Indian Family Wealth Forum 2016

Gautami heads the Estate Planning Division and is engaged in offering succession and estate planning solutions to private clients.  She has a rich experience in law and financial services industry. Gautami set up Kotak's Estate Planning business and has been with Kotak since 2005. Prior to joining Kotak, Gautami was associated with ICICI Bank for 1 year and was with Kanga & Company, one of the leading and oldest Law Firms. She is a qualified Solicitor and a member of Bombay Incorporated Law Society and is also a Law Graduate from Mumbai University. When she is not advising clients, Gautami is engaged in trekking, reading and photography.

Anupam Guha is the Head of Private Wealth Management practice at ICICI Securities Ltd. Anupam has been with the ICICI Group for the last 16 years across retail, institutional and private banking business. He has been a part of the International and Domestic Private Banking business for more than a decade.

He is a founding member that helped set up Private Wealth business at ICICI Securities (I-Sec). I-Sec is one of the leading and fastest growing Private Wealth practice in India and manages some of the wealthiest families in the country. I-Sec today manages close to INR 35,000 Crs of assets of its clients.

I-Sec Private Wealth caters to UHNI and Family Office clients and given the insight with such clients, partners with them in their business requirement and expansion plans through fund raising and investment banking solutions, besides investment & real estate solutions and estate planning.

Prior to this, Anupam was the Country Head of Oman with ICICI Securities. He was successful in showcasing the India opportunity to Sovereign and Pension Funds, local Institutions and the Indian Diaspora. He was part of the fund raising team that raised more than USD 1 billion from GCC for Private Equity and Real Estate investments in India.

Mr. Agarwal manages the Family Office business working closely with UHNI Families to structure bespoke solutions. He has over 18 years of experience with McKinsey, ICICI Bank, Merrill Lynch and UBS handling clients from India, Asia and Europe. He is a graduate from IIT Kharagpur and holds a MBA degree in Finance from MDI Gurgaon.

Ajay is a Chartered Accountant with a tax background with more than 17 years of post-qualification experience, having advised a number of Indian and Multinational Corporates on wide ranging structuring issues.

Ajay has advised several multinational corporates on issues relating to international taxation, routing investment into India, structuring the transactions, outbound investments, drafting contracts, conducting tax due diligence and planning for mergers/ demergers, acquisitions and sale of undertakings/shares.

Ajay has contributed many articles relating to direct tax/ M&A matters in various journals and newspapers and also given presentation at various forums including at: WIRC – ICAI, Bombay Chartered Accountants Society, WIRC study circles on various topics relating to domestic and international taxation, Mergers and Acquisitions.

Ajay has presented on many platforms the importance/ relevance of doing succession planning.

Mr. Dhruv Mehta’s professional career spans over 25 years in multinational and Indian companies. He is an Associate member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. Mr. Mehta Sets up an Investment Advisory in 2003 covering all the gamut of investment products for corporate treasury, family office and HNIs. Asset under Management: Initiated advisory services for a corpus of $ 6.7 Million which has grown to over $ 167 Million. He has spent 2 years with A.F. Ferguson & Co; a renowned accounting and auditing firm. Post that he was with the Corporate Finance Department of Searle (I) Ltd, a Pharmaceuticals & Agrochemicals Multi-National for about 5 years. In 1991 he joined the Savita Group a leader in petroleum specialties as Finance Controller. Post that he started an investment advisory firm serving family businesses and SMEs. He is also the director of Malabar Capital Advisors and on the board of Shriram Asset Management Company.

Aditi heads Intellecap Impact Investment Network (I3N or I-cube-N), which is India’s first angel network focused on impact enterprises. With the ambition to create a widespread culture of impact investing, Aditi engages with HNIs, family offices and funds, and brings them the most scalable and impactful young enterprises for mentoring and investment. She works closely with entrepreneurs as well, advising them on their investment approaches, business models and pitches.

Prior to joining Intellecap in 2011, Aditi was at Goldman Sachs in New York, specializing in quantitative equity research, trading and portfolio management. She also served as a board member on American India Foundation's young professional's board where she discovered a passion for the development space.

Aditi has a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Princeton University, and is a CFA (USA) charter holder. She is also a World Economic Forum Global Shaper & a TiE Mumbai Charter Member.

Sharad Mittal is the Director and Head of Real Estate Funds at Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Sharad Mittal has a rich experience of over 14 years in Indian real estate. He has previously worked with organisations such as ICICI Group and ASK Property. Under his leadership, Motilal Oswal has successfully raised its 2nd real estate fund – IREF II and has recently announced its 1st close of 3rd real estate fund – IREF III at Rs. 600 Crs.

Benaifer Malandkar is the CIO of RAAY Global Investments, family office of the Amit Patni Group, of Patni Computers. The promoter family divested their stake in May 2011 to I-Gate Corporation at $1.5 billion. She is responsible for investment management of the group including identification, evaluation, deal execution and monitoring every investment across a gamut of diverse asset classes.

