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Kush Ahuja is the Associate Director at ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants). His current role builds on over 22 plus years of experience, the last 10 with working for ACCA, where he has worked in corporate relations, business development and new projects to contribute towards the accountancy profession.  He is focused on developing education partner networks and key stakeholder relationships to support upcoming professional accountants in India.  Kush is a Chartered Accountant and holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.  

He has a keen interest in strategy, investments and marketing.  He has worked with Pricewaterhouse in assurance and business advisory. Post his MBA he joined Citibank where he managed retail channel development and products development. He also managed North and East India for HDFC Mutual funds portfolio management services – developing both equity and real estate investments. He was managing the Middle East for HDFC Mutual funds as AVP and Chief Representative before moving to ACCA.

Sarthak Dubey is the co-founder and chief operating officer (coo) of mitigate: India’s premier smart cyber insurance provider. A serial entrepreneur, Dubey previously co-founded Tao, an online platform hosting competitions for students, before embarking on the mitigate venture. Prior to his entrepreneurial pursuits, he gained valuable experience as a product manager at companies such as Delhivery and lenskart. He holds a bachelor of technology (B.Tech.) Degree from MIT Manipal.

Topic - Sustainability in insurance, cyber risk management strategies and cyber risk underwriting complexities and how cyber insurance- (the fastest growing insurance globally), can be scaled with comprehensive solutions.

CA Narasimhan Elangovan is a Technology and Risk Enthusiast, Cyber Security Auditor, a Keynote Speaker. His areas of practise include Cyber Security Audits, SOC 2 and IT attestations, auditing emerging technologies such as AI, Big Data, IoT. He is a faculty for DISA, CISA and courses on Blockchain Technology. He has authored many books for ICAI, KSCAA etc on Technology. He is regular speaker on Technology at various National and International Conferences of ICAI, ISACA, CII, FICCI etc. He has often addressed the ISACA International conferences at Asia CACS, Europe CACS, Africa CACS, North America CACS and was often amongst the top-rated and the youngest speaker. He has been identified as one of the top 10 “Influential Consulting Leaders - 2020” an annual recognition for torchbearers in the consulting sphere, by CEO Insights Magazine. In Dec 2023, he received Cloud Risk Champion award at India’s largest Cloud Security Conference hosted by Cloud Security Alliance Bangalore, for his contribution and achievements in the field of Cloud Security and Audit.

Email: narasimhan@ken-co.in
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/narasimhan-elangovan-93678777/

Finance professional with extensive experience in teaching postgraduate and undergraduate students, possessing expertise in programme management, supervision, research, publication, institutional development, editorial activities, case writing, mentoring, and student development. Currently, serving as an Associate Professor and Lead of Sustainability & Reporting Cluster at the School of Accounting and Finance, Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation, Malaysia. Leading a research grant, developing the international network of the university besides coordinating mobility programmes. Noteworthy achievements include winning a silver medal in the FIMIEX 2023 innovation competition, the Best Paper Award at ICIE 2022 International Conference, receiving the UMP Excellent Employee Award in 2021, securing a Silver Medal in ITEX-2021 International Exhibition, earning a Gold Medal in UMP CITREX-2021 Exhibition, and attaining the Best Paper Award in NCON-PGR’2020 National Conference (Malaysia).

Title - Sustainable Finance.

Sriram was the first homegrown director promoted within the US India Audit & Assurance practice. He serves as the Senior Group Audit Managing Director for the practice. Sriram's operational remit covers all six of our USI offices - Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Chennai, and Kolkata. He is the industry leader for real estate and manages the relationship with the Luxembourg member firm. Sriram's responsibilities include oversight of operations including fiscal planning, resource management, finance, and compliance. Sriram spearheads initiatives that drive increased operational effectiveness, reporting adherence to compliance protocols and enhanced predictability in work schedules and is known for his "out of the box" thinking. Sriram is also involved in performing internal inspections of audit engagements in collaboration with Deloitte National Office. Sriram serves as the USI MD on Blackhawk Networks, Upstart Holdings Inc., Aramark Corporation, and Huntsman International.

Transformation leader guiding Clients and Internal corporate functions re-imagine processes, redesign operating models, optimize cost, profitability, and growth. 30yrs experience leading F&A, commercial functions across IT & manufacturing sectors.

Past Chair of AICPA-CIMA Regional Advisory panel for Middle East, South Asia and North Africa region.

Dr. Chong is an Associate Professor and serves as the Head of the School of Accounting and Finance at the Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation in Malaysia. With a PhD in Financial Economics, she brings a wealth of expertise to her role. Dr. Chong has made significant contributions to the field, having published in a number of international refereed journals. Her extensive teaching experience spans both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Her research interests encompass behavioural finance and investment and the intersection of fintech and sustainability.

Title: Navigating Sustainability Finance through ESG

He Joined Canara Bank in April 1984. He is a Highly accomplished Senior Banking Professional with proven track record of successfully building and scaling up businesses, developing and leading high performing team towards tangible orgasnisational value. Recognised as an outstanding leader with a strategic vision and a remarkable expertise in corporate credit underwriting and risk Managment. Currently manages a credit portfolio of Rs. 3.50 lakhs crores. Consistently achieved the top line and bottom line goals of the bank. Headed a circle of Canara Bank with business size of Rs.1.00 Lakh Crores Created and maintained sound asset quality and resilient credit culture by ensuring that the credit approval process is responsive to customer needs, and within the prudent internal framework. Served as the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Board of the overseas subsidiary of the bank. Providing strategic directions to various subsidiaries and associates of the bank as a Director on their Boards.

Title - Recent Trends in Sustainable Banking in India

With an academic background in Management & Finance from United Kingdom & India, I have over three decades of multi-faceted work experience. Starting in 1985 with multinational, Bata India, I had unique opportunities of working across different functional areas, before joining Reliance Industries (In-dia’s largest Private sector organization) in 2006 as Core-team member of their ambitious retail venture. I had a brief stint as COO/CFO of a Startup Company before joining Sara Futura Group in 2014 & grew the retail business multifold over 6 years. I currently consult for small & medium size enterprises, including startups, across multiple industries.

Title - Creation of Business Financial Plans together with inclusion of measurement & control tools & pro-motion of ethical practices in business