B Ganesh Shenoy, is the Chief Financial Officer at MTR Foods Pvt Ltd a fully owned subsidiary of the Norwegian group Orkla, an Oslo based USD 6Bn FMCG Major.

He is a Commerce Graduate from Bangalore University, a Chartered Accountant from the ICAI and a Cost Accountant from the ICWAI.

Mr Shenoy started his career in 1987 at AF Ferguson & Co in the Management Consultancy Division. Subsequent to a brief stint at L & T,Mumbai he joined the Unilever group in India where he worked for 12 years in various capacities and profit centres …. from Factory Commercial Manager and Regional Commercial Manager in various businesses – Dairy, Beverages, Chemicals and Fertilisers, etc - ending with CFO & Profit Centre Commercial Head for Hind Lever Chemicals Ltd – a Unilever subsidiary – which was a Rs 1200 Cr chemicals and fertilisers business then. He has won the Chairman’s Award in HUL on 3 occasions for various projects in Finance and Taxation.

In 2003, he joined MTR then a PE funded processed foods company which was acquired by Orkla in 2007 and now a Rs 900 Cr+ processed foods major. In addition to his Finance role, Mr. Shenoy also leads Business Development at MTR – evaluating inorganic growth opportunities through acquisitions as well as investments through MTR’s Start-up Fund. Leading MTR’s IT function as well, with the fastest Go Live migration to SAP back in 2003, Mr. Shenoy and his team are driving the use of various IT applications and solutions across the organisation – the latest being deployment of an RPA/OCR based Automated system for Payments and an Automated Approval Workflow platform across functions & organization hierarchies. With several IT solutions across functions, MTR is now at the cutting edge of IT in the FMCG sector.

He is on the Board of Rasoi Magic Foods Pvt Ltd – a fully owned subsidiary of MTR Foods. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Norwegian Business Association of India for the year 2021-22 and was earlier a Member of the NBAI Board from 2017-18 onwards. He is an active member of Economic Affairs Panel of CII-Karnataka Chapter, first as Co-convener of the panel for 2018-19 and now as the Convener of the panel from the year 2019-20 onwards. He is also a member of the Eco Affairs and Corporate Governance panels of CII – Southern Region. He is an active member of other CFO groups in Bangalore such as IMA, CFO India, HFG panel etc. He was amongst the elite National level CFO 100 Honorees for a consecutive 8 year period – from 2013 to 2020 instituted by 9.9Mediaworx, a place in the India CFO Power List 2020 from Core Media as well as CFO of the Year for 2018 awarded in 2019 by Exito Media Concepts Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru.

Jatin Dalal is Chief Financial Officer for Wipro Limited. He is also on the investment committee of Wipro Ventures, Wipro’s $100 million strategic investment arm that invests in early to mid-stage startups.

Since joining Wipro in 2002, Jatin has held various roles in finance and leadership. He led the development of Wipro’s internal Shared Services division (2002-2005) and helped win the coveted Institutional Investor Award for Best IR function in India during his time in corporate treasury (2005-2008). Jatin relocated to the UK in 2009 as the head of finance for Europe and global finance head for three business units: energy and utilities, healthcare, and manufacturing. Immediately prior to his current role, Jatin served as CFO of Wipro’s Global IT Business (2011-2015).

Jatin is a qualified chartered accountant (India), cost and management account (India), chartered global management accountant (UK), and a chartered financial analyst. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from National Institute of Technology (NIT), Surat, India and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration (PGDBA) with a specialization in finance and international business from NMIMS, Mumbai, India.

Jatin is on the NYSE Listed Company Advisory Board at New York Stock Exchange. He is also on various committees of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). He was awarded the CFO of the Year in CII CFO Excellence Awards 2021. Jatin is a trustee for Wipro Foundation

Mahabaleshwara M.S. took charge as Managing Director & CEO of Karnataka Bank on 15.04.2017. After successful completion of his first term of three years, RBI re-appointed him for a further period of three years with effect from 15.04.2020. He has over 37 years of banking experience both at operational and administrative levels. The Bank is implementing its most sought-after wholistic transformation exercise ‘KBL-VIKAAS’ under his leadership aiming to position the Bank as ‘Big, Strong and Vibrant’ & the ‘Digital Bank of Future’ in the years to come. Further, he had played a pivotal role in the ‘Digital Banking’ & ‘BPR’ (Business Process Reengineering) initiatives of the Bank on earlier occasions. The Bank has surpassed “Rupees One Lakh Thirty Nine Thousand Crore Business” and also achieved a milestone of more than 11 million customers under his able leadership.

