Richa Agarwal

Ms. Richa Agarwal is Chief General Manager, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and currently looking after Policy Vertical in Market Regulation Department, looking after policy formulation related to secondary market operations including that of Commodity Derivative Market at SEBI from April 2025. She has been working with SEBI since 2003.

Over the last 3 years she has worked supervision of Market Infrastructure Institutions viz. Stock Exchange(s), Clearing Corporations and Depositories. She is heading policy vertical which works towards giving policy direction in various facets of Secondary Market including Derivative Trading, changes in the manner of trading etc. She currently serves as member secretary of various SEBI committees including Secondary Market Advisory Committee, Commodity Market Advisory Committee and Risk Management Review Committee. She has also represented India in various regulatory fora’s.

Over a career span of 23 years she has handled variety of work. Previously, for 7 years, she had extensively worked towards giving policy direction in various facets of Debt Market including to Real Estate Investment Trusts, Infrastructure Investment Trusts, Supervision and policy related to Debt market Intermediaries, issues and listing processes for listed companies etc.

She is a Masters in Finance from Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi and Masters in Business Laws from National Law School, Bangalore.

Rajib Ranjan Borah

Rajib is the Co-founder and CEO of iRage Broking Services LLP, an Indian clearing & broking firm engaged in institutional broking & high-frequency proprietary trading. He also co-founded and serves as Director of QuantInsti, a globally recognized leader in quantitative trading education.

At iRage, he focuses on proprietary trading strategies development, business growth initiatives, risk management processes, and operations optimization. A global speaker at algo trading conferences, he serves on advisory committees at all three major Indian exchanges.

His career spans roles at Optiver (High-Frequency Trading in European and US markets, Amsterdam), PwC (Strategy Consulting), Bloomberg (Equity Derivatives Research, New York), and Oracle (Business Intelligence).

A national Olympiad finalist, he has represented India three times at the World Puzzle Championship. Rajib also serves as visiting faculty in finance at IIM Ahmedabad & IIT Bombay. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from NIT Surathkal, and a post-graduate degree in management from IIM Calcutta.

Aniruddha Chatterjee

Aniruddha Chatterjee brings over 25 years of experience in the Data and Analytics industry, having held several leadership roles at leading companies where he successfully led business growth and transformation initiatives. He joined the NSE Group in 2022 and is currently responsible for managing the Index, Data & Analytics, and Platform businesses.

Prior to joining NSE, Aniruddha was with Refinitiv (now part of the London Stock Exchange Group), where he first served as Head of Buy Side and Exchanges, and later as Market Leader – Account Management for Key and Strategic Accounts across South Asia.

He has also held the role of Regional Sales Director at Dow Jones, where he led the growth of its Regulatory Risk & Compliance business in India. Earlier in his career, Aniruddha spent over a decade at India’s premier economic think tank, CMIE, leading sales, business development, and the organization’s pioneering efforts to launch India’s largest primary household survey.

Additionally, he had a stint at Bloomberg as Team Leader, where he was recognized for developing the company’s buy-side sales strategy in India.

Suryadeep Das

CFA

Suryadeep heads the Electronic Trading business in Kotak Institutional Equities.

He has more than 16 years of experience in sell-side Institutional Equities – primarily in Electronic Sales Trading – with a background in Equity Research, Quant Research and APAC Equity Risk & Facilitation.

Prior to joining Kotak, he was a part of Deutsche Bank’s APAC Electronic Sales Trading Team.

He has a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras, a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad and is a CFA charterholder.

Brandon “Rym” DeCoster

Brandon “Rym” DeCoster heads product management of Bloomberg’s FIX technology globally. With 19 years of FIX Protocol experience, he is responsible for the ongoing modernization and standardization of FIX across all of Bloomberg’s FIX-enabled enterprise products.

