Our speakers

Sushil Muhnot, CMD, Bank of Maharashtra

Shri S. Muhnot is the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra (a Nationalized Bank) at present. Prior to this he was Chairman and Managing Director of Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) since April 2011. He also held the posts of the Executive Director of IDBI Bank Ltd and MD&CEO of IDBI Capital Market Services Ltd.

In SIDBI he has guided SIDBI in promotion and financing of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India, in adopting new business model and moving away from its conventional approach in financing the sector. Mr. Muhnot’s recent initiatives for MSMEs include setting up ‘Credit Advisory Centres’ and launch of ‘smallB.in’ website to fill the information gap and support new entrepreneurs.

Mr. Muhnot, with over 32 years of experience in Banking and Industry, is a B. Tech, MBA, Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers and Masters in Ecology and Environment. As the Head of SIDBI, Mr. Muhnot has overseen working of its associates, viz. SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd. (SVCL), India SME Asset Reconstruction Company (ISARC) and Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE).

At Bank of Maharashtra, Mr. Muhnot has changed the business culture in tune with the profitability of the Bank. His business strategies have changed the focus of the Bank which is now towards the bottom-line of the business rather than top line.

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Sushma Bendore, Senior Vice President | Chief Learning Officer, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited

Sutapa Banerjee, Former CEO-Ambit Capital, Independent Director-JSW & IL&FS, Visiting Faculty IIM-A

Ms. Sutapa Banerjee has been the Head of the Wealth Management at AMBIT Capital Private Limited since June 2009. Ms. Banerjee has legacy of working across a varied number of challenging roles in the banking sector for close to two decades. She consults in the Wealth and Investments Management area. In her last assignment, Ms. Banerjee served as the Head of Private Banking in India for ABN Amro and also led the Consumer Banking business in India. Ms. Banerjee started her twelve-year stint at ABN Amro as Head of Consumer Banking in India. She launched the new Private Banking division of ABN AMRO having managed the new division so effectively that by 2006, it was voted among the top three foreign banks by KPMG. Before ABN Amro, Ms. Banerjee worked with ANZ Grindlays Bank where she is credited to have turned around businesses of branches. She was selected as the country representative to head the System Project at Melbourne. She has been a Non-Executive Independent Director of IL&FS Engineering and Construction Company Ltd. since October 12, 2016. She serves as an Independent Director on several boards of companies (JSW Group, IL&FS Group) and non-profits (Oxfam India and Dignity Foundation). In 2012, she was shortlisted in the 50 most Powerful Women by Fortune India. She is an Advanced Leadership Fellow (2015) of Harvard University. Ms. Sutapa Banerjee holds a post graduate diploma in Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur and is a Gold Medalist in Economics.

Suvek Nambiar, MD & CEO, India Infradebt Limited

Suvir S Davda, Director Corporate Treasury Sales, Global Markets, HSBC Ltd

Suvir S Davda is a Director in HSBC Global Markets and currently heads the multinational business of the division apart from regional responsibilities. Suvir joined HSBC after his MBA and has worked in various roles across the Global Markets team. He was heading the FX Sales for West and South India earlier before moving onto a derivative sales role. He has worked more than 10 years in Global Markets and has a wealth of experience in the said domain.

Suvir Sujan, Co-Founder, Nexus Venture Partners

Suvir Sujan is co-founder of Nexus Venture Partners.

Suvir has been an entrepreneur and one of the pioneers of the consumer internet in India. Suvir has been co-founder and co-CEO of Baazee.com, the leading online marketplace in India that merged with eBay in 2004 to form eBay India. Post the merger, Suvir was Country Manager, eBay India and Regional Director, Asia Pacific, PayPal. Suvir has also worked as a Management Consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. He began his career at Nortel Networks.

Suvir has an MBA from the Harvard Business School where he was the Co-President of the South Asian Business Association and a BS in Electrical Engineering (High Distinction) from the University of Maryland at College Park. He is a charter member of the Internet and Mobile Association of India and a mentor to several entrepreneurs in the consumer services sector in India. He sits on the board of the Global India Venture Capital Association.

Swapn Malpani, Joint President & Global Head of Supply Chain & Procurement, Cipla

Swapn Malpani is the Joint President & Global Head of Supply Chain & Procurement of Cipla. He joined Cipla in 2016, prior to which he worked with leading Indian and multi-national companies across diverse sectors like pharmaceutical, medical devices, consumer and food industries; like Glenmark, Johnson & Johnson, ThermoFisher, Dr Reddys and Mars Inc.

An engineering gold medallist and postgraduate in Supply Chain Management, Swapn brings with him 25 years of global experience and domain expertise in end-to-end Supply Chain Management & Procurement encompassing areas of strategic sourcing & procurement, external manufacturing, demand & supply planning, logistics & distribution, and customer service.

A strong leader with a strategic and creative mind set, Swapn has a proven track record of supporting the growth of organizations by championing transformation, building talent and creating tangible values.

Swapnil Shinde, Founder & COO, Dhingana, Inc.

Swapnil Shinde leads the overall Product Vision, Engineering & Operations for Dhingana.Dhingana is an online Music streaming service founded in 2007, that provides a variety of Indian music to listeners worldwide.[10]

 

Swapnil has more than 10 years of professional experience working with companies like Yahoo!, Symantec & IBM Software Labs.  

 

In the past he was the Sr. Product Manager and Engineering Lead for Yahoo!'s Exceptional Performance Team. At Yahoo! Swapnil has worked in the field of Web Performance Optimization for 4 years and drived the overall vision for Yahoo!'s core performance products.  

 

Swapnil has a Masters in Computer Science from USC and a Bachelors in Computer Engineering.

Swapnil Shrivastav, Founder & CEO, Vriti Infocom

Swapnil is a B.Tech from IIT Bombay & M.S. from Chicago. Prior to Vriti, he founded SeekNet Technologies, a San Francisco based desktop search company which went through a successful acquisition. he has worked with Epiphany, San Francisco & Motorola Research Labs, Chicago in his previous life. He is an avid sports enthusiast.

Swapnil Sule, Director, EY India Forensic & Integrity Services Partner