Mr. Dhruv Prakash

Independent Director

Mr. Prakash is a Management Consultant and Executive Coach. He has 42 years of experience in a variety of industries out of which about 22 years has been in very senior positions. He has an extensive background in consulting and had work with several of India's leading businesses to manage change, coach senior management, build high performance cultures, align executive compensation, restructure organizations and conduct post merger integration. Currently, he is serving as a advisor to helion Advisors who advice a venture fund and Space Matrix Design Consultants.

Prior to setting up his own practice, Mr. Prakash had held several important positions, viz:

Managing Director, Korn/Ferry International, Gurgaon (March 2010 - November 2011) ;

Director HR, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd (January 2008 - February 2010);

Practice Leader, Hewitt Associates (June 1998 - December 2007);

President and whole time Director of DCM Financial Services Limited (1994 - 1997);

Chief Financial Officer of DCM Toyota.

He had also held several senior positions in finance at Escorts, HCL and Amar Dye Chem and has also served on the Board of Intec Capital Limited, a NBFC, from May 2014 to October 2015. Currently, Mr. Prakash is a director on the Board of IndiaMart InterMesh Limited.

Mr. Prafulla P Chhajed

(Independent Director)

CA. Prafulla P Chhajed is a fellow and practising member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a Managing Partner of a Chartered Accountant firm M/s Mayur & Chhajed, Mumbai, since 2010.

Presently he is President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Chairperson of Executive Committee of World Congress of Accountants 2022 constituted by International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and Board member of Confederation of Asian & Pacific Accountants (CAPA) and South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA).

He is also Director in ICAI Accounting Research Foundation, Indian Institute Of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI, ICAI Registered Valuers Organisation & in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) India and serves as Independent Director in Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) with responsibilities of policy making and regulatory functions relating to Chartered Accountancy profession and Insurance respectively.

He is associated as a member in various committees like SEBI's Primary Market Advisory Committee, Insurance Advisory Committee of IRDA, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance Committee and Capital Market & Investor Protection Committee of ICAI and Chairman of SAFA's Small & Medium Practitioners (SMP) Committee. He has also served as special invitee to Banking & Finance Committee of Indian Merchants' Chamber (IMC), Mumbai.

Mr. Richard Mendonca

Associate Director

Mr. Richard Mendonca has over three decades of experience in the functional areas of Accounting, Auditing, Compliance, Secretarial and Finance. He has held various senior finance and related positions in a number of esteemed organisations – mainly multinational companies like J.Walter Thompson, Pennzoil India Ltd., Esab India Ltd. and SKF Bearings India Ltd. His experience spans various types of industries which include engineering, lubricants, welding, ball bearing ,advertising and communication. Mr. Mendonca is currently Operations Director, Commercial Finance Team, J.Walter Thompson located at Mumbai. In his current role he oversees a team which is involved in data collection and analysis of some of J. Walter Thompson’s global multinational clients. Mr. Richard is a B. Com (University of Mumbai), Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary.

Mr. Sunil Gulati

Independent Director

Mr. Sunil Gulati has over three decades of global experience in the banking industry across investment banking, corporate finance, relationship management, risk management and corporate strategy. In the last 15 years, Mr. Gulati was a key member of the management teams at RBL Bank Ltd (Chief Risk Officer), Yes Bank and ING Group, India. Mr. Gulati headed the GE Commercial Finance business for a short period. He was the head of the ING Barings business in India and was part of the core team that helped ING acquire a controlling stake in Vysya Bank. He was head of the Corporate and Investment Banking business at ING Vysya after the acquisition.

Mr. Gulati also worked with Bank of America, where he initiated their investment banking efforts in India in 1997. Before that, he was based in Hong Kong with primary responsibilities for Bank of America investment banking activities in North Asia. Mr. Gulati also handled strategic and corporate M&A exercises for Bank of America, throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including the divestment of its subsidiaries and branches in Malaysia, Thailand and Australia. Mr. Gulati had also worked with Standard Chartered Merchant Bank and with the management consultancy division of A.F. Ferguson & Co. in India.

Presently, Mr. Gulati is the non-executive Chairman of Merisis Advisors Pvt. Ltd., a boutique investment bank and is an Independent Director on the Boards of Fincare Small Finance Bank Ltd; Thirumeni Finance Pvt. Ltd, Visage Holdings and Finance Pvt. Ltd., Tapstart Capital Pvt Ltd, Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services Pvt. Ltd., PNB Metlife India Insurance Company Ltd, Arthan Finance Pvt. Ltd., Paradime Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Empays Payment Services India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Gulati holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1984 and B.Tech. in Electronics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1982.