A commerce graduate from Jai Hind College (Mumbai), she received her Masters in Business Administration from JDBIMS, Mumbai. Prior to joining RAAY, she has worked with firms like Citibank, ICICI Prudential AMC ,RBS and SMIFS securities in various roles gathering more than 15 years of experience in the banking, debt markets, asset management and private banking. She also held a significant position in the core strategy team at ICICI Prudential AMC and worked in varied teams across her tenure there.

She is on the board of Nirvana Venture Advisors (Digital & Internet Venture Fund) and other companies of the group.

Chartered Accountant with over 16 years of post qualification experience. Formerly with Ernst &Young for around 9 years in the Mergers & Acquisition Tax Team, Assisted large corporates in restructuring their group structure in order to be more tax efficient as well as to comply with regulatory norms. Helped clients in structuring acquisition as well as stake sales transaction keeping in mind the tax and regulatory requirements of India. Assisted clients in structuring foreign investment into India including joint ventures considering various laws such as FEMA, FDI policy, income tax, laws of other countries, etc. Advised clients on wealth structuring, estate planning, mergers & acquisitions taxation as well as family governance structures. Advised promoters of large family businesses on devising long term succession plan for their assets including business assets as well as non business assets in India and across other countries. Assisted clients in creating asset protection vehicles to ensure safety and security for the family members. Helped clients in creating trusts, Wills, Family Charter, partnerships, companies, etc for smooth passing of wealth to the next generation. Assisted parents of special children in creating structures which could aid in providing safety and security to the special children. Helping families with NRIs / global citizens /residents in estate planning keeping in mind the tax and regulatory requirements of the foreign countries. Creation of trust for promoters of Indian listed companies after considering the tax and regulatory (eg, SEBI) aspects. Helped clients in the High court / NCLT process of mergers, demergers, etc to achieve the objective of consolidation of businesses or segregation of businesses, etc. Co authored the book on Mergers & Acquisitions released by EY in 2012, 2013.

Tarun is Founder & Director of TBNG Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd. TBNG is among 150 odd SEBI Registered Investment Advisor(RIA) Firm focusing on long term wealth creation and financial Planning.

More than 12 years of experience behind him in the area of Financial Advisory and rich experience in providing personal financial advice to families, individuals and business at various life stages..

Spreading financial literacy through regular articles in Times of India.
 TBNG regularly organizes programmes (www.tbng.co.in/events) to bridge behaviour gap of investors in wealth creation. 

Tarun is a CFP and done MBA in Finance from ICFAI Business School,Mumbai.

Specialist in Goal based planning, Retirement solutions,Investment Advisory across multiple asset class,succession and estate planning, tax advisory, treasury management for SMEs and startups, investment planning for Non Resident Indians( NRIs) and returning Indians.

Kanwar Vivek -Senior President and Head - Wealth Management  & Global Indian Banking at YES BANK Limited is a professional with over two decades of work experience in financial services - Retail banking, Wealth Management, Retail Broking and Distribution Business. He has successfully led some of the large businesses and has also nurtured new business lines to leadership positions.

Before Joining Yes Bank, he has worked in various organization of repute like ITC Group, ICICI Bank, Aditya Birla Financial Services and Capital First .

He has attended various learning enhancement program from prestigious institutions like IIM –Kolkata and University of Michigan Business School.

He did his schooling, graduation & post graduation in Delhi. He did B.A. (Hons) Economics, HansRaj College, University of Delhi and PGDBM (Equivalent to MBA) from Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad.

Gary is Business Development Director for GCC and India having joined Jersey Finance in May 2012. With over 20 years’ experience in banking and financial services Gary has worked and gained exposure to markets in the UK, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, Middle East and Asia. Born in Dorset and educated in South Africa, Gary began his banking career in South Africa before returning to the UK where he worked for Britannia Building Society and was responsible for the southern half of their retail banking branch network. Gary then returned to South Africa where he held senior management roles with Standard Bank and Capital One. On returning to the UK Gary worked for Bradford & Bingley as an Area Director prior to joining HSBC in Jersey. International positions at HSBC then followed, based both in London and later South Africa where he was responsible for HSBC International’s sub-Saharan Premier Banking and Wealth Management business. Gary holds a Masters in Business Administration and is a qualified Dorset Football Association referee. He is also a qualified Coach, NLP Practitioner and a Certified Brainwave Technologist.

Aashish Somaiyaa is Chief Executive Officer, Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company. He has more than 13 years of experience across sales and distribution, channel management, product development and institutional sales from ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company and a brief stint at project management with Bharti AXA Investment Managers.

His last assignment was with ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company, as Senior Vice President & Head - Retail business where he was responsible for sales, distribution and product development of mutual fund, Portfolio management services and real estate offerings through retail distribution, banking and private wealth management channels across India and UAE.

Somaiyaa holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Polymer Science and a Masters in Management Studies in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Nipun Mehta is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a highly distinguished professional of the Indian Financial Services industry. His experience spans across global and domestic institutions like Societe Generale and the IL&FS group, and across Private Banking and Wealth Management. He is the Founder & CEO of BlueOcean Capital Advisors. Nipun’s last assignment was as Executive Director and India Head Societe Generale Private Banking. He earned global recognition as “The Global Outstanding Young Private Banker” for his work at Societe Generale which spanned across geographies and across asset classes.

