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Name	Qualification / Brief Experience
Mr. Vikram Limaye (Nominee Director of IDFC)	Age/Qualification 42 Years / Chartered Accountant and MBA (Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania) Brief Experience Vikram Limaye is the Executive Director and a Member of the Board of Directors of IDFC. He has over 20 years of experience working with Global Investment Banks, International Commercial Banks and Global Accounting firms. Prior to joining IDFC, Mr. Limaye served Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) in U.S. in a variety of roles in investment banking, capital markets, structured finance and credit portfolio management. Having started his corporate career with Arthur Andersen in Mumbai, Mr. Limaye’s previous experience includes working with the Business Advisory Services Group at Ernst and Young and the Global Consumer Banking Group at Citibank N.A. Mr. Limaye is a qualified Chartered Accountant and an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Other Directorships : 1. IDFC Trustee Company Limited 2. IDFC Investment Advisors Limited 3. IDFC Private Equity Company Limited 4. IDFC Project Equity Company Limited 5. IDFC Capital Company Limited 6. IDFC PPP Trusteeship Company Limited 7. IDFC Projects Limited 8. IDFC-SSKI Securities Limited 9. IDFC-SSKI Limited 10. Asset Reconstruction Company 11. Sharekhan Limited 12. Human Value Developers Private Limited 13. E-Clerx Services Limited 14. Infrastructure Development Finance Company 15. Securities Trading Corporation of India Limited
Mr. Naval Bir Kumar (Nominee Director of IDFC)	Age/Qualification 44 years/ PGDM – IIM Calcutta, BA-Mathematics (Bombay University) Brief Experience Naval Bir Kumar is the President & CEO of IDFC Asset Management Company Limited. He has over 15 years of experience in the capital markets.Prior to joining IDFC, he was Director & Head Originations of Global Capital Markets for ANZ Investment Bank. In this role he has handled debt and equity capital market transactions for a number of leading Indian corporates. He joined the Bank in 1990 in the Merchant Banking Division and was appointed Head of the Merchant Bank for West India in 1994 and subsequently Head of the Investment Bank for West India in 1996.
Mr. Bharat Sumant Raut (Independent Director)	Age/Qualification years/Bachelor of Commerce,Bachelor of Laws, Chartered Accountant Bharat Sumant Raut is an Advocate by profession. Brief Experience Mr. Raut specializes in Advisory and Litigation in Direct Taxes, Corporate Laws and FEMA with emphasis on corporate taxation, inbound and outbound investments (including joint ventures), High Net worth Individuals Wealth Planning for succession, etc. His clientele include both Corporates and High Net worth Individuals (both local and international).
Dr. T. C. Nair (Independent Director)	Age/Qualification 62 years / BA Economics, University of Mumbai, MA (Monetary Economics), University of Mumbai, Ph.D 1986 from the University of Mumbai for the thesis entitled “Offshore Banking: A Benefits Maximizing Model for India”, CAIIB (I) from the Indian Institute of Bankers, India Brief Experience Last Position held was as Whole Time Member of Securities and Exchange Board of India – (Post is Equivalent to that of Commissioner with Securities Exchange Commission USA) Also Member of Advisory Council and Board of Governance of National Institute for Securities Market (set up by SEBI). For the last 30 years, he has been closely associated with financial market developments in India which include money, government securities, equity, corporate bond and foreign exchange market developments in the country.
Mr. Sunil Kakar (Director)	Age/Qualification 54 years/ MBA in Finance from XLRI and a degree in engineering from IIT Kanpur. Brief Experience Prior to joining IDFC, Mr. Kakar worked with Max New York Life Insurance Company since 2001, as CFO. He led numerous initiatives including Planning, Investments / Treasury, Finance and Accounting, Budgeting and MIS, Regulatory Reporting and Taxation. As part of the start-up team in Max New York Life, Mr. Kakar was part of the core group responsible for the successful development of the insurance business. In his previous assignment, he worked with Bank of America for 18 years in various roles, covering Business Planning & Financial Control, Branch Administration and Operations, Market Risk Management, Project Management and Internal Controls. As a CFO from 1996 to 2001, Mr. Kakar spearheaded the Finance function at Bank of America. Other Directorships : 1. IDFC Pension Fund Management Company Limited 2. IDFC Investment Advisors Limited 3. IDFC Capital Limited 4. IDFC Securities Limited
Mr. Bharat Shah (Director)	Age/Qualification 62 years/ B.Sc.Hons., University of Mumbai, Diploma in Applied Chemistry UK. Brief Experience Mr. Shah has been appointed as an independent director of Hathway Cable and Datacom Limited and is the chairman of HDFC Securities Limited. He has been one of the founder members of HDFC bank and joined HDFC Bank in December 1994 as an Executive Director. He is on the board of directors of various companies including Hexaware Technologies, Computer Age Management Services Private Limited, ADFC Limited, and Hill Properties Limited. He is the President of Vanita Vishram and on the Advisory Board of Flame Institute and Yatra Art fund. He started his career as a R&D Chemist in Pyrene Company Ltd after which he worked for Bradma India Limited & then worked at Technova. He was Marketing Head of Travelers Checks and the Rupees Travelers Check Operation during 1979-1983 with Thomas Cook. He worked with Citibank as Payment Product Division Head & then Real Estate Division Head from 1983 to 1993. Mr. Shah was an Investment Advisor for Union Bank of Switzerland, Singapore from 1993-94.