Dr. Archana Hingorani

Independent Director

Dr. Archana Hingorani has over 25 years of experience in the asset management business. In her formative years, she helped create a new company and raise resources focused on oil exploration, a first for India. This laid the foundation for understanding private markets.

She has rich experience in fund raising, investing, nurturing investments through four different economic cycles, carving exit paths, and spearheading ESG programs.

Currently, she runs Siana Capital Management LLP, an asset management business focused on technology and impact investments. She also serves on the University of Pittsburgh’s Chancellor’s Global Advisory Council and the Advisory Board of TalentNomics, a Washington based group focused on encouraging upward movement of women in the workforce, and Global Impact Initiative, an Australian firm focused on impact investments.

In the recent past, she has also served on the Investment Commissions of the United Nations Environment Programme and has been recognized for leadership by Business World, Fortune India, and Asian Investor. She is an Adjunct Faculty at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, for Private Equity and Alternative Assets.

She has served as Director on many Boards in the past, including their Corporate Governance, Compensation and Audit Committees. She has also served as CEO & Executive Director of IL&FS Investment Managers Ltd from 2009 to April 2017. She is currently Director on the Boards of Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited, Grindwell Norton Limited, SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd, DEN Networks Ltd and 5Paisa Capital Ltd. She was also instrumental in creating one of the earliest Trustee companies in 1996.

Mr. Achal Kumar Gupta

Associate Director

Mr. Achal Kumar Gupta has around 41 years of experience in the areas of Banking and Financial services. He has rich experience in diverse areas such as Credit Administration, Asset Management, Retail Banking, Branch Banking, Controller of branches, Agricultural Banking, NRI Services etc.

Mr. Gupta has served State Bank of India (SBI) group for more than 36 years and held several key positions in SBI group including an overseas assignment of 4 years at SBI, Bahrain OBU. During his association with SBI, Mr. Gupta was deputed as Managing Director of SBI Funds Management Private Limited from May 2008 to January 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Gupta was the Chief Operating Officer of SBI Funds Management Private Limited since November 2005. He has also served as Managing Director of State Bank of Patiala from April 2012 to November 2013.

Mr. Gupta has served as Deputy Managing Director of IFCI Ltd from December 2013 to December 2016. He was also on the Board of The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) and recently also served as independent / non-executive director on the Boards of The South Indian Bank Limited, Canara Robeco Asset Management Co. Limited and Capital India Finance Limited.

Mr. Vinay M. Tonse

Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Vinay M. Tonse, Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI), is on deputation to SBI Funds Management Private Limited since June 22, 2020.

Mr. Tonse started his career with SBI in 1988 as Probationary Officer.

He has worked in different geographical locations in India and abroad heading various business functions. He has good experience of handling and managing various areas of Banking such as Operations, Retail Banking including Agriculture credit and MSME sectors, Corporate Credit, International Banking Operations, Treasury Operations, Equity Portfolio Management, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Training.

Before his deputation to SBI Funds Management Private Limited, he was heading the Chennai Circle of SBI as Chief General Manager (June 2018 to June 2020). He had an overall responsibility of managing all the branches and offices of SBI situated in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

Other key assignments held by Mr. Tonse during the last 10 years in SBI are as under:

• General Manager, Corporate Accounts Group – II, Mumbai (November 2016 to June 2018)

• Deputy General Manager, Equity & Commodities (Global Markets), Mumbai (June 2013 to November 2016)

• CEO, Osaka Branch, Japan (August 2009 to June 2013)

Mr. Fathi Jerfel

Associate Director

Mr. Fathi Jerfel has an Engineering degree from Ecole Poly-technique, Engineering degree from the Institut Français du Petrole & Post graduate degree in Economics (Petroleum Management) from the University of Dijon. Mr. Fathi Jerfel is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Amundi SA in charge of investment solutions for Retail Network Division. After a start at Credit Lyonnais as Head of Financial Engineering and Fixed Income (1986-2001), he joined Crédit Agricole Asset Management in 2002 as Head of Derivatives Arbitrage & Cumulative Research. In 2005, Mr. Jerfel was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management. Mr. Fathi is a Chairman on the Board of various Companies viz., Amundi Hellas; Amundi SGR S.P.A., Amundi Private Equity Funds, Amundi Immobilier, LCL Actions France, IKS KB, Etoile Gestion, Amundi Finance Emission, Amundi India Holding, Amundi Polska, LCL Emission, Amundi Issuance and Director on the Board of AMUNDI, Societe Generale Gestion, Wafa Gestion (Monoc), Structura, Amundi Japan Ltd, DNA, Radian, Amundi Finance, BFT Gestion, Nextstage SAS & Bawag PSK Invest.

