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Preferiti Series, is a unique series of exclusive round table discussions hosted by XED. It stands as a beacon of knowledge, collaboration, and innovation, where learning and development heads, CHROS, HR Leaders come together to engage in thought-provoking discussions at the forefront of the learning and development.
Leaders delve into cutting-edge topics that shape the future of workforce development, exploring emerging trends, disruptive technologies, and novel strategies that redefine organizational learning. The series fosters an environment where leaders exchange insights, share best practices, and address the dynamic challenges facing the ever-evolving realm of human resources. With a commitment to driving transformative change, Preferiti Series offers a platform for thought leaders to not only discuss current issues but also to co-create innovative solutions that empower organizations to thrive in the rapidly changing global landscape.
Upcoming Dates:
Leading L&D into the AI-Powered era.
08:30 to 10:00 AM (Includes Breakfast), 15th May, 2025
Trident, BKC, Mumbai
Our Round Table Discussions
21 NOVEMBER 2024, TRIDENT, MUMBAI
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Raamann Ahuja
Group CHRO, PDS Ltd
Mukesh Kataria
Head L&D, QualityKiosk
Deepa Vishwanathan
ExCHRO, Prabhudas Liladher
Chanchal Chandiok
HR Director, NEC Software Solutions
Saumil Paronigar
Vice President, Training - IndiaFirst Life
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Raamann Ahuja
Group CHRO, PDS Ltd
Mukesh Kataria
Head L&D, QualityKiosk
Deepa Vishwanathan
ExCHRO, Prabhudas Liladher
Chanchal Chandiok
HR Director, NEC Software Solutions
Saumil Paronigar
Vice President, Training - IndiaFirst Life
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Raamann Ahuja
Group CHRO, PDS Ltd
Mukesh Kataria
Head L&D, QualityKiosk
Deepa Vishwanathan
ExCHRO, Prabhudas Liladher
Chanchal Chandiok
HR Director, NEC Software Solutions
Saumil Paronigar
Vice President, Training - IndiaFirst Life
Our Round Table Discussions
5 SEPTEMBER 2024, SHERATON, DUBAI
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Eman Hasan Haji
Senior HR Officer, Dubai Digital Authority
Janice Petrousse
People and Talent Manager, Beond Holding Limited
Tauseef Khan
HR Operation Manager, Liquid AI HR Consulting
Reema Akhtar
Director – HR & Admin, Seer Solutions
Mohamed Atef Elmelegey
HR Shared Services Manager, Strategy Gate
Anisa Keenan
Head of Operations & HR, Quantum Fintech Group
Gabriela Barbon
Admin and HR Manager, Tramontina UAE LLC
Smita Rajeev Abraham
Group HR Director, Dubai Holding Group
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Eman Hasan Haji
Senior HR Officer, Dubai Digital Authority
Janice Petrousse
People and Talent Manager, Beond Holding Limited
Tauseef Khan
HR Operation Manager, Liquid AI HR Consulting
Reema Akhtar
Director – HR & Admin, Seer Solutions
Mohamed Atef Elmelegey
HR Shared Services Manager, Strategy Gate
Anisa Keenan
Head of Operations & HR, Quantum Fintech Group
Gabriela Barbon
Admin and HR Manager, Tramontina UAE LLC
Smita Rajeev Abraham
Group HR Director, Dubai Holding Group
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Eman Hasan Haji
Senior HR Officer, Dubai Digital Authority
Janice Petrousse
People and Talent Manager, Beond Holding Limited
Tauseef Khan
HR Operation Manager, Liquid AI HR Consulting
Reema Akhtar
Director – HR & Admin, Seer Solutions
Mohamed Atef Elmelegey
HR Shared Services Manager, Strategy Gate
Anisa Keenan
Head of Operations & HR, Quantum Fintech Group
Gabriela Barbon
Admin and HR Manager, Tramontina UAE LLC
Smita Rajeev Abraham
Group HR Director, Dubai Holding Group
Our Round Table Discussions
21 MAY 2024, TRIDENT, MUMBAI
