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- Mr. Nirmal Jain Managing Director
- Mr. R. Venkataraman Joint Managing Director
- Mr. Arun Kumar Purwar Chairman & Additional Non-Independent Non-Executive Director
- Mr. Chandran Ratnaswami Non-Executive Director
- Mr. Vijay Kumar Chopra Independent Director
- Ms. Geeta Mathur Independent Director
- Mr. Ramakrishnan Subramanian Independent Director
- Mr. T S Ramakrishnan Non-Executive Nominee Director
- Mr. Bijou Kurien Additional (Independent) Director
- Mr. Nihar Niranjan Jambusaria Additional (Independent) Director
Board of Directors
Mr. Nirmal Jain
Mr. Nirmal Jain founded IIFL Group in 1995. Under his visionary leadership, IIFL Group has grown to become one of the leading financial services players in post liberalized India with a combined market capitalization of US$ 4.2 Billion serving over 14 Million diverse customers in wealth & asset management, consumer lending, securities trading & discount broking spaces. With an impeccable track record of governance and growth, the Group has attracted marquee investors and won accolades internationally. Mr. Jain has been a pioneer in technology led disruptions in financial services space creating new standards in securities trading, consumer finance, wealth and asset management. He is also one of leading proponents of financial inclusion and financial literacy in India. He holds a PGDM (Post Graduate Diploma in Management) from the Indian Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) and is a rank holder Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant. He started his career in 1989 with Hindustan Unilever Limited and founded IIFL Group as an independent equity research Company in 1995. He has close to three decades of experience in spearheading diverse businesses in the financial services sector.
Board of Directors
Mr. R. Venkataraman
Mr. R. Venkataraman is the Co-Promoter and Joint Managing Director of the Company. He holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore and Bachelor in Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He joined our Company’s Board in July 1999. He has been contributing immensely in the establishment of various businesses and spearheading key initiatives of the Group over the past 24 years. He previously held senior managerial positions in ICICI Limited, including ICICI Securities Limited, their investment banking joint venture with J P Morgan of US and Barclays –BZW. He worked as an Assistant Vice President with G E Capital Services India Limited in their private equity division. He has a varied experience of more than 31 years in the financial services sector.
Board of Directors
Mr. Arun Kumar Purwar
Mr. Arun Kumar Purwar is the Chairman & Additional Non-Independent Non-Executive Director of IIFL Finance, Jindal Panther Cement as well as ERoute Technologies Pvt. Ltd. He is as an Independent Director in companies across diverse sectors like Finance, Pharma, Media, Engineering consultancy, Investment Banking, Fintech sectors. He also acts as an advisor to Mizuho Securities, Japan. He was Chairman of the State Bank of India (‘SBI’) from 2002 to 2006 and Chairman of the Indian Bank Association during 2005 to 2006. He has previously held positions such as Managing Director of State Bank of Patiala and was also associated in the setting up of SBI Life. Post his retirement from SBI, he was associated with a leading industry house in setting up the first healthcare focused private equity fund as well as a non-banking finance company focused on funding real estate projects as well as educational institutions. He has won a number of awards, including the CEO of the year award from the Institute of Technology and Management (2004), ‘Outstanding Achiever of the Year’ award from the Indian Banks’ Association (2004) and ‘Finance Man of the Year’ Award by the Bombay Management Association in 2006.
Board of Directors
Mr. Chandran Ratnaswami
Mr. Chandran Ratnaswami is a Non-Executive Director of our Company. He is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Fairfax India Holdings Corporation, a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and is also a Managing Director of Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Limited, a wholly owned investment management company of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Mr. Ratnaswami serves on the Boards of, among others, Chemplast Sanmar Limited, Quess Corp Limited, Bangalore International Airport Limited, National Commodities Management Services Limited, Go Digit General Insurance Limited, Thomas Cook (India) Limited, Fairbridge Capital Private Limited in India, Zoomer Media, Fairfax India Holdings Corporation in Canada, Thai Reinsurance, Thailand, and Fairfirst Insurance Limited, Sri Lanka. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from IIT Madras, India and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, Canada.
