The Programme Structure

IIFT National Finance Symposium'09

National Finance Symposium

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade in association with Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry is organizing the symposium, on the theme “The Future of Investments – A Quest for Value” on the 17th of November, 2009 at Taj President, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai.

Shri C. B. Bhave, Chairman, SEBI is the Chief Guest for the event.

The symposium is slated to cover the following aspects:
1. Seeking alpha in a beta world
2. Risk Management and prudence in investing
3. Panel Discussion: Green shoots or Yellow weeds? – India vis-à-vis the rest

Speakers at IIFT National Finance Symposium 2009

Eminent Speakers at IIFT-National Finance Symposium 2009:

Introductory Address by Mr. K.T. Chacko, Director – IIFT

Chief Guest: Mr. C. B. Bhave, Chairman, Securities Exchange Board of India

• Mr. Bharat Doshi, Executive Director and Group CFO, Mahindra and Mahindra
• Mr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Partner, RaRe Enterprises
• Ms. Madhabi Puri Buch, MD and CEO, ICICI Securities
• Mr. Baman K Mehta, CEO, Darashaw and Co.
• Mr. Amit Chandra, Country Head and MD, Bain Capital India
• Mr. J N Gupta, Executive Director, SEBI
• Mr. Madhu Kannan, MD and CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange
• Mr. Lamon Rutten, MD and CEO, MCX*
• Mr. Sunil Tandon, MD, Ariston Advisors Pvt. Ltd.*
• Mr. Ajay Kumar, Ex - Executive Editor, Economic Times
• Ms. Shubhada Rao, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, Yes Bank
• Mr. Ajay Diwedi, Director, Ratings, Crisil
• Mr. Krishnamurthy Vijayan, Executive Chairman, JPMorgan Asset Management
• Mr. Hemant Mishr, MD & Head-Global Markets, Standard Chartered Bank*
• Mr. Venkatachalam Shunmugam, Chief Economist, MCX

*Invited

Ms. Madhabi Puri-Buch - Speaker, National Finance Symposium 09, Session I

Ms. Madhabi Puri-Buch
Managing Director and CEO
ICICI Securities





Ms Madhabi Puri-Buch, Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Securities Limited, has been with the ICICI Group for over 15 years. Madhabi spearheads the company’s initiatives in Corporate Finance which includes Equity Capital Markets Advisory Services, and Institutional Equities; Retail Equities which includes ICICIdirect.com, one of the largest players in the internet brokerage space and Financial Product Distribution.

Prior to this, Madhabi was an Executive Director on the Board of ICICI Bank. She was responsible for the global markets business covering treasury solutions for clients including FX, Fixed Income and Derivatives solutions. In addition, Madhabi was also the head of global operations of the bank covering transaction processing and mid-office control for the retail, corporate, international and rural banking. She was also the Chief Brand Officer for the ICICI Group.

She joined the Board of Directors of the bank in 2007, heading the Internal Control Environment function including global operations, global risk management and the legal, compliance and audit functions for the bank.

Within the ICICI Bank, Madhabi had looked after various businesses including home loans, bonds and retail broking.

Madhabi is a gold medallist in mathematics from Delhi University and an MBA from IIM – Ahmedabad.