Our speakers

Sunil Maheshwari, CEO, Mango Technologies

Sunil Maheshwari is the CEO and Co-Founder at Mango Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Sunil has diverse experience in working with global and start-up companies in Mobile handset and distributed framework in Media Software domain.

Sunil has seen the complete life cycle of a technology software product, where he conceived the idea with other co-Founder and successfully sold  it to global technology company Qualcomm, Inc. This is the fourth time he is working in a start-up product creation environment now.

He has worked on several releases for mobile handset software and complete handset releases for global customers. Sunil has not only successfully handled customer/partnership building with companies like Qualcomm, TI, NXP, Samsung, Motorola Haier, and Virgin Mobile but has also conceptualized new business and technical ideas in Terminal Device Software and mobile application domain.

Sunil is playing a key leadership role at Mango. In a very short span of Mango Technologies, company is working with the top notch companies of the world and also noticed by the prominent organizations at a very early stage e.g., MINT-Wall Street Journal mentioned about Mango in Top Ten Startup Companies of 2008″, NASSCOM has given Innovation Award in Market Facing Innovations, Most innovative product in South Asia by Manthan, GSMA has chosen Mango as the Top Innovator nominees and Business world as top 5 promising entrepreneurs in India.

Sunil Mantri, Chairman, Mantri Realty Ltd

Mr. Sunil Mantri has built his empire on four indispensable pillars - Quality, Technology, Innovation and People. This astute realty developer has an ambitious vision, a keen business sense and a strong commitment to principles. These elements have helped him and his company transcend traditional boundaries in the real estate domain and make a difference to people’s lives through best-in-class business practices. His lateral thinking and decision making skills, coupled with decades of hands-on experience, have enabled him to steer Mantri Realty on its mission to building unique, modern and high quality living and working spaces. He also fulfils his corporate and social responsibility by being involved with several social and humanitarian initiatives.

Sunil Mehta, Non-Executive Chairman, Yes bank ; Former Chairman, PNB; Chairman & MD, SPM Capital Advisers Pvt. Ltd

Sunil Mehta is non-executive chairman at Yes Bank. He also headed Project Sashkat, which was formed under his chairmanship to help plan out a strategy for resolution of stressed assets. He is also the Chairman and Managing Director of SPM Capital Advisers Pvt. Ltd.

 

He has over three and a half decades of proven leadership experience in banking, financial services, insurance and investments with Citibank and AIG. In 2013, he left AIG where he was the Country Head & CEO for AIG India since 2000. Subsequently, he started SPM Capital Advisers Pvt. Ltd. As Country Head & CEO for AIG in India, He was responsible for all AIG businesses in India covering Insurance, Financial Services, Real Estate and Investments amongst other businesses. He set up AIG’s insurance JVs with Tatas and was also responsible for expanding AIG’s presence across ten businesses in India which included Life & Non-Life Insurance, Private Equity, Asset Management, Real Estate, Home Finance, Consumer Finance, Software Development, Mortgage Guaranty and Aircraft Leasing. He was on the Board of all AIG Companies in India and on the Board of IDFC Ltd. for several years.

 

Prior to joining AIG, Mr. Mehta worked with Citibank for over 18 years where he held various senior positions. He was asked to Chair the Committee on Resolution of Stressed Assets by the Honorable Finance Minister of India. He is closely engaged with various Think Tanks and Chambers of Commerce. He is the founding Board Member of the Asia Society India Centre and a Past Chairman of American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM India) and is currently on the India Advisory Board of US India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF). He is actively engaged with The United Way and on the Boards of United Way India and Mumbai. He was also the Chairman of both these organizations and also member of the Global Transition Board of United Way Worldwide.

Sunil Mehta, Chairman & MD, SPM Capital Advisers Pvt Ltd & former country head AIG India

Sunil Mishra, Group Chief Strategy Officer, Housing.com, PropTiger.com and Makaan.com

Sunil Mishra is the group ChiefStrategy Officer - Housing.com, PropTiger.com and Makaan.com. Currently leadingthe complex project of integration of businesses and driving the Strategy &Corporate Initiatives of the merged entity. He joined PropTiger.com as theChief Business Officer in April 2015 and overlooked three sub-businesses –Primary Residential Sales, Developer Marketing Campaigns, and Data &Consulting Insights.

With an overall industry presenceof 22 years, Sunil has extensive exposure of building businesses and hisexperience spans across sales & marketing, private equity, managementconsulting and business analysis. Prior to joining PropTiger.com, Sunil workedfor 6 years as the CEO of Karvy Private Wealth, the wealth management arm ofthe Karvy Stock-Broking Group. He was the founding member of Karvy PrivateWealth since early 2009, and built this business in India and the Middle East.

Sunil worked at Bharti Airtelprior to Karvy, and he was the Regional Head of Marketing, responsible for aUS$ 800mn revenue pool. He had joined Bharti Airtel after returning from Londonin 2003 where he worked for WorldTel (a United Nations-backed entity) as aFinancial Analyst and later on as a Project Manager, working on investmentsmade in countries like Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Bangladesh, Mexico and India.

