10 years of investing experience in public and private markets at global Private Equity/Hedge funds

B.Tech IIT Kharagpur, MBA IIM Bangalore, CFA® charterholder

Co-Founder & Fund Manager at 2Point2 Capital, a SEBI-registered Portfolio Management Service company. Known in the investing community for deep on-ground research, forensic analysis and fraud identification

Was Vice-President at Hornbill Capital, a Mumbai based hedge fund – co-sponsored by Orchid Asia which manages USD 3.0 billion of equity capital

Made investments in Logistics, Pharma, Financial Services, IT and Clean-Tech at Zephyr Peacock, a Bangalore based Private Equity fund

Was part of the team at Zephyr Peacock that launched Sri Lanka’s first private equity fund

Anurag Agrawal is the Chief Operating Officer of Aavishkaar Group and a Partner at Aavishkaar Capital. Anurag has been part of the founding team of Group Company, Intellecap and last served as its CEO. He set up and built the Company’s Investment Banking Practice with a specific focus on assisting early and growth-stage multiple bottom-line enterprises to raise capital. Anurag has the unique distinction of working with most of the leading microfinance institutions in India and has helped many of these institutions in their fund raising efforts. He was also one of the key architects of creating the current structure of the Aavishkaar Group and led the efforts of the Group in the incubation and acquisition of the 3 NBFCs (IntelleCash, IntelleGrow and Arohan) within the Group.

In addition to serving on the Board of the Group Holding Company, Anurag represents the Promoter interest on the Board of Group Companies Arohan and IntelleGrow as well as Aavishkaar Portfolio Companies Butterfly Fields and Nepra. He has in the past served as an Independent Director on the Board of A Little World and Zero Mass Foundation. Before joining the Aavishkaar Group, Anurag worked with the Cash Management Services Division of ICICI Bank. Anurag completed his MBA with a specialization in Finance from TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal.

Brian Kelliher, is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds practice of Dillon Eustace which is one of the leading law firms in Ireland. He is a highly experienced adviser on Irish financial services law focusing on asset management and investment funds, investment services, and regulatory and compliance matters.

His investment funds practice covers all fund product types – from traditional UCITS, ETFs, money market funds and alternative UCITS to the full spectrum of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). He advises on product design, authorisation, contract negotiation, foreign registration, marketing, migration and all applicable regulatory and compliance matters.

His clients include leading worldwide asset managers and credit institutions, management companies, administrators, depositories, distributors and other financial services firms in addition to investment funds. Brian has advised a number of Indian asset managers on the establishment and authorisation of Irish domiciled investment funds including both UCITS and AIFs in addition to assisting on the process for FPI approval from SEBI and Section 9A approval from the Central Board of Direct Taxes in India.

Brian is a former member and chairman of the Legal and Regulatory Committee of the Irish Funds Industry Association and a former member of the Company Law Review Group, an Irish statutory body, established to advise the Irish Government on matters concerning company law. He is currently a member of the Irish Funds Management Companies Working Group and a member of the Irish Funds Brexit Steering Group.

Brian is a regular participant at international fund events and is ranked by Chambers and other legal directories.

Dr Aniruddha Malpani is an IVF specialist who passed out from Bombay University, winning over 20 gold medals during his academic career. His clinic at www.drmalpani.com attracts patients from all over the world.. His passion is patient empowerment; and he believes that using Information Technology to deliver Information Therapy to patients can heal a sick healthcare system

He is an active angel investor ( <www.malpaniventures.com>). He invests across all domains, and admires entrepreneurs because they have the potential to change the world !

Hemant is the CEO for Edelweiss Global Asset Management business. He currently overseas the entire business including investments and distribution of funds across multiple platforms – alternatives and mutual funds. He has been instrumental in the scale up of the asset management business which is now one of the leading alternatives asset manager in India.

