Bharat Puri is currently the Managing Director of Pidilite Industries Ltd, having joined the Board of Pidilite Industries Ltd as an Independent Director in 2008 and being appointed Managing Director in April 2015.Pidilite is India’s leading manufacturer of consumer adhesives, sealants, construction chemicals, art and craft products as well as polymer emulsions.Over the past few years, Pidilite has emerged as one of India’s most respected consumer companies.

Bharat was at school at the Lawrence School Sanawar, graduated in Commerce from Punjab University and completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Starting his career with Asian Paints in 1982, he rose to eventually heading Sales and Marketing for the company. He moved to Cadbury India as Director of Sales and Marketing in 1998, and was appointed its Managing Director in 2002. In 2006, he was posted to Singapore in a Regional role. He then held senior leadership positions in Sales, Marketing and General Management, at the regional, and global level, culminating in his becoming Global President, Chocolates, Gum and Candy, for Mondelez International. Bharat has been a successful global business leader who has built, energised and led diverse teams across numerous geographies in both developed and developing markets.

As a person, Bharat can be described as open, curious, fair with a strong bias for action and a strong belief in the power of teams.

Deepak Iyer is the President of Mondelez India Foods Pvt. Ltd and is responsible for leading the business in India. Deepak is also part of the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (AMEA) Leadership Team.

With around thirty years of management experience spanning Sales, Marketing, Franchise Management and General Management, he has extensive experience in the FMCG space.

Prior to Mondelez, he was the CEO and Managing Director of Bharti AXA General Insurance Co Ltd.

He has also served as CEO and Managing Director, Indian Subcontinent at Wrigley India Pvt. Ltd,

Deepak was earlier with PepsiCo Inc. for several years working in different roles in South Asia and Africa. He has also worked in Marico Industries, Coats Viyella and Tata Telecom Ltd.

He holds a Master of Management Studies (MBA) from SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai and a Bachelor of Engineering from Sardar Patel University, Gujarat.

Mr Koshy is the MD & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), a first-of-its-kind initiative globally to democratize e-commerce in India.

Koshy is erudite with rich professional experience and expertise. An IIM Bangalore alumnus, he was part of the founding team of National Security Depository Limited (NSDL) and served as an Executive Director. He has also marked a remarkable stint in Ernst & Young leading key digital transformation initiatives.

Mr Koshy has been a pioneer in Digital ID and social protection initiatives and has played a leadership role in many implementations and consulting projects globally including the UID project of India, the largest ID program in the world, along with many other Digital ID initiatives globally.

Mr Koshy played a key role in the many digital transformation projects in India, including the transformation of Pension Systems in India, the development of the Tax Information Network and the formulation of IT strategy and IT architecture for the implementation of Goods & Service Tax in India. Mr Koshy has also assisted the World Bank with pension transformation projects and has been to China as a member of a pension reform mission.

Mr Koshy has also served as a member of SEBI committees pertaining to the adoption of dematerialized settlement of securities and mutual funds as well as committees constituted by the RBI with reference to the Online Tax Accounting System for Direct and Indirect Tax. He has also been a member of the Sub Group on Technology of the Tax Administration Reform Commission of the Government of India constituted to recommend measures for reforms required in Tax Administration to enhance its effectiveness and efficiency for both Direct as well as Indirect tax.

Mr Koshy played a significant role in several e-Government initiatives, including the Unique ID project, the Expenditure Information Network, the Project PLATINUM for the development of a legal and IT framework for the Ministry of Urban Development's guaranteed land title, the Common Data Repository for the Insurance Sector, the E-Stamping initiative, and the automation of VAT functions in a few Indian states.

Shashi Sinha, an Indian Executive who is the current CEO – India, Mediabrands, manages the second largest Media Agency Group that includes Lodestar UM, Initiative Media, Interactive Avenues, Mediabrands, Reprise, Rapport, Cadreon, Orion, & Magna Global in India. The group manages approximately 20% of the overall media spend in the country and is widely recognized for it's strategic approach to media solutions across a wide portfolio of over 100 blue chip clients such as – Samsung, Amazon, Amul, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson.

Shashi is also actively involved in various industry bodies such as the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI), Past Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC), Past President of The Ad Club and Current Chairman of Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) and of Media Research Users Council India (MRUCI). He is also an honorable member of the prestigious Facebook India Client Council.

Shashi is an alumni of IIT Kanpur & IIM Bangalore where he was recently conferred the "Most Distinguished Alumni Award".

An industry veteran with over 30 years of experience, where he has built a highly awarded team of professionals and organizations that today form the country's leading media network.

Arun Srinivas graduated from the University of Madras and completed his masters from the Indian Institute of Management Kolkata in 1996. He joined Meta in 2019 and is now the Director & Head for the Ads Business for Meta India. He leads the business and relationships for all industries and all business sizes - large, medium and small, as well as the entire media and creative agency ecosystem.

He has over 25 years of experience, of which 21 years were in the Consumer Products Industry. He spent 5 years with Reebok India and 16 years subsequently with Unilever. In Unilever, he rose to lead several businesses such as Beverages, Skin Care & Makeup and Foods for India, and has been part of the India, South Asia and Global leadership teams.