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Vinisha Shree
Global HR Business Partner, Hexaware Technologies
Sajid Patel
Head L&OD, Datamatics
Joy Banerjee
Group Head HR, IL&FS
Padmaja Singh Arya
Head of Human Resources, NSE Cogencis
Vinisha Shree
Head of Human Resources, NSE Cogencis
Dhanashri Kulkarni
India Head - Learning & Development and Talent Management, Technip Energies
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Vinisha Shree
Global HR Business Partner, Hexaware Technologies
Sajid Patel
Head L&OD, Datamatics
Joy Banerjee
Group Head HR, IL&FS
Padmaja Singh Arya
Head of Human Resources, NSE Cogencis
Vinisha Shree
Head of Human Resources, NSE Cogencis
Dhanashri Kulkarni
India Head - Learning & Development and Talent Management, Technip Energies
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Vinisha Shree
Global HR Business Partner, Hexaware Technologies
Sajid Patel
Head L&OD, Datamatics
Joy Banerjee
Group Head HR, IL&FS
Padmaja Singh Arya
Head of Human Resources, NSE Cogencis
Vinisha Shree
Head of Human Resources, NSE Cogencis
Dhanashri Kulkarni
India Head - Learning & Development and Talent Management, Technip Energies
Our Round Table Discussions
16 MAY 2024, SHERATON, DUBAI
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Mr. Atif Mukhtar
Projects Manager / EPMO Manager, RAKEZ
Merve Erturk Agri
Design Manager, Ellisdon Project and Construction Management
Vasudevan Kidambi
Managing Director, Nao Management Consultants
Dr. Dominique Eggermont
CEO, WITiMediX, AfriCure, HealthWiz Consulting & Solutions, UkrMediX
Mohamad Abou Laban
Managing Director, OCS Facilities Management Services
Hind Shahin
Transport Planner, Zutari
Aparna Navin
Head of Talent MEA & HRD UAE-Oman, Holcim
Astrid Bissell
Senior Transport Planner, Zutari
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Mr. Atif Mukhtar
Projects Manager / EPMO Manager, RAKEZ
Merve Erturk Agri
Design Manager, Ellisdon Project and Construction Management
Vasudevan Kidambi
Managing Director, Nao Management Consultants
Dr. Dominique Eggermont
CEO, WITiMediX, AfriCure, HealthWiz Consulting & Solutions, UkrMediX
Mohamad Abou Laban
Managing Director, OCS Facilities Management Services
Hind Shahin
Transport Planner, Zutari
Aparna Navin
Head of Talent MEA & HRD UAE-Oman, Holcim
Astrid Bissell
Senior Transport Planner, Zutari
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Mr. Atif Mukhtar
Projects Manager / EPMO Manager, RAKEZ
Merve Erturk Agri
Design Manager, Ellisdon Project and Construction Management
Vasudevan Kidambi
Managing Director, Nao Management Consultants
Dr. Dominique Eggermont
CEO, WITiMediX, AfriCure, HealthWiz Consulting & Solutions, UkrMediX
Mohamad Abou Laban
Managing Director, OCS Facilities Management Services
Hind Shahin
Transport Planner, Zutari
Aparna Navin
Head of Talent MEA & HRD UAE-Oman, Holcim
Astrid Bissell
Senior Transport Planner, Zutari
Our Round Table Discussions
2 MAY 2024, HYATT, RIYADH
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Eng. Faisal alharbi
CEO, Consultant Engineering & Development Company
Mr. Mohammed Al Hammad
HR Dept., STCS
Dr. Mohammad Arnaout
CHRO, APC
Ms. Eman Alsalti
HR Dept., Solutions by STC
Dr. Maher Al Yousif
Consultant, Banks & Finance Center, The Financial Academy (KAFD)
Ali Al Abbas
Org. Dev. & Performance Manager, Riyadh Metro
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Eng. Faisal alharbi
CEO, Consultant Engineering & Development Company
Mr. Mohammed Al Hammad
HR Dept., STCS
Dr. Mohammad Arnaout
CHRO, APC
Ms. Eman Alsalti
HR Dept., Solutions by STC
Dr. Maher Al Yousif
Consultant, Banks & Finance Center, The Financial Academy (KAFD)
Ali Al Abbas
Org. Dev. & Performance Manager, Riyadh Metro
