Our speakers
Sumeet Mehta, CEO, Zee Learn Ltd
Sumeet Mehta, Chief Executive Officer, Zee Learn Ltd. has been associated with Zee’s Education business for over three years. He joined the group as Chief Operating Officer of Zee Interactive Learning Systems (ZILS) in 2007 and then took over as Chief Executive Officer in January 2008 prior to ETC Networks Ltd.’s merger with ZILS. Since then, he has been at the helm of the Education business of ETC Networks Ltd. till its merger with ZEEL in January 2010. Prior to joining Zee’s education business, Mr. Mehta was with Procter & Gamble Ltd. for over eight years in various brand management roles across Asia Pacific based in Mumbai and Singapore.
Under his leadership, the turnover of Zee’s education business has grown from Rs. 250mn in 2008-09 to projected Rs. 400mn in FY 2010-11. During this period, Zee Learn’s education network has grown to over 30 Mount Litera Schools, over 700 Kidzee Preschools and more than 25 Zee Institute of Creative Art (ZICA). He has led the company to develop best-in-class pedagogies in schools and preschools, namely Litera Octave and Illume respectively. Under his guidance, Zee Learn has recently forayed into School Solutions business and Public Private Partnerships with Government in addition to its existing franchise and school partnership businesses.
Sumeet Nindrajog, Senior Partner, Paragon Partners
ABOUT PARAGON PARTNERS
Established in 2015, Paragon Partners is a mid-market focused private equity firm India. Investing out of its maiden fund – Paragon Partners Growth Fund-I, the firm targets attractive investment opportunities across a number of sectors including consumer discretionary, financial services, asset light infrastructure services, manufacturing & industrials and healthcare services. The fund has a corpus of $120 million and typically invests between $10 to $20 million for significant minority stakes. The team, which comprises individuals with investing, operating and entrepreneurial backgrounds, takes a very hands-on investment approach and plays an active role in value-addition in the firm’s investment portfolio.
Sumeet Pathak, Digital Workforce Evangelist - IMEA, Automation Anywhere
Sumeet Pathak is an IT professional with in depth experience in Banking and Finance vertical. He has more than 18 years of experience in top tier regional and global banking institutions. An early adopter and now avowed evangelist of Software Automation, Sumeet has been at forefront of Automation strategy and execution in finance industry. Sumeet has built Automation CoE from scratch and led automation for global banks.
Sumegh Bhatia, CEO & MD - India, Lighthouse Canton
Sumegh is a capital & financial market professional with two decades of experience in financial markets. In his last role as Executive Director with Avendus Capital, he was responsible for managing a profitable vertical within the Wealth Management business. He has previously worked as a Sr. Market Director with Reliance Capital and has been instrumental in setting up a profitable private wealth business for the ADAG group and spent 6 years in building a $500 MM Private Client Business in India.
He has also worked with Citi Private Bank as Vice President, heading the Investment advisory vertical in the year 2010. He was instrumental in setting up the PMS business for ING Investment Management in India as Vice President & Zonal Head in the year 2008 before joining Citi Private Bank. He has worked with organizations like Citibank, GE Money Consumer Finance & American Express across various business verticals.
Sumer Juneja, Director, Norwest Venture Partners | @NorwestVP
Sumer serves as an advisor on growth equity investments in Indian companies across a wide range of sectors, including telecom, technology, financial services, infrastructure and manufacturing.
Before joining NVP India in 2009, Sumer was a founding member of the Goldman Sachs’ Asian Special Situations Group in India, a balance sheet investing group with over $4 billion under management. In this role, Sumer originated and evaluated investment opportunities in a broad range of industries, conducted due diligence and had board level involvement with such companies as Bharti Infratel, IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd., IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd. (ITNL), Cremica and OnMobile.
Prior to this role, Sumer was an analyst for the Industrial and Natural Resources Team in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. In this position, Sumer actively drove all aspects of the M&A process including financial analysis, due diligence and public and private buy-side and sell-side transactions. Transaction experience included acquisition of Paladin Resources by Talisman Energy, acquisition of Domnick Hunter by Parker Hannifin and advising Thames Water, a UK water utility, on the divestiture of its international assets valued at over $2 billion
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Sumesh Girhotra, Investment Lead, British High Commission
Sumi Vivek, Chief Digital & Transformation Officer, Tata Electronics
Sumir Chadha, MD, Sequoia Capital India
Sumir Chadha is a Managing Director with Sequoia Capital India which was formed by merging Sequoia Capital and WestBridge Capital Partners which Sumir co-founded in 2000. Sumir has been investing in the Indian venture capital industry for the past ten years in several industries including offshore services, consumer internet and financial services. Prior to co-founding WestBridge, Sumir was a member of the Principal Investment Area at Goldman Sachs & Co. Prior to that, Sumir worked at McKinsey & Co. in New York and New Delhi. Sumir received an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School and a BSE in Computer Science from Princeton University.
Sumit Bali, CEO and Executive Director, IIFL Finance
Mr Sumit Bali is the Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of the Company. He holds a B.A (Hon) from St. Stephen’s college, New Delhi and has completed his PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad.
Prior to his current role, Mr Bali spent 24 years with Kotak Group. His last position at Kotak Mahindra Bank was of Senior Executive Vice President, overseeing consumer banking retail asset products including home loans, loan against property, credit cards, salaried personnel loans and SME loans.
Previously he also held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Kotak Mahindra Prime Ltd (KMPL) and also was a Director on KMPL’s Board. He began his career with Glaxo India Limited in 1990, and has also worked with Asian Paints (I) Ltd. Mr Bali is a seasoned banker with an experience of 28 years in the Indian corporate sector.
Mr Sumit Bali is the Chief Executive Officer and an Executive Director of the Company. He holds a B.A (Hon) from St. Stephen’s college, New Delhi and has completed his PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad.
Prior to his current role, Mr Bali spent 24 years with Kotak Group. His last position at Kotak Mahindra Bank was of Senior Executive Vice President, overseeing consumer banking retail asset products including home loans, loan against property, credit cards, salaried personnel loans and SME loans.
Previously he also held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Kotak Mahindra Prime Ltd (KMPL) and also was a Director on KMPL’s Board. He began his career with Glaxo India Limited in 1990, and has also worked with Asian Paints (I) Ltd. Mr Bali is a seasoned banker with an experience of 28 years in the Indian corporate sector.
Sumit Goel, Partner, Healthcare Advisory Practice, PwC