Arun spent 2.5 years in the PE Industry with Westbridge Capital, where he led the consumer vertical across fresh and existing investments. Arun was part of several deals and evaluated hundreds of companies raising capital across sectors.

Arun spent over a year at Ola, where he was the COO and the Global CMO. He managed the mobility business and P&L for India and led the Marketing, Categories and Revenue functions globally. Arun anchored the Ola London launch to success.

Personal interests:
Arun is an avid runner and also a keyboard player.

Sumant Bhargavan was appointed as a Wholetime Director on the Board of ITC Limited effective November 16, 2018. He oversees the Paperboards, Paper and Packaging as well as the Personal Care and Education & Stationery Products Businesses of the Company, and also the Trade Marketing & Distribution ('TM&D') Vertical. Sumant, an alumnus of the National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, joined ITC in January 1986, and has handled a wide range of responsibilities across several businesses.

Prior to his appointment as a Director on the Board of ITC, he was President - FMCG Businesses since April 2016. Earlier, he was the Divisional Chief Executive of the Tobacco Division. He also held additional responsibility of the TM&D Vertical as its Chief Executive for a period of one year from October 2016. He spent his first 19 years with ITC in Manufacturing operations of the Tobacco Division and has worked in four production units as well as at the Head Office. In October 2004, he moved to the Foods Business and set up the Snack Food category under the brand name 'Bingo!'. He has led ITC Infotech India Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC, as its Managing Director from September 2009 to October 2014. He has also been on the Boards of ITC Infotech's wholly owned subsidiaries in the UK and the USA.

Sumant has also been a Director on the Board of The Tobacco Institute of India. Presently, he serves as a Member of the CII Eastern Region Council. He is also a Director on the Board of Surya Nepal Private Limited, a joint venture subsidiary company of ITC in Nepal, and a Member of the General Committee of The Tollygunge Club Limited.

Ambarish Kenghe (AK) is responsible for the Google Pay strategy in India, Singapore, Japan and Brazil as the Product Lead. He is based out of Google's Bangalore office.

Prior to joining Google Pay, AK was the Chief Product Officer for Myntra where he was the catalyst for many innovations including AI/ML based software for designing fashion. AK joined Myntra from Google, Mountain View where he played an instrumental role in launching Chromecast, one of the best selling electronics devices worldwide. He also worked on Google TV during his first stint at Google. He has worked as a strategy consultant at Bain & Co in San Francisco and as an engineer in high speed switching at Cisco Systems in San Jose.

AK holds 4 patents, has an MBA from Berkeley, Master's degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Purdue University and IIT Kanpur, and Bachelors in Computer Engineering from AMU.

As the Chief Marketing Officer, Shailini is building high performing marketing strategies that are critical to customer acquisition and long-term engagement. Shalini brings with her over 15 years of experience in the beauty industry, marketing and e-commerce, and her deep understanding of consumers spans across the regions of South Asia, Southeast Asia and Europe.

Prior to Nykaa, Shalini has held leadership positions in marketing and business development at L'Oréal India, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) and Britannia.

She holds an MBA in marketing from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research and is a graduate in economics.

Anuradha is a member of the Management Committee of HUL as Executive Director HR and CHRO, Unilever South Asia. She is also a member of Unilever's Global HR Leadership Team.

She passed out of XLRI in 1999 and joined Hindustan Unilever Ltd. as a Management Trainee. Anu spent the first 14 years of her career in HUL. Subsequently, she worked at Unilever's headquarters in London for six years, first as Executive Assistant to the former CHRO, and as Vice President HR, to the Home Care Division globally. She built strong M&A experience as VP HR for Unilever's Prestige business and led the Global Talent Attraction agenda for Unilever.

In 2019, Anuradha was appointed on the Management Committee of HUL. She is a business focused HR leader and under her leadership the organisation is building talent & capabilities that will accelerate HUL's vision to win as an intelligent consumer tech enterprise.

Anu's leadership purpose is "to spark magic between people, passion, and opportunity– for the benefit of the business, of society and for us all. She is passionate about leadership development and is a strong voice advocating for more inclusive businesses and communities.

Anu is the Co-Chair of the FICCI HR Committee and a member of the ETHRWorld Advisory Board.

Anuradha was recognized among India's Most Powerful Women in Business by Business Today in 2020 and was awarded CHRO of the Year in the HR Excellence Awards, 2021.

Krishnamurthy Shankar is the Group Head of Human Resource Development at Infosys. In this role, he is responsible for envisioning employee experience and driving the talent and organization strategy.

Shankar has over 30 years of experience and has led HR functions in organizations like Bharti Airtel, Philips, Hindustan Unilever and Unilever. In his wide ranging experience in these organizations, he has facilitated transformation and capability development.

Shankar holds a postgraduate diploma in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur, India and has received an executive certificate in Strategy and Organization from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a doctorate in Business Administration from Aston University.

Shankar is the author of 'Catalyse – Power Up your People Ecosystem', a much acclaimed play book for HR, blogs occasionally on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/krish-shankar-36666a12/), and is passionate about exploring new ideas in HR and organizational development and sharing them. A football enthusiast, he also likes trekking and running.