Sagar Desai

Sagar Desai is focused on building Coinbase’s institutional client solutions and leading strategic relationships across Asia, Australia, and the UAE. In this role, Sagar is also the head of APAC for Coinbase's wholesale, which includes banks, asset managers, introducing brokers, exchanges, financial technology firms, and other institutional market participants.

Prior to joining Coinbase three years ago, Sagar was the head of Investment Solutions for InvestaX, a Singapore-licensed platform for securities token offerings, where he led a Monetary Authority of Singapore-awarded Proof-of-Concept product to tokenize private markets investment fund structures like Singapore's Variable Capital Company.

Sagar started his career in institutional asset management at Goldman Sachs, where he was responsible for new business development and revenue generation efforts from sovereign wealth funds, pensions, and endowments in Singapore, Brunei, South Asia, Vietnam, and Timor-Leste. He was also one of the 10 global members nominated to the Junior Advisory Board for Goldman Sachs' Investment Management Division.

Sagar earned an BBM in Finance from Singapore Management University in 2013 and the UniFi by CAIA™ Digital Assets Microcredential in 2023, in addition to completing the Wharton Executive Education course on Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets in 2022.

Pankaj Dhake

Pankaj has ~13 years of experience in the financial industry with varied roles in Hong Kong and India from arbitrage trading, systematic trading, market microstructure and electronic sales trading. Pankaj looks after the Electronic Trading in India for Morgan Stanley. He started his professional work experience with a 3-year stint as a Delta-one trader with UBS Hong Kong where he was involved in statistical arbitrage of HK-China ETFs. He then developed medium frequency systematic trading signals in the US and European equities for ~1.5 years as a senior quantitative researcher with Worldquant, subsidiary of Millenium Partners. Post this he had a ~7 years stint with CLSA as part of the market microstructure team and Electronic trading team. He has a stellar academic record with a Gold medal in academics from IIM-Bangalore.

Joy Francis

Joy Francis is part of the APAC Electronic Product Sales Team, driving efforts for SEA & India, and is based in Singapore.

His work involves providing an understanding on algorithmic capabilities and suitability in line with APAC microstructure, as well as best execution.

Before moving to Singapore, Joy lead the India Electronic Trading Desk for UBS, based out of Mumbai. Prior to joining UBS, he was Head of the Electronic Trading business for ICICI Securities in India.

Joy holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Mumbai University and an MBA in Finance from ICFAI.

With an interest in numismatics, Joy is keen collector of old coins and has a passion for experimental cooking.

Munish Gautam

Based in London, Munish Gautam serves as Global Head of Trading Platforms, Product Management within Broadridge’s Trading and Connectivity Solutions business.

In this role, he leads the continued integration of Broadridge’s product suite and the development of advanced multi‑asset trading capabilities. He drives transformation initiatives across client onboarding, execution, regulatory, market structure, risk management, and front‑to‑back platform integration - delivering agile, resilient and data‑powered trading solutions.

Munish brings over two decades of experience in trading platform development, product strategy, and global market infrastructure. Before joining Broadridge, he spent more than 15 years at J.P. Morgan as Executive Director and Cash Equities Product Lead for global equities.

He previously held roles at leading firms including Credit Suisse, Cognizant and ICICI Venture, with responsibilities spanning business analysis, project management and implementation.

With a strong background in building high-performance trading systems and deep knowledge of global market structure, Munish is committed to advancing Broadridge’s trading and connectivity solutions to deliver innovative, client‑focused outcomes.

Anil Ghelani

CFA

Anil has been working with DSP Group since 2003. The DSP Group has a legacy of from than 150 years, making it one of the oldest and most respected financial services firms in India. He is currently Head of Passive Investments & Products. Previously, he served as the CEO & Chief Investment Officer at DSP BlackRock Pension Fund Managers. Earlier in his career at DSP, he led the Risk and Quantitative Analysis team providing quantitative research inputs and buy-side credit research on companies across various sectors.

Prior to joining DSP, Anil worked at IL&FS Asset Management Company and at S.R. Batliboi a member firm of EY.

