Board of Directors

Dr. Shri Sethuratnam Ravi, a qualified practicing Chartered Accountant, having promoted two firms viz. M/s Ravi Rajan & Company and M/s RRCA & Associates, is an Information Systems Auditor (DISA) and an Insolvency Resolution Professional. He is the former Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). Shri Ravi has also served on boards of various companies such as, SMERA Ratings, LIC Housing Finance Ltd., SBI-SG Global Securities, STCI Finance, BOI Merchant Bankers, etc. He serves as a member of SEBI’s takeover panel and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Shri Ravi is on the boards various companies like SBI Payments Services Pvt. Ltd, UTI Trustee Co. Pvt. Ltd., Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Ltd., Star Union Dai-chi Life Insurance Co. Ltd., etc. He serves as an Director of TFCI Ltd. and is the Chairman of the Board.

Shri Koppara Sajeeve Thomas is PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad and is having over 30 years of experience in Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Capital Markets, Treasury, Risk Management and back-office processing retiring from Shinsei Bank Ltd., Japan, in October 2006. Shri Thomas was with Citibank in India (1975-1988), Japan (1988-1998) and New York (1999-2000). Among his various responsibilities, he served as Relationship Banker and Operations Officer in Citibank India, Country Treasurer & Head of Capital Markets for India and Sri Lanka, Country Treasurer & Head of Capital Markets at Citibank Japan, Member of Citicorp's Credit Risk Policy Committee & Market Risk Policy Committee and Head of Risk Management Division for Asia-Pacific. He joined Shinsei Bank in May 2000 as Chief of Staff to the Chairman and member of its management team and was subsequently appointed Senior Managing Executive Officer and Head of Retail Banking Group to establish a new business to serve its retail customers.

Shri Rajesh Kumar Dubey, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, is having 37 years’ experience with ITC Hotels during which he held various positions in different properties and also in the Corporate Office. In 1996, he took over as Head of Projects and Investments for the Hotels Division and was part of the core team that developed and established some iconic luxury hotels in India. As Head of Finance of the Hotels Division, he was responsible for Finance, Treasury, Tax, Internal Audit, Legal, IT, Secretarial functions etc. He was a member of the core team which de-merged the Hotels Business from ITC Ltd and was Executive Director in ITC Hotels Ltd. Shri Sekhar was also on the Board of several listed and unlisted companies, looking after ITC Hotel’s interests in them.

Shri Bapi Munshi, M.Sc. from IIT Kharagpur, is having over 36 years’ experience in banking & finance sectors. He served as the Chief Risk Officer (CRO) of Axis Bank and also headed the treasury Department during his tenure with the bank. He also served on the boards of Axis MF Trustee Ltd. and Axis Finance Ltd. Presently, he is member of Audit Committee of Axis MF Trustee Company Ltd. and independent director in TFCI Ltd.

Smt. Thankom T. Mathew, M.Sc. (Chemistry), is having over 36 years’ experience in LIC handling various departments viz. operations, marketing, corporate communications, sales, HR etc. Smt. Mathew is an effective communicator and trainer having trained middle level executives for 10 years and serving as Director/Principal of two Zonal Training Centers of LIC. She was the first lady officer to head two major divisions viz. Mumbai & Bengaluru as Senior Divisional Manager, in-charge, was Chief of Corporate Communications department and retired as Executive Director of LIC. Smt. Mathew was also director on the board of Industrial Investment Trust and STCI Finance Ltd.

Shri Anoop Bali, B.Sc. (Physics) from Hansraj College, Delhi University & MBA from Jammu University, is having about 30 years’ experience in the areas of Project Finance, Project Development, Project Monitoring, NPA Management, Risk Management, Accounts & Finance, Treasury, Corporate Advisory, etc. He is Chairman of ‘Investment Committee of India Enterprise Development Fund’ of IFCI Venture Capital Funds Limited and serving as nominee director on board of several leading hotel companies.