Paras is a seasoned & passionate digital advertising professional. Currently, Paras is the Business Head at Matterkind, India and is also leading the Data Driven Programmatic practice for IPG, India since 2019. Paras continues to deliver great results for his clients via Addressable Programmatic solutions using the right mix of audience, talent and innovation.
Board Member Category: Speaker 2023
Chandan Mukherji
Chandan is the Director of Strategy, Marketing and Communication in Nestle’. He is a member of the Management Committee and has a wide leadership role encompassing Strategy, Brand building, Digital, Communication and Innovation Idea to Launch. He joined Nestle’ in 2004 and was previously based out of the Global HQ in Switzerland leading Consumer & Marketplace Insights. Prior to joining Nestle, he was with Hindustan Unilever Limited working in Consumer Insights and Brand Management roles.
Pranjal Desai
Pranjal leads MediaMath’s India business as the Country Manager for India. Pranjal brings a wealth of regional expertise to Mediamath including a combination of business acumen, technical knowledge, and far-reaching industry experience across digital, marketing and ad-tech. Pranjal is overseeing MediaMath’s growth across India and is ensuring the demands of its clients and partners are satisfactorily met.
Pankaj Sharma
Pankaj Sharma heads MGID’s operations in India, as the CEO and Director he is responsible for developing business strategies and plans for the market while ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives of the company.
He has been a part of the media industry for over a decade and has worked across Digital, Radio and Print and Advertising verticals. His areas of expertise include Digital Marketing, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Programmatic, Influencer Marketing, Content Marketing, and Native Advertising.
He is a marketeer, strategic thinker, a persistently analytical individual with a holistic view of the industry. Over the years, Pankaj has built and implemented successful media campaigns, strategies, and created valuable media propositions for various brands. He has also been a part of several award winning Content Marketing Campaigns which were recognized at Campaign India’s Digital Crest Awards, DOD Award, World Marketing Summit and many more.
Pankaj was featured in the fourth edition of Agency Reporter’s 40 under 40 list for being one the most disruptive minds in the field of advertising. He is a regular contributor for trade publications and has also been a jury member for several award programs. He is a passionate marathon runner and he also likes to pursue riding to get away from the madness of the city.
Ashish Tiwari
Ashish comes with 20+ years of corporate experience across consumer (FMCG/FMCD), telecom, Insurance and new media domains. Ashish has been practicing brand marketing, digital transformation, technology and data analytics. He is currently with Home Credit India as Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for the Go-To-Market strategy, customer experience and the digital-led omni-channel brand building. His previous role was as Chief Marketing & Digital officer with the Indian arm of Italian Insurance giant Generali, where he was leading the brand, engagement, PR and digital for the company. Earlier, he was leading digital transformation strategy for HMC, A Hero Motors Company where he led the digital for the group across the globe. Before HMC, while working at Jubilant, he proactively planned and implemented best-use practices in marketing communications across mediums – trade, digital, mobile, ATL and BTL. He is equipped with a post-graduate degree in Business Management from LBSIM, New Delhi combined with a digital and social media specialization from IIM, Bangalore.
Gulshan Verma
Gulshan Verma is a digital technology and media executive with over 20 years of experience building fast growing organizations across the USA, UK, APAC and India.
Currently Gulshan leads JioAds – the advertising arm of Jio Platforms Limited which reaches more than 450M users.
Prior to JioAds, Gulshan was the Head of Advertising and part of the management team at Disney+Hotstar, India’s largest streaming platform where he grew the platform’s revenues more than 8x over three years. He has held other leadership positions in Times Internet Limited, Outbrain, Komli Media, Yahoo!, Ernst & Young, McKinsey & Co and IMG.
Gulshan holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, MSc. Political Economy of Transition in Europe and a BSc. Economics from the London School of Economics.
Akshay Mathur
Akshay Mathur is the Chief Revenue Officer and Head of Partnerships for Tyroo.
Akshay began his journey in 1999 as an entrepreneur with his start-up, Orion Technologies which was in the web commerce space.
He is a part of the internet & advertising industry for the past 2 decades and has previously worked with companies like Yahoo! Inc., Bennett, Coleman & Co., People Interactive and SVG-Dentsu Aegis Network.
Akshay has played a crucial role in building the monetisation business as a partner for large ad-tech companies such as Facebook (now Meta), Twitter and Snapchat in Asia. He was also a part of the Impact top 100 Digital influencer list for 2020.
Sahil Deswal
VIPUL KEDIA
Vipul is one of the earliest team members at Affle and has played a key role in building the brand over the last 18 years. He has played a multitude of roles across different business units and functions including Business Development, Partnerships, Account Management, Product and Operations.
In his current role he is responsible for driving the growth of Affle’s platforms in India and other APAC markets. He has a keen interest in mobile advertising fraud and big data technologies.
Vipul has over 19 years of experience in Consulting and AdTech. Prior to joining Affle, he worked with IBM business consulting specializing in the Telecom Practice. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Technology with a major in Computer Science Engineering from IIIT-Hyderabad and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