Mr. Denys de Campigneulles

Deputy CEO

Mr. Denys de Campigneulles has been deputed from Amundi Group as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd. w.e.f March 07, 2020. Mr. has over 33 years of extensive experience in financial services. Prior to joining SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd. as Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Campigneulles worked as CIO with LCL Bank Paris France. Prior to working as CIO with LCL Bank Paris France, Mr. Campigneulles worked from 2009 to 2016 as Head of Fixed Income Business Department & Investment Specialists with AMUNDI Paris France. He worked from 2005-2009 as Deputy Chief Executive Officer Asia with AMUNDI Hong Kong. He also held the position of CIO from 2002-2005 with NH-CA Asset Management, Seoul. From 1994 to 2002 he held various position in London and Paris for Global Fixed Income Management Department. Between 1988 to 1994, he worked with BANQUE BRUXELLES LAMBERT (PARIS). From 1986 to 1988, he worked from CREDIT LYONNAIS (Paris)

Mr. Om Prakash Gahrotra

Independent Director

Mr. Om Prakash Gahrotra has rich experience of over 35 years in various areas. viz. administration & finance sectors. He belongs to the 1969 batch of Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Maharashtra Cadre and retired as Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra As an Additional Chef Secretary, Finance he has responsible for the overall budgeting, planning and fiscal management of the State Of Maharashtra and during his tenure, the Government Presented Revenue Surplus budgets for the years of 2005-06 & 2006-07 (after a break of 13 years) which helped in rising the CRISIL rating of the Govt. of Maharashtra to 'Investment Grade'. Some of his key positions are Sales Tax Commissioner, Chief Secretary & Managing Director Maharashtra State Textile Corporation ad MD of Maharashtra State Co-operative Cotton Growers Marketing Federation Limited. As a Senior Executive Director of SEBI his responsibilities included regulating Primary Market, Foreign Institutional Investors, Corporate takeovers, Overseas Coordination and interaction with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to ensure that the regulations and guidelines framed by SEBI are in line with international standards. He also handled the functioning of Secondary Markets in India including all Stock Exchanges. During this period, he was responsible for the introduction of Demat and the Derivative trading in the Indian capital market. Presently, Mr. Gahrotra is on the Board of various Companies, viz, Kalpataru Limited, Synergy Li Power Resources India Pvt. Ltd, Uttam Galva Steels Ltd, Intarvo Technologies Ltd, Banyan Tree Bank, Mauritius & Onang Management Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd

Dr. Prafulla Agnihotri

Independent Director

Dr. Prafulla Agnihotri holds a Master’s Degree in Management Studies (M.M.S.) in Marketing and Ph.D. in International Marketing Strategy and also holds a post-graduate diploma in Training and Development. He has a very rich experience in the Industry in sales, marketing and training as a professional corporate trainer and conducted numerous corporate training programmes like Management Development Programmes. He also has rich experience in Academics as professor, he teaches topics like Marketing Management, International Marketing, Services Marketing and Strategic Brand Management. He is the Founder Director & Professor of Marketing & Strategy at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Tiruchirappalli. Before taking over the current post, he was a Professor of Marketing & Strategy at IIM Calcutta since July 2006 to February 2011 (currently on special leave to set up IIM Tiruchirappalli). He has co-authored a book titled ‘Principles of Marketing’, with Philip Kotler, Northwestern University, USA; Gary Armstrong, University of North Carolina, USA and Ehsan Ul Haq, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan which has been published by Pearson Education (Prentice Hall). He was declared the Best Teacher in Marketing Management at 16th Business School Affair and Dewang Mehta Business School Awards in September 2008 and was awarded the Best Professor in Marketing award at the Asia's Best B-School Awards by CMO Asia on 23rd July, 2010 at Singapore. He was also awarded with the "Bharat Jyoti Award" for his exemplary services in the education sector by India International Friendship Society.

