Our speakers

Venkatesh Srinivasan, Managing Director, Everstone Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd

Venkatesh Srinivasan is an MD in the Private Equity team at Everstone Capital and is responsible for investments in financial services and fintech. Prior to Everstone Capital he worked at McKinsey & Co serving clients across Asia Pacific across retail and wholesale banking, asset management, life and health insurance, payments, securities and exchanges and financial tech players. With over 15 years of experience in financial services,  his work has, among other things, involved setting up greenfield businesses in banking, NBFC, exchange and insurance businesses. 

Venkatraman Narayanan, MD & CFO, Happiest Minds Technologies

Venkatraman Narayanan is the Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of our Company. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a bachelors’ degree in commerce and another in law. Venkat has been associated with our Company since April 2015 and has over 25 years of experience in the areas of general management, operations, finance, & law. Prior to joining us he was CFO, Sonata Software Limited, TeamLease Services Limited, Perot Systems TSI (India) Limited, Transworks Information Services Limited, MindTree Limited, Director Operations Oracle and Consultant at Arthur Andersen.  Venkat has also been on the Board of Directors of Sonata’s subsidiaries and Perot Systems.

Venkattu Srinivasan, Director, Phoenix ARC

Venkattu Srinivasan heads the Asset Reconstruction Division (ARD) at Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited.

He is part of the Bank’s Group Management Council that drives and oversees the Kotak Mahindra Bank’s growth charter.

Venkattu pioneered the business of purchasing distressed assets and Non-Performing Loans (NPL) in India and was instrumental in establishing the Asset Reconstruction Division at Kotak Mahindra Bank.

He executed the first-ever cash NPL transaction in India in 2003, and over the years has completed several restructuring initiatives to unlock value from distressed assets. His focus lies in creating new lending opportunities in the marketplace.

Venkattu has close to three decades of experience in financial services. He joined Kotak Mahindra Group in 1993, and has played a crucial role in setting up several lending businesses such as
commercial vehicle loans, tractor finance, construction equipment, farm equipment, SARAL business loans for purchase of commercial vehicles, etc.

Venkattu is on the Board of Phoenix Asset Reconstruction Company Pvt. Ltd., promoted by the Kotak Mahindra group of companies.

Venkattu is a Management Graduate from BSMED, Coimbatore and is a Cost Accountant (ICWA). He has also completed the ”Advanced Management Program” from Harvard Business School, the “Accelerated Development Program” from London Business School and the “Advanced Management Program” from Kellogg School of Management.

Venkattu Srinivasan, President - Asset Reconstruction Division, and member of Group Management Council, Kotak Mahindra Bank

Venkattu Srinivasan heads the Asset Reconstruction Division (ARD) at Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited.

He is part of the Bank’s Group Management Council that drives and oversees the Kotak Mahindra Bank’s growth charter.

Venkattu pioneered the business of purchasing distressed assets and Non-Performing Loans (NPL) in India and was instrumental in establishing the Asset Reconstruction Division at Kotak Mahindra Bank. He executed the first-ever cash NPL transaction in India in 2003, and over the years has completed several restructuring initiatives to unlock value from distressed assets. His focus lies in creating new lending opportunities in the marketplace.

Venkattu has close to three decades of experience in financial services. He joined Kotak Mahindra Group in 1993, and has played a crucial role in setting up several lending businesses such as commercial vehicle loans, tractor finance, construction equipment, farm equipment, SARAL business loans for purchase of commercial vehicles, etc.

Venkattu is on the Board of Phoenix Asset Reconstruction Company Pvt. Ltd., promoted by the Kotak Mahindra group of companies.

Venkattu is a Management Graduate from BSMED, Coimbatore and is a Cost Accountant (ICWA). He has also completed the ”Advanced Management Program” from Harvard Business School, the “Accelerated Development Program” from London Business School and the “Advanced Management Program” from Kellogg School of Management.

Venu Donepudi, Founder & Managing Director, CarZ

Vibhor Nayar, Vice President, Duff & Phelps

Vibhore Sharma, CTO, Naukri.com

Vibhore is an Internet technology Specialist with around 19 years of work experience in different fields. He has been working with Naukri.com for past 12 years in various roles. As the Chief Technology Officer of India’s biggest online recruitment portal, he has spearheaded the website’s engineering and product evolution since its initial stages. A technology enthusiast at core, his expertise encompasses creating new products, engineering for high traffic and envisaging high user - engagement interactions.

Vibhu Bhushan, Co-founder, GradeStack

Vibhu is a co-founder of GradeStack, a mobile learning platform. He is a graduate from NSIT and has worked with Yahoo, Naukri before starting his previous company in the social news aggregation space. He has strong product management skills and good understanding of building scalable systems.
He is a marathoner and loves running.

Vicky Gala, Associate Managing Director, Investigations, Diligence and Compliance, Kroll

Vicky leverages more than 15 years of forensic experience in advising clients across the globe on corporate governance, investigations, digital forensics, anti-bribery, crisis management, anti-trust and regulatory matters. He has advised clients across a range of industries, including financial services, life sciences, media and entertainment, consumer products, energy and industrial manufacturing in India, the United Arab Emirates, the UK, Africa and South Asia.

Prior to joining Kroll, Vicky served at Alvarez and Marsal, PwC, KPMG, National Stock Exchange in a similar forensic and inspection profile.

Vicky brings deep expertise in conducting proactive and reactive engagements for the board, audit committees and senior management of multinational and domestic companies. He has also led certain highly sensitive engagements that have been extensively covered in the press. These engagements include more than 80 complex and sensitive investigations involving fraudulent financial reporting and misappropriation of business assets. Further, he has also led a marquee corporate governance advisory project for the board of a fintech client that involved investigation and subsequently remediation through instituting controls and fraud governance framework. Vicky has also led investigations covering securities laws violations for one of the leading top five investment funds of India.

Additionally, Vicky has led digital-enabled fraud risk management projects providing actionable insights, risk monitoring and early warning signals.  Vicky was also in charge of due diligence assignments during investment transactions for clients advising them on high-priority areas such as anti-bribery, corporate governance and anti-fraud framework.

Previously, Vicky has also managed dispute advisory engagements involving quantum of damages, claim rebuttal and assisted in cross-examination. He has led multiple initiatives for strengthening corporate governance, including policy enhancements, work and ethical environment surveys for clients.

Vicky holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Mumbai. He is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Company Secretary from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Additionally, he holds Valuation –Securities or Financial Assets Certification from the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India.

Vidmay Naini, Director & Business Head, eBay India

Vidmay Naini is the Director & Business Head of eBay India and heads the critical functions of Business Operations, PaisaPay and PowerShip for the company. Prior to this, Vidmay was the head of Technology Categories, Retention Marketing and Global EasyBuy at eBay India. As the head of Retention Marketing, he was responsible for devising strategies to engage customers & drive lifetime value.

At eBay, Vidmay Naini has led strategic projects such as developing eBay Philippines & Malaysia markets, launching eBay’s first Group Buying site eBay Kuponan in Philippines & eBay Global EasyBuy.

Prior to joining eBay India, Vidmay Naini was the Manager - Retail Sales, Andhra Pradesh for Reliance Mutual Funds. He is a seasoned professional with over 13 years of cross-cultural experience in ecommerce, business development, online marketing, sales, distribution and brand management functions.

Vidmay Naini is a graduate from Nizam College, Osmania University, Hyderabad and did his MBA in Marketing from Institute of Management Development & Research, Pune.

Vidmay enjoys travelling in his free time. He is an avid cricket fan & occasionally bowls with the eBay cricket team. His favourite online purchase is mobile phones & LCD TVs.