In his previous role as a CEO of the Global Markets business at Edelweiss, Hemant played a key role in significantly scaling up the business which now has investments across sectors, asset classes and geographies. His responsibility also included managing the treasury at Edelweiss and overseeing all investment decisions for the organisation.

Part of the Management Committee, he was pivotal in designing and structuring the Edelweiss leadership programme, a key leadership and talent development forum for senior and mid-level Edelweiss employees.

Prior to Edelweiss he has worked with ICICI Bank in the Global Markets division gaining investment expertise across local and global markets.

Hemant brings in over 15 years of investment experience and has done his Post Graduation from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He is also an avid runner.

Kenneth Andrade is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Old Bridge Capital Management.
He manages the investment process and leads investment ideation for inclusion of stocks within the
investment portfolio at Old Bridge. Kenneth has over 27 years of experience in Indian Capital
Markets in portfolio management and investment research.

Prior to founding Old Bridge Capital Management in December 2015, Kenneth was Chief Investment
Officer at IDFC Asset Management, where he was responsible for the performance of the investment
team, which overlooked a corpus of US$ 9 billion. He has established a decade plus track record as a
portfolio manager in the Indian Equity Market and has built one of India’s largest equity funds by
AUM. From 2008 to 2015, IDFC MF ranked as the fastest growing mutual fund in India.

LC Singh is a distinguished alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology and an alumnus of the Harvard Business School. A pioneer in the field of information technology, he performed key roles at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). At the time of leaving the company, he was the Senior Vice President, in charge of operations for UK, South Africa, and the Middle East. In addition, he also looked after marketing, public relations and brand building. He briefly worked with Zensar Technologies as President and CEO. He founded Nihilent in 2000.

In a short span, Nihilent has emerged as one of the most creative consulting and IT companies in India. LC is the author of Nihilent’s patented change management framework MC³. LC is a Fellow of The Institute of Management Consultants of India (IMCI) and Computer Society of India (CSI), and a certified Due Diligence Professional (CDDP).  He is an internationally recognized thought leader on design & systems thinking, and an invited speaker at global conferences on Design Thinking, Change Management, and Digital Disruption. He scripted and produced the movie ‘Banaras, A mystic love story. He continues to be a student of ontology and epistemology.

Neha Grover has 14 years of financial services experience focused on the private equity space.
In her current role, she is the Regional Lead of IFC’s South Asia Practice of PE &amp; VC Funds. She is
responsible for evaluating and closing investments in PE &amp; VC Funds and on developing the
Funds ecosystem in South Asia.

Prior to joining IFC, Neha was Principal and India CFO at Baring Private Equity Partners India
where she covered various sectors for evaluating investments, finance, fundraising and
structuring. Neha was named in the ’40 under 40’ list of Alternate Investment Professionals in
India and also in the ‘India’s Top 100 Women In Finance’ by Association of International Wealth
Management of India. She has also served on the Board of companies like BPEP India and
Sphaera Pharma India.

She is an all-India rank-holding Chartered Accountant, a Company Secretary, and holds a
Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM),
Lucknow.

Nikhil started equity trading at the age of 17, having dropped out of school two years earlier to
play chess for India. He largely focused on the emerging derivatives and commodity sectors. He
co-founded Kamath Associates at the age of 19 to manage High Net Worth Individual portfolios
in the public market space, before going on to co-found Zerodha with his brother Nithin in 2010,
at the age of 23. Zerodha aimed to revolutionize the financial markets by adopting a
transparent, ultra low cost, tech-driven strategy to engage the largely untapped consumer
market in India.

Zerodha today has grown to over a million active users, facilitating over 3 million orders daily,
which accounts for about 15% of the daily equity volume in India, with a daily turnover of over
$10 billion. Zerodha has been consistently doubling its customer base each year, and is now the
largest stockbroker in India. Today the company has a valuation of over $1 billion, has been
entirely self-funded, and has never accepted any external investment. Zerodha’s headquarters
are located in Bangalore, India – Asia’s IT hub. The company employees over 1500 staff in a
variety of roles in tech, development, support and sales across 40 cities in India. Through its
incubator and VC fund, Rainmatter, Zerodha aggressively invests in companies to drive
innovation aimed at bringing financial inclusion to a highly under-penetrated market that is
growing exponentially.

