Our speakers

Abhishek Kabra, Director, Samara Capital

Abhishek is a Director at Samara Capital - Mid Market focussed Private Equity Fund. Abhishek has been with Samara Capital for over 9 years and also leads its healthcare vertical. He is on the board of 3 healthcare investments of Samara: Asian Institute of Gastroenterology - super specialty hospital focussed on medical and surgical gastroenterology Lotus Surgicals - Fast growing company in the surgical consumables and devices space SMT - Leading Indian stents company. Abhishek is a Chartered Accountant and an MBA from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai.

Abhishek Kapoor, SVP - Strategy, Regency Healthcare

Mr.Abhishek Kapoor currently serves the healthcare industry as Senior Vice President – Strategy, Regency Healthcare, Kanpur.

In his career span he has been associated with PriceWater House Coopers, Ernst & Young, American Appraisal and Deloitte with the strategy consulting and merger and acquisition valuation practice.

After acquiring his MBA degree he has worked with Davita, the largest Kidney dialysis chain, in the United States of America, before returning to Kanpur to assist Regency Healthcare in expanding and achieving its vision.

Abhishek’s vision was to reach tertiary healthcare to every doorstep in U. P. His vision was to break barriers of the medical fraternity and provide the advanced treatment solutions that patients from U. P. had to travel to a metro to access for their diseases to be treated. This he dreamt would be possible with strategy and planning for expansion of Regency Healthcare to every corner of the state. But he recognized the need for advanced medical equipment and machinery, further investment in advanced diagnostics and most importantly, doctors who shared his vision and commitment to make India as disease free as possible.

With new strategies put in place by Abhishek Kapoor, the group secured funding towards expansion and Regency graduated from Regency Hospitals to Regency Healthcare; grew in numbers also, to five facilities. Regency today provides a comprehensive cancer treatment; dialysis centre; is soon to launch a south Kanpur multi-specialty unit in Govind Nagar and is planned for an expansion outside Kanpur in the future.

Abhishek Kumar, Head of Corporate Development (M&A), Snapdeal

Abhishek Kumar Head of Corporate Development and Mergers & Acquisitions at Snapdeal where he focusses on business growth strategy through M&A, investments, joint ventures and expansion into new business. Abhishek has close to 15 years of experience in consumer industries including media, technology and e-commerce and start-up space. Over the course of his illustrious career, he has successfully closed over 20 deals including investments, cross-border mergers, acquisitions & joint ventures.

Abhishek has led the largest acquisition deals in the internet space in India, investments in technology start-ups including in ad-tech, consumer internet, hardware, SaaS and e-commerce enablers for a Venture Capital Fund and currently implementing inorganic growth strategy via strategic investments and acquisitions.

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Abhishek Lal, Ecommerce Director, Adidas Group India

With over 15+ years of cross-functional work experience, Abhishek Lal has joined adidas group India as the Ecommerce Director. In adidas he is currently managing the development and implementation of 360 degree Omni Channel strategy in India. He is responsible for all aspects of enabling Omni Channel commerce success by integrating online (Web/Mobile) to offline (Bricks and Mortar).

During his vast career, he has gained expertise in different areas like manufacturing, product development, retail operations, merchandising & Internet marketing.

He has worked with major brands like Unilever, Adidas, Puma & Intersport across different geographies like India, Switzerland, Germany, Middle East & Africa.

An alumni of Delhi University  (Computer Science), Footwear Design & Development Institute (Footwear Technology) and Faculty of Management Studies (MBA), his in-depth understanding of industry and knowledge about the sector & products is an advantage that he adds to the ventures he works for.

Working in Technology, Retail and Sales & Marketing functions, experience in various advance technology platforms, evaluating ability for different technology/E-Commerce platforms, has resulted in successful achievement of the organizations’ business goals wherever he has worked. In his previous endeavor, he was the CEO & Co-founder of the online shoe store Bestylish.com.

Entrepreneur, Visionary and Evangelist are just a few caps among many that Abhishek Lal has donned in his enchanting career.

Abhishek Mahanty, Head- Partner Engineering, Google Cloud

Abhishek Malhotra, Partner, Asia Pacific, AT Kearney | @ATKearney

Abhishek is currently a Partner with AT Kearney and is a member of the Consumer & Health Practice based out of Mumbai. Abhishek is an experienced management consultant and has worked with many leading companies and organizations to help them address their toughest business challenges. Over the last 19 years - based out of Mumbai and New York - his client engagements have focused on Go to Market Transformation (Sales & Marketing), Business Strategy and Operations Improvement.

Abhishek has published numerous studies on Consumer & Health in India and is widely quoted in local / global media. He is a member of several industry associations and regular speaker at leading conferences. He has also been on the Jury Panel for leading industry awards in India. Abhishek has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad and Bachelors in Electronics Engineering from Punjab Engineering College (PEC) Chandigarh

Abhishek Mohan, Principal, Sequoia Capital

Abhishek Paronigar, Director, Moravia Capital Investments

Abhishek has over 12 years of experience in private equity and investment banking. Abhishek is Director at Moravia Capital Investments, a global private equity fund of funds, and is in charge of investments in private equity funds in Asia and North America. Abhishek leads the sourcing, evaluation, due diligence, investment and portfolio monitoring of private equity funds in Asia and co-leads the same for private equity funds in North America.
Abhishek is also on the Investment Committee of the Fund.
Prior to that, Abhishek was a Partner at Moravia Capital AG and in charge of fund placements in Middle East and Asia. He was responsible for handling and managing relationships with institutional investors of alternative asset class in the Middle East and Asia. He was also in charge of business development and sourcing clients in Asia, with a focus on India.
Before joining Moravia Capital AG, he was working with ICICI Bank in the Global Investment Banking Group. He was responsible for advising clients on a wide range of domestic and cross-border transactions.
Abhishek is an all-India rank-holding Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Business Administration with specialization in Finance from SPJIMR.

Abhishek Rajan, Head of Mobile Business, Myntra

Abhishek Ravi, CIO, Dream11 & Dream Sports

Abhishek Ravi is the Chief Information Officer of Dream Sports and leads the DevOps, IT and Security for the organisation. Abhishek is responsible for bridging the gap between business and security requirements and identifying the best suited technical solutions.

Abhishek has over 19 years of experience in technology, consumer internet product development and security. He is focussed on solving real consumer problems using innovative, scalable and performance-oriented solutions. Before Dream Sports, Abhishek has worked with Inkfruit.com, Tricom India and Infosys in various technology leadership roles. As a strong believer in values, he puts a lot of effort into creating a great team culture.

Abhishek graduated from IIT Kanpur with a Bachelor of Technology. Besides the passion for technology, Abhishek is an avid cricket fan and follows the Mumbai Indians team.