He has been a volunteer with the CFA Society India for more than a decade and has served as the Vice Chairman on the board.

Seetharam Gorre

As Pico's Global Chief Information Officer, Seetharam is the global technology leader of platform and network engineering, software engineering and corporate infrastructure. Seetharam drives efficiency by hiring high performance teams and promoting automation in build, deploy, deliver and support functions. He develops the strategy and vision for IT and engages with clients in understanding and potentially solving technology problems.

Seetharam brings over 20 years of experience to Pico. In his previous role, Seetharam served as the Head of Global Trading Technology at Citadel where he was responsible for leading focus on building trading systems supporting fundamental and quantitative strategies trading globally. Prior to Citadel, Seetharam was the CIO at Point72, responsible for driving technology transformation and innovation by deploying new technologies and new development methodologies. Earlier, he worked at SAC Capital as Co-CTO managing the Application Development stack, as well as the Front and Back Office Technology teams that he built during the initial years of SAC.

Jay Prakash Gupta

Mr. Jay Prakash Gupta is The Founder of Dhan (Moneylicious Securities Pvt Ltd), a technology platform for super traders and long-term investors.

Mr. Gupta has held senior positions at India’s leading retail brokerage houses like Indiabulls, and Karvy. He has been among the early leaders in the Online Broking space in India and has been instrumental in building the E-Broking business at Karvy.

An Alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad, Jay has over 20 years of rich experience in the financial services and capital markets. Currently, Jay is the National Vice President of Commodity Participants Association of India (CPAI) and he also serves on the Advisory Committee of NSE and MCX.

Mr. Gupta is a known face in the Broking Industry and features regularly as a Guest on leading business channels like CNBC Awaaz and other media houses.

He was conferred as India’s Best Analyst – Commodities Fundamental category in the year 2014 by Shri Narendra Modi and in the year 2016 awarded the Zee Excellence Award in the year 2016 by Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister, Power, Coal, Mines and Renewable Energy at the Zee Market Analyst Award.

Rashu Jindel

Rashu is a Sales Director at Talos, the premier provider of institutional trading and portfolio technology for digital assets. Based in Singapore, Rashu is responsible for expanding the firm’s institutional client base and driving growth across its suite of solutions in the region.

With over a decade of experience in capital markets, Rashu brings deep expertise in credit and fixed income trading. Before joining Talos, he was Executive Director of Credit Sales & Trading at Seaport Global Holdings, where he drove regional credit trading initiatives and institutional client coverage in Asia.

Prior to Seaport, Rashu spent nearly five years with the MUFG Group, progressing from Senior Associate to Director in Fixed Income Trading. He was responsible for managing flow trade execution for a variety of clients across Asia credit markets, with a focus on investment grade products. Earlier in his tenure with the MUFG Group, he held roles in institutional sales, developing strong relationships with major buy-side institutions across Southeast Asia.

Rashu began his career at Bloomberg LP as a key relationship manager, working closely with the firm’s global major banking clients.

Rashu holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc), Economics and Finance from Singapore Management University and an M.B.A from IESE Business School in Barcelona.

Sujit Kadakia

Sujit brings over 35 years of extensive experience in finance and securities, holding senior roles with global firms in recent past for 28 years and currently heads business at Premium local firm. He has a profound understanding of institutional client needs, particularly in managing low-latency IT infrastructures with regulatory compliance. Actively engaged in multiple industry forums, Sujit is well-regarded for his expertise in listed platform regulations. His deep knowledge, collaborative network, and affiliations within the Indian capital market ecosystem make him a key asset for driving growth, expanding business capabilities, and enhancing product offerings. He has also expanded his expertise within offshore framework at GIFT International from early days of GIFT by advising regulator on some of the key areas to enable market opening and currently member of Expert Committee on Secondary Markets at IFSCA.

Sujit is a Chartered Accountant (ICAI) and a Commerce graduate from Mumbai University.