Nikhil’s passion for analytics and financial markets stems from his unorthodox childhood. His
focus has been to generate superior results for the proprietary fund, which over the past decade
has significantly outperformed asset management companies in India. EY audited returns
showcase the fund’s stellar 5-year performance, achieving an average of 81% returns YoY.
In September 2019, Nikhil Co-Founded True Beacon to bring his fund management experience
to a global group of Ultra High Net Worth strategic investors. True Beacon aims to disrupt the
market by adopting a zero-fee model, with performance rewards on fund gains.

Nitesh Ranjan is General Manager at Union Bank of India, heading Treasury &amp; Business Strategy. He has an accomplished career of 18+ years across government sector and banking, having served in important roles such as Chief Economist, Chief Investor Relations Officer, Head of Balance-sheet Management Group, and as Regional Head of bank’s operations across Union Territory of Chandigarh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

He is director on board of Fixed Income, Money Market and Derivatives Association of India (FIMMDA) and SBI Global Factors Ltd. He is also a member of India Forex Committee (IFXC). He was earlier associated with CII as working group member of its National Committee on Banking (2016-17), RBI’s committee on review of priority sector norms (2012), and Economic Affairs &amp; Policy Committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce &amp; Industry (2011). He has also published an occasional paper with grant assistance from NABARD on ‘role of commodity futures on price stabilization’ (2005).

Samit Vartak is the Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer of SageOne Investment Advisors LLP. Samit has been investing in the equities markets since 1999 and has experienced and studied many bull and bear cycles over the last two decades. He has worked closely with various company managements in the US and India advising them on business strategy, profit optimization, growth and valuation. This experience forms the backbone that helps him better understand businesses and their fair value. He has been early in identifying and investing in multiple businesses across industries before they catch market attention. Samit actively shares his knowledge and learnings through widely followed investor newsletters, lectures at CFA society/industry forums/business schools and media interviews.

Samit returned to India in 2006 after spending a decade in the USA working initially in corporate strategy with Gap Inc. and PwC Consulting, and then with Deloitte and Ernst & Young advising companies on business valuation and M&A. Samit is a CFA® charter holder, an MBA from Olin School of Business of the Washington University in St. Louis and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree with Honors from Sardar Patel College of Engineering (SPCE), Mumbai University.

Shrija Agrawal is the Associate Editor and part of the leadership team at Mint, India’s most awarded and’ respected business newspaper. As part of her role, she conceived and runs the Deals ertical which also includes being the editorial lead for key properties such as Annual Mint Private Equity Conclave, Annual Mint Stressed Assets investment Summit, Annual Mint Dealmakers Forum and so on. Prior to this, she was the first editorial employee of vccircle and rose to becoming it’s managing editor. At vccircle, she set up the editorial operations of the company, launched Techcircle-the sister website covering technology and startups and VCCTV- the web videos network for the group. She also conceived vccircle events – the key revenue stream for the group.she played a pivotal role in the success of the organization and stayed till the end of its eventual sale to Newscorp. She is a post graduate in broadcast journalism from Asian college of journalism, Chennai.

Siddharth Shah is a Partner with Khaitan & Co, one of the leading law firms in India. The focus areas of his practice are Funds and Corporate. He is one of the leading professionals in the Funds space in the Country. He has vast experience in the funds space having over the years advised large number of clients on matters related to fund formation involving structuring or organisation of domestic and offshore funds across asset classes, corporate and regulatory advice in relation to operations of the funds, foreign investment and exchange control laws. In addition to fund formation, Siddharth also has substantial experience in corporate transactional space including fund investments (including PE investments in real estate sector), public and private acquisitions, corporate restructuring and capital markets (involving public and private offerings) and M&A. He also advises clients on matters related to securities laws.