Nipun has also played a key role in formulating regulatory policies for the Indian capital markets by being a part of advisory committees set up by SEBI, including those like ‘Buy Back of Shares’ and ‘Derivative Margining’.

He is frequently invited for his views in print, on television and on global Newswire agencies. Nipun is the author of the best-seller book OTC Exchange of India.

He has been featured in a TV series ‘Tycoons of Dalal Street’ for having been a sustainable and successful participant of the Indian capital market since more than 2 decades.

As the Director, Elise Donovan promotes BVI’s financial services, represents the BVI in a diplomatic setting, upholds BVI’s voice with the region’s government authorities, strengthens economic and political cooperation regionally and internationally, and builds cultural and educational links in the Asia-Pacific. She has a wealth of experience in international affairs, international political economies, diplomacy and public relations. She has worked in the BVI Government and the BVI Financial Services Commission. Previously, she was the Executive Director of the BVI International Finance Centre, where she was responsible for promoting and marketing the BVI financial services industry globally. Elise holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Carleton University, Ottawa and Columbia University, New York

Shanker Iyer is Executive Chairman, Asia of Iyer Practice, a specialist advisory firm, which is wholly owned by SGG Group, an investor services group active in over 20 countries. Shanker is currently the Chairman of the International Fiscal Association, Singapore Branch and is a member of the ACCA Global Tax Forum. He is a past Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, European Chamber of Commerce and British Chamber of Commerce. With extensive experience spanning a long career, Shanker has built an expertise in advising privately-held businesses, high net-worth individuals and family offices, on a wide range of international tax, regulatory, immigration and trust matters.

Manish Singla, an alumnus of IIT Delhi & IIM Calcutta, is spearheading international practice of Client Associates. He is also leading part of NCR practice of CA.

With a career spanning 14+ years, Manish has worked with international as well as national banks across financial markets, corporate finance & investment banking domains. In his various stints, he helped raise more than 250 million USD and had been part of initial team which set up Delhi desk for ICICI Bank & StanC Bank. CFO India has recognised Manish as Top 100 Finance professionals of India for 3 years in a row (2013-15). He is currently Executive Director with Client Associates and is leading a team of seasoned family office professionals. The team serves HNI/UHNWI/International Investors providing them with complete family office services.

Actively involved in social causes, Manish has played active role in Executive Committee of IIT Delhi Alumni Association and IIM Calcutta Alumni Association. He is a visiting faculty in international universities where he talks about India and various opportunities. In his free time, Manish likes to read books on finance, economics, psychology & autobiographies. He loves travelling and has travelled widely. Manish is married and is settled in Gurgaon.

Vinay is Managing Director and Head of Products for Deutsche Bank's Private Wealth Management Onshore India unit.

He has over 24 years of experience in the Indian financial services sector. He is responsible for research, due diligence and distribution for all Investment Products for Deutsche Bank's Private Wealth Management clients in India.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2004, Vinay has worked for ABN AMRO Bank as Head of Investment Advisory in its Private Banking division.

He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Finance from XLRI, Jamshedpur, a Bachelor of Technology from IIT-BHU . He has also completed a certificate course in Financial Engineering from Indian School of Business, (ISB Hyderabad).

Sunil A Sharma serves as the Chief Investment Officer at Sanctum Wealth Management and is responsible for strategic, tactical and portfolio investment strategy advice to clients.

Sunil joined Sanctum Wealth from Wodehouse Capital Advisors, where he was the CIO and managed the domestic portfolio investment strategy and asset allocation for Indian ultra-high net worth clients and foreign institutional investors.

Sunil has over 20 years of experience on Wall Street, having held portfolio management role with Sophis Investments, a New York based hedge fund. Prior to that, he was the Portfolio Manager for a technology fund and Vice President, Equity Research at Lehman Brothers reporting to the Chief Investment Officer at Lehman Brothers. While at Lehman Brothers, the team twice won the distinguished Institutional Investor All Star Award recognizing investment firms for investment excellence. Still earlier in his career, Sunil served as a Senior Analyst at Morgan Stanley Asset Management, Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting and Equity Research Analyst at Alliance Capital.

He began his career in the Analyst training program at PaineWebber. He earned his Bachelor of Science at Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League of Universities, an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst certification.

Gaurav has wide-ranging experience of more than a decade in the Private Wealth Management industry across Product Management/Investment Advisory/Family Office/Credit and Fund Management. He has a deep understanding of various asset classes, and an acute sense of structuring innovative investment solutions for clients in varied market conditions.

At ASK Wealth Advisors, Gaurav is responsible for leading the firm’s Investment Strategy/Proposition, and offering a comprehensive suite of Products backed by in-depth research to the firm’s Ultra HNW clients 

Prior to joining ASK, Gaurav lead Products & Advisory at Religare Private Wealth as the CIO. Earlier, Gaurav was with IIFL Private Wealth Management (an IndiaInfoline group company) from 2008 to 2014 as Sr. Vice President, where, as a part of the initial team he was actively involved in setting-up the entire Product platform/proposition from scratch.  

Prior to that, he was also a part of the initial team at Standard Chartered Private Bank in India, where he led the investment advisory team catering to the bank’s top HNI clients between 2005-2008. He started his career with Citigroup in their lending business.