He has done his Masters in Agricultural Sciences (M.Sc. Agri), with specialisation in Agronomy, from the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Bengaluru. He is also a Certificated Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and Honorary Fellow of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF) & holds Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from St. Aloysius College, Mangaluru.

Further, he is also associated with the following Institutions/Organisations:

1. Chairman, Southern India Banks’ Staff Training College (SIBSTC), Bengaluru.
2. Member of the Managing Committee of IBA (Indian Banks’ Association), Mumbai.
3. Member of the Governing Council of IIBF (Indian Institute of Banking & Finance), Mumbai.
4. Non-Executive Chairman of M/s KBL Services Ltd., Bengaluru, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank.
5. The president of the Bankers’ Club, Mangaluru.
6. Member of CII National Committee on Banking 2021-22.

Further, he served as a member of the Managing Committee of IBA (Indian Banks’ Association), Mumbai for a period of three years (September 11, 2019 to September 16, 2022).

Considering his invaluable contribution in the field of banking and also to the society, he has been honoured with various awards and accolades by several prestigious institutions / organisations. 

Milind Kulkarni has been associated with Tech Mahindra for close to two decades since 2002.  He joined the organization when it was a $ 150mn company with 2500 employees & has been part of the leadership team that made Tech Mahindra emerge as one of the leading digital IT solution providers of India.

Milind brings with him a rich experience of over 40 years in the IT & manufacturing industries and has led teams across various roles in Finance, Legal, Internal Information function among others.  He has played a significant role in Tech Mahindra’s organic and non-organic growth initiatives and is known for his deep analytical and logical intellect.

Milind started his career with Cadburys and later went on to become the CFO of Mastek Limited, a listed  IT Company & Group CFO of Venky’s, a well-diversified  & integrated poultry group.

He is a Chartered Accountant by training

Sachin Tayal is a Managing Director at Protiviti Member Firm, in India. He has served in various leadership and client service roles through his 22 years of wide-ranging experience. Sachin has led several marquee engagements across diverse industry verticals and frequently interacts with senior executive and board members on risk, governance and performance matters.

As a member of the executive leadership committee for India, Sachin is responsible for overseeing the internal audit & financial advisory services as well as the global delivery centre in the country. Over the years he has led strategic initiatives for building the firm’s capabilities in new business advisory domains with high growth opportunities and strengthening delivery capabilities for servicing Indian as well as multinational clients of the Protiviti network. Sachin has also served on the firm’s global executive team advisory council that closely engages with country market and solution leaders on spectrum of areas.

Sachin is the Co-chair on the board of the Northern Regional Council at the American Chamber of Commerce and a prolific speaker at industry conferences and business forums, having written several thought leadership publications.

Sachin is passionate about the Protiviti’s ‘I on Hunger’ global CSR program and actively contributes towards the cause.

S Santhanagopalan holds a Bachelor degree in Commerce, CA, CMA and CS and having vast experience in consolidation of accounts, Secretarial, Treasury , Corporate Tax , GST , Financial Reporting, New Venture/ Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions, Investors Relationship and Policy formulation. Having an experience of 36 years , he was associated as Chief Financial Officer with TVS, TATA’s and MNC’s He was the CFO and Company Secretary of TVS & Sons Private Limited until restructuring and he is currently the Director and Company Secretary of TVS Mobility Private Limited . He is also the Director in some Group Companies.

