Our speakers

Vivek Gutpa, Partner, BMR Advisors

Vivek Gupta is a Partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice at BMR Advisors, a professional services organization offering a wide range of services in M&A, Tax and Risk Advisory services.

Vivek has over 15 years experience in advising a number of domestic and multinational companies on complex transactions involving mergers, acquisitions, divestments and other business re-organizations. Vivek heads the Private Equity practice for the Education Sector at BMR. In addition to education, he has also been involved in transactions in the Telecommunications, Media and Technology (TMT) space.

He is an acknowledged expert in strategic, financial and commercial areas, and has been named as a leading advisor on M&A transactions in India in recent years. Vivek is regularly tapped by the media for his opinion on industry forecasts, trends and analysis.

Prior to joining BMR, Vivek has worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice of Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the Delhi University and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

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 Jha, Partner, Fox Mandal & Associates LLP

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.