Sr. VP and Managing Director, South Asia-Middle East and Africa (SAMEA),
Levi Strauss & Co.
Amisha Jain
Experience: Sr. VP and Managing Director, South Asia-Middle East and Africa (SAMEA), Levi Strauss & Co.
Biography:
In her role at Levi Strauss & Co., Amisha Jain is responsible for leading the company’s operations in SAMEA and ensuring that the geography continues to drive expansion and growth, contributing to the company’s success in Asia and around the globe. Prior to this, Amisha was the CEO at Zivame. She built the innovation-led consumer centric brand and lead the fastest growing women's organization for intimate wear and set it up to catapult the business to greater heights. She is a firm believer of “One Team, One Voice”. And this has been her foundation to build teams that are all individually strong and collectively effective at delivering business results. An alumna of INSEAD and Mckinsey, she has over 18+ years of experience in technology, consumer and retail sectors. Prior to joining Zivame, Amisha was heading the Arvind Sports Lifestyle business and the Digital Centre of Excellence for the Arvind Group. Through the course of her career, she has been leading the growth and transformation initiatives for multinational consumer goods, and apparel brands. During her stint as the Head of Sales at Nike, she was also chosen for the prestigious ‘40 under 40: India’s Hottest Business Leaders 2015’ and ‘India Inc’s rising women business leaders’ 2015’ award by the Economic Times & Spencer Stuart, respectively. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and camping with her husband and her six-year-old son. About Levi Strauss & Co. Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) is one of the world’s largest brand-name apparel companies and a global leader in jeanswear. The Company designs and markets jeans, casual wear and related accessories for men, women and children under the Levi’s®, Signature by Levi Strauss & Co.™, Denizen®, Dockers® and Beyond Yoga brands. Its products are sold in more than 110 countries worldwide through a combination of chain retailers, department stores, online sites, and a global footprint of approximately 3,100 retail stores and shop-in-shops. Levi Strauss & Co.’s reported 2021 net revenues were $5.8 billion. For more information, go to http://levistrauss.com, and for financial news and announcements go to http://investors.levistrauss.com.Personal Information:
Ashmeer Sayyed
Experience: Chief Retail Officer, Damensch
Biography:
Mr. Ashmeer M. Sayyed comes with more than 2 decades of experience across retail in fashion, apparel, FMCG and telecom. He holds expertise in strategic planning, retail store operations, sales and business development, inventory management, E-Commerce set up initiations, revenue and profitability management, store merchandising, franchise, and multi-channel distribution through EBO (Exclusive Brand Outlets) & MBO (Multi-brand outlets). He is adept in carrying out category and catalogue development, product portfolio development and developing an end – to – end customer experience journey through business partnering and key stakeholder management. Presently, Ashmeer is spearheading the Offline Business for DaMENSCH, the fastest growing men’s fashion brand in the space of penetrated online fashion. DaMENSCH is a new-aged fashion brand for the aspiring population who seek for more than the available options in the Indian innerwear and athleisure offerings. The initiatives encompass the space of offline distribution with focus on the Exclusive Brand Stores (EBS), Controlled General Trade (CGT) and NCR – National Chain Retail stores, the LFS business. Ashmeer was previously associated with Page Industries for over a decade, where he led the International as well as the Domestic business. While the domestic business focussed on the EBOs (Exclusive Business Outlets), his international exposure included the LFS, E-com & GT business channels apart from EBOs. He has worked for driving e-commerce online initiatives for different geographies like Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, UAE, Oman, and Qatar. His milestone development has been in driving expansion of the retail stores across India to encompass Business Development and Projects, retail sales and operations with many product launches. Subject-Matter Expert He has been an industrious player in the old-school retail arena and has played a major role in the new-age industry through his entrepreneurial mind of ‘Freedom of Concept’ where activation of brand for the segmented audience is the ultimate goal.Personal Information:
Chief Retail Officer,
Damensch
Ashvin Vellody
Experience: Partner, Consulting, Deloitte
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Partner, Consulting,
Deloitte
Bijou Kurien
Experience: Chairman, Retailers Association of India
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Chairman,
Retailers Association of India
Chand Ajmera
Experience: Strategic Partnerships Manager, META
Biography:
Chand leads Ecommerce Vertical Business for WhatsApp for Business in India. She brings rich in-depth expertise on Digital Strategy/Transformation and E-commerce Acceleration. An experienced professional with 8+ years of experience in Business Development & Growth, Product development & Strategic partnerships.Personal Information:
Strategic Partnerships Manager
META
Dinesh Menon
Experience: Global Chief Strategy and Business Officer, Resulticks
Biography:
With over 20 years of proven expertise in business and brand development, Dinesh has worked on varied businesses across FMCG (Unilever), IT (Computer Associates), and Financial Services (American Express, AXA Life, NBO, SBI) where he enabled/led transformations through innovation in marketing communications using data-led insights and technology. He was most recently the Global Chief Marketing Officer at State Bank of India where he launched Asia’s first comprehensive digital bank cum marketplace besides overhauling various aspects of the PSU behemoth’s marketing initiatives. Dinesh has been recognized as an A lister by Campaign India and rated among the top marketers in the ‘Impact’ list of marketers. As the Global Chief Strategy and Business Officer at Resulticks’, he leads the company’s growth inclusive of business strategy, partnerships, marketing, and other strategic initiatives across its target regions.Personal Information:
Global Chief Strategy and Business Officer,
Resulticks
Gagan Sehgal
Experience: COO (head of sales), Page Industries
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COO (head of sales),
Page Industries
Girish Rao
Experience: Head - Alliances & Partnerships, RML
Biography:
Girish Rao is a head of Alliances & Partnerships, with over 15 years of experience working alongside with the executive team at Route Mobile. He specializes in products, Technology and partnerships. Girish is a powerful force in the workforce and uses his positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to work hard and succeed.Personal Information:
Head – Alliances & Partnerships
RML
Harshavardhan Chauhaan
Experience: Chief Marketing omnichannel officer, Spencer’s Retail
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Chief Marketing omnichannel officer,
Spencer’s Retail