Our speakers

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 Forensic & Integrity Services

Swaraj Singh Dhanjal, Editor - Corporate, Mint

Swarup Beria, Principal, Omnivore Capital | @OmnivoreCapital

Swarup has joined Omnivore Partners in January 2015. Previously, he worked at TechnoServe, developing agricultural value chains across India. After completing his MBA, Swarup worked at Merrill Lynch, making private equity investments in real estate. He started his career as a software engineer at Infosys and SAP Labs. Swarup earned a
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Calcutta.

Swarup Choudhury, MD, ICICI Merchant Services (First Data)

Mr. Swarup Choudhury is currently the Managing Director, First Data India - the global leader in payment technology and services solutions. Prior to taking this role, he was Managing Director Thomson Reuters India/South Asia.

With over 30 years of experience in financial services, banking and technological innovation in India and overseas, Mr. Choudhury has strong relationships across India’s financial ecosystem. He expansive network spans key business groups, corporates as well as government departments.

Prior to Thomson Reuters, Mr. Choudhury was the worldwide Vice President of Financial Services and Technology, at IBM. He led the transformation of IBM India into a world class multi-national company, dominating the enterprise services and solutions space in ASEAN / South Asia. He spearheaded the strengthening of industry verticals like financial services and industrial while launching IBM India’s telecom sector which became the model for the Industry. Further, he robust core banking transformation strategy marked record business growth of IBM’s financial services sector (largest sector) in ASEAN / South Asia

Mr. Choudhury spent 17 years with HSBC and worked there as Senior Vice President & Country Head, Investment Banking, Mergers and Acquisitions for HSBC before joining IBM.  He is credited with the launch of HSBC’s $100 million transaction banking business (payments & cash management) in India, which was the first of its kind and replicated in several other Asia Pacific countries like the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Swarup has been a strong proponent of diversity and ensuring equal opportunities for all - he has actively championed women leaders and tailored business offerings to better serve people with disabilities in ASEAN / South Asia. He set up the Thomson Reuters Board Academy in partnership with the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) a unit of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) to improve and spread awareness for better governance in India.

His experience and established track record in financial services and technology innovation is helping First Data build stronger business processes & presence in India. His strategic leadership skills in core business areas is helping First Data to accelerate its growth along with leading the charge to help clients grow their business by creatively disrupting the payments landscape in India.