Dates
Start Date: Saturday, 18 April 2026
Register By: 10 April 2026
Early Bird Deadline: 03 April 2026
Program Fee
Regular: Rs. 37,000 + GST
Early Bird Fee: Rs. 33,300 + GST
Duration
Live-Online over Zoom
10 sessions over 6 weeks
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This masterclass is designed for CFOs and senior finance professionals operating at the intersection of strategy, capital allocation, risk, and governance. As the finance function evolves from financial stewardship to enterprise leadership, participants will engage with advanced frameworks, real-world decision scenarios, and board-level perspectives that reflect the realities of today’s complex business environment.
The Masterclass integrates M&A and portfolio decisions, strategic financial planning, treasury and liquidity management, enterprise risk, and ESG-linked value creation equipping finance leaders to act as trusted advisors to CEOs, boards, investors, and regulators. The emphasis is on judgment, trade-offs, and executive influence, not tools alone.
The Masterclass would focus on sharing share practical insights and experiences through examples and caselets. This is not a program that focuses on theory since the participants are expected to be already familiar with the basic concepts.
By the end of the masterclass, participants will be able to:
Drive Enterprise Value Through Strategic Capital Decisions
Lead M&A, divestitures, and portfolio rationalization decisions with a clear link to long-term value creation.
Balance growth, returns, risk, and strategic coherence across the enterprise portfolio.
Integrate Strategy, Finance & Performance Management
Align corporate strategy with financial planning, rolling forecasts, and performance metrics.
Position finance as a proactive business partner and strategic co-pilot to leadership teams.
Strengthen Liquidity, Funding & Financial Resilience
Optimize cash flow, working capital, and funding structures across market cycles.
Manage financial risks related to FX, interest rates, commodities, and market volatility.
Enhance Enterprise Risk, Governance & Control Frameworks
Strengthen ERM, internal controls, audit effectiveness, and compliance readiness.
Elevate risk conversations to the board level with clarity and strategic relevance.
Embed ESG into Financial Strategy & Valuation
Integrate ESG considerations into capital allocation, valuation, and cost of capital decisions.
Build finance-led credibility in ESG measurement, reporting, and assurance.
Elevate Board-Level Communication & Executive Influence
Translate complex financial, risk, and ESG insights into compelling narratives for boards and investors.
Lead high-stakes decision discussions with confidence, credibility, and strategic clarity.
This masterclass is designed for senior finance leaders who operate at the intersection of strategy, capital, risk, and governance, and who regularly engage with CEOs, boards, investors, and regulators.
Primary Audience
Chief Financial Officers (CFOs)
Deputy / Group / Divisional CFOs
Finance Directors and Controllers with enterprise-level responsibility
Secondary / Adjacent Audience
Senior Finance Business Partners
Heads of FP&A, Strategy Finance, or Performance Management
Leaders responsible for M&A, Capital Allocation, or Portfolio Strategy
Risk, Compliance, or Governance Leaders reporting into the CFO function
Experience Profile
Experience: Typically 12–25+ years of professional experience
Seniority: Executive leadership or one level below the C-suite
Decision Scope: Ownership or strong influence over:
Capital allocation and funding decisions
M&A, divestitures, and portfolio strategy
Financial planning, risk management, and governance
Board reporting, investor communication, and regulatory engagement
For Participants
Strategic Clarity:
A stronger grasp of how finance drives enterprise strategy and long-term value.
Decision Frameworks:
Practical tools for M&A, capital allocation, liquidity management, and ESG integration.
Board-Readiness:
Confidence to lead complex financial, risk, and ESG discussions at the board level.
Enterprise Perspective:
A holistic view of risk, governance, performance, and sustainability as interconnected levers.
Executive Presence:
Enhanced ability to influence outcomes through clear financial storytelling and judgment.
For the Organization
Stronger CFO & Finance Leadership Bench
Improved Capital Allocation & Portfolio Decisions
Greater Financial Resilience & Risk Preparedness
Credible ESG Integration into Strategy & Reporting
Higher Board and Investor Confidence
Debashis Poddar is a Strategic Advisor and Global Inorganic Growth Enabler. Former SVP and Global Head, M&A and Strategic Investments for Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
Strategic Thinker. Cross border M&A Leader. Global Experience. Complex and Creative Transactions. Risk Mitigator. Strong Network. Exceptional Team Leader.
