Our speakers

Vish Narain, Country Head, TPG Growth

Mr. Narain is Country-Head for TPG Growth, a global private equity firm and is based in Mumbai. Prior to joining TPG Growth in 2007, Narain was an investor with Bessemer Venture Partners in New York. Previous to that he was an Engagement Manager in McKinsey's Private Equity Practice in Palo Alto and London. He joined McKinsey from Deloitte Consulting, where he was a Senior Consultant. He has a Master of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and an M.B.A., Stanford University School of Business. Narain’s non-profit activities include board roles at Spic Macay, an organization working to preserve and promote classical Indian music. He is deeply involved with his family’s foundation work in rural India. Selected as a Young Global Leader (2014), he is an active member of the World Economic Forum and is a part of the South Asia Bridge initiative to bring together business communities across borders under the WEF banner. He is also a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network and a 2014 Aspen Fellow. A semi-professional sitar player and adventure travel enthusiast. He has worked in 20 countries and traveled to over 75 nations. He is currently serves on the boards of AGS, Sutures India Limited, India Transact, Global Gene Corp and Landmark Auto. He is a columnist on economic opportunity and hopes to contribute to India's growth story.

Vishaal R Vira, Director, Sarjena Foods Pvt Ltd

Mr. Vishaal R. Vira, Director at Sarjena Foods, is recognized for his in-depth knowledge of almost everything on earth and his ever inquisitiveness to learn. Even though he hails from a family of businessmen, Vishaal chose not to inherit the family business, rather earn it by hard work and sweat, the two elements that paid off rich dividends as the future unfolded.

He has to his credit of leading his impeccable expertise to many leading FMCG companies like SM Foods, Frito, Amul, Pravin Chitale, Poorna Foods, etc.

'Baker Street' - was formed under the aegis of Sarjena Foods Pvt. Ltd. and was acquired from Max Foods, manufacturers of Bakery products including Khari, Cookies, Toast, Nankhatai, Cake Rusk, in 2011.  Then its products were available only in 100 modern and 10 to 15 general trade stores in Mumbai.  As a result of the system oriented efforts to manufacture best quality products, Baker street has won the trust of customers and uttermost belief in the brand which is now exported in more than 20 countries. It is now present in domestic channel of modern retail outlets like Big Bazar, Food Bazar, Reliance Fresh, Hypercity, Spencer, MORE, TESCO, Apna Bazaar, Sahakari Bhandar, Haiko, Max Hyper, Magnet, Food Right, etc.

Vishakha Mulye, MD & CEO, ICICI Venture

Vishakha took over as the MD & CEO of ICICI Venture earlier this year. She has over 16 years of experience in the areas of equity investing, corporate strategy, treasury, structured finance and corporate & project finance. Prior to this, she was the Executive Director of ICICI Lombard.

From 2005-2007, she was the CFO of ICICI Bank and was responsible for large scale treasury operations involving assets to the tune of USD 50 billion, multi billion dollar cross border fund raisings in US and Japan besides India, and managing the Bank's large prop book. Under her leadership, the Bank raised close to $7 billion in equity and several billion dollars of debt financing.

Vishakha Singh, Founder and CEO, Red Polka

Vishakha Singh, a marketing professional has 16 years of experience in business strategy, brand building and shopper marketing behaviour. Alumni of The Times School of Marketing, she has played a critical role in launching and building some of the top media brands in her past job experiences. Her guiding principle is to be knowledge-driven and accountable, thus creating value for oneself and all stakeholders in the eco-chain.

Vishal Agarwal, Cofounder, LocoBuzz

Vishal Aggarwal, Group Head Corporate Development & Planning, Sterlite Technologies Limited

Vishal is a seasoned Corporate Development leader, with over 16 years of experience in M&A, Strategy, Finance, Venture Capital, Fund Raise, Investor Relations, Legal, Risk Management and Capital Markets. He comes with a strong track record of understanding the context and the environment in which global businesses operate, helping them navigate challenging waters and shaping their strategies. Vishal has been successfully building and leading cross-functional teams to create and execute impactful growth strategies across Telecom, Services Tech, Software, Automotive Industries etc.

Vishal has been with STL for more than 12 years and spearheads the growth initiatives for the Company and before that worked at Minda Corporation for 4 years.
At STL Vishal has been playing a pivotal role in driving the strategic roadmap and has orchestrated the Company’s foray into new business segments and new markets. Over the years, Vishal has successfully closed acquisitions/investments/JVs for the Group in UK, Italy, Israel, Japan, India, Brazil and China collectively valued more than 1 Billion Dollars. He has championed the post-merger integration for these cross border acquisitions by putting in place a post-merger operating model and framework as well as bridging cultural gaps through effective strategic communication.  He is also heading the FP&A and Corporate Planning function for STL Group to support short-term and long-term strategic plans of the Company, driving financial and capital allocation strategies for the Group.

Vishal also plays a crucial role in driving sustainable shareholder value creation through an active investor relations and capital markets program ensuring high standards of corporate governance. He has been representing the Company to the Global and Indian Investor fraternity, helping attain significant value for shareholders.

His ingeniousness of value unlocking led to immense shareholder maximisation through the first capital market transaction of its kind in India that involved the demerger of power and telecom businesses in 2015. The deal yielded 10x value creation in 2 years. He recently led a multi-million-dollar share buyback program for STL which resulted in more than doubling of the market capitalisation.

Vishal is a Computer Science Engineer and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from The Department of Management Sciences, Pune University.

