Our speakers

Annie Mathew, CIO, Mother Dairy

Annie Mathew, CIO, Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd

Annil Chandel, CEO and Co-Founder, Wurkr

Annil Chandel is CEO and Co-Founder of fast-growing ‘office in the Cloud’ start-up Wurkr, and brings a peerless background and solid, proven experience as an entrepreneur and recruitment industry expert spanning three continents and more than two decades. He champions what are being termed as the buzzwords of today – remote working, distributed team management, and video technology for office environments.

At Wurkr, Annil is committed to creating digital products that are shaping the future of the workspace. He has strongly championed a ‘work from anywhere approach for businesses of all sizes, as a way to support employee engagement, wellbeing, and successful work-life integration by connecting distributed teams through advanced video technology and more.

Anoop Bector, MD, Mrs. Bector's Food Specialities Ltd.

Mr. Anoop Bector is the Managing Director of MRS. BECTORS FOOD SPECIALITIES LIMITED. He has been on the company’s Board since its incorporation and has an experience of 25 years with the company. He was awarded the ‘Business Knight of Punjab’ by the Economic Times in 2015. He was also appointed as the non-official member of the board of management of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana on June 25, 2018.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Satish Chander Dhawan Government College, Panjab University. He had completed a training programme on international supply chain management conducted by McDonalds in Singapore in 2001.

Anoop Tulsyan, Group CFO, Ashok Goel Family Office

Mr. Anoop Tulsyan has a wealth of experience  spanning more than 20 years in the financial services industry. He is thorough professional with a diverse background in the areas of Accounts & Finance. Prior to joining Ashok Goel Family Office as the Group Chief Financial Officer, Mr.Tulsyan has held positions at AION Capital Partners, a private equity funds  managed jointly by ICICI Venture and Apollo USA, and at Motilal Oswal Financial Services Limited. He has made significant contributions to the growth of these organizations during his tenure, and has gain extensive experience in portfolio monitoring, financial advisory, equity research, financial analysis and taxation. He has also worked in the private equity fund industry for over 10 years. 

Anshoo Sharma, Principal, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Anshoo joined Lightspeed Advisory Services India in 2009 and brings eight years of operating and consulting experience to his role advising the firm’s investment activities in India.

Prior to Lightspeed, Anshoo was a Senior Consultant at Bain & Company in Boston and New Delhi. While at Bain, Anshoo advised corporates on growth strategy, customer segmentation, go-to-market and performance improvement with a focus on the retail, telecom and IT sectors. He also provided extensive advisement to private equity clients on the business diligence of targets in a wide range of industries in India, including education, media, industrials, infrastructure, airlines, and financial services. Prior to Bain, Anshoo worked in telecom product development at Motorola and Hughes Software in India, where his focus was on converged/next-generation networks.

Anshoo holds a BS in Computer Science from Delhi University and an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad.

Anshu Gupta, Partner (Investments), C4D Partners

Anshu Prasher, Director, InnoVen Capital India Pvt. Ltd

Anshu Prasher is a Director at InnoVen Capital India. Since joining the firm in January 2013, he has been responsible for originating and executing venture debt transactions for high growth and innovative Indian companies. In addition to his role in leading debt transactions, Anshu is responsible for developing partnerships with other debt providers and building the firm’s syndication capabilities.

Anshu brings rich experience of working across banking and financial services. Prior to joining InnoVen Capital India (formerly SVB India Finance), Anshu worked with Debt Capital Markets, Kotak Mahindra Bank on structured debt transactions including acquisition and promoter financing across various sectors. He has prior Corporate Banking experience with Kotak and retail banking experience with Citibank.

Anshu holds a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and a BA (Honors) in Geography from DAV College, Jalandhar. Besides work, Anshu loves to explore new places, connect with new people and ideas. Like most other Indians, he loves cricket but also follows basketball and football among other sports.

Anshul Gupta, Co-founder, Box8 | @BOX8_in

Anshul Gupta is the Co-founder of Box8, a food delivery company. Anshul holds a bachelors and masters degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Prior to starting Box8, he worked in investment banking at Deutsche Bank. In the travel across the west, he realized the massive opportunity in the organized food segment, and decided to start Box8.

Anshul Jain, Managing Director, Lighthouse Funds

Anshul is a Managing Director and co-leads the investment team at Lighthouse Funds. She serves on the board of Duroflex. She has over 18 years of experience encompassing growth investments and investment banking. Previously, she led consumer sector coverage at ICICI Securities including M&A, PE and capital market transactions.

Anshul earned an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore.