SOUMEN CHATTERJEE BBCC, CFN, PCC FACILITATOR, EXECUTIVE COACH & ICF CERTIFIED MENTOR

Soumen brings 31 years of work experience in the Energy, Telecom and Technology industry. He has held senior positions in organizations such as IBM, Wipro and Airtel, delivering a wide range of roles in operations, sales, marketing and customer service. Later he transitioned to Talent Management, as the Global Leader of learning at HCL Technologies, a $7 billion IT giant. After working in various roles in L&D and Strategic HR, he founded Think Dot Connect, a boutique coaching company, which later entered in a partnership with the Neuroleadership Institute, where he leads the charge as its Executive Director and Partner for the South Asia region.

He is Certified in Applied Neuroscience and has worked extensively on building organizational cultures, specifically around Innovation, ED&I and Growth Mindset. He is a highly respected thought leader and speaker on application of neuroscience at the workplace.

He also brings 5+ years of extensive coaching experience across levels, from High Potential Managers to Start-Ups and C-Suite leaders. He creates a unique blend of deep business understanding and people sensitivity. He works with leaders to focus on their strategic intent and expand their thinking towards new and disruptive strategies to move their performance forward. He has coached clients across India, APAC, UK and US.

Outside of his work interests, he is an avid musician and composer, having performed on the international stage. His blog ‘Simply Neuroscience’ is widely read and appreciated. He has been a guest lecturer in several reputed Indian Management Education Institutions such as ISB Hyderabad, IIM Lucknow, I-Lead Kolkata etc.

He is the Executive Director and Partner with the Neuroleadership Institute and Principal Consultant with Franklin Covey India.

Rajneesh Narang Chairman & MD (Additional Charge) & Director (Finance), HPCL and Chairman, HMEL

Mr. Rajneesh Narang is Chairman & Managing Director (Additional Charge) & Director (Finance) of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (‘HPCL’), a Maharatna Oil Company. Prior to this, Mr. Rajneesh Narang was Executive Director – Corporate Finance & Chief Financial Officer of HPCL. He has also held various key portfolios including that of Executive Director – Finance (Marketing), Executive Assistant to Chairman & Managing Director – HPCL among other assignments. He is on Board of several HPCL Subsidiary/Joint Venture Companies.

A Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a degree in Masters in Financial Management, Mr. Narang brings with him rich and varied professional exposure of more than 3 decades across various spectrum of Downstream Oil Company. He has held various key challenging assignments in HPCL in the field of Corporate Finance, Treasury, Risk Management, Margin Management, Marketing Finance, Budgeting, SBU Commercial, C&MD’s Office and Refinery Project.

Mr. Rajneesh Narang is known for his Commercial acumen, innovative ideas and people-centric leadership. In his various roles, he has focussed on investment in Human capital for building successful teams and individuals and able to perform and deliver exceptional results through positive engagement and a shared vision. He has various academic distinctions to his credit and is a key technical speaker in In-house capability building seminars and workshops.

Pramod Lakhmapure Singapore Digitalization/Technology Expert
In conversation with GM-IT

Current:

Guiding key Energy industry clients in achieving their Digital Transformation and Sustainability goals across Southeast Asia and India

Collaborating with AspenTech's key clientele, focusing on pivotal areas such as Sustainability, Production Optimization, Value Chain Enhancement, Operational Excellence, Digital Transformation and adoption of Industrial AI technologies.

Overseeing a diverse array of Aspen Digital Solutions, including Process Simulation & Digital Twins, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Asset Performance Management, Subsurface Engineering, Data Management & Analytics, and Digital Grid Management.

Earlier:

Area Director – Southeast Asia, AspenTech Singapore

Director Strategic Alliances –APJ, AspenTech, Singapore

Prabh Das Managing Director And Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Prabh Das has been involved with HMEL since its inception including in the formation of the joint venture. He formally joined HMEL in 2008 and has been instrumental in setting up of the Guru Gobind Singh Refinery project and its operations thereafter. He possesses vast and wide-ranging experience in administration and management, having served in the Indian Administrative Services for over twenty-five years. He is responsible for leading and managing HMEL and its subsidiaries as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to joining HMEL, Mr. Das served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas from 2003 to March 2008 where he was in charge of the Refineries Division and was instrumental in implementing the Auto Fuel Policy, Strategic Storage and New Initiatives in Oil Diplomacy. He led the transformation of the domestic refining sector which included strengthening refining capacities, improving refining operations, safety aspects and introduction of new technologies.

During his tenure in the ministry, he was on the Board of Fortune 500 companies such as Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., HPCL, Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals Ltd., Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Engineers India Ltd.

Mr. Das is a B. Tech (Hons.) from IIT, Kharagpur and completed his Master of Business Administration from Southern Cross University, Australia.

Mark Greeven Professor of Management Innovation & Dean of Asia

Mark Greeven is Professor of Management Innovation, and Dean of Asia. He draws on a decade of experience in research, teaching, and consulting in China to explore how to organize innovation in a turbulent world. He was included in the Thinkers50 Ranking (2023) and named on the Thinkers50 Radar list of 30 Next Generation Business Thinkers in 2017.

