R M Sriram has over twenty-nine years of extensive experience in the financial services industry spread across Europe, India, and the Middle East. He is the Founder and Managing Director of the Quadrillion Group, a leading Management Consulting business in the GCC. Sriram is also currently the Director of MAC Capital Advisors, a Corporate Finance and Advisory business focused on South-East Asia, India, and Middle East business corridors.

He is also on the board of Global Alliance Partners, an international network of Investment Banking and Advisory firms.

For four years, from 2009, Sriram was the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Reliance Capital Asset Management (UK), a part of Reliance Capital Ltd - one of India’s largest financial services companies. In this role, he led Reliance Capital’s businesses across financial services verticals for Europe, Middle East, and Africa geographies. The areas of business focus included Asset & Wealth Management and Investment Banking.

A resident of Dubai for over nineteen years, Sriram was the Senior Vice President & Area Director of Citibank’s Non-Resident India Wealth Management Business covering the GCC countries prior to joining Reliance Capital. This business had over 100 wealth managers with AUMs of over USD 4 Bn.

He commenced his career with Citibank in India and spent over a decade and a half with the bank in multiple roles and geographies. He also had a short stint as the India Wealth Management Head for BNP Paribas and the Lending Head for Secured Products with IDBI Bank.

He has been an active member of the Indian Community in Dubai and has been a keynote speaker at the Funds Forum Middle East and other industry forums for many years. These are but a few of his many achievements that have led to his being recognized as a financial industry stalwart.

Shyam Agarwal has more than a decade of experience in consulting and research including extensive exposure to primary research, largely for private equity firms. He has rich consulting experience across industries including Food & Beverages, Education, e-Commerce, Hospitality, Retail & Real Estate, Alternate Energy, Infrastructure and Logistics. He has strong understanding of business fundamentals and hands on experience in devising business strategies and funding plans backed by financial analysis & valuation. Having graduated in commerce from Mumbai University, he is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an XLRI Jamshedpur Alumni.

Divyata Rajaram is a senior Financial Services professional with close to 20 years of experience in the field of Commercial Payments and payment technology . Her diverse experience includes managing the Strategic Marketing and Business Development functions at Quadrillion.

An MBA with a proven track record of success in the field of Financial services consulting across India and the UAE , Divyata has worked with blue chip global multinationals resulting in a unique understanding of the payments landscape across diverse industry landscapes from traditional supply chain finance models to innovative B2B finance solutions to benefit commercial clients. Having led the Strategic Marketing function for large multinational financial institutions in the areas of Islamic Banking , Wealth and Insurance , Divyata also has a great deal of insight into key marketing strategies , brand positioning and brand development activities resulting in greatly enhanced market share for our clients.

Naresh Abeyasekara is an Entrepreneur, Keynote Speaker, CEO of SECQUORO, Specialising in Business and Digital Transformations, and Independent Non-Executive Director appointed by HE the President of One of the Largest Banking Groups in South Asia with operations in the region and London functioning as its Audit Committee Chairman. He is a Strategic Advisor - Srilanka with Quadrillion Consulting LLC and specializes in Transaction Advisory, Debt, and Private Equity structuring and funding. Naresh was a Global Chief Financial Officer for market services and technology of the London Stock Exchange Group, a USD 60 Billion market capitalized FTSE 100 listed Entity overlooking operations in 40 markets across 4 continents, and a member of its global leadership team under the CEO ranked by Harvard Business Review amongst the Top 100 in the world. He was also awarded the Industry Leadership Award by SLASSCOM, the IT/BPO Industry Chamber for his contribution to the IT Industry of Sri Lanka. He was appointed as a Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Sri Lanka (SEC) by His Excellency the President of Sri Lanka and Chaired the SEC-CSE (Colombo Stock Exchange) joint Committee on Digitalization of the Colombo Stock Exchange and the Capital Market during COVID when the market could not operate.

He was instrumental in the digital transformation of the entire capital market in Sri Lanka setting a regional benchmark. Mr. Abeyasekara is a Fellow Chartered Accountant, Chartered Management Accountant (UK), Chartered Global Management Accountant (UK), and holds an MBA from theprestigious Postgraduate Institute of Management.

Alaga Raja is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a Commerce graduate. Has over 30 years of professional experience in Commercial, Investment, Retail and private Banking, Banking Operations, Private Equity/Venture Capital, Strategic / Management Consultancy, Finance and Audit.

• Significant years of senior management position, Board membership, managing the companies through Board participation or under Management contract
• Rich experience of setting up and managing the first Islamic bank in Kenya, Leasing co in India, many start up companies in Oman & India
• Dealt with international investment managers, Investment products and PE investments.
• Launched many investment products in Oman as ‘Firsts’ in the nation - e.g. first index fund, first International fund, first CDs etc.
• Handled various functions of investment banking, Corporate banking, Retail banking, Treasury, international banking, Financial & Investment Advisory, Banking operations and Systems.
• Managed IPO, Brokerage, Investment Research reports, Issue of Debt instruments, Fund raising, Fund Management, Dealing with High Net Worth/Corporate clients
• Preparing feasibility studies, Business plans, investment rationales, Advisory, Management Consultancy, Strategic and M&A advisory
• Advisory to Tech start ups for fund raising and business strategy
• Involved in restructuring and restrategising many companies and the departments of the bank
• Handled few mergers of banks right from the start to post merger handling
• Handled transactions in excess of billion US dollars equivalent

Aditya leads the Advisory practice at SVP Financial. He has over 15 years of experience in credit and transaction advisory. Aditya has led and advised on various transactions across sectors to include consumers, food services, logistics, financial services and real estate, with a strong ability to innovate financial structures and solutions.

He is a board member of Global Gourmet Pvt. Ltd., a leading value-added frozen foods manufacturer and also serves on the advisory board of Iceland Foods India Pvt. Ltd., a subsidiary of Iceland Foods Ltd (UK’s largest frozen foods retailer with revenue of GBP 3 Bn).

Prior to joining the family practice, Aditya was co-heading the investment banking business at quant capital, an investee of Reliance Capital where he handled various complex fund raise transactions.

Aditya is a qualified chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He began his career in the advisory space with Deloitte, India.

A seasoned banking professional and a Chartered Accountant from India with all-round managerial experience in three of the high ranked multi-national banks (Citibank, HSBC & BNP Paribas). He has worked in various functions within the banking industry with considerable years of experience in Relationship management & Business development focusing on originating and building long term relationship. He is specialized in Structuring of working capital finance with focus on Trade Finance facilities, Contract Financing, Long-term Financing and Credit Risk assessment.

With close to 20 years of presence in UAE, Padmakumar has a strong network of corporate and institutional clients with active connection at Senior Management level. He has managed Asset Portfolios of highly reputed and long-established large corporates, especially in Abu Dhabi. His persuasive negotiation skill and detail-oriented analysis has earned him the reputation of being an effective deal closer amongst his clients and peers.

Melissa Rodrigues is a highly skilled and competent Corporate administrator with years of professional expertise in overseeing Office Administration Activities. She is the key liaison for all members of the Executive Board. Highly adept at Facility Management, Secretarial support and General Office administration, Melissa is also technology proficient with several software applications and the chief architect of a robust CRM program at the Quadrillion Group.