World Renowned Faculties
Vishal B Malkan, Co-founder, Malkansview
Vishal is the co-founder of Malkansview Training Institute Private Limited. He is a Master Trainer in the areas of technical analysis, trading psychology and personal motivation. Having been a trader since the age of 16 years, Vishal has been through all thick and thins of the stock market until he finally achieved success as a trader. Since then, he has taken up the cause of helping others to become professional traders. He has trained and mentored people from various backgrounds and helped them become professional traders. Apart from being a faculty at BSE Training Institute & National Stock Exchange, Vishal has also provided training at Corporate Houses like ICICI Bank (Treasury Department), DSP Merrill Lynch Limited, Bank of America & Accenture and Management Institutes such as Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Shillong, Jamnalal Bajaj Management Institute of Management Studies & Goa Institute of Management Studies. Vishal regularly appears on business channel CNBC TV18.
One of the most charismatic speakers you will ever see, Vishal trains from his heart, believing that honesty and support bring out the best in people. His integrity, compassion and natural leadership skills have helped him propel into a successful role as a trainer, coach, mentor and a role model.
Vishal K Gupta, Director, Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors Pvt Ltd
Vishal Gupta joined MOPE in June 2008. He has over 10 years of experience in fund management, investment banking, credit rating and corporate development. Before being part of MOPE, he worked as an Associate Director at UBS Investment Bank, New York where he executed several M&A transactions for financial services companies in areas of insurance, financial technology, specialty finance, alternative asset managers and bank holding companies. Vishal has developed a wide global business perspective, deep domain understanding of financial services and has strong relationship building skills.
AT MOPE, Vishal is involved in fund raising, investing and portfolio monitoring. He represents the Fund on the board of directors of AU financiers. He is also associated with Dixon Technologies.
Vishal earned an MBA from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh Muslim University.
Vishal Seth, Managing Director & National Leader - Financial Reporting & IFRS Advisory, Protiviti India
“Vishal is a Chartered Accountant and also holds the degree of Masters of Business Administration from the Curtin University, Australia.
Vishal has extensive experience of more than 15 years in financial reporting, as an advisor and an auditor. He has worked in multiple jurisdictions under various accounting frameworks and served clients across several industries, in particular oil & gas, mining, manufacturing, real estate and infrastructure. Prior to his association with Protiviti, Vishal has been associated with the big 4 accounting firms in India and Australia.
For the last 11 years, Vishal has been assisting clients with solutions on complex financial reporting matters under IFRS/US GAAP and Indian GAAP. These include GAAP conversions, technical position papers, M&A advisory, IPO assistance and financial reporting process improvement.
Vishal has authored several articles and contributed to thought leadership publications within the financial reporting domain.”
Vishnu Giri, Director, PwC
Vishnu Giri (“Vishnu”) is Director with PwC’s Deals sub SBU; he leads the Valuations practice for the southern region.
Vishnu has over 9 years of core valuation experience and has worked across diverse sectors such as IT/ITES, Pharmaceuticals and Life sciences, Automotive, Healthcare, Retail, Infrastructure, Financial Services, Telecom, Real estate etc. Currently, he specializes in business valuations, intangibles valuations, financial modeling, review of financial forecasts and other related financial advisory services.
Vishnu has worked with several high profile clients such as Infosys, Titan, iGATE, Mylan, Strides, MphasiS, Symphony Services, Puravankara, Teamlease, GE, Intel, Tyco, Sequent, Mitsubishi, Hitachi, Mcgraw-Hill etc.
Vishnu has authored a thought paper on Equity Risk Premium in India, which has been published on the PwC India website.
Vishnu holds a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB). Prior to his masters, Vishnu has also worked for two years as a software developer, with the focus area being e-learning applications.
Vivek Aggarwal, Partner, Fraud Investigation and Dispute Servies, ERNST & YOUNG INDIA
Mr. Vivek Aggarwal has Over 10 years of experience in the area of business intelligence. He has Led thousands of background investigations on potential customers, third party intermediaries and business partners including agents, suppliers and distributors on behalf of clients across a range of industries as part of anti-corruption reviews and investigations in various parts of the world. He has alsp led numerous integrity due diligence assignments on acquisition and investment targets on behalf of private equity firms, investment banks and corporations in India as well as other countries in the South Asia.Vivek is Partner with Fraud Investigation Dispute Services in EY India. He is an Certified Fraud Examiner with more that 15 years of professional experience.
He specializes in Fraud Investigations; Third party due diligence, Anti-corruption & Anti Bribery; and Brand Protection related engagements. He has worked on engagements involving financial misappropriation, bribery and corruption, cyber crimes and intellectual property violations. He has worked with clients in sectors such as Not for profit, IT/ITES, Consumer Products, Automobile, Retail, Infrastructure and Pharmaceuticals. He leads the Third Party Due Diligence service delivery team in India.
He has undertaken more that 500 background due diligences on behalf of companies in Pharmaceutical, Education, Technology, Automobile, Financial Services and Private Equity sectors. In addition, has led execution of more than10,000 third party due diligence requests.
He has led investigation into irregularities in the grant disbursement and expenditures at a health organization. The Client had extended a multimillion dollar grant for health care to this health organization. Investigations revealed bid rigging, fictitious quotations, bribes, conflict of interests and fictitious expenses.