Mr. Dinesh Kumar Khara

Associate Director

Mr. Dinesh Kumar Khara is the Chairman of State Bank of India. Before taking over the charge as Chairman, Mr. Khara was Managing Director (Global Banking & Subsidiaries) of the Bank supervising the businesses of Global Market, Corporate Banking and the businesses of non-banking subsidiaries of the Bank. The subsidiaries are engaged in diverse financial activities such as Asset Management, Life Insurance, General Insurance, Custodial Services, Primary Dealership, Investment Banking, Broking, Credit Cards, Pension Funds and Factoring services. He was entrusted with the role of supervision of 18 Regional Rural Banks (sponsored by SBI) having over 5,500 branches, with more than 55 million customers.

Mr. Dinesh Kumar Khara, 58 is an Alumni of FMS (University of Delhi) and Delhi School of Economics. He is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). Mr. Khara joined SBI as Probationary Officer in 1984 and has over 36 years of experience in all facets of Commercial banking such as Retail Credit, SME/Corporate Credit, deposit mobilization, international banking operations, branch management, etc. During his tenure with State Bank of India, he held various positions including Chief General Manager – Bhopal, Network General Manager Chennai & has been posted to the Bank’s Chicago office.

Mr. Jean-Yves Glain

Associate Director

Mr. Jean-Yves Glain is the Head of the International Support and Marketing Intelligence Departments of Amundi, Paris and also responsible for joint venture supervision of Amundi. He has over 32 years of experience in the Finance industry. Mr. Glain has been associated with Amundi since 1995 and has worked in various capacities like Secretary General of the Support Department, heading the international development of the Amundi. Prior to joining Amundi, he was also associated with Cyril Finance Gestion (French asset manager) as Head of Sales from April 1991 to July 1995; BAFIP (French asset manager) as member of Institutional Sales team from Oct 1987 to March 1991 and with Bank of America, Paris from Feb 1985 to Sept 1987.

Mr. C. N. Ram

Independent Director

Mr. C. N. Ram has done B.Tech (Electronics) from IIT, Madras & PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad. Presently, he is associated with Warburg Pincus India Private Ltd. as Senior Advisor since 2015.

He started his career in 1979 as a graduate trainee at Tata Steel in Jamshedpur and moved to Bank of America in Mumbai in 1982 managing IT and served as VP & Country Systems Manager till 1994. Mr. Ram joined HDFC Bank as Chief Information Officer and Head of Information Technology since July 1994 and was responsible for its IT activities as well as its subsidiaries. He supported the entire range of banking services from Retail Banking to International operations and managed a team of 350 IT professionals. He worked at HDFC Bank until June 2008. He also worked with Essar Ltd as Group President – CIO from 2010 to 2013.

Mr. Ram is the Co-Founder & Director of Rural Shores Business Services, a socially-oriented commercial company to help rural entrepreneurs set up BPOs in villages. He has served as a member of the Global Customer Advisory Board of NCR Corporation for their Self-Service business, the Asia-Pacific Technology Advisory Board of VISA International & the Customer Executive Advisory Board of Sun Microsystems. He was also a Member of the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) IT Advisory Committee. He had served on committees constituted by the RBI to advise on Cheque Truncation, Technology for Financial Inclusion, setting up of a multi-bank telecommunications network etc. He has also served as an Advisor to the National Depositories Limited and the National Payments Corporation of India Limited. Most recently he was on the RBI’s Technology Committee for Mobile Banking and the Forward Markets Commissions’ Advisory Committee on Technology. He is also a member of the CIO Angel Network (CAN).

Mr. Ram is the first recipient of The Konrad Zuse Medal of Honour for Lifetime Achievement in Business Technology instituted by the CIO Association of India in 2013. He was conferred the CIO Masters Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by Biztech2.com & Network18 in 2013. He is also the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award conferred by the CIO Leadership forum C-Change in 2015.

Mr. Moiz Miyajiwala

Independent Director

Mr. Moiz Miyajiwala is a Chartered Accountant in practice with an all India ranking of 27. He has also completed his Bachelor of General Law from KC Law College, Mumbai University and Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Statistics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai University.

