Kashinath Memani, Former Chairman and Country Managing Partner, Ernst & Young India
Mr. Kashinath Memani is well renowned for his expertise in Business and Corporate Advisory, Foreign Taxation and Financial Consultancy.
He is a member of the Expert Committee of the Ministry of the Company Law for the amendment of the Companies Act. He is a member of the National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards (NACAS) and the Accounting Standard Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India. Mr. Memani has served as Chairman of External Audit Committee (EAC) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He is the only Indian to be appointed in this committee by the IMF.
He serves on Boards and Expert Committees of several institutions like The American Chamber of Commerce – India, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, FICCI and ASSOCHAM. He is a member of the Ernst & Young Global Council.
He serves on boards of a number of Public and Private Companies like ICICI Ventures, HT Media, Aegon India Business Services and DLF. He is on the Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. A leader and a mentor, he is also a member of governing bodies of social and philanthropic organizations.
He is a Law Graduate from the University of Calcutta and a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Vishnu Dusad, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Nucleus Software Exports Limited
Mr. Vishnu Dusad heads Nucleus Software Exports Limited which is a leading software company providing solutions for Banking and Financial organizations globally. He is a speaker at various Technology platforms and an inspirational leader in the Indian Information Technology arena.
In 1983, he Co-founded a software development company, International Information Systems (IIS). At the time a client was setting up its Retail Finance business in the country and was looking for a dedicated group to service their technology requirements and thus Nucleus Software came into being. As the CEO and Managing Director of Nucleus Software, Mr. Dusad has helped establish one of the very few Intellectual Property led software companies in India. The company has many award winning products to its credit, which are used by the leading banks in more than 30 countries across the world. The company also has the distinction of developing the World’s No.1 Best Selling Retail Lending product.
Mr. Dusad is an Executive Committee member of FICCI. He is a member of the Mentoring panel for start-ups at NASSCOM and also the Technology Business Incubation Unit (TBIU) Board at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He has been responsible for setting up of Dhananjaya Chair Professorship and instituting three Nucleus Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowships at IIT Delhi.
Mr. Dusad received his Bachelor’s Degree in Textile Technology and Master’s Degree in Management and Systems from IIT Delhi
Anil Chawla, Chief Executive Officer, DE Shaw India
The DE Shaw group, a global investment and technology development firm has approximately USD 30 billion in investment and committed capital. Mr. Chawla started DE Shaw’s India operations in 2006.
Prior to this Mr. Chawla held the position of Managing Director at GE India prior to which he was the CEO of GE Commercial Finance India and South East Asia. At GE, he led the corporate growth team which was setup to triple revenues in India in three years to $3 billion by 2008. Prior to GE, he was the Head of Capital Markets Group at American Express Bank and contributed at various levels at IL&FS and Citibank.
Mr. Chawla is highly regarded for his expertise in Business Building, Investing, and Leadership Development. He has been recognized by Business Today as one of the 25 youngest high achieving CEOs in India in 2002.
Mr. Chawla is a Commerce Graduate from Panjab University, a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Masters in Accounting from the Institute Of Management Accountants, London, UK
Arun Kapur, Group President, Quippo and Managing Director Quippo Telecom
Mr. Arun Kapur is widely accredited as a Management Professional with over 30 years of proven domestic and international experience with a successful record of accomplishments in managing large, independent technology businesses in highly competitive markets.
Currently Mr. Kapur is Group President Quippo and Managing Director at Quippo Telecom where he has transformed the company from a Construction Equipment Rental company to a total rental solution provider for infrastructure.
Mr. Kapur has pioneered the Passive Infrastructure Sharing model for the Telecom Sector, as well as creating ‘two’ other high potential and distinct business units in Energy Rental and Oil & Gas.
Mr. Kapur has led one of the most successful M&A transactions in the mobile sector. He has also been instrumental in making Xerox a market leader in the copier business.
Mr. Kapur is the Founder President of office automation of India. He is a member of Strategic Leadership Forum Chicago, Illinois and a Certified Practitioner in Total Quality Management from JUSE, Japan.
Mr. Arun Kapur is a graduate in Science from the University of Delhi
Sean Dexter, Ex Managing Director - Spice Telecom India
Sean Dexter has spent 14 years in India and has been associated with the development of the mobile telecom industry. From 1996 to 2000 he was the managing director of Spice Telecom in Punjab where he was responsible for successfully building the mobile phone company from scratch into a leading operator. He oversaw the development of the company from a single employee to one with over 250 employees. In 2000 he moved to Bangalore as the Managing Director of Spice Telecom Karnataka where he continued to manage the operations until 2005.
At the end of 2005 he left Spice telecom and set up his own telecom and IT services consultancy Company in Bangalore and also created an IT start up in the analytics and business intelligence space. Through his consultancy company he has worked on international assignments in Italy, New Zealand and the UK.