Shalini Warrier was appointed as Executive Director of Federal Bank with effect from 15 January 2020. She joined the Bank on 2nd November 2015 as the Chief Operating Officer, with her primary responsibility being operational excellence, coupled with digital innovation. In May 2019, she took on the additional responsibility of Business Head of Retail Banking Products. Her current role is that of Business Head – Retail for Federal Bank, with primary responsibility to drive the Retail Banking agenda of the Bank forward. This, inter alia, covers responsibility over the Bank’s Digital Banking agenda and FinTech partnerships.

Shalini Warrier is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and stood first at the all India level in 1989. She is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.

Shalini has nearly 3 decades of banking experience.  Prior to joining Federal Bank, she worked with Standard Chartered Bank, a leading multinational Bank. She handled multiple disciplines there, across various geographies that included India, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates. 

In her current role, she leads the Bank's initiatives designed to enhance market presence in the Retail Banking area. She is responsible for formulating the Bank's future direction and partner with the Board and the Top Management team to drive strategic initiatives designed to enhance shareholder value.  She is also a nominee Director on the Board of the Bank’s associate, Ageas Federal Life Insurance Company Limited.

She is a well-known banking personality and has represented the Bank at various fintech and technology platforms in India and abroad.

S. Sreenivasan is the President (Finance) and CFO at Bajaj Finserv Ltd. As a key member of the senior executive management team, he oversees the long term strategic and annual operating plans, capital management, investor relations and corporate governance for the group. He has been instrumental in the transformational journey and consistent performance of the Insurance subsidiaries – Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company Ltd (BALIC) and Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company Ltd (BAGIC). Apart from his role as Group CFO, he is a Director on the Board of BALIC and BAGIC. He is also the Chairman of Bajaj Financial Securities Limited.

He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Science from the University of Kerala. He is also a qualified Chartered Accountant, a Cost Accountant, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA Institute, Virginia, USA) and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

Subhasri Sriram is currently the Joint Managing Director of Shriram Financial Ventures, the holding company and promoter entity of the financial services and insurance businesses of Shriram Group. She has more than 3 decades of professional experience including 24 years in Shriram Group’s Financial Services business and during this period for more than 15 years held the position of Executive Director & CFO of one of their listed Non-Banking Finance Companies. Has handled many critical assignments related to implementing new organization structures, improving business processes, raising several rounds of equity from marquee investors across globe and raising external commercial borrowings during this period.

She has won the “Best Performing CFO in the NBFC Sector” for 2013 at the 8th edition of the awards instituted by a leading business television channel CNBC TV 18 and in 2016 she was also chosen as one of the most influential CFOs in India by CIMA. Recently won the Woman Leader of the Organization award from UBS Forums.

She is a Post-Graduate in Commerce, Fellow Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). She also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Systems Management from NIIT and Post Graduate Diploma in Cyber Laws from NALSAR, Hyderabad.

M P Vijay Kumar is a Chartered accountant, Cost accountant and Company secretary. He joined Sify in 2007 as Chief Financial Officer and also serves as Director on the Boards of Sify Technologies Singapore Pte Limited, National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) and Thejo Engineering Limited.

He is a Member of IFRS Advisory Council 2019-24 and also serves as Council Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since 2016.

His leadership roles include heading the Accounting Standards Board, Financial Reporting Review Board and Committee on Accounting Standards for Local Bodies as Vice Chairman and the Digital Accounting & Assurance Board and Valuation Standards Board as Chairman.

His industry associations have seen him being part of the CFO Forum, the National Committee on Financial Reporting and the Accounting Standards Board of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

National and International awards have come his way, among them being recognised as among the 100 most influential CFO’s in India by CIMA, making the Roll of Honour of the Top 100 CFOs in India and very recently, the National Award for contribution to Financial Accounting by Capital Foundation Society.

He also dons other hats; as a speaker on the professional circuit in India and the Middle East & South East Asia on IFRS, Accounting Standards, Audit, Corporate Laws and Capital Market and as an Author of over 8 popular titles on Accounting, Accounting Standards, Audit Standards and Company Law that are in continuous reprints.

His early professional engagements include being a Partner at chartered accountants’ firm, Yoganandh & Ram. Prior to them, he headed the Investment Banking portfolio in addition to being Company Secretary of Sundaram Finance Services Ltd., Chennai, the Investment Banking arm of Sundaram Finance Limited.