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Name Qualification / Brief Experience

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. Bharat Sumant Raut
(Independent Director)
Age/Qualification
Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Laws, Chartered Accountant.

Brief Experience
Mr. Raut is an Advocate by profession and 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).

Mr. Naval Bir Kumar
(Nominee Director of IDFC)/Chairman
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. Vikash Raj
(Chief Executive Officer)
Age/Qualification
B.Sc. (Physics), MBA Finance, CFPtm-Over 11 years of experience in the investment industry.

Brief Experience
His last assignment was with Citibank N.A. as Head-Investment Research in the consumer banking division. He has also worked with rating agencies like CRISIL and ICRA formulating models and analytics for rating rankings of mutual funds. He was involved in development of financial planning tools.

Ms. Jyothi Krishnan
(Compliance Officer)
Age/Qualification
A. C. S., B.G.L., B. Com - about 6 years of experience in Compliance, Risk Management, Secretarial, etc.

Brief Experience
In her last assignment with ING Investment Management (I) Private. Limited, she was designated as VP – Compliance Risk (April 2005 – February 2009). Prior to this, she was with Standard Chartered Asset Management Company Private Limited as an Officer Management Trainee (June 2003-April 2005).

Mr. Rajendra Mishra
Qualification
Completed his Engineering from NIT Jamshedpur and MBA from IIM Lucknow. Over 9 years of work experience including over 6 years in the investment industry.

Brief Experience
In his last assignment he was in Proprietary Equity Group,IDFC Limited where he was designated as Vice President. He had an overall responsibility of analyzing investment opportunities, closing transactions and monitoring & monetizing portfolio.
Prior to IDFC he worked with JP Morgan in India as a Research Analyst.