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Suresh Chukkapalli, Founder Chairman, Phoenix Group

A Technocrat par excellence , Mr,Suresh Chukkapalli, the founder Chairman of Phoenix is a visionary who started his career as an entrepreneur in the field of Automobiles turned Industrialist by setting up industries in the field of Steel, Cement and Power as part of founder Director of the US $1billion Lanco Group.

Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli has vast experience in the fields of Real estate , Power and Mines. He established Phoenix Group to develop land mark projects in India and abroad. Under the able guidance of Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli Phoenix grew from fold to folds. He injected a culture of self belief and confidence in the people working for Phoenix. He does things differently which created many a mile stones by Phoenix.

With his versatile domain knowledge in the fields of Power, Mines and Agro , Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli is also venturing into establishing major Power projects and mines.

Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli is a well known personality in all the trade fields and is member of FAPCI, FICCI, and ASSOCHAM . He is also a Director on the Board of Sahara Asset Management Company Pvt. Ltd.

As a Philanthropist , Mr.Suresh Chukkapalli is Managing Trustee of Lanco Institute of General Humanitarian Trust and also founder of Shri.Chukkapalli Shanker Rao Charitable Trust , Phoenix Foundation and established Hyderabad Chapter of “Make a Wish Foundation”.

Suresh Goyal, ED & India Head - Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Macquarie Funds Group

Suresh Goyal is Macquarie’s India Country Lead and is also the head of Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) in India. MIRA through its managed Funds is one of the largest investors in Indian Infrastructure.Suresh has led investments across Real Assets in India, including airports, toll roads, power generation and telecommunications. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Macquarie State Bank of India infrastructure joint venture.

Prior to joining Macquarie in 2010, he held senior management positions at leading infrastructure construction and financial institutions including Leighton International, Lazard and HSBC. His experience spans throughout India, Australia, South East Asia and the Middle East.

Suresh HR, Managing Director, Central Data Systems Pvt Ltd

Suresh Prabhala, Co Founder & Partner, ADV Partners Capital

Suresh Prabhala is a founding partner at ADV Partners Limited, an Asia dedicated private equity platform set-up in 2013 that is currently investing out of its inaugural US$ 550 million fund.

Suresh has over 18 years of experience in Asia with over 12 years on the buy-side. Prior to setting up ADV Partners, he served as Managing Director and Head of India at Mount Kellett Capital, and immediately prior to that as Executive Director and Head of India for the principal investments arm of JP Morgan. Suresh began his career at CRISIL in 1998 where he worked as a Credit Analyst before moving to Arthur Andersen and subsequently Allegro Capital, a boutique advisory firm.

Suresh holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Delhi College of Engineering, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Suresh is currently based in Singapore.

Suresh Raju, Executive Director, TVS Capital Funds Limited

Suresh is Executive Director at TVS Capital Funds Limited, which manages an India focused growth private equity fund. Suresh has been instrumental in structuring, fund raising and launching of the TVS Shriram Growth Fund, and is responsible for investments from the fund. Prior to joining the fund, Suresh worked at Deutsche Bank's technology investment banking practice in Boston. Suresh has several years of transactional experience that ranges from private equity, M&A to equity/debt financing transactions.

Suresh has executed over 25 advisory and capital raising transactions, primarily targeting mid-cap companies in US. In addition, Suresh spent several years in an operational role with experience across project management, product development, sales &; marketing. Suresh also worked closely with the management team of Yasu Technologies, a privately held software company based out of Hyderabad that was acquired by SAP. Suresh earned a B.Tech from IIT Madras, an MS from The Ohio State University and an MBA from University of Chicago.

Suresh Rangarajan, Founder & CEO, Colive

Suresh Rangarajan K (SRK) is a passionate & intense start-up professional. One of the early adopters of the internet world, he was part of the founding team of Citi-Times JV TimesOfMoney.com.

Under his enterprising leadership, remit2india.com went on to become the world’s #1 online money transfer portal & one of the most successful internet businesses in India.

