Past Speakers
Chief Guest
- Smt. Droupadi Murmu Hon'ble President of India
In The August Presence Of
- Shri Mohan Charan Majhi Chief Minister Odisha
- Dr Mukesh Mahaling Minister, Health and Family welfare, Parliamentary Affairs, Electronics & Information Technology Odisha
- Shri Suryabanshi Suraj Minister, Higher Education, Sports & Youth Services, Odia Language Literature & Culture Odisha
Sachin Shah
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner
Pentara Capital
Sachin N. Shah is the CEO, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Pentara Capital, with over 25 years of leadership experience spanning insurance, financial services, and international markets.
Before co-founding Pentara, he served as General Manager, Emerging Markets Asia for Manulife and was on the Asia Executive Committee and Global Leadership Team. At Manulife, Sachin was responsible for operations across Southeast and South Asia—including India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam—leading country general managers and chairing multiple boards, including Manulife Philippines, Manulife Singapore, and Manulife Japan.
Earlier in his career, Sachin was CEO of AIG’s Asia Pacific General Insurance business. He also spent two decades at MetLife, where he held a range of senior leadership positions, most notably as Chairman, CEO, and President of MetLife Japan—the company’s largest operation outside the United States.
Sachin was a member of the Board of Governors and later served as President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. He is also a member of the Advisory Board at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Sachin holds a Bachelor of Engineering and a Master of Science in Management from the Stevens Institute of Technology and is widely recognised for his commitment to teamwork, diversity, innovation, and talent development.
Speaking at
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10:30–11:20amThu 5 FebBlack Swan DebatesCentral HallOpenModerator
Accelerating Sector Transformation
Global Leaders’ Dialogue: Technology, Jobs, and Growth
Black Swan DebatesCentral HallOpenModerator
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Douglas FeaginPresidentAnt International
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Michael SchleinPresident & Chief Executive OfficerAccion
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Ravi MenonAmbassador (Climate Action), Singapore, Former Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore, Chairman of the Board of DirectorsGlobal Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)
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Sanjiv BajajChairman & Managing DirectorBajaj Finserv Ltd.
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Sachin ShahFounder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing PartnerPentara CapitalModerator
About this session
The session brings together leaders in finance, technology, and policy to examine how AI and other frontier technologies will reshape jobs and growth in fintech and insurtech, with India as a central lens. They will discuss whether AI gives India a structural advantage or merely levels the global playing field, and how large‑scale reskilling, entrepreneurship, and digital public infrastructure can convert disruption into opportunity rather than jobless growth.
Building on India’s emerging credit and insurance rails for MSMEs and individuals, the dialogue explores how platforms, financial institutions, and regulators can share value more fairly with smaller enterprises while unlocking new employment and capability centres. The panel will answer one critical question on preventing jobless growth. -