Gaurav completed his PGDBM from IIM-Bangalore in 2003.

Sunil has over 15 years of experience in providing financial services solutions to clients. His areas of focus include trustee and private client services, regulatory compliance and immigration. Prior to joining the firm, he worked at PwC’s Financial Services practice and at Deutsche Bank in London. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Trust and Estate Practitioner. He has a first class honours degree from Oxford University.

With more than two decades of experience in Financial Services across Wealth Management and Private Banking, Arpita has been part of the core team that set up Centrum Wealth Limited. An Electrical Engineer and MBA, Finance, from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi, she also holds the STEP Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Private Wealth Advising which focuses on cross boarder succession, international taxation and family business advising. Prior to Centrum, she was the Head of Premier Banking at HSBC and was responsible for managing one of the largest affluent banking propositions in the country. She left HSBC to be part of the founding team of Centrum Wealth Limited. At HSBC India, she was rated among the top 3% of employees globally with an EDC (Executive Development Centre) Ranking of 1 in 2010 and identified as a part of the Country Talent Pool. As Co-Head of Centrum Wealth, she has been responsible for providing strategic direction to the firm and leading the firm to a leading position in the business. She is also credited with conceptualizing and successfully executing some of the very significant growth initiatives and an array of proposition enhancements at the firm. Most notable among them include Centrum’s Family Office Business that provides a comprehensive one-stop investment management, wealth planning, administration and structuring, tax and legal advisory, corporate solutions, philanthropy and CSR opportunities. Centrum Wealth Limited was chosen by Private Banker International (PBI) for the prestigious Best Family Office Award at their 30th Annual Private Banker International Global Wealth Awards 2020. She seeded the Structured and Alternate products business line, an area where the firm has established solid credentials and where the business has grown manifold in the firm’s short existence. She set up the offshore businesses for Centrum Wealth office in Singapore. As an Executive Director on the company’s board, she has helped to steer the firm from the venture to growth stage in the very competitive wealth management space. She is also an Independent Director on the board of the West Coast Paper Mills Ltd (WCPM), one of the largest paper manufacturers in the country. She has received several awards and recognitions for her work and contribution. She was featured among India's Top 100 "Women in Finance" - 2019 presented by AIWMI. She was a winner of the Women Super Achievers Award in the field of Finance by the World Women Leadership Congress in Feb 2017. Arpita was appreciated by the Business Sight Magazine as one of the “BS the 10 Successful Business Women to Watch In 2019 for her contribution in Indian Business “. She takes active interest in estate and succession planning and is a member of the Indian chapter of STEP, an international body of trust and estate planning professionals and the International Tax Planning Associates (ITPA). She is also a regular speaker in wealth management, family office and alternative product forums and seminars.

Poonam joined Barclays as Director in December 2010. She is primarily responsible for delivery of Barclays Wealth Advisory & Trust service proposition to high net worth clients. Poonam works with families in business and their confidantes in understanding existing models and suggesting options to improve with key objective that the structure should facilitate growth of family businesses over generations.

Poonam has over 15 years experience in financial services industry with specialization in trusteeship & fiduciary matters. Prior to joining Barclays, she was acting as Chief Operating Officer with IL&FS Trust Company Ltd. and has been associated with IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd and Fulford (India) Ltd.

Poonam is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and holds a degree in Law from the University of Mumbai. She is also a TEP member with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, UK.

Michael has an extensive background in financial services in Asia, Europe and North America. He has been in Asia-Pacific since 1995 – first in Hong Kong for six years, then in Sydney and Singapore, returning to Hong Kong in 2007. Before setting up Hubbis in early 2009, Michael founded Pacific Prospect in 2002 and sold it to global business-to-business publisher Incisive Media in 2006, continuing to serve as Chief Executive Officer until October 2008. Prior to Pacific Prospect, Michael worked for nine years in financial markets publishing. He joined Euromoney Publications in 1993 as the publisher of a quarterly magazine, International Bond Investor. In 1995, Michael joined Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters) to conceive and launch Finance Asia magazine. While he was Managing Director of Finance Asia, Michael also started the Asian Debt Review, Asian Private Capital Magazine and started the Finance Asia Conference Business. In 1997, Michael founded FIA Limited. Born in North Wales, Michael was head boy of St David’s College Llandudno. He has a degree in Business Administration from Cardiff University. And is married with three children - Reanna, Garett and Tarryn.

