At a time when AI is revolutionizing every industry, the need to rethink operating models has never been more critical. Join industry leaders at Indus Valley Partners' Mindmeld 2025 conference to explore how AI, ML, and modern data stacks are reshaping the future of asset management. Discover new strategies for navigating the rapidly evolving landscape of traditional and alternative investments and for overcoming operational complexities on the buy side.
Lunch, Networking and Registration
Welcome Keynote and Highlights
Panel Discussion:
Scaling the Buy-Side Data Maturity Curve with a Modern Data Stack
- Data maturity curve at buy side - Challenges at every stage through the transition leading to GenAI adoption
- Reference architecture for next generation data management for buy side
- Why is a well planned and defined reference architecture critical for success for enterprise data intelligence?
- Potential pitfalls of defining and implementing such a reference architecture?
- GenAI adoption in data driven nomenclature
- Primary use cases across trading strategies driving Gen AI adoption
- Preparing and adopting GenAI
- What and how to plan and prepare for GenAI adoption move across your data ecosystem
- Build vs buy – Options to weigh
Panelists:
Mahesh Nair | Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Lumyna Investments
Jatinder Singh | Chief Information Officer, Partner, Arcmont Asset Management
Additional Panelists to be AnnouncedModerator:
Gaurav Aggarwal | Chief Commercial Officer, Indus Valley Partners
Panel Discussion:
How Tech and Managed Services are Redefining Private Market Operating Models
- Private credit use cases and opportunities for AI/ML
- Defining ROI for investment in this nascent space
- Evaluating partners who can help achieve these goals
- Prerequisites for success
Panelists:
Lionel Hill | Chief Technology Officer, Permira
Adrian Somerset-Wilson | Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Additional Panelists to be AnnouncedModerator:
Piyush Singhi | Senior Managing Director, Credit and Private Funds, Indus Valley Partners
BREAK
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Track 1
Master and Enterprise Data Management
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Master and Enterprise Data Management - Track 2
Reconciliation Solution
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Track 1
Master and Enterprise Data Management
04:10 - 04:55 - Track 1
Private Funds Platform - Track 2
Treasury and Cash Management - Track 3
Expense Allocation System (EAS)™
by IntegriDATA, an Indus Valley Partners Company
Cocktail Reception
Lionel Hill
Chief Technology Officer, Permira
Mahesh Nair
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Lumyna Investments
Jatinder Singh
Chief Information Officer, Partner, Arcmont Asset Management
Adrian Somerset-Wilson
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley
Jatinder Singh
Chief Information Officer, Partner, Arcmont Asset Management
Jatinder Singh serves as the Chief Information Officer and Partner at Arcmont Asset Management, a leading private debt asset manager in Europe. He is responsible for shaping the firm’s technology strategy and driving innovation in areas such as infrastructure, data management, cybersecurity, and operations.
Before joining Arcmont in 2020, Jatinder was the Chief Technology Officer and Partner at Hayfin Capital Management. During his decade there, he oversaw the firm’s technology architecture and facilitated digital transformation across all areas of the business. His extensive background also includes senior technology roles at Barclays Investment Bank, Gandhara Capital, Deutsche Bank, and SAC Capital, where he specialized in building and managing trading platforms and crucial systems within global investment environments.
With over 20 years of deep expertise in technology and financial markets, Jatinder combines hands-on engineering skills with strategic leadership. He is passionate about using technology to enhance operational efficiency, manage risk, and ensure long-term business resilience.age risk, and ensure long-term business resilience.
Mahesh Nair
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Lumyna Investments
In his role as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer at Lumyna Investments Limited, a $20 billion asset management firm, Mahesh serves on the Executive Committee. He is responsible for overseeing operations, technology strategy, infrastructure, security, and facilities management. Mahesh takes an active and pragmatic approach to safeguarding data and intellectual property while managing daily operations to ensure efficiency and scalability. Additionally, he was the champion and sponsor of Lumyna's multi-year Transformation Program, which helped the organization scale and diversify in alignment with the company's strategic vision.
Prior to joining Lumyna, Mahesh was the Head of EMEA Prime Brokerage Technology at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, leading global teams to manage the technology platform for the bank's International Prime Brokerage business. Previous to his work with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Mahesh also worked with Merrill Lynch Investment Managers in New York and New Jersey.
Mahesh is also a member of the Advisory Panel for the Engine which helps connect best-in-class FinTech innovators to forward-looking investment managers to transform how the world invests. The Engine is a part of the Investment Association which is a trade body that represents Investment Managers and Investment Management Firms in the UK.
Lionel Hill
Chief Technology Officer, Permira
Prior to Permira, Lionel has had CTO roles at both Revantage, a Blackstone company and CBRE, where he spent 10 years in the Real Estate industry. Before real estate, Lionel spent 20 years working in real-time financial data split between Bloomberg, Reuters and UBS.
Qualifications
Lionel has a Masters in Economics & Management Studies from the University of Cambridge, England.
Lionel is also qualified in Data Science. He has always been interested in AI and Machine Learning, working on algorithmic trading at UBS, lease abstraction at CBRE and most recently, generative AI at Permira.
Adrian Somerset-Wilson
Executive Director, Morgan Stanley