The Working Capital Exchange

Working Capital vs. Supply Continuity: Balancing Liquidity, Risk & Resilience Across the Value Chain

Date: 12 August 2026

Venue: Mumbai

About the Roundtable

A closed-door forum for CFOs and Supply Chain leaders to align on liquidity, resilience, and value-chain strategy.

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The Working Capital Exchange is an exclusive, closed-door leadership roundtable bringing together CFOs, CSCOs, Finance, Treasury, and Supply Chain leaders to discuss strategies for optimizing liquidity while ensuring uninterrupted supply chain operations.

As finance and supply chain functions grow more interconnected, organisations are focused on balancing inventory, supplier relationships, and cash flow without compromising operational resilience or business continuity.

This invitation-only forum provides leaders a platform to exchange insights, share best practices, and engage in peer-to-peer discussions — creating actionable outcomes that help organisations strengthen liquidity and value-chain resilience.

Key Discussion Points

Topics driving our focused roundtable conversation

Point 01

The Cash Conversion Challenge

Connecting working capital decisions with business growth, profitability, and shareholder value.

Point 02

Working Capital vs. Supply Continuity

Balancing liquidity, inventory optimization, customer service, and operational resilience.

Point 03

Finance & Supply Chain Collaboration

Breaking functional silos to improve cash flow, decision-making, and enterprise performance.

Point 04

Supplier Financing & Ecosystem Resilience

Strengthening supplier partnerships while optimizing payment terms and working capital.

Point 05

Inventory Strategy in an Uncertain Business Environment

Achieving the right balance between efficiency, responsiveness, and resilience.

Point 06

Digital Innovation for Working Capital Excellence

Leveraging AI, analytics, and real-time visibility to optimize working capital and strengthen value chains.

Roundtable Speakers

Senior leaders and domain experts driving the conversation

CA Pratik Kumar Agarwal — Group Chief Financial Officer at SimSon Pharma Limited

CA Pratik Kumar Agarwal

Group Chief Financial Officer

SimSon Pharma Limited

Parth Trivedi — Chief Financial Officer at AARAV Fragrances & Flavors Pvt. Ltd.

Parth Trivedi

Chief Financial Officer

AARAV Fragrances & Flavors Pvt. Ltd.

Megha Kaushik — GM - Head - Supply Chain Finance at Patanjali Foods

Megha Kaushik

GM - Head - Supply Chain Finance

Patanjali Foods

Ajay Singh — Chief Supply Chain Officer at Hindustan Platinum

Ajay Singh

Chief Supply Chain Officer

Hindustan Platinum

Nilesh Baheti — Commercial Finance Head at Wellness Forever Medicare Limited

Nilesh Baheti

Commercial Finance Head

Wellness Forever Medicare Limited

Gaurav Vashistha — Finance Operations Controller, India & South Asia at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Gaurav Vashistha

Finance Operations Controller, India & South Asia

Thermo Fisher Scientific

CA Loknath Sahoo — Chief Financial Officer at Hindusthan National Glass & Industries Limited

CA Loknath Sahoo

Chief Financial Officer

Hindusthan National Glass & Industries Limited

Sambasivan G — Chief Financial Officer at Tata play Ltd.

Sambasivan G

Chief Financial Officer

Tata play Ltd.

CA Shallu Arora — Chief Financial Officer at Sirca Paints India Limited

CA Shallu Arora

Chief Financial Officer

Sirca Paints India Limited