Vishal Anand, Chief Product Officer, Dailyhunt

Vishal Anand is the Chief Product Officer at Dailyhunt, India’s largest news & e-books application with over 100 million installed users.  His career spans between the US, Japan and India where he has led product and engineering teams for large scale consumer software products. Along with a passion for building products, Anand is a voracious reader and derives happiness in bringing never before available Indian literature in the hands of Indian mobile users through Dailyhunt.

Vishal has a B-Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from the NSIT-University of Delhi and MBA from University of Washington.

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Vishal Bali, Group CEO, Fortis Healthcare Limited

Vishal Bali is Group CEO for Fortis Healthcare, which operates an integrated healthcare delivery network across 8 countries in Asia. The healthcare verticals of the company span 600 primary care centers, 240 diagnostic centres, day care speciality and 65 Hospitals. Fortis Healthcare is amongst the fastest growing healthcare delivery organizations in Asia with presence in different verticals of healthcare including Primary Care, Diagnostics and  Hospitals  powered by human capital strength of 18,000 people.

Vishal has dedicated more than 2 decades to healthcare management and is recognized for successfully building and leading global healthcare delivery organizations in Asia. His previous assignments include spearheading the growth of Wockhardt Hospitals as one of the largest specialty hospital chains in India as its CEO. His expertise in successfully integrating healthcare strategy, operations and management through Information technology has set industry benchmarks.

Vishal completed his Bachelors in Science and Masters in Business Administration from Bombay University and completed an advance program in hospital management from Boston. He sits on the board of leading healthcare organisations and has been an invited member of the Strategic Initiatives group of Joint Commission International, US and on the Global Agenda Healthcare Council of the World Economic Forum. His keen interest in education and globalisation of healthcare takes him to leading Healthcare Education Institutes and Business Schools globally, which includes a case study at the Harvard Business School. He is an active member of various Industry bodies and a globally recognized industry public speaker.

Vishal Bali, Executive Chairman, Asia Healthcare Holdings

Vishal Bali brings with him 28 years of experience in building and leading global healthcare delivery organizations across developed and developing countries through a combination of  organic and M&A driven strategic growth. Vishal brings with him a unique and diversified business experience of managing a $ 1bn P&L of an integrated healthcare delivery organisation comprising a wide spectrum of healthcare verticals including Hospitals, Diagnostics, Primary Care and  Daycare Speciality networks across  Asia Pacific. Having worked with a highly talented and multi cultural global team based in Singapore, Australia, India, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Srilanka, Dubai and multiple other countries has given him the exceptional opportunity to grow teams and transform healthcare businesses across geographies.

Vishal is currently Executive Chairman, Asia Healthcare Holdings and Senior Advisor, TPG Growth. He is also Co-founder of Medwell Ventures.

Asia Healthcare Holdings is the single speciality healthcare delivery platform backed by TPG Growth which has built India’s second largest Oncology hospitals chain and the largest Mother & Child network in the country. Prior to his current assignment Vishal was the Group CEO for Fortis Healthcare Limited, India’s second largest healthcare delivery enterprise with a network of 68 hospitals and a pan India pathology diagnostics chain. He led Fortis Healthcare’s foray to build Asia's leading integrated healthcare delivery system with a presence across 12 countries and a human capital base of more than 20000 people. One of his key contributions in the Indian healthcare ecosystem includes spearheading the growth and transformation of  Wockhardt Hospitals from a single hospital to one of the largest pan India speciality hospital chains as its CEO & Managing Director. He led India’s largest healthcare delivery merger of Wockhardt Hospitals with Fortis Healthcare. Vishal’s expertise in healthcare M&A, post merger integration and divestments has given him a unique perspective on the rapidly evolving healthcare sector of Asia Pacific. He completed his Bachelors in Science and Post graduation in Business from Bombay University and completed an advance program in hospital management from Harvard Medical,  Boston. He sits on the board of leading healthcare organisations and  has been an invited member of the Strategic Initiatives group of Joint Commission International, US and a past member of the Global Agenda Healthcare Council of the World Economic Forum. His keen interest in education and globalisation of healthcare takes him to leading Healthcare Education Institutes and Business Schools globally which include case studies at the Harvard Business School. He is an active member of various Industry bodies and globally recognized industry public speaker.

Vishal Beri, CEO, Hinduja Healthcare Limited

Dr. Vishal Beri is the Chief Executive Officer of Hinduja Healthcare Surgical (HHS), Mumbai. HHS marks the Hinduja group’s foray into the corporate healthcare sector. In his current role, Dr. Beri is responsible for the overall functioning of this hospital and driving strategic healthcare initiatives for the company.

His vision for HHS is to be the best in class neighborhood hospital providing personalized quality medical care and service with an ‘un-hospital’ like engagement with patients and their families. In his words “HHS will provide up-end personalized care in an environment that is accommodating rather than intimidating”.

A medical doctor, Dr. Beri has done his MBBS from KEM hospital, Mumbai and his post-graduation in Orthopedic Surgery from Nair Hospital. He practiced as a Consultant Orthopedic surgeon to four years before moving on to obtain a Management Degree from the prestigious Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad.

Dr. Beri brings with him over 15 years of rich experience in the healthcare domain, both as a clinician as well as a management professional. Prior to HHS, Dr. Beri was the Chief Operating Officer of BGS Global Hospitals, Bangalore, where he was involved with the HIMS implementation, ramping up of hospital capacity, forging strategic alliances with other smaller hospitals within the city as well as preparing the hospital for accreditation.

When not working, he loves travelling and meeting new people. He is also regularly invited for talks and panel discussions at several prominent healthcare forums.