Ajay Kaul
Chief Executive Officer cum
Whole Time Director
Jubilant FoodWorks Limited

In a corporate career spanning 25 years, Ajay has served in renowned companies like American Express, Lufthansa, TNT (India and Indonesia), Jubilant FoodWorks, in senior leadership positions. He has been heading Jubilant FoodWorks Limited, as Chief Executive Officer, for a decade, now.

At Jubilant FoodWorks, he brought Domino’s Pizza to the position where it is now the LARGEST and FASTEST Growing MNC Food Service Brand in India, with a network of 844 Domino’s Pizza restaurants, across 185 cities (as of 5th February, 2015). During these years Domino’s has steadily increased its market share, attaining leadership position with over 70% Market Share in the organized Pizza, in India (as per Euro Monitor Report 2014). Also, Domino’s Pizza India is the largest market for Domino’s in the world (outside USA).

In February 2011, company also entered into Master Franchise Agreement with Dunkin’ Donuts for developing and operating its restaurants in India and has launched 50 Dunkin’ Donuts’ restaurants, across 18 cities in India (as of 5th February, 2015).

Ajay took Jubilant FoodWork’s to Public (IPO) in February 2010, making it the 1st Company in QSR Industry in India, to be listed successfully on the stock market. JFL’s IPO was rated as the BEST IPO in 5 years, by ET NOW - the share price posted 1000% gain since listing and has created shareholder wealth of 10,000+ crores. The success of JFL has catalyzed flow of PE money into the organized FOOD RETAIL (Also, the upbeatness in the Retail industry in general). The Company has become a benchmark of successful and profitable retail story, not only in India, but also overseas.

Along the way, JFL has won highest level of accolades as “The Most Promising Company in India” (by CNBC), “Best Emerging Company in India” (by Economic Times), “Most Admired Food Service Company in India”, One of the “Top 7 Most Innovative Companies in Asia” (by BNP Paribas’ Consumer Innovation Thematic Report 2014). Additionally, JFL is also rated as one of the “BEST EMPLOYERS”, in India, as per “Hewitt Best Employer’s” survey and “Great Place to Work” study.

Ajay, at an individual level, has been recognized with “Distinguished Alumnus Award 2014 - Practising Manager” by XLRI Jamshedpur, “The Outstanding CEO of the year 2014”, one of the “Top 100 CEOs in India”, Ernst and Young “Entrepreneur of the Year 2010” and “Professional Leader of the Year 2013”.

His personal interests include Golf, Bridge, Music, Singing and social causes.

Ajay is married and has two daughters.

Anupama Ahluwalia
Chief Marketing and Customer Services Officer
Reliance Retail

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Avinash Pant
Head, Marketing
Nike India

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Nandini Dias
CEO
Lodestar UM

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Prashant Singh
Managing Director
Nielsen India

Prashant Singh is the Managing Director for Nielsen India region. He leads our Retail Measurement Services (RMS) and Analytic Consulting, along with heading our businesses in the sub-region including Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh.

He also leads Media, which spans television, print, online, telecom and the Indian Readership Survey (IRS), which measures readership of newspapers and magazines, as well as the consumption of other media.

In his 13-year career with Nielsen, Prashant has led multiple businesses across measurement, insights and client service. Before moving to Mumbai for his current role, Prashant was the Vice President, Nielsen Delhi, where he focused on talent development and revenue growth.

With expertise ranging from rural Indian consumer insights to social media and smartphone analytics, Prashant is a frequent speaker at various marketing events and believes that teaching is the best form of learning.

Rajesh Kumar
‎ Head of Marketing
SAP Indian Subcontinent

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Rakshit Hargave
MD, Nivea India & GM, Beiersdorf Market Unit India group

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Rishi Piparaiya
Director of Marketing & Direct Sales
Aviva India

Rishi Piparaiya is the Director of Marketing and Direct Sales at Aviva India. He is responsible for driving marketing and brand strategy, online and direct sales, product development, digital initiatives, analytics, new alliances and training. Under his leadership, Aviva India has grown to be a market leader in the child as well as online insurance space. He has created some of the most innovative, award-winning brand and activation campaigns leveraging brand ambassador, Sachin Tendulkar.

Prior to this he was the Head of Bancassurance at Aviva where he was responsible for driving sales through bank partners and alliances and built an industry leading franchise. Prior to joining Aviva in 2008, Rishi was heading the $30 million revenue Insurance business and the product & marketing groups for all Citi India liabilities products. In this role, Rishi also managed the customer segments including Citigold wealth management. Under his aegis, Citi India was recognized as the Best performing Insurance franchise and the most Innovative Insurance franchise across Citi (Asia-Pacific). He was also responsible for establishing Citi India as one of the top 5 bancassurers in the country.

Rishi has also had stints as the Strategy Head of Consumer Banking at Citi India, as part of the International Strategy team at Citigroup New York, with Banco Santander Central Hispano in Madrid and as a dotcom entrepreneur. Rishi has an MBA from Cornell University, New York and completed his undergraduate education in Economics and Electrical Engineering from University of Rochester, New York.

Rishi is also the author of Aisle Be Damned, a best-selling humor book on the nuances of air travel.

Samir Bangara
Co-Founder & MD
Qyuki.com

Samir Bangara is the Managing Director of Qyuki, a digital broadcast network for youth (MCN) he co-founded with Shekhar Kapoor and AR Rahman.

He is the Former Managing Director (Digital) of DisneyUTV and has about 15 years of extensive experience in the media and technology industries. Before the acquisition by Disney, Samir was the Chief Operating Officer of Indiagames Ltd., which he was associated with in different roles since 1999 as investor, advisor and COO. Prior to coming on board with Indiagames, Samir was Vice President at Ernst & Young India’s M&A advisory division, focused on Technology and Media. He began his career as a venture capitalist at IL&FS Venture Corporation.

