Rajan S Mathews
Director General (Ex)
Cellular Operators Association Of India
(COAI)
Prior to joining COAI as DG, Rajan served as COO of US Operations and Corp. CFO and VP of Telargo Inc. (a Joint Venture of NTT DoCoMo), overseeing all of the company’s Strategic Planning, Business Development, Financial, Treasury, Accounting, Tax, Administrative and Human Resource functions
Prior to joining Telargo, Rajan was President of Afghan Wireless Communications Company, establishing it as Afghanistan’s largest and most profitable telecommunications company. Before this, Rajan served as VP and CFO of Call Sciences Inc., a premier provider of Unified Communications Services (a Soros/Chatterjee Group Company).
Immediately before this, he was at A T & T Wireless, where he held a number of senior executive leadership positions, including Divisional CFO, Corporate Controller, President and CEO of one of its largest international joint ventures – Birla-AT&T in India (now IDEA).
Earlier in his career, Rajan was a finance executive at such companies as Beatrice International, Tri-Star/Columbia Motion Pictures and senior consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
Rajan served on the boards of several for-profit and non-profit organizations. He earned both his Master of Business Administration (Finance & Accounting) and Master of Arts (Economics) degrees from Rutgers University (USA) and he is a CPA from the State of New Jersey, USA.
Grace Mathews
Program Director (Ex)
India Mobile Congress
Grace Mathews is Program Director for India Mobile Congress – India’s largest industry conclave for IT and communications. Grace served as the Vice-Chair of the Global Board for the Lausanne Movement until 2016; she held various leadership roles for Lausanne in her eight-year tenure. She also initiated and organized forums to pursue unity and reconciliation between various Christian groups.
After earning an M.S. in Chemistry from Eastern Kentucky University and an M.B.A. from Farleigh Dickinson University, Grace held key executive positions for several companies, including Johnson & Johnson. She then served as Director of Missions for a leading evangelical church in Princeton, NJ until she joined Lausanne.
Grace has been a member of several boards, including the Asian Access Board focusing on leadership training and development in Asian countries. Grace also worked with a non-profit organization dedicated to Christian ministry and outreach to the disadvantaged in Pune, India through medical intervention, education and housing project programs.
Mathai Samuel
CEO
Basic 4 Advertising pvt LTD
Advertising professional with successful stint at HTA (now JWT), hands-on experience in Agency Operations and Client Relations of over 35 years. Mr. Samuel’s experience enables him with a unique perspective on project management, creative management, timelines and delivery.
He has extensively worked with some of the big clients in the Industry. Including the DMRC, GAIL, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
Titus Koshy
CEO
United Consultancy Services pvt ltd
An industry veteran with over 30 years of experience in setting up and managing multiple companies, Titus has seen his entrepreneurial ventures, grow from being start-ups to full scale companies. His businesses include - Zion Express Cargo PVT Ltd, United Consultancy services India PVT ltd, KJV fourth stone PVT Ltd & AVODAH enterprises PVT ltd.
This journey gives him an acute insight for business development, both from an operation and a human resource perspective. He believes, that young professionals not just need education, but life skills to thrive & grow in the current business ecosphere.
Committed to social causes, he has setup a trust that aids farmers and prevents them from the path of suicide.