Our speakers

Vivek Iyer, Partner & Financial Services Risk Leader, Grant Thornton Bharat

Vivek Iyer, Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat (Moderator)

Vivek has close to two decades of experience across financial services in the GRC space. He has worked with some of the leading Banks across the globe.

He has led multiple engagements for internal audit quality assurance reviews for banks such as RBL bank,CitiBank and also other non-banking entities. He has also led internal audit transformation engagements for large banks in India, Bangladesh and Middle East. Given his extensive experience on similar engagements, Vivek brings in key benchmarking inputs to assist in strengthening governance, process and control from an internal audit framework standpoint.

He has also authored multiple research papers and additionally works back with the regulators on various matters of industry importance.

Vivek Jain, COO, MXPlayer

Vivek currently has two roles:

1. He is the COO for MX Player. He oversees Revenue, Product, Technology, Design, Operation, Content Programming and Internal Marketing functions at MX Player.
2. He runs the Times Prime Business at Times Internet and is responsible for the overall subscription revenue.

Prior to this, he worked in the United States for 14 years in Google and Amazon among others. He returned to India to join Reliance Jio as the Vice President for Digital Media.

Vivek is also currently mentoring and advising a few digital product tech start-ups in the domestic circuit. He is seen as a thought leader in the digital ecosystem and also takes guest lectures, seminars and workshops at IIM-Ahmedabad & ISB as a visiting faculty.

Vivek’s core competency is to bridge the gap between technology and business. He is passionate about merging consumer experiences with technology and media to build real-life businesses. Vivek is an experienced executive with proven success helping large MNCs as well as start-ups define product vision, strategy and roadmap.

Vivek K. Chandy, Partner, J. Sagar Associates (JSA)

Vivek specialises in the areas of Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Commercial work and currently chairs the Private Equity Practice of J. Sagar Associates.

He has worked extensively in the Hospitality, Healthcare, Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Software and Entertainment industries, advising on a wide range of issues from acquisitions to structuring transactions.

Vivek’s recent high profile transactions include representing two sovereign wealth funds in their investments into the Healthcare and Real Estate sectors and a global leader in the e-commerce space, in their strategic investment in an Indian company which operates the fastest growing marketplace model website in India.

Vivek Kant, Partner, BCG X

Vivek is a Partner & VP – Engineering with BCG X.AI&S. He has been a technology leader for over 24 years, with experience in Technology Consulting, Architecture & Software Delivery. He successfully lead assignments ranging from digital transformation, digital ventures to technology modernization. His last 14 years has been in financial services domain and built platforms in Retail banking, Consumer lending, Payments & Capital Markets. He has worked across Europe & Asia Pacific with extensive work in implementing digital platforms in Indian financial services. His last role was CTO - Bajaj Finserv Markets. Previous to Bajaj Finserv, Vivek used to lead the BFS Technology Practice for Cognizant Technology Solutions in APAC region.

Vivek Karve, Chief Financial Officer, Marico Limited

Vivek is a Chartered Accountant (1994), a Cost Accountant (1993) and a B. Com.  from the University of Bombay (1991). He has more than 25 years of experience in Finance, Banking, and IT across four organizations - Marico, Siemens Information Systems, ICICI and P&G.

Vivek’s current role as Group CFO of Marico covers Corporate Finance, Secretarial, Internal Audit, Investor Relations, Business Finance and Commercial for Marico Group. He also leads Marico’s M&A initiatives.

Vivek joined Marico in 2000, as a Manager in Corporate Finance. Over the years, he has contributed to various sections in Marico Finance, including business finance. He has played an active role in Marico's M&A efforts through due diligence, funding etc. He was also project lead for an initiative towards automating the performance forecasting and budgeting processes in the company. Vivek took over the charge as CFO of Marico Limited effective 1St April 2014.

Vivek has served as a member of FICCI's Corporate Finance Committee. He is currently a member of FICCI’s CFO Conclave.

Vivek Mandhata, Managing Director & Partner, BCG

Vivek Mehra, Executive Director & Head, M&A Tax, PwC

Vivek Mehra, is the National Head of Mergers & Acquisitions Practice at PwC, with over 30 years professional experience in the field of tax and regulatory structuring and consulting.

He has an extensive experience on cross border tax issues and investment structuring, including mergers and acquisitions. He has been an independent Director on the Board of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., Union Bank of India & Punjab & Sind Bank.

He has strong relationships at senior levels of regulatory authorities like Foreign Investment Promotion Board, Reserve Bank of India and various Central Government Ministries and has been instrumental in bringing about several significant policy initiatives.

He also has a vast experience of working with multiple Indian business families in dealing with the family business challenges like structuring family offices, managing generational changes in the business, succession planning from tax & regulatory perspectives and advising on structures for ownership of family businesses.

Vivek Mehra, MD, Sustainable Investment Banking, Yes Bank

Vivek Mehra is the Managing Director: Sustainable Investment Banking at YES BANK. Vivek is spearheading two newly formed business units within YES BANK. In his Private Equity role he is responsible for setting up a Private Equity business for YES BANK by raising niche funds in Infrastructure, Special Situations, Real Estate, and Sustainable Investment area(s), with a geographic focus on India.

He is also responsible for establishing the Sustainable Investment Banking practice, which includes Advisory and Arranger work in Clean Energy, Environment and Social sector. In addition he is responsible for Carbon Trading & Financing initiatives within the Sustainable Investment Bank.

Vivek brings with him over 15 years of experience in investment banking, corporate banking & corporate treasury.

Prior to joining YES BANK, he was the founder Managing Director at VA TECH Finance (India) Pvt. Limited, a boutique Investment Bank, focused on Europe, CIS, India & Africa. Prior to holding this position, he was the Regional Treasurer of VA TECH Group for South Asia/ South East Asia.

Prior to this, Vivek was a part of the Corporate Banking Group at Standard Chartered Bank with a focus on relationship management. He has also worked with J.M. Financial Services Ltd.

Vivek Nayak, COO, Avenues India Pvt. Ltd

A Management Graduate with an additional PGD in Computer Management, Vivek is the Chief Operating Officer at Avenues. Prior to joining Avenues in the year 2002, Vivek has had thirteen years of experience working in critical operational and decision making positions in the areas of business development, brand management for India's leading brands during his stint in the Indian subsidiaries of some of the top global companies including WPP Group, Draft FCB and Grey Worldwide.

Vivek manages functions related to Operations, Brand Development, Corporate Communications, Customer Support and HR. His past experience in strategic business development and corporate planning has proven invaluable in determining divisional strategy, setting up of operational and performance goals that are tailored to each division and in allocating requisite resources among divisions. He also oversees the HR function and works on strategies to build human core competencies that are in line with organizational values.

Vivek is a popular speaker at various forums and is an ardent evangelist on eCommerce. He is a prolific writer and his articles on the industry have appeared in many business publications.