Mr. Shachindra Nath founded U GRO Capital in 2017 with the vision of solving the $600B SME credit problem in India – a major impediment to both SME growth and financial inclusion. He raised $130m USD from a diverse and marquee list of investors, anchored by four leading private equity firms. In the ensuing time, U GRO has grown to 165 employees across nine branches
throughout India. January 2019 saw the commencement of lending operations, since when U GRO has disbursed over $150M across 7,500+ customers and has
already achieved industry leading turnaround times. U GRO has recently launched its proprietary direct digital lending platform, which aims to provide a non-intermediated channel by which Indian SMEs can directly apply for financing.

Mr. Nath founded U GRO to tackle critical inefficiencies in the market and envisioned a solution incorporating a novel mix of granular knowledge and innovative technology. The core concept of U GRO was not to drastically alter the credit methodology, but rather to augment processes with new technologies, so that customers would have a faster and easier loan application. The granular knowledge aspect allows for better and more specific underwriting and thus lower default rates. Additionally, corporate governance is the bedrock of U GRO and is the primary reason for being a listed company from an early stage.

Mr. Nath, prior to his entrepreneurial journey held leadership roles across asset management, lending, insurance and capital market. In 2016 he first set up Poshika and mentored multiple FinTech start-ups and aspiring entrepreneurs on their journey.

Sunil Singhania, CFA, is the Founder of Abakus Asset Management, LLP, an India-focused Asset Management Company he established in 2018. Prior to this, in his role as Global Head – Equities at Reliance Capital Ltd., he oversaw equity assets and provided strategic inputs across Reliance Capital Group of companies including asset management, insurance, AIF and offshore assets. And as CIO – Equities, Singhania led Reliance Mutual Fund equity schemes to be rated amongst the best. Reliance Growth Fund grew over 100 times in less than 22 years under Singhania’s leadership. Furthermore, he led Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Ltd.’s international efforts and was instrumental in launching India funds in Japan, South Korea, and the UK, besides managing mandates from institutional investors based in the US, Singapore, and other countries. Singhania was the Promoter of The Association of NSE Members of India; a body of stock brokers. He is also the first individual from India to be elected as a member of the CFA Institute Board of Governors and currently serves as the Chair of the Investment Committee and as a member of the Nominating Committee. He also sat on CFA Institute’s Standards of Practice Council for six years, and was the Founder of the Indian Association of Investment Professionals (now CFA Society India) and served as its President for eight years. Singhania graduated in commerce from the Bombay University and completed his Chartered Accountancy from the ICAI, Delhi with an all India rank. He has also earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, conferred by CFA Institute. Having traveled extensively across the world, Singhania has also attended many global investment conferences and seminars.

Tashwinder “Tash” is the Managing Director and CEO of Credit Strategies division at o3 Capital.

Prior to o3 Capital, Tash was part of structured credit team in KKR where he was responsible for
origination across the platform with primary focus on structured credit and also for diligence &amp;
underwriting and relationships.

Prior to joining KKR, he was a Managing Director- Citi Private Bank Head at Citi Group. He was the Global
Market Manager for India and was also responsible for developing and implementing business strategy
for the Private Banking Business in India.

Tash is a B.Eng and an M.B.A. from Delhi University.

Tejesh Chitlangi is a Senior Partner with IC Universal Legal and heads the Firm’s Financial Services & Funds Practice in Mumbai. He has assisted in setting up of some of the biggest offshore and Indian Investment Fund structures. Under his leadership, the Firm for past several years has continued to enjoy the leadership position in Indian asset management/alternative fund space, by maintaining more than 25% share (100+ AIFs out of nearly 400 AIFs registered with SEBI) in the AIF space, whilst also advising majority of Top 10 Indian mutual fund asset management companies.

