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Overview
Amidst global slowdown, high inflation, pressure of reducing costs and help businesses stay on track for growth, CFOs have become more important than ever. The recent turbulent times have witnessed the role of the CFO undergoing a profound shift. 2024 began at an optimistic note but the turbulence continues with the uncertainties emerging from the onset of global recession, massive layoffs and bank failures, that most likley to effect India's stability and growth. Such constant changes have posed the urgency for financial leaders to prioritise long-term sustainability and encourage environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations within their organisations. With the increasing pressure of reducing cost, portfolio optimisation is also becoming increasingly important. A proactive portfolio review process leading to portfolio optimisation is an important weapon of a CFO's arsenal. In the second edition of the CFO Connect Conclave, FinancialExpress.com aims to bring together country's top strategic leaders to deliberate creating value, supporting innovation and encouraging capital productivity.
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1
Full Day Of Networking
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30+
Top Industry Speakers
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150+
Financial Experts
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8+
Knowledgeable Sessions

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Key Discussion Points
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The CEO perspective: Leveraging Skills & perspectives for financial performance and strategic decisions
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Tech & AI In Financial Processes: The need of the hour
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Balancing growth & profitability- The new imperatives
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How smart CFOs can scale up business!
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Digital transformation & investing for insights -The new approaches to capital allocation
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Redefining and rethinking financial strategies in turbulent times
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Ticking all the boxes & playing the long game
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Ethics, governance & sustainability- Investing in tech & talent
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CFOs of 2025 & beyond: Chief "Future" Officers!- Balancing the long & short-term priorities
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India's trade strategy on challenging times ahead!
our speakers
Abhinav Jain
Chief Financial Officer
CoinDcx
Ameera Shah
Promoter and Executive Chairperson
Metropolis Healthcare Limited
Amit Agrawal
CFO & COO
Lockton India
Amit Malpani
Chief Financial Officer
Edelweiss AMC
Anooj Mishra
Business Transformation Leader
Applications
Oracle India
Chirag Mavani
CFO
The Souled Store
Deepal Shah
Group Chief Financial Officer
AllCargo Logistics Limited
Deepesh Baxi
CFO & Wholetime Director
Castrol
Ian Desouza
CFO
National Stock Exchange of
India Limited (NSE India)
Jay Galla
Co-Founder &
Chairman
Amara Raja Group
Kaleeswaran Arunachalam
CFO
Crompton Greaves
Consumer Electricals Ltd
Ketan Merchant
Chief Financial Officer
Fino Payment Banks
Kunal Shah
Senior Director
Solution Engineering
Application West India
Oracle
Mandeep Mehta
CFO
PB Fintech
Nilesh Shah
Group President & Managing Director
Kotak Mahindra Asset
Management Company
Param Reddy
CFO
Tafe
Raghupati Mishra
CFO
Liberty Steel Groups
Rahul Tewari
Chief Financial Officer
Games24x7
Rahul Y Mahashabde
Group CFO & Group Finance Controller
Forbes Marshall Private Limited
Rajendran Arunachalam
Group CFO
Thermax Limited
Ravi Chawla
Managing Director And Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd
Sameer Patel
Chief Financial Officer (CFO –BK India)
Restaurant Brands Asia Limited
Sri Ram Kumar C
Head – Marketing and Strategic Alliances
FinAlyzer
Sudhanshu Jain
Chief Financial Officer & Head
