Retail Leadership Summit - RLS

Speakers 2024

Abheek Singhi

Abheek Singhi

MD & Senior Partner,
Boston Consulting Group

Abhijeet Paudwal

Abhijeet Paudwal

Head Emerging Business,
Amrut Software

Abhinav Midha

Abhinav Midha

Vice President,
GoKwik

Abhishek Bansal

Abhishek Bansal

Executive Director,
Pacific Group

Abhishek Daga

Abhishek Daga

Co-Founder,
Nasher Miles

Abhishek Raj

Abhishek Raj

Chief Operating Officer,
Lacoste India

Ajay Aggarwal

Ajay Aggarwal

Managing Partner,
100watts.tech

Ajay Gupta

Ajay Gupta

MD,
Capital Foods

Amit Modak

Amit Modak

Director-CEO,
P. N. Gadgil & Sons Ltd.

Amit Phutane

Amit Phutane

Business Head D2C & Growth,
Duroflex Pvt. Ltd.

Amit Verma

Amit Verma

AGM - Modern Key Accounts,
Jaquar Group

Anand Ramanathan

Anand Ramanathan

Partner & Consumer Products & Retail Sector Leader,
Deloitte South Asia

Ananya Agarwal

Ananya Agarwal

Founder & CEO,
Nyumi

Anay Agarwal

Anay Agarwal

Head - Strategy Grocery Business,
Reliance Retail Ltd.

Anil Menon

Anil Menon

CIO,
LuLu Group India

Anisa Virji

Anisa Virji

Head - Ecommerce,
Regal Shoes

Anish Jhaveri

Anish Jhaveri

CFO,
Spykar Lifestyles Pvt. Ltd.

Anisha Shenoy

Anisha Shenoy

Associate Director product marketing,
GoKwik

Ankit Desai

Ankit Desai

Head - Media, Digital Marketing & Brand PR,
Marico Ltd.

Ankit Kumar

Ankit Kumar

Solutions Manager,
Avery Dennison

Ankitaa Rattan

Ankitaa Rattan

Account Executive,
Salesforce

Ankur Bhatia

Ankur Bhatia

CEO,
Chogori India Retail Ltd.

(Columbia Sportswear)

Ankur Damani

Ankur Damani

Commercial Director & Country Head – India & Sri Lanka,
Triumph International

Anupam Saurav

Anupam Saurav

Country Marketing and Communication Director,
Decathlon Sports India Pvt. Ltd.

Anurag Kedia

Anurag Kedia

Founder,
Pilgirm

Anush Raghavan

Anush Raghavan

President - Cash Management Solutions,
CMS Info Systems

Arpita Ghosh

Arpita Ghosh

AVP - Head, Store Design & Space Planning,
Max Fashion & Easybuy (Landmark Group)

Arun Pillai

Arun Pillai

AVP – Business Development, Projects & Administration,
Metro Brands Ltd.

Arun Shetty

Arun Shetty

Head - Operations,
StarQuik - A Tata Enterprise

Ashim Ashok Patil

Ashim Ashok Patil

MD & CEO,
i-TEK RFID

Ashish Kumar Singh

Ashish Kumar Singh

VP - Market Place Growth,
Shadowfax

Ashraf Biran

Ashraf Biran

Founder & Director,
Wellness Forever Medicare Ltd.

Ashwin Khasgiwala

Ashwin Khasgiwala

Chief Business Operations,
Reliance Retail Ltd.

Avnish Anand

Avnish Anand

Co-Founder & CEO,
CaratLane

Avnish Kumar

Avnish Kumar

Director,
Neeru’s

B.S. Nagesh

B.S. Nagesh

Founder,
TRRAIN

Balaji Iyer

Balaji Iyer

Head - Sales,
Bajaj Electric

Bharat Mimani

Bharat Mimani

MD & Partner,
Boston Consulting Group

Bijou Kurien

Bijou Kurien

Chairman,
Retailers Association of India

Biju Kassim

Biju Kassim

CEO - Beauty Business,
Shoppers Stop Ltd.

Binal Shah

Binal Shah

CMO,
Macmerise

Bipin Barma

Bipin Barma

VP - Head Design and Projects,
Madura Fashion & Lifestyle

Blessing A Manikandan

Blessing A Manikandan

CEO,
TONI&GUY

Chakrapani Sharma

Chakrapani Sharma

Deputy General Manager - HR,
Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd.

Chippy Mehta

Chippy Mehta

Co-Founder,
Bombay Shirt Company

Dalip Sehgal

Dalip Sehgal

CEO,
Nexus Malls

Darpan Mehta

Darpan Mehta

Director Tax, APAC International Stores,
Amazon (US and India)

Darshak Mehta

Darshak Mehta

Vice President,
Reliance Retail Ltd.

David Macadam

David Macadam

CEO,
MECS+R

Deepak Aswani

Deepak Aswani

Managing Director,
My Kingdom

Devidutta Dash

Devidutta Dash

Founder & CEO,
Lemme Be

Dhiraj Agarwal

Dhiraj Agarwal

Founder,
Campus Sutra

Dipali Sawant Shewale

Dipali Sawant Shewale

Lead - Store Design,
Infiniti Retail Ltd.

Divya Gupta

Divya Gupta

E-commerce Head - Sales and Marketing,
Globus Stores Pvt Ltd.

Dr. Biswajit Rath

Dr. Biswajit Rath

Head Analytics, CRM & Digital Development,
Raymond Ltd.

Dr. Dev Narayan Sarkar

Dr. Dev Narayan Sarkar

Senior VP & Head of Consumer Business,
Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Company Ltd.

Dr. Hitesh Bhatt

Dr. Hitesh Bhatt

Director - Marketing & Communications,
Retailers Association of India

Dr. Sujit Paul

Dr. Sujit Paul

Group CEO,
Zota Healthcare

Evgeny Chernikov

Evgeny Chernikov

COO,
Yango Tech

Faizan Mohamed

Faizan Mohamed

Director,
Sylcon Group

G.R. Venkatesh

G.R. Venkatesh

CHRO,
Reliance Retail Ltd.

Gautam Gupta

Gautam Gupta

Director,
TagID Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Gautam Saraogi

Gautam Saraogi

CEO,
Go Fashion (India) Ltd.

(Go Colors)

Geetanjali Gondhale

Geetanjali Gondhale

Founder,
Moha by Geetanjali

Girdhar Chitlangia

Girdhar Chitlangia

CFO,
Arvind Fashions Ltd.

Girish Krishnan

Girish Krishnan

Director, Rewards & Merchant Services,
Amazon Pay India

Gopa Kumar

Gopa Kumar

Chief Operating Officer,
Bhima Jewels

Goutham SV

Goutham SV

Category Manager - CC & RIS,
HP

Gulshan Bakhtiani

Gulshan Bakhtiani

Founder & Director,
Wellness Forever Medicare Ltd.

Haarshal Thakker

Haarshal Thakker

VP - Omni Channel Hyperlocal Business,
Wellness Forever Medicare Ltd.

HAPS Dhillon

HAPS Dhillon

General Manager & Business Unit Head,
EcoEnergy Insights Ltd.

Hari Krishnan. N

Hari Krishnan. N

GM & Head - Visual Merchandising,
AZORTE

Hari Menon

Hari Menon

Co-Founder & CEO,
bigbasket

Harini Sivakumar

Harini Sivakumar

Founder & CEO,
Earth Rhythm

Harminder Ari

Harminder Ari

Regional Vice President - Sales,
CleverTap

Harsh Lal

Harsh Lal

Co-Founder,
The Souled Store

Hema L

Hema L

Head - Marketing,
Simpli Namdhari’s

Hemang Mehta

Hemang Mehta

Head- IT,
L'Oréal

Hemant Naik

Hemant Naik

VP - Supply Chain & Logistics,
Kamaths Ourtimes Ice creams Pvt. Ltd.

Hetal Rathod

Hetal Rathod

Head - Marketing,
Foodstrong

Ilesh Ghevariya

Ilesh Ghevariya

Co-Founder & CEO,
French Crown

Indresh Pradhan

Indresh Pradhan

Chief Information Officer,
Apparel Group India Pvt. Ltd.

Jacob Joseph

Jacob Joseph

VP - Data Science,
CleverTap

Jagpreet Pabla

Jagpreet Pabla

GM - Product & Technology,
McDonald's India

Jayanti Sati

Jayanti Sati

AVP & Head of Product and E-Commerce Business,
Kaya Ltd.

Jitendra Vyas

Jitendra Vyas

Head - Acquisition,
Ginni Systems Ltd.

Joe Augustine

Joe Augustine

Senior Director (India Sales Lead),
CleverTap

Johnson Verghese

Johnson Verghese

MD,
Fossil India Pvt. Ltd.

Joita Sen

Joita Sen

Director,
Senco Gold Ltd.

Jonathan YACH

Jonathan YACH

Chief Asset Officer,
Beyond Squarefeet Mall Management Pvt. Ltd.

Jugal Mistry

Jugal Mistry

Founder,
Bombay Trooper

Jyoti Jani

Jyoti Jani

Senior Manager - Projects,
Celio Retail Pvt. Ltd.

K Radhakrishnan

K Radhakrishnan

Director,
StarQuik - A TATA Enterprise

Karim Lalji

Karim Lalji

Senior Sales Manager,
Shopify

Kaushal Parekh

Kaushal Parekh

CFO,
Metro Brands Ltd.

Kedar Lele

Kedar Lele

ED – Customer Development & Head - CD (South Asia),
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.

Kiran Komatla

Kiran Komatla

Group CTO,
Restaurant Brand Asia Ltd.

(Burger King)

Kiran Shinde

Kiran Shinde

CFO,
PMJ Jewels

Konark Gaur

Konark Gaur

CMO,
Pilgrim

Kumar P Saha

Kumar P Saha

Founder,
Unizap

Kumar Rajagopalan

Kumar Rajagopalan

CEO,
Retailers Association of India

Lalit Agarwal

Lalit Agarwal

Founder & MD,
V-Mart Retail Ltd.

Laxmichand Gada

Laxmichand Gada

Chairman & Managing Director,
Society Stores

Lokendra Ranawat

Lokendra Ranawat

CEO & Co-Founder,
WoodenStreet

Madhur Laddha

Madhur Laddha

Executive Director,
Landmark Tapadia LLP

Mahesh Reddy

Mahesh Reddy

CEO,
GOPIZZA India

Mainak Banerjee

Mainak Banerjee

AGM Marketing,
Khadim India Ltd.

Maneesh Sharma

Maneesh Sharma

CEO,
MR. D.I.Y. India

Manish Kapoor

Manish Kapoor

MD & CEO,
Pepe Jeans

Manish Kumar

Manish Kumar

Head - Enterprise Business & Growth, India Region,
Kaleyra

Manraj Singh

Manraj Singh

Head E-commerce,
Tyaani Jewellery by Karan Johar

Meetal Vyas

Meetal Vyas

Deputy General Manager: Learning & Organisational Development,
JB Pharma

Mihir Mukadam

Mihir Mukadam

General Manager - Marketing,
Wellness Forever Medicare Ltd.

Mithun Sacheti

Mithun Sacheti

Founder,
CaratLane

Mohanraj Jagannivasan

Mohanraj Jagannivasan

CEO,
Duroflex Pvt. Ltd.

Mohd Saif

Mohd Saif

Regional Business Head,
bigbasket

Mohit Khattar

Mohit Khattar

CEO,
Graviss Foods Pvt. Ltd.

(Baskin Robbins)

Mohit Rathod

Mohit Rathod

Co-Founder,
Truly Desi

Mukesh Kumar

Mukesh Kumar

MD&CEO Quest Properties India Ltd.,
Chairman – Shopping Centres Association of India

Murali Parna

Murali Parna

CEO & Director,
Absolute Barbecue Pvt. Ltd.

Mustafa Surka

Mustafa Surka

Partner,
KPMG

Namit Puri

Namit Puri

MD & Senior Partner,
Boston Consulting Group

Nandini Mehta

Nandini Mehta

Chief Human Resources Officer,
Metro Brands Ltd.

Narendra Pratap Singh

Narendra Pratap Singh

Director Business Development,
Samsonite

Navnit Nakra

Navnit Nakra

Chief Revenue Officer,
Pine Labs

Nayan Satiya

Nayan Satiya

Head - IT,
Total Sports and Fitness

Nikhil Bhushan

Nikhil Bhushan

Head - IT,
Travel Food Services Pvt Ltd

Nirmit Parikh

Nirmit Parikh

CEO,
Apna

Niteen Shah

Niteen Shah

Promoter & MD,
Total Sports and Fitness

Nitin Khanna

Nitin Khanna

CFO,
Inorbit Malls (India) Pvt. Ltd.

P Jayakumar

P Jayakumar

CEO,
Apollo Pharmacy

Pankaj Zanwar

Pankaj Zanwar

Founder & Director,
Integrated Active Monitoring Pvt. Ltd.

Parul Gulati

Parul Gulati

Actor & Founder,
Nish Hair

Pawan Nagarwal

Pawan Nagarwal

VP & Head Store Design, VM & Brand experience,
Ace Turtle Omni Pvt. Ltd.

Pooraan Jaiswal

Pooraan Jaiswal

Group CIO,
TBZ

Praharsh Chandra

Praharsh Chandra

Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer,
Shadowfax

Prashant Awasthi​

Prashant Awasthi​

Category Leader, Apparel,
Cocoblu Retail Limited

Pratap Swarup

Pratap Swarup

CFO,
Bestseller India

Pratik Gupta

Pratik Gupta

Co-Founder & CEO,
Pluckk

Pravin Choubey

Pravin Choubey

DGM - NSO,
Reliance Retail Ltd.

Preeti Chopra

Preeti Chopra

VP - Business Development,
Being Human

Prerna Mohan

Prerna Mohan

Founder & CEO,
PMDS

Priyanka Gupta

Priyanka Gupta

Director - Brands,
GKB Opticals

Puneet Mansukhani

Puneet Mansukhani

Partner | Retail Digital​ Head Global Retail – Digital & Technology Transformation​,
KPMG

Puru Gupta

Puru Gupta

Founder & CEO,
True Elements

Rachamadugu Balaji Bharadwaj

Rachamadugu Balaji Bharadwaj

SVP,
Sai Silks Kalamandir Ltd.

Rachna Lanewala

Rachna Lanewala

Studio Director,
The One Off, India

Rafique Malik

Rafique Malik

Chairman,
Metro Brands Ltd.

Raghav Somani

Raghav Somani

Founder & CEO,
Headphone Zone

Rahul Dhamdhere

Rahul Dhamdhere

Chief Marketing Officer,
KidZania India

Rajat Jadhav

Rajat Jadhav

Founder,
Bold Care

Rajendra Kamath

Rajendra Kamath

CFO,
Reliance Retail Ltd.

Rajesh Annamalai

Rajesh Annamalai

CFO - Ethnic Business & Head - Treasury,
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.

Rajesh Jain

Rajesh Jain

MD & CEO,
Sports and Leisure Apparel Ltd.

(Lacoste India)

Rajesh Kadam

Rajesh Kadam

CEO,
Inc.5 Shoes Pvt Ltd

Rajgopal Nayak

Rajgopal Nayak

CTO,
Metro Brands Ltd.

Rajiv Nair

Rajiv Nair

Group CEO,
Kaya Ltd.

Rajneesh Mahajan

Rajneesh Mahajan

CEO,
Inorbit (I) Malls Pvt. Ltd.

Ranjan Sharma

Ranjan Sharma

CIO, Head - Supply Chain,
Bestseller Retail India Pvt. Ltd.

Ranjit Satyanath

Ranjit Satyanath

CTO,
Hippo Homes

Ravi Saxena

Ravi Saxena

Managing Director,
Wonderchef

Rishabh Mariwala

Rishabh Mariwala

Managing Partner,
Sharrp Ventures

Ritankar Sarkar

Ritankar Sarkar

Head Marketing,
Turtle Ltd.

Roy Nicholas Mandey

Roy Nicholas Mandey

Chairman,
FAPRA & APRINDO

Sachin Agarwal

Sachin Agarwal

Chief Operating Officer,
Nature's Basket Ltd.

Sagar Daryani

Sagar Daryani

Co-Founder & CEO,
Wow! Momo Foods Pvt. Ltd.

Saksham Gandhi

Saksham Gandhi

Business Head - Retail & BPO Practice,
APNA

Sameen Eajaz

Sameen Eajaz

COO,
Koskii

Sameer Sheikh

Sameer Sheikh

Regional Buying & Merchandising Head,
bigbasket

Samir Srivastav

Samir Srivastav

CEO,
Looks Salon

Sandeep Chowdary Murakonda

Sandeep Chowdary Murakonda

Executive Director,
Vijetha Supermarkets

Sanjay Kumar Tripathi

Sanjay Kumar Tripathi

Head - IT,
Bestseller India Pvt. Ltd.

Sanjay Vakharia

Sanjay Vakharia

CEO,
Spykar Lifestyles Pvt. Ltd.

Sanjeev Rao

Sanjeev Rao

CEO,
Being Human Clothing

Santosh Dubey

Santosh Dubey

Chief Project Officer, Head - Distribution Business,
Bestseller India

Sarfaraz Miller

Sarfaraz Miller

Head - IT,
The Apparel Group

Sarfraz Rumane

Sarfraz Rumane

GM-Health, Hygiene & Functional Foods,
Himalaya Wellness

Satyen Momaya

Satyen Momaya

CEO,
Celio Future Fashion Pvt. Ltd.