In addition, under his leadership the Firm has also been credited as the top Indian law firm in terms of number of SEBI (India’s securities markets regulator) registrations across the intermediary space. He has also negotiated several PE/VC & M&A deals, with a primary focus on financial services sector. He holds a B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from National Law University, Jodhpur with specialization and top ranking in corporate and securities laws.

Tushar Sachade is a Partner in PwC’s Tax and Regulatory Services practice.

Tushar has vast experience of 25 years. He has worked with a large number of clients in the Financial Services space and specialises in entry
strategies and fund structuring of global, institutional and startup funds from the tax and regulatory perspective. In addition, he has been
closely involved in several high-profile private equity transactions on tax and regulatory structuring, including deal structuring. Tushar has
worked on a wide spectrum of funds including Venture Capital funds, Private Equity funds, Real Estate funds, Infrastructure funds, Debt
funds and Hedge funds.

He started his career with RSM & Co., and after its merger with PwC was a Partner in the firm for three years. After that he was with KPMG
for six years, with his most recent role being the Co-head of x-LoS in the Private Equity practice.

Tushar has also worked with various industry bodies. He has helped IVCA and FICCI and advised them on making representations on
several industry issues. He has also been interacting regularly with regulators, including SEBI, on REITs-related legislation and AIF funds.

Tushar is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Vineet Rai is the Founder of Aavishkaar group and chairs its Group Executive Council. Aavishkaar Group is an Impact Investment Platform impacting millions of people in Asia and Africa through its interventions while managing assets.

Vineet’s philosophy is to build ecosystem for Impact Investing to deliver the Aavishkaar Group vision “Bridging the Opportunity Group for the Emerging 3 Billion”. Vineet believes that Impact Investing has the potential to change the world of finance irreversibly.

Considered as a pioneer in the Impact investment space, Vineet’s philosophy has been to build the entire ecosystem for Impact Investing rather than just financial products and tools. In line with his vision, Aavishkaar Group today comprises Aavishkaar Capital – the ground breaking Impact Investment Fund Manager, Arohan – a Microfinance Institution, IntelleGrow – a Venture Debt Company, Tribe3 – a technology enabled lending platform and IntelleCap – the Global Impact Ecosystem builder. The Group also manages Sankalp – the foremost Global platform for engagement around impact investing.

The Group comprises of 6000 employees and manages assets in excess of US $ 1 Billion on its platform and meets the funding needs of all entrepreneurs providing capital from (US) INR 10 thousands to 100 Crore. More importantly, Aavishkaar Group has played a pivotal role in building the ecosystem around impact investing in India and is now replicating these efforts across South East Asia and Africa. Vineet believes that Impact Investing is the Global Phenomenon that has the potential to change the world of finance irreversibly and is expected to play a pivotal role in delivering Sustainable Development Goals or SDG’s by 2030.

Vineet has received numerous awards including the Impact Investor of the Year by News Corp for 2016, Porter Prize for Strategic Leadership in Social Space, 2016, CNBC TV 18 Award for being the Catalyst Fund for India 2016, G 20 – SME Innovation in Finance Award 2010 in Seoul South Korea, UNDP-IBLF –ICC World Business Award in 2005 and Lemelson Award for Social Venture Investing. He is an Ashoka Fellow and Honorary Member of XLRI Alumni Association. Vineet recently featured on the cover of Forbes India, January 2018 issue. Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever endorsed Aavishkaar Intellecap Group for its efforts in furthering inclusive development. Vineet was invited by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for consultations on doubling the income of the farmers in September 2017 as part of his champions of change program. Vineet also serves as Commissioner at the Business Commission for Sustainable Development, as Senior Advisor to Blended Finance Working Group at OECD and as an Advisor to United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Board.

Driving on Indian roads is one of his passions and he tries to cover 50,000 KM every year.