Greeven has collaborated with innovative Chinese companies (including Ping An, Alibaba, Pinduoduo, and Haier) and entrepreneurial multinationals (including Bayer, Evonik, Johnson & Johnson, Daimler, Nestlé, Richemont, and Swiss Re) to explore novel ways of organizing, accelerating corporate innovation, enabling digital business transformation, and designing business ecosystems to thrive on uncertainty. He is a fluent Chinese speaker.

Prof. Chandan Chowdhury Senior Associate Dean & Practice Professor

Prof. Chowdhury recently returned to academia on 19th June 2017 after spending 17 years in corporate, joining the Indian School of Business (ISB) as Executive Director to lead the (1) Munjal Institute for Global Manufacturing and the (2) Punj-Lloyd Institute for Infrastructure Management. He is a Senior Associate Dean and Practice Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems at the ISB. In his last academic stint, Prof. Chowdhury was a Professor, Dean (Academy), Chairman (Board of Research), and Member (Board of Governors) at NITIE (National Institute of Industrial Engineering, established as a joint initiative between United Nations and Government of India in 1963).

The Indian School of Business (ISB) evolved from the need for a world-class business school in Asia. The founders, some of the best minds from the corporate and academic worlds, anticipated the leadership needs of the emerging Asian economies. They recognized that the rapidly changing business landscape would require young leaders who not only have an understanding of the developing economies but who also present a global perspective. Before joining ISB, Prof. Chowdhury served Dassault Systèmes , initially as the Managing Director (over 4.5 years) of Dassault Systèmes India and subsequently Vice President (Global Affairs & Business Development). He was instrumental in developing and expanding the company's footprint across several sectors in corporate, government, and academic sectors.

Before joining Dassault Systemes, Prof. Chowdhury was Country Manager, Software Group, Strategic Accounts in IBM. He had also headed a Swedish multinational (Industrial & Financial Systems). Prof. Chowdhury did his MS in Mechanical Engineering and has a double Doctorate. Prof. Chowdhury has been associated with several business transformation initiatives, both in the government and private sectors in leading organizations. Prof. Chowdhury has been the recipient of numerous awards, and his particular areas of interest are innovation and ‘Technology-Enabled Business Transformation”. He is passionate about leveraging technology to make the world a better place to live in.

Deep Rastogi LinkedIn India

I am a passionate customer advisor with a strong inclination towards technology and services. As a management consultant, I have successfully delivered and executed multiple customer engagements across areas such as profitability improvement, talent management, operating model transformation and market opportunity assessment.

As a philosophy, I really believe in building and nurturing relationships with internal as well as external stakeholders. I have been fortunate enough to get into customer facing roles to be able to build strong connects and deliver quality outcomes.

Passion, Empathy and Excellence form the core of my value system and I take special interest in topics related to Customer Experience enhancement, Customer value addition and customer success.

Feel free to reach out to me if you would like to have a virtual coffee and discuss around Customer Success and Strategy

Deepanjan Deb South Asia Head, Gallup International

Deepanjan Deb in his role as Growth Leader of South Asia, works in the area of applied Behavioural economics in Consultative Sales, Product Sales, Digital Sales, Marketing and strategy of Gallup’s offerings in the Indian Subcontinent in both the Employee as well as the Customer side of the Business. Currently managing some of India's largest client accounts, he has been instrumental in developing and growing the business of Gallup in India and Singapore.

His primary area of interest entails research in the application of Behavioural Economics in consulting, data analytics as well as helping productizing Gallup’s research through sales. He has also been associated with various organizations, writing on various aspects of Sports as an instrument of human development. He also speaks on various management forums and associations on sports and management topics as well as the application of Gallup Sciences and Analytics in both the corporate as well as educational space.

An alumnus of NIT Allahabad and XLRI Jamshedpur, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Best All Round Student of XLRI in 2012.

Anish De Head Energy, KPMG
In conversation with VP-TS

Anish De is KPMG’s Global Head for Energy, Natural Resources, and Chemicals (ENRC). He has over 25 years of experience in energy sector consulting. As a renowned power sector expert, Anish has undertaken pioneering work in sector reform and restructuring, designing sectorial policy and regulatory framework; commercial and financial advisory; PPP; strategic planning, economic analysis; investment frameworks; corporate strategies, turnaround plans, institutional strengthening, and capacity building; power markets; energy efficiency; smart grids and digital. He is a key influencer through his work, social media presence, and his op-eds in key publications. He has been a regular contributor to the leading media houses, and other business and trade publications, especially on energy transition, climate mitigation and adaption, technology developments on renewables, hydrogen, energy storage, and on the digital economy.

Anish has also been a member of several governmental task forces and committees on energy. He has extensively contributed to India’s power sector reforms. His recommendations became the basis of the formulation of the National Electricity Policy, Tariff Policy, Competitive Bidding Guidelines for power procurement, etc. He also helped usher the power markets in India and is assisting its ongoing transformation. Anish has been a member of several key government task forces and committees on clean energy. He has also worked on many corporate strategy and transformation projects. He has made a substantial contribution to national and international markets including India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Iran, Southern African Power Pool, Maldives, Turkey, and Afghanistan.

Preeti Bhatia LinkedIn India

As a Sales Manager at LinkedIn, Preeti leverages her 14+ years of experience in the industry to generate and nurture strategic business relationships with CXOs and key decision-makers.

An expert in enterprise software sales, customer relationship management & competitive differentiation.