Dr. Dinesh Soni, Sr. Vice President, National Stock Exchange

Dr Dinesh Soni is   Senior Vice President – Regulatory in National Stock Exchange of India, which is largest derivatives exchange in the world.  Dinesh has more than 25 years of experiences in development banking, financial markets, supervision, and enforcement.

Some of professional highlights:

  • Financial Sector Professional with combined working experience of over twenty-five years in Financial Sector Regulatory bodies. Seven years of leadership and team management experience.
  • Sound Knowledge of Regulatory and Supervisory framework of Indian Securities market.
  • Closely associated with the implementation of IOSCO principles in Indian Securities Market and Assessment of Indian Capital Market by WB/IMF
  • Contributed as part of PFRDA’s team putting in place regulatory framework for pension fund houses.
  • Rich experience as convenor/coordinator/contributor to the work of various national level committees, working groups, high-level bodies/forums and publications of multiple regulators in India.
  • Worked as on-site examiner for various supervised entities including Fund Houses, Stock brokers, Commodity Exchanges, Pension Funds and Rural Cooperative Banks during stint with respective sector regulators viz. NSE, FMC, PFRDA and NABARD respectively.
  • Ability to collaborate and deliver by mentoring and motivating professional teams of diverse capabilities; Assessed as having high potential (competency and energy) in the Leadership Assessment Centre.
  • Key strengths in detail/research oriented and data driven decision-making; identification and implementation of innovative technology based solutions for supervisory effectiveness.

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Krishnakant Gaitonde, Head I.T., Momentum Metropolitan Services, The foreign JV partner, Aditya Birla Health Insurance (ABHI)

Krishnakant is an IT professional with over two decades of experience in leading Technology in the Financial Services space – largely for Indian pvt. insurance enterprises.

Currently working as Head I.T. with Momentum Metropolitan Services, the foreign JV partner in Aditya Birla Health Insurance (ABHI), the fastest growing standalone health insurer in India, he carries the accountability of bringing MMI’s Digital Solutions at ABHI.

As the Program Director of one such mega-initiative at ABHI, a Digital Transformation Program spanning 2 years, he has been instrumental in laying down and implementation of the technology blueprint for the enterprise to be digital-ready and nimble.

This tech blueprint includes cloud-migration, API integration ready and real-time analytics enabled

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Nilesh Kulkarni, Regional Head of Solution Consultants, Qlik

Nilesh leads Qlik’s dynamic team of solution consultants responsible for providing innovative solutions to enterprises across multiple industry verticals.

A seasoned Data & Analytics professional with over 18 years of experience – including a decade at Qlik, Nilesh is instrumental in helping customers build the data and analytics strategy. His strength lies in bridging the gap between the requirements of the business and technology teams. Prior to joining Qlik, Nilesh worked as a senior consultant at Wipro, Lehman Brothers and Satyam Computers.

Nilesh graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering from College of Engineering Pune and did his executive MBA at the Indian Instititute of Management, Kozhikode.

He currently lives in Mumbai with his wife & 8 year old son. Outside of work, he enjoys reading books on various non-fictional topics.

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