CII Bangalore CEO Forum

Some of the prominent speakers who have addressed the CEO Forum since its launch,
are:

1) Mr Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission of India (Former Chairman, BCG)

2) Mr Nandan Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) &
Former Co-Chairman, Infosys Technologies
3) Mr Ravi Vekatesan, Former Chairman, Microsoft India.
4) Mr Sudhakar Rao, IAS, Former Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka
5) Prof Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, Director and Founder, Warwick Manufacturing
Group, UK
6) Dr Edward Jung, Founder and President, Intellectual Ventures, USA
7) Justice N Santosh Hegde, Lokayukta of Karnataka
8) Mr S V Ranganath, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka
9) Mr V K Bhatnagar, CEO, Arcelor Mittal – India
10) Mrs Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman and Managing Director, Biocon Ltd
11) Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan, President Designate, CII & Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys
Ltd
12) Mr Suhas Gopinath, President and CEO, Globals Inc
13) Mr Sanjay Purohit, Vice President and Head-Corporate Planning and Business
Assurance, Infosys Limited
14) Mr Shailendra Bhandari, MD and CEO, ING Vysya Bank Ltd
15) Ms Debopama Sen, Managing Director & India Head, Securities and Fund Services,
Citibank N. A
16) Mr T Krishna Kumar, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd
17) Mr Irial Finan, Executive Vice President (Global) & President - Bottling Investment
Group and Supply Chain, The Coca-Cola Company
18) Dr Christian G Forstner, Excellence Consultant, Company Analyst, Strategy Coach
and Process Management Consultant
19) Mr V K Viswanathan, Managing Director, Bosch Ltd
20) Mr B Santhanam, President-Flat Glass, South Asia, Egypt & Managing Director, Saint-
Gobain Glass India Ltd
21) Prof. J Ramachandran, Professor - Corporate Strategy & Policy, IIM Bangalore
22) Dr. Ashok V Desai, Former Member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council,
Chairman, Corporate Catalyst (India) P Ltd.
23) Dr Karl Nowak, President, Robert Bosch GmbH, Corporate Sector Purchasing and
Logistics, etc.
24) Mr S Sandilya, Chairman, Eicher Motors Ltd & President, Society of Indian
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) & President, International Motorcycle
Manufacturers Association (IMMA)
25) Mr John L. Flannery, President & Chief Executive Officer, GE India
26) Dr B Mahadevan, Professor of Operations Management, Indian Institute of
Management – Bangalore
27) Mrs Vinita Bali, Managing Director, Britannia Industries Ltd
28) Mr Manish Sabharwal, Chairman & Founder, TeamLease Services
29) Mr Vipin Sondhi, Chairman, JCB Ltd.
30) Mr Janmajeya Sinha, Chairman, Boston Consulting Group
31) Mr Y M Deosthalee, CMD of L&T Financial Holdings Ltd.
32) Mr. Mansoor Khan, Film producer, director and screenwriter, Author of the famous
book - The Third Curve - The End of Growth as we know it.
33) Mr Bob Jones , Director of Leadership Development Programmes , Inspirational
Development Group.
34) Mr Arijit Sen, Country Managing Director , Parker Hannifin India P Ltd.
35) Mr Srikrishna Ramamurthy, Partner, Unitus Seed Fund (Bangalore & Seattle).
36) Ms Robyn Spens – UK Director & Head, European Operations, Professional
Passport(UK)
37) Mr.Venkatesh S. Mysore , CEO, Red Chillies Entertainment Private Limited & Chief
Executive Officer and Managing Director, Kolkata Knight Riders.
38) Mr.Abhishek Goenka, Partner with BMR & Associates LLP, Mr.Shyam Powar,
Business Head, Corporate Finance, Allegro Corporate Finance Advisors, Mr.Murali
Ananthasivan, Partner at J Sagar Associates.
39) Mr. Pradipta Mohapatra, Past Chairman, CII Southern Region & Co-founder &
Chairman of Coaching Foundation India Ltd & Director on the Board of RPG
group.
40) Mr.Suresh C Senapthy , Advisor – Wipro Limited and Premji Invest.
41) Ms.Vinita Bali, Former Managing Director and CEO, Britannia Industries.
42) Mr.Arun Dasmahapatra, Chairman & Partner in-Charge - Heidricks &
Struggles.
43) Mr.Madhusudan Kankani, Partner, Accounting Advisory Service, , KPMG.
44) Mr. K.Thiagarajan, COO - Agastya International Foundation.
45) Mr.Vishwarupe Narain , Partner & Managing Director , TPG Growth.
46) Mr. Srinath Sridharan, Member - Group Management Center (GMC), Rajesh
Wadhawan Group
47) Dr. Balz Strasser, CEO , Swissnex India, Consul General of Switzerland.
48) Sri Sri Ravishankar, Founder - Art of Living Foundation.
49) Mr. Francois Gautier, Counsel General of France in Bangalore.
50) Mr. CB Ramkumar, Founder & Managing Director, Village Buddha.
51) Mr. Munesh Makhija, Vice President & Managing Director, GE India
Technology Centre Pvt. Ltd & CTO - GE South Asia.
52) Mr. Damodar Mall, Chief Executive Officer of Reliance Retail Ltd.
53) Dr.Meena Kaushik, Chairman at Quantum Market Research.
54) Mr. KV Sridhar, Chief Creative Officer, Sapient Nitro .
55) Mr. Kartikeya Kompella, Author, Purposeful Brands.
56) Dr. Donghyun Park, Principal Economist, Economics Research and Regional
Cooperation Department, Asian Development Bank, Philippines.

57) Mr. Ninad Karpe, Managing Director & CEO of Aptech Ltd.

58) Prof Charan Singh, Reserve Bank of India Chair Professor of Economics, IIM
Bangalore,

59) Mr. Venkatesh Valluri, Chairman & Managing Director, Valluri Technology
Accelerators.

60) Ms. Ratna Sahay, Acting Director, Markets Department, IMF.

61) Dr. Laurie Leshin, President, Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

62) Mr. Richard Lobo, Executive Vice President & Head - HR, Infosys.