An expert in Cross Border M&A spanning all continents with successful deals in Asia, America, Europe, Africa and Australia. Created and led M&A and Strategic Investment globally for a $125B marketcap and $30B revenue enterprise for past 24 years when the company grew 35x. M&A contributed to ~20% of revenues. Have done deals greater than 50 deals worth $2.5B. Covered 50 countries scouting for deals across all continents.
Rich M&A, Strategic Investment and Private Equity experience predominantly on the buy side. End to end capability of strategy formulation, deal generation, analysis, assessing risk, valuation, structuring, negotiation, closure and monitoring. Strong experience in the area of Corporate Strategy. Rich experience in creating Joint Ventures, captive transactions and managing investment exits.
Track record of active intervention and restructuring for problem investments or businesses. Global network. Strong credit and risk background.
He has actively participated as Director on Boards including being Chairman of a company. Has been an active member of investment committee of 2 venture funds. Has spent time in USA (as part of Global Leadership program of GE) and UK (as part of Chevening scholarship for Young Bankers). Travelled extensively.
Always seeking to create long term recurring value through through strong sourcing, negotiation, structuring and execution experience. Debashis Poddar completed his PDGM from IIM Bangalore in 1994.
AS Ramachandran is an international banker with over 30 years of experience, having held various country/regional/global leadership positions at Citibank across 5 countries – UK, the Netherlands, Singapore, India & Vietnam. He has a strong track record in setting new strategies and executing on them, transforming businesses and teams to high performance, and establishing the highest standards of governance.
Some of his key roles were: Global Coverage Head for EM MNCs, Eastern Europe Head for MNCs, CEO of Citibank Vietnam, Branded Consumer Industry Head for Citi India.
RamC was the Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce Vietnam in 2024 and served on its Board in 2022 & 2023.
Through his extensive travel to 37 countries across Asia, Europe, Africa & Latin America, RamC has insights on the latest trends, opportunities and global best practices. He has an extensive international network.
RamC lives in London, holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the BITS Pilani (India) and a PDGM from the IIM Bangalore (Class of 1992-94).
Rashmi Mohanty is a C-suite finance leader with over three decades of experience across banking, NBFC, and mining & metals. She currently holds the position of Chief Financial Officer at SBI Cards. Her expertise spans derivatives and debt capital markets, capital structure optimization, complex financing solutions, controllership, planning and budgeting, with a proven record of raising multi-billion-dollar capital, executing transformational M&A, and strengthening balance sheets.
She has worked closely with Boards, CEOs, and global investors to drive growth strategies, enhance governance, and deliver shareholder value. Along the way, she has led finance organizations through digital transformation, built high-performing teams, and implemented risk and control frameworks.
She has built and nurtured strong relationships across financial market participants and stakeholders, enabling impactful negotiations and long-term value creation. Recognized for her credibility, she brings both technical mastery and strategic foresight to every role she takes on. She also engages with industry and academia through guest lectures, speaker at industry forums.
Rashmi is also an ultramarathoner, a discipline that mirrors her professional ethos of endurance, resilience, and pushing beyond limits. She is a BE in Computer Science from DIT, Delhi and a PGDM from IIM Bangalore (Class of 1993-95).
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Delivery Mode: Live-Online through Zoom
We offer an additional 5% discount on group registrations for 3 or more people from a single organisation. Please email support@labinmotion.com for group registrations, and we will guide you through the enrollment process.
NOTE: The sessions would NOT be recorded and participants are expected to attend the sessions live-online.
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Rajbir Singh, PhD
Rajbir Singh is a founder and Consulting Partner at Value Centria, a boutique business consulting firm that leverages customer centricity and digital to drive growth and innovation. Additionally, he is the co-founder and CEO of the i4 Mentors Foundation, a startup accelerator. As a not-for-profit, i4 Mentors Foundation is working for “Build for India”, and Healthcare is one of their focus sectors.