Corporate Centre, IDFC First Bank
Vikas Jalan
Chief Financial Officer
Pay nearby
Vishal Haikerwal
Business Transformation Leader
Applications
Oracle India
Vyom Doshi
Chief Financial Officer
AZB & Partners
Yogesh Udhoji
Chief Financial Officer
Muthoot Housing Finance Limited
Agenda
Welcome Address
Welcome to the SummitCEO, Indian Express Digital
Keynote Address
Achieving Lasting Success with Oracle AI in Fusion ApplicationsSenior Director, Solution Engineering - Application West India, Oracle
Panel Discussion
View from the top- leaders’ perspective on the evolving CEO-CFO ConnectPromoter and Executive Chairperson, Metropolis Healthcare Limited
Group President & Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company
Managing Director And Chief Executive Officer, Gulf Oil Lubricants India Ltd
Deputy Editor, Financial Express - Digital (Moderator)
Networking Break
Panel Discussion
Tech & AI In Financial Processes: The need of the hourCFO & COO, Lockton India
CFO, Liberty Steel Groups
Chief Financial Officer & Head - Corporate Centre, IDFC First Bank
Chief Financial Officer (CFO –BK India), Restaurant Brands Asia Limited
Business Transformation Leader, Applications, Oracle India
Editor, Financial Express - Digital (Moderator)
Head – Marketing and Strategic Alliances, FinAlyzer
Panel Discussion
Balancing growth & profitability- The new imperativesCFO & Wholetime Director, Castrol India Limited
CFO, Fino Payment Bank
CFO, Tafe
Chief Financial Officer, Muthoot Housing Co Ltd
Bureau Chief, Financial Express - Digital (Moderator)
Panel Discussion
Digital transformation & investing for insights -The new approaches to capital allocationBusiness Transformation Leader, Applications, Oracle India
Chief Financial Officer, Edelweiss AMC
Group Chief Financial Officer, AllCargo Logistics Limited
CFO, PB Fintech
Group CFO/ Group Finance Controller, Forbes Marshall private Limited
Editor, Financial Express (Moderator)
Networking Lunch
Panel Discussion
CFOs of 2025 & beyond: Chief "Future" Officers!- Balancing the long & short-term prioritiesChief Financial Officer, CoinDcx
Group CFO, Thermax Limited
Chief Financial Officer, Games24x7
CFO, PayNearby
Bureau Chief, Financial Express (Moderator)
Fireside Chat
Legal tender for the corporate soul- CFO insights from a leading law firmChief Financial Officer, AZB & Partners
Deputy Editor, Financial Express - Digital (Moderator)
Panel Discussion
Ethics, governance & sustainability- Investing in tech & talentCFO, The Souled Store
CFO, National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE India)
CFO, Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Ltd
Vertical Lead- BFSI, Financial Express - Digital (Moderator)
Fireside Chat
Ticking all the boxes & playing the long gameCo-Founder & Chairman, Amara Raja Group
Deputy Editor, Financial Express - Digital (Moderator)
Closing Note
Editor, Financial Express - Digital
Who Should Attend
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Chief Financial Officers from National & International Gamut
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Group
CFOs - 03

Financial Decision Makers: Director - Finance, Vice President Finance, Head of Finance
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Managing Directors & Chief Executive Officers
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Finance
Enthusiasts
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previous session videos
previous speakers
Keki Mistry
Vice Chairman & CEO
HDFC
Jaspal Bindra
Executive Chairman
Centrum Group
Dinanath Dubhashi
MD & CEO
L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.
D Sundaram
Vice Chairman
TVS Capital Funds (P) Ltd
Biren Master
Client Sales Manager
SAP Concur India
Ankur Bhageria
Founder and CEO
Cashflo
K.V. Subramaniam
President
Reliance Life Sciences
Kalpana B
CEO & Chief Thinker
Grant Thornton dGTL
Abhinav Jain Ranka
CFO & Finance Lead
Pharmeasy
Abhishek Gupta
Group CFO
OYO
Amit Prabhu
CFO & Executive Director
PUMA India
Amit Gupta
CFO & CL CH India Exports
P &G Health Ltd
Amrit Singh
CFO
Max Life Insurance Company Limited
Anuj Tewari
VP-Finance
Yulu
Arpinder Singh