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Eng. Faisal alharbi
CEO, Consultant Engineering & Development Company
Mr. Mohammed Al Hammad
HR Dept., STCS
Dr. Mohammad Arnaout
CHRO, APC
Ms. Eman Alsalti
HR Dept., Solutions by STC
Dr. Maher Al Yousif
Consultant, Banks & Finance Center, The Financial Academy (KAFD)
Ali Al Abbas
Org. Dev. & Performance Manager, Riyadh Metro
Our Round Table Discussions
13 MARCH 2024, TRIDENT, MUMBAI
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Ashlesha Gupte
CHRO, Avighna Group
Vasundhara Parulekar
Head HR, NSDL Payments Bank
Hemant Gandhe
Sr VP & Head L&D and Talent Management, TATA AIG Insurance Company
Sharanabasappa Jade
Group Head HR, Emkay Global
Satadal Chakraborty
Head L&OD, Reliance Retail
Padma Gupta
Director HR, Hafele India
Rupali Mahadik
Global Employee Experience, QAD
Shilpa Pai
SVP & Global Head HR, 3i-Infotech
Rakesh Ebrahimpurkar
Vice President HR, Iftas (Subsidiary of RBI)
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Ashlesha Gupte
CHRO, Avighna Group
Vasundhara Parulekar
Head HR, NSDL Payments Bank
Hemant Gandhe
Sr VP & Head L&D and Talent Management, TATA AIG Insurance Company
Sharanabasappa Jade
Group Head HR, Emkay Global
Satadal Chakraborty
Head L&OD, Reliance Retail
Padma Gupta
Director HR, Hafele India
Rupali Mahadik
Global Employee Experience, QAD
Shilpa Pai
SVP & Global Head HR, 3i-Infotech
Rakesh Ebrahimpurkar
Vice President HR, Iftas (Subsidiary of RBI)
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Ashlesha Gupte
CHRO, Avighna Group
Vasundhara Parulekar
Head HR, NSDL Payments Bank
Hemant Gandhe
Sr VP & Head L&D and Talent Management, TATA AIG Insurance Company
Sharanabasappa Jade
Group Head HR, Emkay Global
Satadal Chakraborty
Head L&OD, Reliance Retail
Padma Gupta
Director HR, Hafele India
Rupali Mahadik
Global Employee Experience, QAD
Shilpa Pai
SVP & Global Head HR, 3i-Infotech
Rakesh Ebrahimpurkar
Vice President HR, Iftas (Subsidiary of RBI)
Our Round Table Discussions
23 FEBRUARY 2024, TRIDENT, MUMBAI
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Hersha Sharma
Head L&D, Aditya Birla Capital
Satej Mehta
Head – HR, Wockhardt Limited
Sonia Rodrigues
VP L&D, BNP Paribas
Preeti Bose
Head Leadership & Talent Development, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Nishant Agarwal
Head Talent Management & L&D, Dorf ketal
Ranju George
Head HRBP & Learning, SBI Mutual Fund
Sanjeev Muramkar
Head TM & Learning, Adani Electricity
Sushil Barkur
Head Talent Management & OD, Alkem Laboratories
Bronwen Dsouza
Director HR, Infinx
Tina Mathew
Head HR, NSEIT
Anand Dhruv
Head TM, NTT Data
Javed Qureshi
CHRO, OCS Group
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Hersha Sharma
Head L&D, Aditya Birla Capital
Satej Mehta
Head – HR, Wockhardt Limited
Sonia Rodrigues
VP L&D, BNP Paribas
Preeti Bose
Head Leadership & Talent Development, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Nishant Agarwal
Head Talent Management & L&D, Dorf ketal
Ranju George
Head HRBP & Learning, SBI Mutual Fund
Sanjeev Muramkar
Head TM & Learning, Adani Electricity
Sushil Barkur
Head Talent Management & OD, Alkem Laboratories
Bronwen Dsouza
Director HR, Infinx
Tina Mathew
Head HR, NSEIT
Anand Dhruv
Head TM, NTT Data
Javed Qureshi
CHRO, OCS Group
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Hersha Sharma
Head L&D, Aditya Birla Capital
Satej Mehta
Head – HR, Wockhardt Limited
Sonia Rodrigues
VP L&D, BNP Paribas
Preeti Bose
Head Leadership & Talent Development, Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas
Nishant Agarwal
Head Talent Management & L&D, Dorf ketal
Ranju George
Head HRBP & Learning, SBI Mutual Fund
Sanjeev Muramkar
Head TM & Learning, Adani Electricity
Sushil Barkur
Head Talent Management & OD, Alkem Laboratories
