Dr. Ram Charan

Dr. Ram Charan is a world-renowned business advisor, author and speaker who has spent the past 35 years working with many top companies, CEOs, and boards of our time. In his work with companies including GE, Bank of America, Novartis, Verizon, Aditya Birla Group, Tata Group, Max Group, Yildiz Holdings, UST Global, Fast Retailing (Uniqlo), Longfor and two of the four largest digital companies in China, he is known for cutting through the complexity of running a business in today’s fast changing envi-ronment to uncover the core business problem. His real-world solutions, shared with millions through his books and articles in top business publications, have been praised for being practical, relevant and highly actionable — the kind of advice you can use Monday morning.

Former Chairman of GE Jack Welch says Ram “has the rare ability to distill meaningful from meaningless and transfer it in a quiet, effective way without destroying confidences,” while Ivan Seidenberg, the former CEO of Verizon, calls Ram his “secret weapon.”

Ram has coached more than a dozen leaders who went on to become CEOs, and has served on the boards of Hindalco in India, Emaar, Austin Industries, Tyco Electronics, and Fischer and Porter. His newest book, Talent Wins, co-authored with Dominic Barton and Dennis Carey (Harvard Business Review Press, March 2018), is a guide to radically rethinking the management of talent, because human capability is the ultimate determinant of a company’s success. Especially in this digital age.

Ram has authored over 25 books since 1998 that have sold over 2 million copies in more than a dozen languages. Three of his books were Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including Execution, which he co-authored with former Honeywell CEO Larry Bossidy in 2002, which spent more than 150 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. He also has written for publications includ-ing Harvard Business Review, Fortune, BusinessWeek, Time, Chief Executive and USA TODAY.

Harsh Mariwala

Mr. Mariwala leads Marico Limited as its Chairman. He is also Chairman & Managing Director of Kaya Limited.

Mr. Mariwala’s passion for innovation enthused him to establish the Marico Innovation Foundation in 2003 which works towards nurturing innovations in India. In 2012, Mr. Mariwala started ASCENT Foundation, a peer-learning entrepreneurial platform.

Sharrp Ventures is the Family Office of the Harsh Mariwala Family. He also founded the Mariwala Health Initiative (MHI) in 2015, with the philanthropic aim of giving back to society.

Mr. Mariwala was recently bestowed the EY Entrepreneur of the year award 2020 for India which is the world's most prestigious business award for entrepreneurs.

Kaushik Shaparia

Kaushik Shaparia is the Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank in India and a Member of its Asia Pacific Executive Committee. He is also a Director and NonExecutive Chairman on the Boards of Deutsche India Private Limited and Deutsche CIB Centre Private Limited.

Kaushik has 36 years of extensive banking experience across transaction banking, global markets businesses, debt capital markets and client coverage, including several regional and global roles.

Prior to returning to India in his current role, Kaushik was based in Singapore with a dual portfolio as the APAC Head of Corporate Banking Coverage within Institutional and Treasury Coverage, as well as, the Global Head of Subsidiary Coverage. In these roles, Kaushik was responsible for facilitating greater alignment across the bank’s corporate coverage network globally and for driving the overall corporate client agenda in Asia.

In his previous roles across Trade Finance and Cash Management, he was also responsible for building the bank’s strong Transaction Banking franchise across APAC.

Kaushik holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Ajay Chitkara

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