Samir has been listed amongst the top 15 angel investors in India - 2013 by VC Circle. He is also the Founding Co-chair of h2 (h2.co) and a mentor/investor at GSF (Global SuperangelsForum). He is passionate about motorsports and spends his Sunday mornings riding his Honda Repsol Fireblade.

Shashi Arora
Director & CEO
Airtel Digital TV

Shashi Arora is the Director & CEO for Airtel Digital TV – the DTH arm of Bharti Airtel since August 2011.

During this period he has successfully led the Airtel DTH business from a small fledgling business to one that today boasts of a subscriber base of over 10mn households and a significant market share of 25% of the Indian DTH industry.

Prior to this, Shashi was with the mobility business of Bharti Airtel taking care of the Upper North and Delhi circles as the CEO.

Shashi has a cumulative experience of over 25 years ranging across industries including FMCG, Banking, Telecom and Media. He began his career with Hindustan Lever Ltd. where he undertook several sales and marketing assignments and held prominent roles of Regional Sales Manager – East and Senior Product Manager – Rin portfolio. He has also worked with Kotak Mahindra Bank where he was the Group Marketing Head for all businesses including Mutual Fund, Insurance, Banking and Securities.

Shashi is a gold medalist MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur and holds a B.Tech degree in Textile Engineering.

Subhrangshu Neogi
Director – Group Marketing & Brand,
Religare Enterprises Ltd.

As the head of the group’s marketing efforts, Subhrangshu oversees and offers strategic guidance for marketing programs across all businesses straddling a diverse bouquet of products, channels and segments. He is also the chief custodian for the Religare Brand having navigated it since inception and responsible for the overall architecture, positioning and consistency across all platforms. He is a key enabler for various alliances to effectively deliver cross sell, up sell opportunities leveraging synergies across the group portfolio. He has also been instrumental in driving various strategic programs in the realm of investor education and has consistently evangelized a “digital first” culture within the group. With almost 2 decades of experience in integrated marketing, sales and strategic business development roles spanning categories such as FMCG, Retail, Telecom, Media and now Financial Services, he loves to take on new challenges.

Sumeet Yadav
CEO
Nando’s India

Sumeet has had an illustrious career; spanning 20 odd years and 4 very different industries: from Paper to Automobiles to Luxury Fashion and now F&B. Over these two decades, he has demonstrated the capability of launching brands and managing businesses from a 'start-up' to a successful steady state. His reputation for transforming businesses started with the launch of Ford Ikon, as its Brand Manager. After a super successful launch, he quickly moved on to head the sales function as GM –Sales at Ford India. After a successful stint at Ford, Sumeet joined Arvind Brands & VF Corporation India in 2002. During the 5 years he spent there, Sumeet grew quickly to take on the mantel of Country Head for Tommy Hilfiger and then Nautica. In his last assignment with them he was Heading the Retail Division overseeing brands such as Arrow, Lee, Wrangler, Jansport & Nautica, amongst others. In 2007 the entrepreneurial bug bit him and he joined Reliance Brands Limited, a start- up promoted by Reliance Industries, to spearhead Reliance’s foray into Premium Fashion. At Reliance Brands, Sumeet was instrumental in launching 15 international premium brands in the country. He served as Country Head for Diesel, Brooks Bros, SuperDry, Kenneth Cole, Quiksilver, Roxy & DC. In addition, he was spearheading the company’s entry into multi-brand e-commerce sales, media buying and also setting up HR operations. Known for his innovative approach to marketing and always game to try new strategies, Sumeet was instrumental in launching the first fashion brand via twitter in India, namely SuperDry. In pace with the changing marketing scenario, Sumeet has effectively used digital tools as well as brick & mortar spaces to create fashion powerhouse brands in the country. After a stellar career in the fashion and lifestyle industry, having ‘been there & done that’, Sumeet has now moved into a space, which is his personal favourite, the F&B industry. Sumeet is currently serving as CEO, Nando’s India, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nando’s World-wide; a 1.6 US billion global powerhouse in the casual dining space. Sumeet is an IMT Ghaziabad graduate and lives in Mumbai. In his free time he likes explore adventure sport and loves traveling to different locations. Sumeet loves Formula One racing and is an avid biker.

Vishwalok Nath
Head – Marketing & Syndications
India Today Group Digital

Vishwalok Nath is the Head – Marketing & Syndications for India Today Group Digital. He leads all the marketing initiatives for the digital properties of the group across web, wap, apps, digital magazines and digital integrations to the India Today Group’s events like ‘India Today Conclave’, ‘India Today Youth Summit – Mind Rocks’, ‘Agenda Aaj Tak’, ‘BT Mindrush’ etc. He’s also responsible for the content syndication of all the content produced by the group across Print, TV, Digital etc. He also takes care of the distribution of the TV channels across the globe on digital platforms viz : IPTV, OTT, Mobile TV, Web TV, Smart TV boxes, Smart TVs, Internet TVs etc.

In his 15+ years of experience he’s worked across various profiles & has spent over 13 years in Digital Industry only. He’s worked with companies like Times Internet Limited, Hughes Software System (now Aricent Technologies), India Today Group etc. across various profiles including Purchase, Strategy Planning, Business Development, Strategic Alliances, Digital Marketing, Syndications etc.

He’s been awarded the prestigious Chairman’s award in India Today Group for the ‘New Media Professional of the Year’ by Mr. Aroon Purie, Editor-in-Chief, The India Today Group and ‘Best Digital Marketing Professional Award’ by the CMO Council.

His personal interests include Adventure Sports, Football & Social causes. Vishwalok is married and has two sons.