With more than two decades of experience in Financial Services across Wealth Management and Private Banking, Arpita has been part of the core team that set up Centrum Wealth Limited. An Electrical Engineer and MBA, Finance, from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi, she also holds the STEP Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Private Wealth Advising which focuses on cross boarder succession, international taxation and family business advising. Prior to Centrum, she was the Head of Premier Banking at HSBC and was responsible for managing one of the largest affluent banking propositions in the country. She left HSBC to be part of the founding team of Centrum Wealth Limited. At HSBC India, she was rated among the top 3% of employees globally with an EDC (Executive Development Centre) Ranking of 1 in 2010 and identified as a part of the Country Talent Pool. As Co-Head of Centrum Wealth, she has been responsible for providing strategic direction to the firm and leading the firm to a leading position in the business. She is also credited with conceptualizing and successfully executing some of the very significant growth initiatives and an array of proposition enhancements at the firm. Most notable among them include Centrum’s Family Office Business that provides a comprehensive one-stop investment management, wealth planning, administration and structuring, tax and legal advisory, corporate solutions, philanthropy and CSR opportunities. Centrum Wealth Limited was chosen by Private Banker International (PBI) for the prestigious Best Family Office Award at their 30th Annual Private Banker International Global Wealth Awards 2020. She seeded the Structured and Alternate products business line, an area where the firm has established solid credentials and where the business has grown manifold in the firm’s short existence. She set up the offshore businesses for Centrum Wealth office in Singapore. As an Executive Director on the company’s board, she has helped to steer the firm from the venture to growth stage in the very competitive wealth management space. She is also an Independent Director on the board of the West Coast Paper Mills Ltd (WCPM), one of the largest paper manufacturers in the country. She has received several awards and recognitions for her work and contribution. She was featured among India's Top 100 "Women in Finance" - 2019 presented by AIWMI. She was a winner of the Women Super Achievers Award in the field of Finance by the World Women Leadership Congress in Feb 2017. Arpita was appreciated by the Business Sight Magazine as one of the “BS the 10 Successful Business Women to Watch In 2019 for her contribution in Indian Business “. She takes active interest in estate and succession planning and is a member of the Indian chapter of STEP, an international body of trust and estate planning professionals and the International Tax Planning Associates (ITPA). She is also a regular speaker in wealth management, family office and alternative product forums and seminars.

Dr. Angelo Venardos has over 20 years of experience in assisting clients with the establishment of offshore companies, provision of trust & fiduciary services and structuring for cross border planning. Angelo holds degrees in Economics & Marketing, an MBA, a Master of Jurisprudence (Corporate & Commercial Law) and a Doctor of Legal Science. In 2014, he was conferred the title of “IBF Fellow” in the segment of Trust Administration and Wealth Management by the Institute of Banking and Finance (IBF). Angelo is actively involved with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and was a Board Director of STEP Worldwide in London from 2013-2016. He is a member of various industry associations, including the Singapore Trustees Associations (STA), Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) and Singapore Institute of Directors (SID). Angelo has written and edited various books, including the recently published 2nd edition of “World’s Leading Financial and Trust Centres.”

Shanker Iyer is Executive Chairman, Asia of Iyer Practice, a specialist advisory firm, which is wholly owned by SGG Group, an investor services group active in over 20 countries. Shanker is currently the Chairman of the International Fiscal Association, Singapore Branch and is a member of the ACCA Global Tax Forum. He is a past Chairman of the Singapore International Chamber of Commerce, European Chamber of Commerce and British Chamber of Commerce. With extensive experience spanning a long career, Shanker has built an expertise in advising privately-held businesses, high net-worth individuals and family offices, on a wide range of international tax, regulatory, immigration and trust matters.

Chartered Accountant with over 16 years of post qualification experience. Formerly with Ernst &Young for around 9 years in the Mergers & Acquisition Tax Team, Assisted large corporates in restructuring their group structure in order to be more tax efficient as well as to comply with regulatory norms. Helped clients in structuring acquisition as well as stake sales transaction keeping in mind the tax and regulatory requirements of India. Assisted clients in structuring foreign investment into India including joint ventures considering various laws such as FEMA, FDI policy, income tax, laws of other countries, etc. Advised clients on wealth structuring, estate planning, mergers & acquisitions taxation as well as family governance structures. Advised promoters of large family businesses on devising long term succession plan for their assets including business assets as well as non business assets in India and across other countries. Assisted clients in creating asset protection vehicles to ensure safety and security for the family members. Helped clients in creating trusts, Wills, Family Charter, partnerships, companies, etc for smooth passing of wealth to the next generation. Assisted parents of special children in creating structures which could aid in providing safety and security to the special children. Helping families with NRIs / global citizens /residents in estate planning keeping in mind the tax and regulatory requirements of the foreign countries. Creation of trust for promoters of Indian listed companies after considering the tax and regulatory (eg, SEBI) aspects. Helped clients in the High court / NCLT process of mergers, demergers, etc to achieve the objective of consolidation of businesses or segregation of businesses, etc. Co authored the book on Mergers & Acquisitions released by EY in 2012, 2013.

Poonam joined Barclays as Director in December 2010. She is primarily responsible for delivery of Barclays Wealth Advisory & Trust service proposition to high net worth clients. Poonam works with families in business and their confidantes in understanding existing models and suggesting options to improve with key objective that the structure should facilitate growth of family businesses over generations.

Poonam has over 15 years experience in financial services industry with specialization in trusteeship & fiduciary matters. Prior to joining Barclays, she was acting as Chief Operating Officer with IL&FS Trust Company Ltd. and has been associated with IDBI Trusteeship Services Ltd and Fulford (India) Ltd.

Poonam is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and holds a degree in Law from the University of Mumbai. She is also a TEP member with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, UK.