Bronwen Dsouza
Director HR, Infinx
Tina Mathew
Head HR, NSEIT
Anand Dhruv
Head TM, NTT Data
Javed Qureshi
CHRO, OCS Group
Our Round Table Discussions
14 DECEMBER 2023, TRIDENT, MUMBAI
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Ravi Hemnani
Vice President Human Resources & Head Talent, Learning and Transformation, Nuvoco
Sanjeeb Lahiri
Chief Human Resources Officer, GRP Ltd
Akshaya Kashyap
Chief People Officer, Future Generali India Insurance
Pratik Mehta
Head, Mahindra Leadership University
Riaz Mulla
Head, Mahindra Leadership University
Salil Raghavan
Head Human Resources, Great Eastern Shipping Company
Tushar Desai
Global Head of HR Shared Services, FIS Global
Kashyap Thorve
Sr. Vice President - COE L&D, Aditya Birla Group
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Ravi Hemnani
Vice President Human Resources & Head Talent, Learning and Transformation, Nuvoco
Sanjeeb Lahiri
Chief Human Resources Officer, GRP Ltd
Akshaya Kashyap
Chief People Officer, Future Generali India Insurance
Pratik Mehta
Head, Mahindra Leadership University
Riaz Mulla
Head, Mahindra Leadership University
Salil Raghavan
Head Human Resources, Great Eastern Shipping Company
Tushar Desai
Global Head of HR Shared Services, FIS Global
Kashyap Thorve
Sr. Vice President - COE L&D, Aditya Birla Group
Chair - John Kallelil
CEO, XED
Ravi Hemnani
Vice President Human Resources & Head Talent, Learning and Transformation, Nuvoco
Sanjeeb Lahiri
Chief Human Resources Officer, GRP Ltd
Akshaya Kashyap
Chief People Officer, Future Generali India Insurance
Pratik Mehta
Head, Mahindra Leadership University
Riaz Mulla
Head, Mahindra Leadership University
Salil Raghavan
Head Human Resources, Great Eastern Shipping Company
Tushar Desai
Global Head of HR Shared Services, FIS Global
Kashyap Thorve
Sr. Vice President - COE L&D, Aditya Birla Group
Testimonials
“Thank you for organising the insightful and exciting discussion. It was an engaging experience with a few key takeaways like importance of power skills, changing landscape of technology with evolving diverse workforce psychology”
Akshaya Kashyap
Chief People Officer, Future Generali India Insurance
“Delighted to be part of this roundtable, power packed and focused with lots of knowledge, thanks for getting us together XED”
Sanjeeb Lahiri
Chief Human Resources Officer, GRP Ltd
“Thank you for curating this wonderful forum. It was a great opportunity to learn from everyone”
Pratik Mehta
Head, Mahindra Leadership University
“Thank you for organising the insightful and exciting discussion. It was an engaging experience with a few key takeaways like importance of power skills, changing landscape of technology with evolving diverse workforce psychology”
Akshaya Kashyap
Chief People Officer, Future Generali India Insurance
“Delighted to be part of this roundtable, power packed and focused with lots of knowledge, thanks for getting us together XED”
Sanjeeb Lahiri
Chief Human Resources Officer, GRP Ltd
“Thank you for curating this wonderful forum. It was a great opportunity to learn from everyone”
Pratik Mehta
Head, Mahindra Leadership University
“Thank you for organising the insightful and exciting discussion. It was an engaging experience with a few key takeaways like importance of power skills, changing landscape of technology with evolving diverse workforce psychology”
Akshaya Kashyap
Chief People Officer, Future Generali India Insurance
“Delighted to be part of this roundtable, power packed and focused with lots of knowledge, thanks for getting us together XED”
Sanjeeb Lahiri
Chief Human Resources Officer, GRP Ltd
“Thank you for curating this wonderful forum. It was a great opportunity to learn from everyone”
Pratik Mehta
Head, Mahindra Leadership University