Jim Kaye

Jim has worked in the financial industry for 26 years, mostly in equities electronic trading, market structure and regulatory implementation. He has been involved in FIX in various capacities over most of this period, having served as GSC co-chair for eight years, a director for five and as co-chair of various working groups.

Prashant Kedia

Prashant brings two decades of experience in institutional equities in India.

As Vice President at Jefferies, he leads electronic sales trading in India, offering execution consultancy and market insights to institutional clients while enhancing trade execution and platform efficiency.

Before joining Jefferies, Prashant held key roles at Goldman Sachs and Macquarie Capital contributing to the growth and development of their electronic trading business.

Dheeraj Khurana

Dheeraj Khurana is a trading technology specialist at Virtu Financial, where he works closely with institutional trading desks across Asia Pacific, supporting electronic execution workflows on Triton EMS across global multi-asset markets.

Based in Singapore and previously in Hong Kong, he has collaborated extensively with traders, quants, and engineers to optimize trading workflows and execution performance using cutting-edge workflow and analytics solutions.

Earlier in his career at Virtu Financial, Dheeraj worked as a Core Operations Engineer supporting trading infrastructure and systems across liquidity, execution, analytics, and workflow platforms including POSIT Alert, RFQ Hub, and Triton EMS. In this role, he operated at the intersection of trading, development, and infrastructure, ensuring stable and efficient trading workflows across global markets.

Dheeraj is an alumnus of City University of Hong Kong, where he studied Computer Science and received multiple academic scholarships recognizing academic excellence.

Rishi Kohli

Rishi Kohli is the Chief Investment Officer, at JioBlackRock AMC. With over 24 years of experience in the Indian capital markets and a pioneer in the Indian quant and systematic space since 2007, Rishi is a prominent face within the institutional buy-side industry and brings a wealth of experience to leading the investment team at JioBlackRock.

Prior to joining JioBlackRock, Rishi was the Managing Partner & CIO for the Hedge Fund Strategies business at InCred.

Rishi has run various hedge fund strategies across India and Asia with a long focus and experience on quantitative and systematic strategies and has won many global awards in the past for running the Best India Fund, Best New Asian Fund and Best Managed Futures Fund in Asia besides one of the quant Funds being managed by him being ranked in the Top 10 funds globally in its category in 2020.

He has a lot of market firsts to his credit. He was a pioneer in options strategies and managed futures research for India in his institutional broking days from 2004-2006. Thereafter, he started and ran the first quantitative hedge fund in India in 2007 & the first systematic managed futures fund in Asia in 2011 at ProAlpha (subsidiary of Monsoon Capital).

As part of US-based Monsoon Capital, Rishi had many global institutional investors offshore and some of the biggest Indian family offices onshore as investors and clients.

Rishi is an MBA in Finance & Marketing from IIM Lucknow and B. Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Kanpur.

In his free time, Rishi enjoys reading and spending time with family, besides trying new cuisines. Rishi also loves following unique history from across the globe and believes in meeting diverse people with unique experiences to gain sharper and varied insights.

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Pramod Koyothi

Sriram Krishnan

Sriram Krishnan is the Chief Business Development Officer of the National Stock Exchange of India(NSE). A qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant, he has spent over 28 years working across Indian banking and capital markets. His career spans across transaction banking, securities services, custody, and market infrastructure.

At NSE, he leads business and strategy, product development and strategic alliances. His focus is on strengthening NSE’s global positioning through collaboration and customer focused engagement with Issuers, Investors & Intermediaries as well as policymakers. He is actively involved in representing NSE in high-level policy, industry, and global engagements, contributing to thought leadership and market development initiatives. He is widely recognised for his deep understanding of India’s financial markets and market infrastructure ecosystem and was recently inducted into the Global Custodian Hall of Fame as a GC legend at the Leaders in Custody Asia Awards 2025.

In addition to his executive responsibilities at NSE, Sriram serves as a Director on the boards of several key market infrastructure institutions, including National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL), India International Depository IFSC Limited, Cogencis Information Services Limited, NSE Academy Limited, NSE Investments Limited, NSE Indices Limited, NSE IFSC Limited.