Gautami heads the Estate Planning Division and is engaged in offering succession and estate planning solutions to private clients.  She has a rich experience in law and financial services industry. Gautami set up Kotak's Estate Planning business and has been with Kotak since 2005. Prior to joining Kotak, Gautami was associated with ICICI Bank for 1 year and was with Kanga & Company, one of the leading and oldest Law Firms. She is a qualified Solicitor and a member of Bombay Incorporated Law Society and is also a Law Graduate from Mumbai University. When she is not advising clients, Gautami is engaged in trekking, reading and photography.

Ajay is a Chartered Accountant with a tax background with more than 17 years of post-qualification experience, having advised a number of Indian and Multinational Corporates on wide ranging structuring issues.

Ajay has advised several multinational corporates on issues relating to international taxation, routing investment into India, structuring the transactions, outbound investments, drafting contracts, conducting tax due diligence and planning for mergers/ demergers, acquisitions and sale of undertakings/shares.

Ajay has contributed many articles relating to direct tax/ M&A matters in various journals and newspapers and also given presentation at various forums including at: WIRC – ICAI, Bombay Chartered Accountants Society, WIRC study circles on various topics relating to domestic and international taxation, Mergers and Acquisitions.

Ajay has presented on many platforms the importance/ relevance of doing succession planning.

Anupam Guha is the Head of Private Wealth Management practice at ICICI Securities Ltd. Anupam has been with the ICICI Group for the last 16 years across retail, institutional and private banking business. He has been a part of the International and Domestic Private Banking business for more than a decade.

He is a founding member that helped set up Private Wealth business at ICICI Securities (I-Sec). I-Sec is one of the leading and fastest growing Private Wealth practice in India and manages some of the wealthiest families in the country. I-Sec today manages close to INR 35,000 Crs of assets of its clients.

I-Sec Private Wealth caters to UHNI and Family Office clients and given the insight with such clients, partners with them in their business requirement and expansion plans through fund raising and investment banking solutions, besides investment & real estate solutions and estate planning.

Prior to this, Anupam was the Country Head of Oman with ICICI Securities. He was successful in showcasing the India opportunity to Sovereign and Pension Funds, local Institutions and the Indian Diaspora. He was part of the fund raising team that raised more than USD 1 billion from GCC for Private Equity and Real Estate investments in India.

Manish Singla, an alumnus of IIT Delhi & IIM Calcutta, is spearheading international practice of Client Associates. He is also leading part of NCR practice of CA.

With a career spanning 14+ years, Manish has worked with international as well as national banks across financial markets, corporate finance & investment banking domains. In his various stints, he helped raise more than 250 million USD and had been part of initial team which set up Delhi desk for ICICI Bank & StanC Bank. CFO India has recognised Manish as Top 100 Finance professionals of India for 3 years in a row (2013-15). He is currently Executive Director with Client Associates and is leading a team of seasoned family office professionals. The team serves HNI/UHNWI/International Investors providing them with complete family office services.

Actively involved in social causes, Manish has played active role in Executive Committee of IIT Delhi Alumni Association and IIM Calcutta Alumni Association. He is a visiting faculty in international universities where he talks about India and various opportunities. In his free time, Manish likes to read books on finance, economics, psychology & autobiographies. He loves travelling and has travelled widely. Manish is married and is settled in Gurgaon.

Benaifer Malandkar is the CIO of RAAY Global Investments, family office of the Amit Patni Group, of Patni Computers. The promoter family divested their stake in May 2011 to I-Gate Corporation at $1.5 billion. She is responsible for investment management of the group including identification, evaluation, deal execution and monitoring every investment across a gamut of diverse asset classes.

A commerce graduate from Jai Hind College (Mumbai), she received her Masters in Business Administration from JDBIMS, Mumbai. Prior to joining RAAY, she has worked with firms like Citibank, ICICI Prudential AMC ,RBS and SMIFS securities in various roles gathering more than 15 years of experience in the banking, debt markets, asset management and private banking. She also held a significant position in the core strategy team at ICICI Prudential AMC and worked in varied teams across her tenure there.

She is on the board of Nirvana Venture Advisors (Digital & Internet Venture Fund) and other companies of the group.

Nipun Mehta is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a highly distinguished professional of the Indian Financial Services industry. His experience spans across global and domestic institutions like Societe Generale and the IL&FS group, and across Private Banking and Wealth Management. He is the Founder & CEO of BlueOcean Capital Advisors. Nipun’s last assignment was as Executive Director and India Head Societe Generale Private Banking. He earned global recognition as “The Global Outstanding Young Private Banker” for his work at Societe Generale which spanned across geographies and across asset classes.

Nipun has also played a key role in formulating regulatory policies for the Indian capital markets by being a part of advisory committees set up by SEBI, including those like ‘Buy Back of Shares’ and ‘Derivative Margining’.

He is frequently invited for his views in print, on television and on global Newswire agencies. Nipun is the author of the best-seller book OTC Exchange of India.

He has been featured in a TV series ‘Tycoons of Dalal Street’ for having been a sustainable and successful participant of the Indian capital market since more than 2 decades.

