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Past Speakers

Last September, our event, FIN-TALK held at SCMHRD, Pune, which comprised of Panel Discussion and series of guest lectures drew 500 attendees and the participation of eminent speakers, faculty and students from top B-Schools. 

 

Follwing were the speakers for Fin-Talk'14:

 

Mr. V.S. Parthasarathy isGroup CIO, EVP-Group M&A, Finance & Accounts, Member of Group Executive Board, M&M Group

Parthasarthy not only heads the technology landscape at Mahindra and Mahindra ( M&M) but also oversees the group’s mergers and acquisitions initiatives. Over the last 13 years at M&M, Parthasarthy has held various  positions like CFO, Business Planning, International Operations, Policy Deployment, Strategy, and Mergers & Acquisitions for the Farm Equipment sector. A fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Parthasarathy headed one of the largest consolidation projects in the country with Project Harmony--a group-wide initiative to implement common processes on a single IT platform in order to leverage synergies across the entire Mahindra Group. 

 

Mr. Vikram Sampat- Vice President SBU Head-PX/OX, Reliance Industries Limited.

He has industry experience of over 23 years in Strategic planning, corporate planning, industry analysis, corporate financial analysis, M & A analysis  and is an industry expert of petrochemical and refining sectors.

 

Mr. Gurcharan Grover- Head, Accounts and reporting, SA region, Nestle.

He is a Chartered Accountant ,gold medalist and cost and management accountant with Experience of +22 years in the field of Auditing , Accounting & Reporting (under IFRS and Local GAAP), Global Accounting & Reporting

Mr. Pramod Achuthan- Partner in the Tax & Regulatory Services, Ernst & Young 

Pramod is a Chartered Accountant, has cleared the Company Secretary and Secretary course and. holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce . He has undertaken speaking engagements at various forums including the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Confederation of Indian Industries. 

 

Mr. Ratan Moondra- Director and Practising CA, Moon Sez Consultants Pvt Ltd,Pune

Mr. Moondra is the director of Moon SEZ Consultants Pvt. Ltd and is associated with the SEZ Projects of MIDC,MADC, Air India, Lupin, Hexaware, TCS, KPIT etc. He is also a Committee Member of Indirect Taxation of IMC, Mumbai  for last 3 years and speaker and coordinator at various seminars at WRIC,ICAI. Mr. Moondra is a  FCA from ICAI.

Mr. Kedar Sabne- Finance controller, Cybage Software Private Limited.

Kedar Sabne is the finance controller at Cybage Software Private Limited .He isresponsible for finance & accounts, treasury operations, strategic initiatives, taxation, auditing, budgeting and MIS here. He is a Chartered accountant as well as a Company secretary. He is the deputy convenor at Kharadi Magarpatta industry study circle of ICAI.

Mr. Krishna Kanhaiya- Head, Accounts, Finance, IT & Admin, Mirae Asset Global Investment.

 He has over 15 years of experience in the finance function in various industries including over 9 years in Financial Services. He has been associated with Mirae Asset Mutual Fund since its inception in 2007 and is responsible for overall Finance, MIS and budgetary control of the organization. 

 

Mr. Manoj Nair- Vice President and Head,Assurance and Cost Control, Essar Projects

Mr. Nair is a fervent risk management and internal controls professional with over 18 years of experience in the field of governance, risk and compliance (GRC).    Presently, he is heading the Assurance & Cost Control function of the Projects Business Group of Essar. He has worked in leadership roles with PwC and KPMG, where he managed the portfolio of clients spread across various industry segments. 

Mr. Karan Desai- Head, Corporate Finance Group, Centrum Capital Limited

Mr. Karan Desai leads a 9 member strong Corporate Finance Group at Centrum focusing on sectors spanning Consumer, Manufacturing, Media, Healthcare, IT/ITeS, Business Services & Mining across Private Equity, M&A and Structured Financing transactions. He has been instrumental in building the firm’s cross border M&A network and specially focuses on this area to originate new business for the group.He has previously worked with PwC and Bank of America . 

Moderators

Mr. Arun Giri- Editor, Taxsutra.com

Arun Giri is considered among the premier financial reporters in India, with special focus on tax. He has around 7 years of journalistic experience as a broadcast journalist with leading business news channels – CNBC TV18 and Bloomberg UTV. Arun has, over the years, been known for consistently breaking the biggest stories in the financial world 

Jaideep Merchant- Portfolio Manager, Janak Merchant Securities

Mr Jaideep Merchant is a Portfolio Manager at Janak Merchant Securities  for the last 15 years. He started his career as an equity research analyst at the same company.He manages client  funds that are invested in listed Indian mid and small sized companies. He is a Chartered Accountant and a CFA Charter holder.

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