Prior to joining NSE in 2022, Sriram spent over two decades with HSBC, Citibank, and Deutsche Bank, most recently serving as Managing Director and Co-Head of Global Transaction Banking at Deutsche Bank India.

Edward Mangles

Edward Mangles has helped support The FIX Trading Community’s Asia Pacific committee for over 20 years, playing a key role in promoting institutional trading standards and FIX adoption across the region, and facilitating cross-industry collaboration. In March 2009, Edward was appointed Asia Pacific Regional Director for the FIX Trading Community, and works closely with the buyside, sellside, regulator, exchange and technology provider members of the institutional trading community to support efficient trading.

Vinata Mhatre

Vinata Mhatre has been with Bank of America Merrill Lynch over 20 years. Her primarily responsibility is Electronic Sales & Coverage for India market. She has been associated with FIX Trading Community India Working Group for over 10 years.

Lokesh Mrig

In this role, Lokesh leads a team of quantitative investment research and solutions professionals at the India Investment Center, working across asset classes to drive the firm’s investment performance and support sales growth. In addition to leading global quant investment teams, Lokesh works closely with senior leadership on strategic initiatives, including investment platform modernization, AI-enabled research workflows, and emerging-market partnership models.

Joined State Street Investment Management India in 2016.

Prior roles:

• Senior Quantitative Equity Researcher with MSCI (Formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International)
• Quantitative Portfolio Manager with Motilal Oswal Financial Services
• Alternative Investment Analyst with Jones Lang Lasalle

Education

• Master’s Degree in Management and Finance from Duke University
• Bachelor’s Degree in Technology from IIT Madras

Kunal Nandwani

Kunal is a tech entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of fintech - uTrade Solutions.

Kunal has worked with Lehman Brothers, Nomura and BNP Paribas in London.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from PEC (India) and MBA from ESSEC (Paris). Kunal is also an author and angel investor.

Gordon Niamatali

Gordon Niamatali is the founder and CEO of Authentic Indication, the first encrypted liquidity search platform for listed equities.

Before founding the company in 2022, he spent nearly 20 years in Asia working for global investment banks, most recently leading Equity Execution Services in Japan at Citigroup and previously running Equity Derivative Sales in Japan at Morgan Stanley.

Meet S. Pandya

Mr. Meet S. Pandya leads the Business and Product Development at NSE International Exchange (NSEIX), at GIFT IFSC. His focus is on strengthening the exchange’s global engagement, expanding its product offerings, and aligning initiatives with evolving institutional and market needs.

He brings over 2 decades of experience across global capital markets, having worked in the U.S. and India with leading financial institutions. His expertise spans institutional equities, derivatives sales trading, and cross-border market access. Prior to NSEIX, he served as Head US - India Market Access at Nuvama, and held roles at StoneX, Advantage Futures, Edelweiss and Accenture. He continues to play a key role in enhancing India’s capital markets connectivity with global investors and stakeholders.

Mr. Meet holds Master of Science in Financial Markets from Illinois Tech University, Chicago and BBA Honors in Finance from Loyola University, Chicago.

Kushaal Patel

Kushaal Patel began his journey in Web3 and digital assets in 2016 and has been actively managing portfolios for high-net-worth individuals and family offices since 2020.

He is the founder and CEO of AumAlpha, India's largest global investment advisory for digital assets. AumAlpha operates as the bridge between traditional finance and digital assets, applying established principles of institutional investing to emerging digital markets and building robust, risk-managed frameworks designed for long-term capital preservation and growth. Prior to AumAlpha, Kushaal operated as a private digital asset broker, specializing in jurisdiction-specific on- and off-ramping, institutional custody solutions, and regulatory and compliance frameworks. He also served as Chief Operating Officer of EDDAVerse, a prominent Web3 enabler and IP holder delivering end-to-end blockchain and decentralization solutions for global brands and public figures.