Mr. Dhruv Mehta’s professional career spans over 25 years in multinational and Indian companies. He is an Associate member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India. Mr. Mehta Sets up an Investment Advisory in 2003 covering all the gamut of investment products for corporate treasury, family office and HNIs. Asset under Management: Initiated advisory services for a corpus of $ 6.7 Million which has grown to over $ 167 Million. He has spent 2 years with A.F. Ferguson & Co; a renowned accounting and auditing firm. Post that he was with the Corporate Finance Department of Searle (I) Ltd, a Pharmaceuticals & Agrochemicals Multi-National for about 5 years. In 1991 he joined the Savita Group a leader in petroleum specialties as Finance Controller. Post that he started an investment advisory firm serving family businesses and SMEs. He is also the director of Malabar Capital Advisors and on the board of Shriram Asset Management Company.

Mr. Agarwal manages the Family Office business working closely with UHNI Families to structure bespoke solutions. He has over 18 years of experience with McKinsey, ICICI Bank, Merrill Lynch and UBS handling clients from India, Asia and Europe. He is a graduate from IIT Kharagpur and holds a MBA degree in Finance from MDI Gurgaon.

Sunil A Sharma serves as the Chief Investment Officer at Sanctum Wealth Management and is responsible for strategic, tactical and portfolio investment strategy advice to clients.

Sunil joined Sanctum Wealth from Wodehouse Capital Advisors, where he was the CIO and managed the domestic portfolio investment strategy and asset allocation for Indian ultra-high net worth clients and foreign institutional investors.

Sunil has over 20 years of experience on Wall Street, having held portfolio management role with Sophis Investments, a New York based hedge fund. Prior to that, he was the Portfolio Manager for a technology fund and Vice President, Equity Research at Lehman Brothers reporting to the Chief Investment Officer at Lehman Brothers. While at Lehman Brothers, the team twice won the distinguished Institutional Investor All Star Award recognizing investment firms for investment excellence. Still earlier in his career, Sunil served as a Senior Analyst at Morgan Stanley Asset Management, Senior Manager at Deloitte Consulting and Equity Research Analyst at Alliance Capital.

He began his career in the Analyst training program at PaineWebber. He earned his Bachelor of Science at Columbia University, a member of the Ivy League of Universities, an MBA from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University and has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst certification.

Vinay is Managing Director and Head of Products for Deutsche Bank's Private Wealth Management Onshore India unit.

He has over 24 years of experience in the Indian financial services sector. He is responsible for research, due diligence and distribution for all Investment Products for Deutsche Bank's Private Wealth Management clients in India.

Prior to joining Deutsche Bank in 2004, Vinay has worked for ABN AMRO Bank as Head of Investment Advisory in its Private Banking division.

He holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Finance from XLRI, Jamshedpur, a Bachelor of Technology from IIT-BHU . He has also completed a certificate course in Financial Engineering from Indian School of Business, (ISB Hyderabad).

Gaurav has wide-ranging experience of more than a decade in the Private Wealth Management industry across Product Management/Investment Advisory/Family Office/Credit and Fund Management. He has a deep understanding of various asset classes, and an acute sense of structuring innovative investment solutions for clients in varied market conditions.

At ASK Wealth Advisors, Gaurav is responsible for leading the firm’s Investment Strategy/Proposition, and offering a comprehensive suite of Products backed by in-depth research to the firm’s Ultra HNW clients 

Prior to joining ASK, Gaurav lead Products & Advisory at Religare Private Wealth as the CIO. Earlier, Gaurav was with IIFL Private Wealth Management (an IndiaInfoline group company) from 2008 to 2014 as Sr. Vice President, where, as a part of the initial team he was actively involved in setting-up the entire Product platform/proposition from scratch.  

Prior to that, he was also a part of the initial team at Standard Chartered Private Bank in India, where he led the investment advisory team catering to the bank’s top HNI clients between 2005-2008. He started his career with Citigroup in their lending business.

Gaurav completed his PGDBM from IIM-Bangalore in 2003.

Sharad Mittal is the Director and Head of Real Estate Funds at Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Sharad Mittal has a rich experience of over 14 years in Indian real estate. He has previously worked with organisations such as ICICI Group and ASK Property. Under his leadership, Motilal Oswal has successfully raised its 2nd real estate fund – IREF II and has recently announced its 1st close of 3rd real estate fund – IREF III at Rs. 600 Crs.

Michael has an extensive background in financial services in Asia, Europe and North America. He has been in Asia-Pacific since 1995 – first in Hong Kong for six years, then in Sydney and Singapore, returning to Hong Kong in 2007. Before setting up Hubbis in early 2009, Michael founded Pacific Prospect in 2002 and sold it to global business-to-business publisher Incisive Media in 2006, continuing to serve as Chief Executive Officer until October 2008. Prior to Pacific Prospect, Michael worked for nine years in financial markets publishing. He joined Euromoney Publications in 1993 as the publisher of a quarterly magazine, International Bond Investor. In 1995, Michael joined Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters) to conceive and launch Finance Asia magazine. While he was Managing Director of Finance Asia, Michael also started the Asian Debt Review, Asian Private Capital Magazine and started the Finance Asia Conference Business. In 1997, Michael founded FIA Limited. Born in North Wales, Michael was head boy of St David’s College Llandudno. He has a degree in Business Administration from Cardiff University. And is married with three children - Reanna, Garett and Tarryn.

