoia Capital

Shravan Subramanyam, Managing Director, India and Neighbouring Markets, Roche Diagnostics

Dr. Shravan Subramanyam is Managing Director for Roche Diagnostics India & Neighboring Markets, comprising Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. Dr. Subramanyam joins Roche with over 15 years of corporate healthcare experience. A physician, with a passion for diagnostics, he is particularly keen on exploring ‘personalized healthcare’, with the goal of providing the right treatment for the right group of patients.

His career spans leadership roles in global healthcare organisations, including Novartis Oncology (New Jersey, USA), Novartis Diagnostics (Hong Kong) and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (USA & India). He also briefly managed Ehrlich Laboratory, a private diagnostic center based in Chennai, India. In addition to a degree in medicine from Madras Medical College, Dr. Subramanyam also holds a Masters’ degree in Health Administration at Cornell University, where he served on the alumni board.

At Roche Diagnostics India, he is keen to consistently bring alive Roche’s global philosophy of ‘Doing Now What Patients Need Next’. Roche’s diagnostics solutions in India spans screening to diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring of disease areas including cancer, women’s health, blood safety and cardio-vascular, thereby addressing the diagnostic needs to almost all of India’s key health focus areas.

Shravan Talwar, CEO, Moolchand Healthcare

Shravan Talwar, 42 years, is a co-promoter of the Moolchand Group and a trustee of The Moolchand Trust.  He has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Moolchand Healthcare since 2004 and has played a pivotal role in its transformation.

Shravan is viewed to be a leader in the healthcare services space in India.  He has developed deep expertise in hospital design and development, rebranding and marketing new service development, physician change management and procurement.

He is also an active member of Young Presidents Organization (YPO), Delhi Chapter.

Prior to assuming his current role in 2004, Shravan was associated with McKinsey and Company in Europe, US and India for 6+ years as a part of its healthcare practice and focused on operations excellence, strategy and corporate finance engagements.

Shravan earned his MBA with distinction from Kellogg Business School of Northwestern University and graduated magna cum laude with a BA in Computational and Applied Math and Economics from Rice University.  At Rice he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Shreeram Iyer, Chairman & Group CEO, Prisma Global Ltd. | @PrismaGL

Shreeram Iyer is the Chairman & Group CEO of Prisma Global Limited. He currently also serves as strategic IT Advisor on the board of NRW Invest (Government of Germany). Iyer is vastly experienced in IT Sales Operations and Business Development for Projects, Products and Process Outsourcing Services. Over the course of his career, Shreeram Iyer has been associated in senior management and board in organisations like Patni. In addition to this he has also worked with Temple Technologies and Motorola in senior leadership roles, looking into global operations, financial and business planning, strategy and client relationship.

Iyer holds Mechanical Engineering degree from the prestigious Veermata Jeejabai Technological Institute and his interests include Astronomy, Pure Science and Information Technology.

Shreeram Sethuraman, MD & Head - Financial Institutions Coverage, BNP Paribas India

Shreeram Sethuraman is the head of Financial Institutions Coverage business for BNP Paribas India. Shreeram is responsible for the overall performance of Financial Institutions Coverage business in India and managing relationships with the leading banks, NBFCs, insurance companies and financial institutions of the country.

Shreeram Sethuraman is a seasoned banker with over two decades of banking experience. He joined BNP Paribas in 2018 and has spearheaded several strategic capital market deals and marquee deals for the bank besides building strong client relationships in the banking and financial services sector.

Shreeram holds a Masters Degree in Management from Mumbai University and completed his Bachelors Degree in Commerce from Sydenham College.

Prior to joining BNP Paribas in 2018, he spent 15 years at Citibank across a variety of corporate coverage roles before becoming the “ Head of Banks” for the Financial Institutions Business where he oversaw all Indian Public and Private Bank Relationships. His previous work experience includes managing retail loan portfolios at HSBC and ICICI Bank.

Shrenik M Khasgiwala, Director, Brand Capital

Shrenik is a commerce graduate from Sydenham College, Mumbai and a Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Thereafter, Shrenik completed his post-graduation in business management from IIM Bangalore. He is also a Certified Investment Manager from the Securities and Investment Institute, UK.

He joined us from Enam Securities where he was Executive Director – Investment Banking. He also set up the first international office for Enam in the UK.

Shrenik has over 16 years of experience in the areas of financial audit, management consulting, as well as Investment banking and has worked for companies like Lodha & Co., Accenture and A.T. Kearney prior to joining Enam. He has worked on several advisory mandates and has advised several clients (including the Tata Group) in Investment Banking. 

Shreya Mishra, Founder & CEO, Flyrobe

Shreya Mishra is the founder & CEO of Flyrobe - India's largest online fashion rental service.  Shreya graduated from IIT Bombay with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2012, post which she worked at The Boston Consulting Group as an Associate for 2 years and then at private equity firm Everstone Capital for 10 months. Shreya launched Flyrobe in Sept 2015 with 2 fellow IIT Bombay batchmates. 

Shreya Rao, Head - Private Client Practice & Senior Member, International Tax Practice, Nishith Desai Associates

Shreya Rao heads the private client practice and is a senior member of the tax practice at Nishith Desai Associates. She has extensive experience in advising on cross-border issues in private client law, especially on India-US issues. She obtained her Masters in Law from Harvard University, Cambridge and graduate law degree from the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR), Hyderabad. She taught tax law as a visiting faculty at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore from 2009-12. She is the recipient of the International Bar Association (Taxation Section) scholarship awarded for a paper examining the applicability of evolving fiscal jurisdiction theories to the business models of global service industries. She was a South India representative of the Young IFA (International Fiscal Association) from 2011-13 and is a registered Trust and Estates Practitioner with the Society for Trust & Estate Practitioners. She is a member of the Steering Committee setting up the STEP India chapter and has spoken at various international conferences on private wealth planning.