Sunil brings to the C-league aunique blend of experience – spanning the hyper-competitive mobile telecomindustry, the HNI-facing Wealth Management business in the fragmented financialservices sector, and now in the Consumer Internet sector through online realestate. Simultaneously, he has also accumulated a unique set of skills – frombeing a Private Equity Financial Analyst (WorldTel) to being a ManagementConsultant (KPMG) and finally building a world-class business of scale andimpeccable processes (Karvy Private Wealth). He carries a multi-geography &multi-cultural experience, having worked in India and abroad.

Sunil earned his MBA from theIndian Institute of Management in Bangalore. He has a Bachelor’s degree inElectronics Engg from VJTI, Mumbai University.

Sunil is a self-confessedInternet and social media freak and is an avid Tweeter on diverse subjects(@Smish2020) of leadership, strategy, current affairs and urban living. Hewrites a blog, www.sunilmishra.in. He is a voracious reader and an ardentstudent of management and leadership practices. He is also the author of a book'Return of the Hypotenuse (Poetry in Math and Science)', published in 2015.

Sunil Mishra, Partner, Adams Street Partners & Vice-Chairman, Singapore Venture Capital & Private Equity Association

Sunil specializes in fund selection, due diligence, negotiations, and monitoring of Asian investments ex?China, specifically in India, Australia, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Korea. He also actively participates in all fund investment decisions and is involved in the sourcing, screening, execution, monitoring, and exiting of growth and buyout co?investments.

Prior to joining Adams Street, Sunil worked for Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore performing financial and business analyses of local and regional companies. Previously, Sunil worked in India as an Investment and Strategy Associate in Tacogroup, the automotive technology and engineering investment arm of the Tata Group of India, where he worked on business planning, feasibility studies, and localization plans for new ventures.

Sunil manages relationships with several of Adams Street’s managers and sits on advisory boards of more than a dozen private equity firms within the Adams Street Partners portfolio. He is currently Vice?Chairman of the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (SVCA) and has been a member of the SVCA Board since 2016.

Sunil is a member of Adams Street’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Committee.

Sunil Nair, Program Head - Money Spot & Key Account Relations, Prizm Payment Services Pvt Ltd

Sunil V. Nair is a Chartered Accountant with nearly 20 years of post-qualification experience. He is currently working with Prizm Payments Pvt. Ltd. a leading player in the payments business in India. At Prizm, Sunil is responsible for the profitability of Money Spot (the White Label ATMs) vertical. In addition he is also responsible for growing and maintaining some key Account Relationships.

Before joining Prizm, he has spent about 10+ years at Euronet Worldwide where his last held Designation was Managing Director for South Asia. As a Managing Director he was responsible for building up some key relationship with customers such as NPCI, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, ICICI Bank to name a few. He also been actively involved in growing the Cashnet (multi-lateral ATM network) and VAS business of Euronet in the region. As the Managing Director he was responsible for the operations and  service delivery for all customers across Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa. Prior to his promotion as the Managing Director South Asia Sunil was the Chief Financial Officer for Euronet’s Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa business.

He has also worked with Hutchison Max, Concorde Motors and Arthur Andersen during the early part of his carrer.

Sunil Nalavadi, CFO, VRL Logistics Ltd.

Mr. Sunil Nalavadi serves as Chief Financial Officer of VRL Logistics Ltd. He has served as Chief Accounts Officer of VRL Logistics Ltd. He joined VRL Logistics on April 1, 2005 and presently is in charge of accounts, finance and taxation matters of it. His responsibilities includes finalization and publication of accounts and attending the taxation matters.

He was employed with M/s H. K. Veerabhadrappa and Co. as Senior Manager (Audit) from June 1, 2003 to March 31, 2005 and was responsible for Statutory audit and Internal Audits of corporate, banks and advisor to the taxation matters.

Mr. Nalavadi holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Karnataka University and is a Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Sunil Rohokale, CEO & MD, ASK Group

Sunil Rohokale spearheads the ASK Group initiatives along with the subsidiary companies. He is regarded as someone with strong credentials in setting up new businesses and building strong professional teams that deliver results.

Belonging to a rare breed of professionals with experience in assets, liabilities and investments, he worked with ICICI Home Finance as the Managing Director and CEO prior to joining the ASK Group. At ICICI Bank, he was a member of the core team that started the mortgage business in 1999. Under his leadership, the bank achieved a leadership position in the business.

Sunil Sanghai, MD - Head of Global Banking India, HSBC

Sunil Sanghai  heads Global Banking for HSBC, India.  

 

Prior to joining HSBC, he was a Managing Director and Co-Head Investment Banking India at Goldman Sachs.
Sunil, started his investment banking career 1992 and has rich experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, advisory and domestic and global capital markets. He has been involved in many significant and large capital markets and M&A transactions in India.

 

At HSBC, he is responsible for Corporate & Investment Banking, Capital Markets and Project Finance.
He chairs the Committee on Capital Markets of FICCI.

 

He is closely associated with a few philanthropic organizations working towards   growth of children.