Saurabh Bhudolia

Saurabh Bhudolia

CFO,
Westlife Foodworld Ltd.

Shahroz Mirza

Shahroz Mirza

Business Head,
Meena Bazaar

Shashank Shetty

Shashank Shetty

Regional Sales Director,
Salesforce

Sheetal Patil

Sheetal Patil

CEO,
Cream Stone Ice Cream Concepts

Shibu Philips

Shibu Philips

Director - Shopping Malls,
Lulu Group India

Shivi Singh

Shivi Singh

Founder & CEO,
Cleardekho

Shradha Kurup

Shradha Kurup

Head – VM & Retail Marketing,
Raymond Ltd.

Shreedharan

Shreedharan

Director,
Intercraft

Shriti Malhotra

Shriti Malhotra

Group CEO,
Quest Retail Pvt. Ltd.

(House of Beauty)

Shruti Kanwar

Shruti Kanwar

Head Design,
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.

Shwetal Basu

Shwetal Basu

CMO,
Shoppers Stop Ltd.

Siddhi Shirke

Siddhi Shirke

Manager Corporate HR,
Trent Hypermarket Pvt. Ltd.

Sneh Jain

Sneh Jain

Managing Director,
The Baker’s Dozen

Spoorthy Shetty

Spoorthy Shetty

CEO,
BBlunt

Sridhar Hariharasubramanian

Sridhar Hariharasubramanian

Senior Director,
Salesforce

Sriram Radhakrishnan

Sriram Radhakrishnan

Chief Manager - Projects,
Pepe Jeans India Ltd.

Sudha Shankarnarayan

Sudha Shankarnarayan

Director - Food Safety & Quality (MENA, ASIA),
Papa John's India

Sudhir Soundalgekar

Sudhir Soundalgekar

Founder,
Nurture Ideaz

Suhail Sattar

Suhail Sattar

Director,
Hasbro Clothing Pvt. Ltd.

(Basics)

Suja Savio

Suja Savio

Partner,
Deloitte

Sujata Biswas

Sujata Biswas

Co-Founder,
Suta

Sujoy Mitra

Sujoy Mitra

Head - IT,
Tim Hortons India

Sumit Ghildiyal

Sumit Ghildiyal

Sr. VP – BD & NSO Head,
Landmark Group

Max & Easy Buy

Sunil Sanklecha

Sunil Sanklecha

Founder & Managing Partner,
Nuts 'n' Spices

Sunnyraj Agarwal

Sunnyraj Agarwal

Founder & CEO,
Chat360

Suren Gounder

Suren Gounder

Founder & CEO, Head AI Analytics Lenskart,
TangoEye a Lenskart Company

Surender Gnanaolivu

Surender Gnanaolivu

Retail Experience Design curator ,

Taniya Biswas

Taniya Biswas

Co-Founder,
Suta

Tarak Bhattacharya

Tarak Bhattacharya

ED & CEO,
Mad Over Donuts

Tejaswini Beura

Tejaswini Beura

Deputy VP - Store Design,
Shoppers Stop Ltd.

Tejaswini S Nigam

Tejaswini S Nigam

General Manager & Head - Showroom Set up & VM,
Tata Motors Ltd.

Tirthankar Kshetrimayum

Tirthankar Kshetrimayum

Technical Marketing Lead RFID - South Asia & Middle East,
Avery Dennison

Tushar Dhingra

Tushar Dhingra

Co-Founder & CEO,
Dhishoom Cinemas

Tushar Ved

Tushar Ved

President,
Apparel Group India Pvt. Ltd.

V Muhammad Ali

V Muhammad Ali

CEO - Forum Malls,
Prestige Group

Vaibhav Baweja

Vaibhav Baweja

Head E-commerce,
Bestseller India

Varun Tangri

Varun Tangri

CEO & Founder,
QueueBuster

Vazhat Musthafa

Vazhat Musthafa

Managing Director,
Daymart Group

Vijaya Kumar TR

Vijaya Kumar TR

Co-Founder,
Rare Planet Handicrafts Pvt. Ltd.

Vikram Idnani

Vikram Idnani

President - Chief Information Officer,
Landmark Group

Vipin Gupta

Vipin Gupta

Director - Technology, Innovation and Cyber Security,
Tata Starbucks Pvt. Ltd.

Vivek Somareddy

Vivek Somareddy

VP, Emerging Markets, Seller Experience and Global Trade,
Amazon (US and India)

Vrinda Aggrawal

Vrinda Aggrawal

Head - Marketing,
IGP



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