Our speakers

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.

Vivek Nirmal, MD & CEO, Prabhat Dairy Ltd. | @Prabhat_Dairy

With a wide experience in the dairy industry since his early days, Mr. Vivek Nirmal today is an Industry veteran and the youngest CEO & MD of Prabhat Dairy Limited, also serves on its Board of Directors. Before being named CEO in 2006, the young Nirmal was Prabhat’s Director Sales and was responsible for all of the company’s Sales Operations across India, including end-to-end management of Prabhat’s Supply Chain, Sales Activities, Service and Marketing Support in all markets. He also headed Prabhat’s (NPD) New Product Development division and played a key role in the continued development of Prabhat, positioning it as “Partners in Progress” for all major MNC’s and SMU’s through strategic approach and supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace. With the support from family members (Sarang Nirmal - Chairman, Kishor Nirmal - Director & Arvind Nirmal-Director), pre-eminent team of top notch industry seasoned professionals, unmatched qualities of innovation, leadership and dedicated approach have changed the landscape of entire dairy industry regionally. Mr. Vivek Nirmal is now focusing in the areas of Finance, Procurement, Projects and backward integration for the welfare and development of farmer community.

Mr. Vivek Nirmal, the mouthpiece of the Industry is also the member of CII - National Council on Dairy. He has led many CSR activities. ‘Sustainability’ as a topic is very close to his heart and that is what moves him! One has to go through the journey of the Nirmal family since 1998 to understand how they have taken cautious steps to bring the company to this level. Under Mr. Vivek Nirmal’s guidance, today Prabhat Dairy Limited is the most trusted and respectable brand and has made its presence felt all over India and is now spreading its wings in the international markets as well.

Vivek Pandit, Partner, McKinsey & Company

Vivek is a Partner in McKinsey’s Mumbai Office where he leads the Corporate Finance and Principal Investment practices in India. Vivek advises leading Private Equity, High-Tech, Media and Telecom firms on M&A, strategy, regulatory, operations and corporate finance topics.

Vivek is a member of the CII National Committee for Private Equity and Venture Capital and actively advises several non-profit boards. He is currently a Fellow with The Aspen Institute, a leadership council member at the Center for Advanced Studies of India at the University of Pennsylvania, serves as a Board of Governor of The Doon School, Teach for India and St. Jude’s Cancer Care Centers.

He received a dual Master’s in Management and Electrical Engineering from Stanford University as a Valentine Fellow and a BS (Magna cum Laude) in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the University of California.

Vivek Paul, Director-Digital, Sony Music

    

Vivek Paul’s current portfolio is Director Digital and New Business, Sony Music Entertainment India with a special focus on Incubations, New Business Areas, Joint Ventures and Product Development.

Sony Music India is one of the Major Labels with repertoire spanning across Film Soundtrack-Bollywood, Indie-Pop, Regional Languages, Classical and International Music. Besides, the Recording Business, Sony Music India administers: Sony ATV Publishing and IODA’s interests and has its foot print across Indie-Artist Segment (Day 1), Live Music and Talent Management. Sony Music India is a 100% owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation America.

Before Sony Music, Vivek was Founder/Owner : Paul Consulting, a boutique Advisory and Consulting firm, engaged in bringing together : VC Funding and Digital Businesses across various verticals (Media & Entertainment, Movies, Education, Talent, Live Music & Technology) and created a 8MN$ pool across 5 Business Plans.

Prior, was Soundbuzz India (a digital music distribution business model across SEA, Australia and India), since its inception in the Indian business and formed part of the management team, which was then acquired by Motorola in 2009. Soundbuzz was an early adopter of Digital Music Distribution business model and pioneered the effort across the region.

1996-2000 was managing Promotions and Marketing efforts of Channel V (24x7 Music Channel) including multi-artist/multi-city tours :  Channel V Live, Channel V Music Awards, Dance Music, VJ campaigns, Music Merchandising, Branding and On Ground Activation. Conceived and executed the biggest Viewers Choice Campaign in India under The Music Awards Category – 3 years in succession. Involved with Channel V’s acquisition by Star TV India - the launch of Star Gold (24 Hour Retro Film Channel) and web business.