Kushaal advocates a disciplined approach to digital asset investing, emphasizing strategic sectoral concentration over excessive diversification. He is a recognized key opinion leader in India's crypto ecosystem and contributed to the G20 panel on blockchain during India's presidency in 2023. Throughout his career, Kushaal's work has centered on bridging traditional finance with the evolving digital asset and advanced technology landscape.

In addition to his work in digital assets, Kushaal serves as Strategy & Growth Partner at BlippAI, the intelligence layer for modern states and organizations, purpose-built to embed AI directly into enterprises and governments as core infrastructure. In this role, he identifies Indian businesses with AI transformation needs, helps them define their scope, and drives end-to-end execution through BlippAI's platform.

Govind Patnaik

Govind is primarily responsible for Execution of Equity Trades and manages electronic trading and Algo wheel within the desk. Govind joined Franklin Templeton in April 2006 and was heading Global Trading Analytics team in Hyderabad until 2015. Govind relocated to Chennai in 2015 to assume trading role in the India Trading Team. He is also Co-chair of the India Working Group of the FIX Trading Community, and is part of ASIFMA India Working Group (Asia Securities Industry & Financial Markets Association). Prior to Joining Franklin Templeton, Govind was with Fidelity Investments in their Retirement Services Division. Govind has MBA in finance and has Investment Foundations Certificate from CFA institute. He has over 20 years of experience in Asset Management and Financial Services Industry.

Sunil Ramrakhiani

Mr. Sunil Ramrakhiani is working as a Chief Business Officer at BSE since May 2023. His efforts have been instrumental in driving positive change and progress within the organisation.

He has played a pivotal role in enhancing liquidity within the BSE Derivatives segment. His initiatives and strategies have significantly contributed to making BSE a more vibrant and competitive marketplace.

He has over 28 Years of diverse experience in Indian Financial markets in various strategic and leadership roles. He has worked across Exchanges, Treasury in Bank, Broking, Proprietary Trading using low latency technology (High Frequency Trading) and Wealth Management.

In his previous roles, he has been instrumental in initial stages for setting up of AlphaGrep Securities in India and rolling out Algorithmic strategies for proprietary trading in various organisations. He has an experience of building business from ground up and has worked across organisations like ICICI Bank, NCDEX, IL&FS Investmart, Way2wealth Securities & QuantAI Technologies.

Beyond his professional roles, he has made substantial contributions to the broader financial ecosystem. He has served on product committees at exchanges and advisory committees shaping the regulatory framework for Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). His involvement at both operational and strategic levels highlights his commitment to the sustained growth of the industry.

Vishtaspa Rana

Vishtaspa Rana is currently working with 3P Investment Managers (AIF Category III) as Head - Equity Trading. He has earlier worked with TATA Mutual Fund as Trader for their Mutual Fund and AIF Schemes.

He obtained his graduate diploma in Business Administration from S.I.E.S College of Management, and Bachelor Degree in Commerce from University of Mumbai.

Alastair Richardson

Alastair brings more than two decades of experience in the global fintech and networking technology sectors. His journey spans roles across the front office, technical leadership, and various domains, including trading, product development, and sales. Alastair has worked at renowned financial institutions such as JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, and Barclays, as well as several fintech startups focusing on capital markets, including Fixnetix and Metamako. Currently, he spearheads Global Business Development for Financial Technology at AMD NTSG.

Sandeep Sabnani

Sandeep is a senior product leader at ION Markets with over 18 years of experience across FinTech and SaaS domains.

Sandeep’s career spans various key engineering and product leadership roles at ION and Ericsson. His expertise lies in product management, strategy, and growth, where he excels in building client relationships, leading cross-functional teams for business expansion, and delivering innovative solutions in the dynamic financial and regulatory landscapes.

Drawing on his engineering background, Sandeep combines strategic insights to achieve impactful outcomes. Passionate about entrepreneurship, growth and innovation, Sandeep is committed to creating long-term value for clients and partners alike, with consistent focus on quality and excellence in his endeavors.

