Jeff Thomson, the noted Aussie pacer is in Mumbai to coach the young bowlers at MCA - IDBI Federal Life Insurance Bowling Foundation. To bring him closer to his fans from the cricket and corporate world, IDBI Federal Life Insurance organised a warm evening at Taj Lands End Bandra, recently.
It was an evening of back-slapping and bonhomie as Aussie legend took centre-stage while Gautam Bhimani anchored the event. Thomson kept the audience gripped with his stories, anecdotes and views both as a player and as a coach before moving on to the question and answer session.
The event also saw an act from stand-up comedian and the cricket world’s, Vikram Sathaye who engaged the audience with his entertaining performance. The evening saw participation from MCA members; cricketers like Ajinkya Rahane, Abey Kuruvila, Nilesh Kulkarni, Amol Majumdar, Sameer Dighe, Aditya Tare, Abhishek Nayar, Shreyas Iyer, Milind Rege – Chairman, Selection Committee, MCA, Lalchand Rajput, Former Indian Cricketer, Sanjay Banger- Batting Coach, Indian Cricket team, Raju Kulkarni – Former Indian cricketer among others were also seen at the event.
The corporate attendance included Sadeep Bakshi, CEO, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance; Ajay Srinivasan, Chief Executive, Financial Services, Aditya Birla Group; Arijit Basu, CEO, SBI Life Insurance; Sudhin Roy Chowdhary, Member, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), Alpesh Shah, Senior Partner & Director, The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to name a few. Other corporate attendees included Abhay Laxman Bongirwar, Managing Director, IDBI Capital Market Services Limited; RK Bansal, Executive Director, IDBI Bank; S.K.V. Srinivasan, Executive Director, IDBI Bank. Senior management members from Federal Bank like Varinder Gulati, Viney Kumar and Sampath D were also present at the event.
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