Michael has an extensive background in financial services in Asia, Europe and North America. He has been in Asia-Pacific since 1995 – first in Hong Kong for six years, then in Sydney and Singapore, returning to Hong Kong in 2007. Before setting up Hubbis in early 2009, Michael founded Pacific Prospect in 2002 and sold it to global business-to-business publisher Incisive Media in 2006, continuing to serve as Chief Executive Officer until October 2008. Prior to Pacific Prospect, Michael worked for nine years in financial markets publishing. He joined Euromoney Publications in 1993 as the publisher of a quarterly magazine, International Bond Investor. In 1995, Michael joined Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters) to conceive and launch Finance Asia magazine. While he was Managing Director of Finance Asia, Michael also started the Asian Debt Review, Asian Private Capital Magazine and started the Finance Asia Conference Business. In 1997, Michael founded FIA Limited. Born in North Wales, Michael was head boy of St David’s College Llandudno. He has a degree in Business Administration from Cardiff University. And is married with three children - Reanna, Garett and Tarryn.

Michael has an extensive background in financial services in Asia, Europe and North America. He has been in Asia-Pacific since 1995 – first in Hong Kong for six years, then in Sydney and Singapore, returning to Hong Kong in 2007. Before setting up Hubbis in early 2009, Michael founded Pacific Prospect in 2002 and sold it to global business-to-business publisher Incisive Media in 2006, continuing to serve as Chief Executive Officer until October 2008. Prior to Pacific Prospect, Michael worked for nine years in financial markets publishing. He joined Euromoney Publications in 1993 as the publisher of a quarterly magazine, International Bond Investor. In 1995, Michael joined Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters) to conceive and launch Finance Asia magazine. While he was Managing Director of Finance Asia, Michael also started the Asian Debt Review, Asian Private Capital Magazine and started the Finance Asia Conference Business. In 1997, Michael founded FIA Limited. Born in North Wales, Michael was head boy of St David’s College Llandudno. He has a degree in Business Administration from Cardiff University. And is married with three children - Reanna, Garett and Tarryn.

Michael has an extensive background in financial services in Asia, Europe and North America. He has been in Asia-Pacific since 1995 – first in Hong Kong for six years, then in Sydney and Singapore, returning to Hong Kong in 2007. Before setting up Hubbis in early 2009, Michael founded Pacific Prospect in 2002 and sold it to global business-to-business publisher Incisive Media in 2006, continuing to serve as Chief Executive Officer until October 2008. Prior to Pacific Prospect, Michael worked for nine years in financial markets publishing. He joined Euromoney Publications in 1993 as the publisher of a quarterly magazine, International Bond Investor. In 1995, Michael joined Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters) to conceive and launch Finance Asia magazine. While he was Managing Director of Finance Asia, Michael also started the Asian Debt Review, Asian Private Capital Magazine and started the Finance Asia Conference Business. In 1997, Michael founded FIA Limited. Born in North Wales, Michael was head boy of St David’s College Llandudno. He has a degree in Business Administration from Cardiff University. And is married with three children - Reanna, Garett and Tarryn.

Michael has an extensive background in financial services in Asia, Europe and North America. He has been in Asia-Pacific since 1995 – first in Hong Kong for six years, then in Sydney and Singapore, returning to Hong Kong in 2007. Before setting up Hubbis in early 2009, Michael founded Pacific Prospect in 2002 and sold it to global business-to-business publisher Incisive Media in 2006, continuing to serve as Chief Executive Officer until October 2008. Prior to Pacific Prospect, Michael worked for nine years in financial markets publishing. He joined Euromoney Publications in 1993 as the publisher of a quarterly magazine, International Bond Investor. In 1995, Michael joined Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters) to conceive and launch Finance Asia magazine. While he was Managing Director of Finance Asia, Michael also started the Asian Debt Review, Asian Private Capital Magazine and started the Finance Asia Conference Business. In 1997, Michael founded FIA Limited. Born in North Wales, Michael was head boy of St David’s College Llandudno. He has a degree in Business Administration from Cardiff University. And is married with three children - Reanna, Garett and Tarryn.

Michael has an extensive background in financial services in Asia, Europe and North America. He has been in Asia-Pacific since 1995 – first in Hong Kong for six years, then in Sydney and Singapore, returning to Hong Kong in 2007. Before setting up Hubbis in early 2009, Michael founded Pacific Prospect in 2002 and sold it to global business-to-business publisher Incisive Media in 2006, continuing to serve as Chief Executive Officer until October 2008. Prior to Pacific Prospect, Michael worked for nine years in financial markets publishing. He joined Euromoney Publications in 1993 as the publisher of a quarterly magazine, International Bond Investor. In 1995, Michael joined Thomson Financial Services (now Thomson Reuters) to conceive and launch Finance Asia magazine. While he was Managing Director of Finance Asia, Michael also started the Asian Debt Review, Asian Private Capital Magazine and started the Finance Asia Conference Business. In 1997, Michael founded FIA Limited. Born in North Wales, Michael was head boy of St David’s College Llandudno. He has a degree in Business Administration from Cardiff University. And is married with three children - Reanna, Garett and Tarryn.