Sandeep holds a Master’s degree in Information Security from the University of London and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Mumbai.

Tushar Sachade

Tushar Sachade is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of India.

He is a Partner at Price Waterhouse & Co LLP and is based out of Mumbai. He has over 29 years of experience in the field of Financial Services.

He has worked with a large number of clients in the Financial Services space and specializes in entry strategies and fund structuring of global, institutional and startup funds from the tax and regulatory perspective.

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. He is part of several committee such as VCC Committee, Investments Fund Committee and Longevity Finance Committee established by IFSC Authority.

Dr. Dipesh Shah

Dr. Dipesh Shah has over 23 years of professional experience in International Business, Project Development, Corporate Affairs, Corporate Law & Policy matters.

His most prominent achievement includes setting up and operationalizing India’s 1st Smart City and International Financial Services Centre (IFSC).

He has been associated with the development of GIFT City since its inception – in 2008.

In his last 16 years, tenure at GIFT City, City made substantial progress in getting recognition as India’s model Smart City, starting India’s first Multi Services SEZ and only approved International Financial Services Centre. He brought in the regulatory and business changes in the GIFT IFSC to bring in Banks (now transacting more than US$ 50 Billion), International Exchanges, inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and Insurance & re-insurance companies for undertaking offshore transactions.

He is the Executive Director and heads the Development and International Relations at IFSCA. He is responsible for the overall development of IFSC in India.

Dr. Shah holds a Doctorate (Ph.D.) In International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) – India’s first research on the subject. PGDM in International Business & Finance (MBA), Nirma University, India, Chartered Secretary, Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), India & Institute of Chartered Secretaries & Administrators, UK.

Vaibhav Shah

Mr. Vaibhav Shah has more than 20 years’ experience in the field of Mutual Funds, Financial Services and Stock Markets. He has been associated with Mirae Asset Mutual Fund for more than 13 years (since August, 2011). He is currently Heading the Products, Business Strategy & International Business divisions. In the past he has also headed Marketing, PR and Business Development functions for Mirae Asset MF.

Prior to joining Mirae Asset MF, he had been associated with various leading National & International Banks (ICICI Bank and DBS Bank) where he was responsible for Product strategies for Mutual Funds & Alternate Investment Products. He was associated with industries from stock broking firm in his first assignments.

He is a Chartered Accountant, Certified Financial Planner and MBA Finance by qualification.

Dhillon Singh

Dhillon Singh is an equities markets professional with nearly two decades of experience across institutional sales-trading and execution strategy in Asia, with a focus on India and SE Asia. He is based in Singapore.

At BTIG, he works closely with global asset managers and hedge funds on liquidity access, execution approach, and cross-market trading, with a strong emphasis on high-touch flow and navigating liquidity across varying market conditions.

He has held roles at Bank of America, HSBC, and BNP Paribas, working directly with buy-side trading desks to support execution, provide liquidity, and facilitate efficient access across markets.

Dhillon brings a practical, front-office perspective on the day-to-day challenges faced by institutional traders, including liquidity fragmentation, cost pressure, and the balance between high-touch execution and increasing automation.

Garima Singh

Founder, Bitviraj Technology | Co-Founder, Global Tokenization Forum | Top Blockchain & AI Consultant | Fintech & Digital Assets Speaker

Garima Singh is recognized among the top tokenization consultants in India and a leading blockchain and AI strategist, with over 19 years of experience in building scalable technology platforms and digital financial infrastructure. She is the Founder of Bitviraj Technology, a Web3 development and blockchain solutions company, and the Founder of the Global Tokenization Forum, an initiative dedicated to advancing the adoption of tokenized assets and digital capital markets.

Garima brings deep expertise in asset tokenization, blockchain-based trading infrastructure, digital asset markets, and institutional-grade Web3 architecture, helping financial institutions, fintech companies, and asset owners unlock liquidity through regulatory-aligned tokenization frameworks.