SRK then founded an innovative real estate enterprise called Artha. The highlights of his stint at Artha includes the path breaking Start-up City & Knowledge Park – Emprasa. Combining his experience in banking, internet & real estate, SRK founded Colive to solve the housing challenges faced by millennials while offering a new asset class of Buy-to- let properties for investors.

SRK was conferred the prestigious Udyog Rattan award and WCRC and Ernst & Young also awarded him the “Trend Setter in Real Estate”. SRK is a Chartered Accountant and an alumnus of Yale School of Management.

Suresh Reddy, Chairman & CEO, Ybrant Digital

Suresh is the Chairman & CEO at Ybrant Digital and is responsible for strategic direction and expansion efforts in the company. Prior to co-founding two successful companies USAGreetings and Ybrant Technologies, he worked in various roles across different industries in Fortune 500 companies, such as Caterpillar, Chrysler, SBC(PacBell) and Charles Schwab.

Suresh holds an M. S. in Engineering from the Iowa State University and a B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.

Suresh Sambandam, Founder & CEO, OrangeScape

Suresh is the Founder and CEO of OrangeScape, a rare breed of technology platform company creating products like KiSSFLOW that has 10000+ customers across 108 countries rising to #1 position in 2 years. Suresh is tech entrepreneur with a fine blend of deep technology foundation and acquired experience in sales and marketing. He as 3 US patents to his credit and worked in celebrated US companies like Hewlett-Packard and Selectica. Suresh is an adviser to many early stage product companies. Suresh actively engages in the Chennai startup ecosystem through TiE, iSPIRT.in and The Startup Centre.

LinkedIn : linkedin.com/in/sureshsambandam
Twitter : twitter.com/sureshsambandam

Suresh Shanmugham, Managing Partner, Saama Capital

Suresh Shanmugham is Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Saama Capital. Earlier, he was Managing Director of SICP and Senior Vice President for SVB Global. Prior to joining SVB, he was a founding Partner of Boston Millennia Partners, an early stage venture capital firm. Prior to that, he served as an Associate, and then a Principal, at Boston Capital Ventures. He started his career with McKinsey & Company's corporate finance practice. Over the years, Suresh has invested in a number of technology companies, including Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation, Tropos Networks, Yantra Corporation/Sterling Commerce (NYSE: SBC), netGenesis/SPSS (NASDAQ: IBM),Verio, Inc./NTT Communications, Inc. (NYSE: NTT), Tutorvista/Pearson and Shriram EPC.

He also represents Saama Capital on the boards of several companies including AgreeYa Mobility, Naaptol, Iyogi, Ideacts Innovations, Geodesic Techniques and Bluestone. In the past, Suresh Shanmugham has served on the Board of Directors of the United Way of Bengaluru and the United Way of India. Suresh is also a charter member of TiE. He holds a Bachelor's degree summa cum laude in Economics from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Suresh Soni, MD, Nova Medical Centers Pvt. Ltd

Suresh Soni is a Managing Director at the GTI Group based in Bangalore and Los Angeles. Mr. Soni has led the GTI Group's initiatives in India. At GTI, Mr. Soni has co-founded Glori Oil, Coldwatt and Nova Medical Centres. Mr. Soni led the investment for the GTI Group in Air Works Engineering India and serves as Chairperson. Mr. Soni is Co- Founder and Chairperson of Nova Medical Centres.

Mr. Soni has over twenty two years of front line experience in Private Equity, Venture Capital, General Management and Business Development for global organizations including Emerson Electric and Lucent Technologies. Mr. Soni was Vice President of Business Development at Brock Consulting, an industrial partner of Ripplewood Holdings LLC, where he assisted Ripplewood with new acquisitions and their management.

Mr. Soni has a Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Alabama, MPIB from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and a B.E. degree from Maharishi Dayanand University. Mr. Soni has a Diploma in Advanced Management from the Harvard Business School.