CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Speakers
Aashish Mehra
Aashish Mehra
Chief Research Officer,
MarketsandMarkets

Over 16 years of rich experience advising CXOs, Promoters and Boards globally. Advised clients across Asia (India, China, Korea, ASEAN, Australia), Europe (Germany, Switzerland, UK), Middle East (Saudi Arabia, UAE) and USA. Deep expertise in pharmaceuticals, working with both innovators and leading generic companies to help set ambitous goals, design winning strategies to achieve them and partnering on implementation to deliver value. Areas of expertise include new market entry strategies, therapy area strategies, building mega brands, profitably accessing "middle of the pyramid" patients, acquisitions & divestures, in & out licensing, marketing spend optimization, designing differentiated services, and leveraging digital capabilities to win. Big-bet decision making when the future is uncertain: Advise top management on taking significant investment decisions in uncertain/ dynamic sectors like oil & gas, technology, infrastructure etc. Advive heads of R&D on maximizing value from their R&D investments by implementing world class processes & tools for R&D portfolio management & decision making. Advise CFOs on optimally allocating capital across diverse capital projects, and CROs in taking a strategic, value focused approach to Enterprise Risk Management.


Sarang Wadyalkar
Sarang Wadyalkar
Sr. Manager,
MarketsandMarkets

An experienced market consulting professional with demonstrated skills in manufacturing, operational excellence, market sizing, trend impact assessment, strategic Initiatives, presales & proposals. Executed several consulting and syndicated research assignments helping decision makers in companies in areas such as specialty coatings, specialty polymers, packaging, bio-chemicals, engineering plastics, and advanced materials. Track megatrends such as digitalization and sustainability in the chemicals industry, Electric Vehicles their impact on the industry participants.