Global Markets and India Leader Forensic & Integrity Services
EY India
Gaurav Agarwal
Partner
PwC India
Kapil Singla
CFO
Essar - Power Business Group
Manish Bhatia
CFO
Prism Johnson Ltd
Narayan Saraf
Senior Director-Finance (CFO)
Thermo Fisher Scientific India
Nitin D Parekh
CFO
Zydus Lifesciences Limited
Parag Parikh
CFO
Adani Total Gas Limited
Pramod Nair
CFO
Everest Industries Limited
Prateek Chandra
CFO
IndiaMART InterMESH Limited
Puneet Sabharwal
CFO
Stellantis India
Saibal Sengupta
CFO
Orient Electric Limited
Sandhya Sriram
Group CFO
Narayana Health
Somdeb Sengupta
Partner FS Advisory
KPMG in India
Sushanth Pai
CFO
Matrimony
Tarun Rustagi
Chief Financial Officer
Canara HSBC Life Insurance
previous key attendees
Aakarshan Mookim
CFO
Macmillan Education India Private Limited
Abhinav Jain Ranka
CFO & Finance Lead
Pharmeasy
Abhishek Gupta
Group CFO
OYO
Ajay Seth
CFO
Maruti Suzuki
Akshay Sarma
CFO
AXIO
Amit Agarwal
Group CFO
Raymond Limited
Amit Gupta
CFO & CL CH India Exports
P&G Health Ltd
Amit Prabhu
CFO & Executive Director
PUMA India
Amrit Singh
CFO
Max Life Insurance Company Limited
Anuj Tewari
VP-Finance
Yulu
Arvind Talan
CFO
Jet Freight Logistics Limited
Ashish Shrimal
CFO
Sterling Accuris Wellness
Bharat Madan
President Finance, Group CFO and Corporate Head
Escorts Kubota Limited
Chirag Mavani
CFO
The SouledStore
Gopal Balachandran
CFO & CRO
ICICI Lombard GIC Limited
Harsh Bhutani
CFO
The Coca-Cola Company
Hrishikesh S. Redij
CFO
Hansa Cequity
Kaleeswaran Arunachalam
Group CFO & Head of Strategy
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals Limited
Kannan Sugantharaman
CFO
Omega Healthcare Management Services
Kapil Singla
CFO
Essar Power Business Group
Madhan Mohan
CFO
J S Auto Cast Foundry India Private Limited
Mayank Gupta
Group CFO
CarDekho Group
Melagiri Sridhar
CFO
Bafna Pharmaceuticals Limited
N V V Chalapathi Rao
CFO
B5 Plus Group
Narayan Saraf
Senior Director -Finance (CFO)
Thermo Fisher Scientific India
Neetu Kashiramka
CFO
VIP Industries Limited
Nilesh Kambli
CFO
Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd
Nilesh Kothari
CFO
Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Limited
Nitin D Parekh
CFO
Zydus Lifesciences Limited
Parag Parikh
CFO
Adani Total Gas Limited
Pawan Agrawal
CFO
Marico Limited
Prakash Chandra Bisht
CFO & President
Jubilant Ingrevia Limited
Pramod Nair
CFO
Everest Industries Limited
Prashant P. Thakar
CFO & Executive Director
Suvidhaa Infoserve Limited
Prasad Patwardhan
CFO
ITD Cementation India Limited
Prateek Chandra
CFO
IndiaMART InterMESH
Priyanka Chaudhary
CFO & COO – RIL Media Business
Jio Studios
Rahul Jain
President & CFO
SRF Limited
Rahul Kedia
Head of Finance & Operation, Company Secretary
Roche Diabetes Care India Private Limited
Rajneesh Jain
CFO
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
Rakesh Agarwal
CFO
Metropolis Healthcare Limited
Rakesh Agarwal
CFO
Metropolis Healthcare Limited
Ramanpreet Sohi
CFO
Honasa Consumer Pvt Ltd (Mamaearth)
Rikhil Shah
CFO
SBI General Insurance Company Limited
Ritesh Bhansali
CFO
Yokohama India Private Limited
Ritesh Tiwari
Executive Director, Finance & IT and Chief Financial Officer
Hindustan Unilever Limited
Sachin Roale
CFO & Director(Resources)
Praj Industries Ltd
Saibal Sengupta
CFO
Orient Electric Limited
Sameer Agarwal
Group CFO
Manipal Hospitals
Samir Seksaria
CFO
Tata Consultancy Services
Sandeep Bardia
CFO
Cloudnine Group of Hospitals
Sandhya Sriram
CFO
Group CFO
Sanjeev Churiwala
CFO
The Tata Power Company
Shefali Sehwani
CFO
Lloyd’s India
Sourabh Jalan
CFO & Director of Operations for India Business
Accenture
Srinivasa Raghavan
CFO
Healthcare Global Enterprises Limited
Sumit Choudhary
CFO
Rapipay Fintech Private Limited
Surajit Chakrabartty
CFO
MedGenome Labs Limited
Sushanth Pai
CFO
Matrimony.com Limited
Tarun Soni
CFO
Bizongo
Upma Goel
CFO
Piramal Enterprise Limited
Vikas Jain
CFO
TBO.com
Vikas Sarda
CFO
Unitus Capital/ Unitus Ventures
Vinit Teredesai
CFO
Mindtree
Vivek Bansal
Executive Director & Group CFO
InCred
Yogesh Patel
CFO
Mahindra Logistics Limited
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Maharashtra 400059

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