Vivek Kathpalia, Partner-in-charge, Nishith Desai Associates
Vivek earned a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Government Law College, Mumbai and is a Solicitor affiliated with the Bombay Incorporated Law Society. He serves on the executive committee of the Franchising Association of India and is a member of the Bombay Bar Association, Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa and the International Bar Association.
Wallace Guo, Managing Partner, Taihecap (TH Capital)
Wallace Guo is a Managing Partner at Taihecap (TH Capital), focusing on technology, automotive, logistics and enterprise services sectors. He is also in charge of emerging market business, focusing on consumption, logistics and finance sectors. He is responsible for the deal closing in Guazi.com (largest used-car platform), with a total of over US$3 billion in financing since 2016.
As a well-recognized investment banker, Mr.Guo has led top deals including Pinduoduo (NASDAQ:PDD, pioneer of new e-commerce), G7 (Leading intelligent IOT company mainly serving logistics industry), Manbang (Largest freight service provider to maximize the power of big data to improve logistics efficiency), Renrendai (Pioneer of personal financial platform)? ShareChat (India’s largest regional social network), Kuaidi Dache (One of the top two taxihailing apps, merged with Didi in 2015), Aihuishou (Largest platform for recycling and selling second-hand electronic items), Horizon Robotics (Pioneer in AI edge computing for smart mobility), Lixiang Automotive (Leading new energy intelligent vehicle manufacturer), and Xiaozhu.com (Leading short-term rental and home sharing platform)?which are all top leading players in new economy.
Prior to this, he worked in KPMG's Financial Advisory, participating in the investment and M&A transactions of international funds and large foreign-funded enterprises in China. He also served in Accenture, providing Fortune 500 companies with business and strategic advisory
services.
Mr.Guo was honored “Fortune's 2018 40 Under 40” in China, an annual selection of the most influential young people in business. He became the only investment banker on the list.
William Vivian John, Partner, Luthra & Luthra Law Offices
William Vivian John is a Partner with Luthra & Luthra Law Offices. He has negotiated several M&A and private equity transactions, where he advised a number of Indian and foreign clients on acquisitions, investments and exits. He recently advised the buyers of Financial Technologies group’s assets; Intercontinental Exchange in its US$150 million acquisition of Singapore Mercantile Exchange and India Value Fund in its 100% acquisition of National Bulk Handling Corporation.
Prior to Luthra, William worked in-house for large Indian and multinational companies: Reliance Industries, IBM and GVK. At Reliance he negotiated long-term telecom infrastructure procurement contracts, exceeding US$1 billion, for Reliance’s CDMA network roll-out. He then found himself in the opposite role at IBM, where he negotiated sell-side contracts, as part of the contracts & negotiation team, with various government and private clients, for IBM’s products, solutions and services.
At GVK he was with the Airports business, where he was instrumental in the tendering and negotiation of several airport concessions for the Mumbai Airport modernization project, including cargo terminals, common-user fuelling facility, ground handling, duty free, F&B, retail and IT outsourcing. He also advised the consortium of GVK and Zurich Airports in their bid for the Malé International Airport project.
Yogen Vaidya, Partner - Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services, Ernst & Young India
Yogen is a Partner with Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services of EY India. Yogen has more than eight years of experience providing businesses with fraud and investigative services. His main areas of focus include dispute advisory and litigation support related services.
He specializes in infrastructure, oil and gas, chemicals, diversified, liquor, defense, cement, and metal and mining sector.
He has lead engagements involving pre trial assessment of claim, quantification of claims relating to cost recovery, damages, commercial claims, loss of profit/ value claims, shareholder disputes for exit.
Prior to joining EY, Yogen worked as Associate Director at KPMG’s Forensic practice for approximately three years. Prior to that, he was working with Larsen & Toubro Ltd., as a Manager in Corporate Audit Services.
Education and certifications
• Qualified Chartered Accountant, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, India
• Qualified Certified Internal Auditor, The Institute of Internal Auditors, USA
• Qualified Diploma in Information Systems Audit, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, India
• Qualified Certified Information Systems Auditor, The Institute of Systems Audit and Control Association
Professional memberships and affiliations
• Associate Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
• Associate Member of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiner
Seminars
• Nani Palkhivala Arbitration Centre - International Conference (March 2014)
• EY session with FGI - Federation of Gujarat Industries presented “Fraud risks in organizations” (March 2014)
• ICC’s International Court of Arbitration Seminar (September 2013)
• CII Conference on Arbitration in India (April 2013)
• Institute of Directors Master Class for Directors: Corporate Frauds : Prevention and Directors’ Guidance (Feb 2013)
• Masterclass for Directors at Institute of Directors (Feb 2012)
• Legal Era Real Estate, Project Finance & Alternate Dispute Resolution Forum (June 2012)
• Legal Era Conclave India 2011 (July 2011)
Yogesh Singh , Partner, Trilegal
Yogesh Singh is a partner with the Delhi office of Trilegal and a member of the firm's corporate practice. He has also acted for both investors and target companies on private equity transactions as well as structuring and corporate aspects of infrastructure projects including power, roads and port projects. He regularly advises foreign and Indian clients on general corporate aspects of their Indian operations including FCPA compliance strategies and employment issues.
Yogesh’s key clients include large energy and infrastructure companies, hospitality/ real estate companies, food and trading companies. Key aspects of the representations for clients in these sectors included advice and strategy on Indian exchange control laws, structuring investments/ exits, and dealing with the regulators on various innovative business models.