Her work focuses on real estate tokenization, digital securities, decentralized finance infrastructure, and blockchain-enabled financial markets, enabling organizations to move from experimentation to production-ready tokenized ecosystems.

Known for bridging finance, technology, and regulatory innovation, Garima actively collaborates with policymakers, industry leaders, and global fintech communities to accelerate the development of secure, compliant, and scalable tokenized financial systems.

V S Sundaresan

Mr. Sundaresan is a seasoned securities market regulator with 36 years of experience in SEBI having led large teams and spearheaded initiatives across various domains, including Primary & Secondary Markets, Surveillance, Investigation & Enforcement and Information Technology.

In advancing market development, safeguarding investor interests, and streamlining regulatory processes to improve ease of doing business, his key initiatives include, Streamlined and eased processes for capital raising and corporate restructuring, Revised norms for corporate governance, Introduced Listing Obligations and Disclosure Regulations (LODR), Conceptualised PAN as the unique Identifier for dealing in securities, Strengthened equity index derivatives framework, Enhanced governance standards in MIIs, Improved risk management through a new stress testing framework.

Supervised investigation of 500+ cases on Market manipulation, insider trading, takeovers, and public issues, Passed of 300+ adjudication orders with substantially high penalty acceptance rate and SAT upheld rate.

He has also designed the SEBI Technology road map for FY 2024 to FY 2029, Enabled SEBI to obtain ISO / IEC 27001:2022 Certification, Introduced Cyber Security Framework for regulated entities, Implemented SCORES 2.0 towards investor grievance, Revamped SEBI Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) system, etc.

He has delivered 500+ lectures within India and 25+ lectures in overseas seminars, on varied topics related to securities market.

Sundaresan is a graduate in Commerce, holds Post Graduation in Finance and Human Resources and a degree in law. He is also a Certificated Associate Member of Indian Institute of Banking and Finance.

Manan Vaishnav

CAIA

Manan is the Head of Societe Generale Securities India & is responsible for spearheading the growth of the company.

He has 20 years of experience at marquee investment banks, such as Deutsche Bank, CLSA & Goldman Sachs as a Sales Trader for India Listed Derivatives. During this time, Manan has served some of the largest systematic long/short derivatives trading hedge funds based out of Hong Kong & Singapore. In his current role, Manan is working closely with the exchanges & clearing corporations and is an active member of Broker Industry Standards Forum.

Manan holds a master’s degree in economics from the MS University of Baroda, a master’s degree in business administration from Indian Institute of Management Indore, and a CAIA Charter from the US-based Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association. He has built a strong community of followers on LinkedIn, where he talks about topics related to finance & careers apart from mentoring undergraduate students, early & mid-career professionals. He liaises with some of the top b-schools in India for providing career guidance workshops to its MBA students. His work can be found on https://www.linkedin.com/in/manankv.

Amit Vavle

Director - Sales Trading at Bernstein | Mumbai, India. Seasoned Sell-side investment professional with over 20 years of experience in Indian equity and derivatives markets, specializing in electronic and algorithmic trading strategies. Leading sales trading initiatives that bridge domestic market dynamics with global best practices, driving execution efficiency and liquidity optimization.

Jarrod Yuster

As Pico's Chairman, Founder and CEO, Jarrod defines the company vision and leads the executive team on business strategy and execution. His responsibilities include interacting with clients and investors, reviewing and discussing product innovation and global expansion, and ensuring organizational stability. Most importantly, Jarrod is committed to listening to clients, a core principle responsible for Pico’s growth.

Jarrod has over 20 years of experience in institutional trading. Prior to founding Pico, Jarrod served as Global Head of Electronic Trading at Merrill Lynch, where he oversaw the business from its inception and was responsible for sales, trading, risk, execution service, product development and quantitative analytics for these products worldwide. Before working on Wall Street, Jarrod worked as a product engineer and conducted semiconductor research at Intel.