Before this, Rajbir led Global Business and IT Consulting businesses at IBM, Oracle, HCL Technologies and Tata Unisys for 25+ years. He has led large, multi-cultural teams spread across the globe and has consulted with Fortune 500 clients across industries, including BFSI, Media, Telecom, Utilities, CPG and Manufacturing. His areas of expertise include Customer Strategy, Innovation Strategy, Business Strategy and Change Management. He has received recognition from Forrester, Pega, SAP and HCL Tech for developing innovative products.
Rajbir has been a visiting faculty at IIIT Delhi, IIT Delhi, NSUT and BIMTech. He is also on the board of a few startup incubators.
Rajbir is an Electronics Engineer from IIT Delhi, an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a PhD from IIT Delhi.
Websites: https://www.valuecentria.in/; https://www.i4mentors.com/
Sudarsan Chakravarthy
Founder, Chief Mentor & Success Coach – myDharma Global
A Spiritual leader, leadership coach, motivational speaker, accomplished global business leader, and an author with keen interests in ancient wisdom, spirituality, science, philosophy, and the arts.
An MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B, Class of 93), India’s premier B-School, with a proven track record in building business, driving revenue & profitability growth and maximizing stakeholder delight.
Versatile and highly accomplished Management Professional with 25+ years of experience in the IT industry spanning across India, ME, Europe and North America.
Has rich experience across a wide range of areas – Digital Transformation, Line of Business Management, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, IT Strategy, Operations, Finance, Product Management, and Service Delivery Management.
Worked with GBM (IBM GMSR) in Dubai for 20+years and championed several key strategies, including Business transformation, SAP implementation, Market Coverage, Growth Initiatives, Merger, Organizational restructuring, Low-cost services delivery, Market Research, IT Strategy, Business Partner / Channel Management, Operational Excellence, Sales Management, CRM, etc.
A motivational speaker with rich experience in running inspiring empowerment workshops; Has been inspiring and enthralling audiences of all age groups – individuals, groups, youth, families, corporate leaders – across several parts of the world with his captivating lectures; Meticulously gleans profound insights from the treasury of ancient wisdom and presents them in a way that illuminates the contemporary mind and resonates with today’s needs, interests, and challenges.
His life’s mission is to instill nobility and greatness across various strata of society.
Skillfully harmonizes the seemingly conflicting material and spiritual worlds and empowers individuals with a revitalising transformation and helps them to strengthen faith in their limitless potential; Is dedicated to unlocking the God given talents and highest abilities in people and empowering them to celebrate life through their unique contributions to the making of a new and beautiful world.
Subha Parthasarathy has been working with children, parents, and adults since 2006 and is the founder of Magichive. She is a Counselling Psychologist with over 20,000 counselling and training hours spent on 1-on-1 sessions with adults/children and group training sessions. Subha is an experienced trainer and facilitator who delivers workshops and programs that focus on enriching relationships with self and others. Her workshops “Chetana” (parenting workshop since 2009) and “Compassionate Communication based on NVC (since 2016)” are centred around increasing self-awareness and equipping participants with tools and insights that can help in leading an enriching life.
Person Centric Therapy, Mindfulness, and Nonviolent Communication form the cornerstones of her work. She is a Vipassana meditator and has certifications on various methods of interventions based on NLP, CBT, TA, NVC, Gestalt, Movement therapy, Reiki, Deep Listening, etc. She has delivered sessions in IIM Bangalore, IIM Kashipur, Infosys, Infosys BPO, Cap Gemini, Northern Trust, HSBC, etc.
Case Study: Case study on Magichive through Ivey Publishing, Ivey Business School, Canada (Click here for details) published in Oct 2024
Podcasts: Subha has hosted more than 20 free podcasts centred around mindfulness hosted on Spotify ( Click here for details)
Book: A book of 19 poems titled “Verses for Better – Parenting Lessons from Parenting Failures“, a collaborative effort between Magichive and Wunderman Thompson, was published in 2018. The book was nominated for two categories in the prestigious National Level Kyoorious Creative Awards 2019.