Started career in FMCG, with the biggest Pepsico Franchise in India. 5 Years in the business and was engaged in the Cola Wars, Pepsi Rebranding, Consolidation of Cola Segment, Competing Coke’s India Entry and roll-out of home delivery,  PET, Cans, 500ml and 1 Lt bottles. Besides setting-up the MIS system for the Bottling Plants. In addition, executed over 500 College Music Fests and worked as Marketing & Production Crew at Yanni Live at Taj, One Day International – India/Aus and WWE.

In the last 2 decade Vivek Paul has engaged multiple diverse industries with Music/ Entertainment business and infused innovations for the entire eco-system and its value chain.

Vivek S Nirmal, CEO, Prabhat Dairy Pvt. Ltd.

Vivek Nirmal is the youngest CEO & MD of Prabhat and serves on its Board of Directors.

Before being named CEO in 2006, Vivek was Prabhat’s Director Sales and was responsible for all of the company’s sales and operations across India, including end-to-end management of Prabhat’s supply chain, sales activities, service and marketing support in all markets. He also headed Prabhat’s (NPD) New Product Development division and played a key role in the continued development of Prabhat positioning it as the “Partners in Progress” for all major MNC’s and SMU’s through strategic approach and supplier relationships, ensuring flexibility in response to an increasingly demanding marketplace. With the support from family members (Sarang Nirmal - Chairman, Kishor Nirmal - Director & Arvind Nirmal-Director), preeminent team of top notch industry seasoned professionals, unmatched qualities of innovation, leadership and dedicated approach today have changed the landscape of entire dairy industry regionally.

Vivek is now focusing in the areas of Finance, Procurement, Projects and back ward integration for the welfare development of farmer community, most recently he led the CSR and logistics functions for Prabhat, to enhance the brand image as most trusted and respectable brand.

Vivek Sehgal, Head M&A Sales, Intralinks India

With over 16 Years of experience in Technology Industry Vivek Sehgal holds expertise in Cloud Computing, Mobility & Collaboration Solutions driving Business growth for Enterprises across all segment. His career has spanned association with organizations like Microsoft, VMware, CA Technologies, Citrix & now Intralinks ranging across roles in multiple Lines of Business including Sales, Technology Consulting & Business Development for Cutting Edge Technologies. In his current role, he Heads the Sales for M&A Business segment at Intralinks India.

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Vivek Sett, Partner, New Silk Route Advisors

Vivek joined New Silk Route Advisors in February 2007 and focuses on private equity opportunities in the Indian sub-continent out of the Mumbai office.

Prior to joining NSR, Vivek was Chief Financial Officer of Tata Realty and Infrastructure where he was mandated to lead the Tata Group funding of a US$ 5 billion initiative to exploit the growth in the Indian Realty and Infrastructure Sectors,. He joined Tata in 2002 as Chief Financial Officer of Tata Teleservices Ltd. Vivek supervised the finance function at Tata Teleservices Ltd., which implemented a US$4.5 billion wireless telecommunication project across the country. As a CFO, Vivek structured the funding of complex, capital-intensive projects and restructured distressed assets with different groups of senior lenders and creditors.

Prior to joining Tata, Vivek was a Director on the Board of Hughes Telecom India Ltd. in 1997 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the company in 2001 and Chief Executive Officer in 2002 prior to the takeover of the company by the Tata group.

Vivek started his professional career in 1984 with Ispat Industries Ltd., as a Senior Officer and was nominated to the Board of the company in 1994. He played a proactive role in the development of Ispat Group, which is today an industrial conglomerate and ranks among the top business houses in the country.

Vivek has been nominated as member of various committees in leading trade and industrial associations such as Bombay Chamber, FICCI and CII. He is well known amongst the Indian Financial Institutions, Indian and Foreign banks and International Multilateral Institutions.

Vivek graduated with a degree in Commerce from Calcutta University and completed his post graduation as a Chartered Accountant.