Currently, Mr. Miyajiwala is an Independent Management Consultant and Proprietor at Moiz Miyajiwala, CA, Freelancing. He has successfully reorganized Finance function of a Limited Liability Company, improved processes and helped in outsourcing/centralisation of some parts of the Finance function. He is on the Board of Anjuman-I-Islam (a Section 8 Non-Profit Company engaged in Educational and Charitable activities and Honorary Treasurer of the Trust), Transpact Enterprises Limited and Benares Hotels Ltd., a publicly listed Company, where he chairs the Audit, Risk Management Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee.

Previously, he had held the position of CFO and Executive Vice President (Finance) / Compliance Officer with Voltas Ltd, till 31st May 2011 where he was overall in charge of Finance / Accounts, Compliances, General Management, Strategic Management, IT, Legal, Strategic Planning, Investor Relations and was a member of Corporate Management Committee. He has also served as an Advisor to the Managing Director of Voltas Ltd. and Board member of various associate and Group Companies and advisory and/or supervisory role for Voltas Ltd. from 2011 to 2013. He has held various position in Voltas Ltd. since 1980.

Mr. Miyajiwala was also a Partner of Dara Sorabji, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, from 1978–1980, where he was responsible for Statutory Audits of Limited Companies, Trusts, Hospitals and Internal Audits & Taxation - direct and indirect.

His major achievements include restructuring the businesses of Voltas Ltd. and its revival. He was also involved in restructuring finances of the Company for improving leverage, rating and costs.

Mr. Miyajiwala is acknowledged as subject matter expert on Economic Data by Media. He has been awarded Prestigious ‘Super Achievers Award by Indira Institute of Management Studies and featured as a ‘Growth Manager’ on the cover page of a prominent Business Magazine.

Mr. Ashwini Kumar Tewari

Associate Director

Mr. Ashwini Kumar Tewari started his career in State Bank of India (SBI) in the year 1991 as a Probationary Officer. Presently, he is the Managing Director of SBI and handling the portfolios of International Banking, Information Technology and Subsidiaries of the Bank. He has been a part of SBI for almost three decades now and has handled several assignments for the Bank, across various locations in India and abroad.

Prior to becoming Managing Director at SBI, he served as Managing Director and CEO of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd., from July 2020 to January 2021. As Managing Director & CEO of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd, he oversaw key partnerships inked with GPay, PayTM, BPCL, etc and steered the company through the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 period.

Earlier, he was the Country Head of the US Operations of SBI from April 2017 to July 2020. This included its offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Sao Paulo (Brazil). Prior to that, he was the Regional Head and General Manager, East Asia, for SBI. Based in Hong Kong, he oversaw the business development and control of State Bank of India, in Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea and the neighbouring region.

Over the years, he held other leadership positions in SBI including Deputy General Manager (Operations & Information Systems), International Banking Group, Mumbai, Head of SBI’s Cash Management, Regional Manager, Branch Head, amongst others.

Mr. Tewari has served on the Board of International Institute of Bankers, New York, and the Board of University of Washington Global Bankers Program. He is also a Director on the Boards of SBI Capital Markets Ltd, SBICAP Securities Ltd, SBICAP Ventures Ltd, SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd, SBI Infra Management Solutions Pvt Ltd, SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd, SBI Payment Services Pvt Ltd, SBI General Insurance Co Ltd, SBI Global Factors Ltd, SBI Pension Funds Pvt Ltd and SBI DFHI Ltd.

Mrs. Sudha Krishnan

Independent Director

Mrs. Sudha Krishnan joined the Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS) in 1983 and retired on November 30, 2020 as Member Finance to the Space Commission and Atomic Energy Commission. As Member Finance, she served as the principal advisor to the Commission on financial business pertaining to the Departments of Space and Atomic Energy Commission.

She has close to four decades of experience in public policy and finance. She has worked on secondment at the Ministry of Finance in different capacities where she has handled diverse portfolios including World Bank projects, personnel matters of the Central Government and writing memoranda and reports for the Finance Minister on improving the overall effectiveness of Government spending.

She has also served as Financial Adviser to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation. She has also served as Government Nominee Director on the Boards of many Government companies and banks.

In her parent department namely, the office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) (the Supreme Audit Institution of India), she led and coordinated the production of several audit reports including the audit of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. As Principal Director (International Cooperation), she was directly responsible for advising and implementing the CAG’s international obligations both bilateral and multilateral. In her last assignment in the office of the CAG, she was responsible for developing and strengthening professional standards and practices in audit.

Mrs. Krishnan is an Independent Director on the Board of IDFC Financial Holding Company Ltd.