Board of Directors
Mr. Vijay Kumar Chopra
Mr. Vijay Kumar Chopra is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He was the whole-time member of SEBI for two years; prior to that he has been a career banker and has held several top positions during his 37 years of experience in banking industry. Some of his accomplishments include being the Chairman and Managing Director at Corporation Bank and SIDBI, 3 years as an Executive Director at the Oriental Bank of Commerce and 31 years in various capacities at the Central Bank of India.
Board of Directors
Ms. Geeta Mathur
Ms. Geeta Mathur, a Chartered Accountant, has worked as a banker both on the asset side and risk side and with large corporate treasuries and investor relations. She started her career with ICICI, where she worked for over 10 years in the field of project, corporate and structured finance as well represented ICICI on the Board of reputed companies such as Eicher Motors, Siel Limited among others. She has developed, reorganised, streamlined and led large national teams. She transitioned from the corporate sector to the development sector as CFO of Helpage India, where besides successful implementation of Oracle ERP and setting up processes for budgeting and MIS, she was consistently awarded by the Institute of Chartered Accountants and South Asian Federation of Accountants for best presentation and transparency in accounts. She has worked in various capacities in large organisations such as IBM and Emaar MGF across areas of Corporate Finance, Treasury, Risk Management and Investor Relations. She currently serves as an independent director in various large organisations across manufacturing and services such as Motherson Sumi Wiring India Limited, Infoedge Ltd and NIIT Ltd. She also co-chairs the India chapter of Women Corporate Directors Foundation, a global membership organization and community of women corporate directors with a mission to foster a powerful, trusted community of influential women corporate directors. She is a graduate in Commerce from the Shriram College of Commerce, Delhi University and did her articleship with the Price Waterhouse while pursuing her Chartered Accountancy.
Board of Directors
Mr. Ramakrishnan Subramanian
Mr. Ramakrishnan Subramanian is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and Masters in Commerce. He has served several leading Banks, FIs in leadership roles since 1990 in India and abroad. He has also served as a Boards member of ING Vysya Bank and Shriram Capital, Shriram Transport, Shriram City Union, in the past apart from having done senior Executive roles such as CEO, MD, Country Head, Asia Regional head roles in domestic and international banks. He is currently engaged as a Sr. Advisor, Operating Partner, Consultant with PE, VC, FIs and Fintech in India. Within financial sector services, his deep expertise and experience are in Retail Financing – Mortgage, LAP, Personal Loans, Business Loans, SME, LAS, Gold, Auto, CV/CE, Securitisation. He has worked in senior capacities involving Strategy, Board, Governance coupled with strong track record on execution across functions covering Channels, Product, Pricing, Portfolio management, Funding, Credit policy, Credit underwriting, Collections management of large Universal banks, Non-Banking Fianncial Companies (‘NBFCs’) and Fintech.
Board of Directors
Mr. T S Ramakrishnan
Mr. T S Ramakrishnan is currently the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of LIC Mutual Fund. Prior to taking over as MD & CEO of LIC Mutual Fund, he was General Manager at LIC Housing Finance Ltd, one of the largest housing finance companies in India. Mr. Ramakrishnan started his career as a direct recruit officer with LIC of India in 1988 and has risen through the ranks to this position. In a career spanning over three decades in the corporation, Mr. Ramakrishnan has made his mark in the areas of training, Marketing and Pension & Group business. He has served as Regional Head of Pension & Group business of LIC’s South Central Zone. He was the Senior Divisional Manager in-charge of Delhi Division. He has also had a stint as Vice Principal in Zonal Training Centre. Mr. Ramakrishnan holds a B.Com(Hons) degree from the University of Delhi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management. He is a Fellow of the Insurance Institute of India. He also holds a Diploma in Health Insurance. He is also on the board of AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India).
Board of Directors
Mr. Bijou Kurien
Mr. Bijou Kurien is a well-respected consumer leader with over 40 years of experience in building brands, businesses and creating organisations. He has been associated with marquee brands in the fastmoving consumer products, consumer durables and retail industry in India.
After receiving his MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, he joined Hindustan Unilever as a Management Trainee in 1981. During his successful tenure of over six years, he played different roles across sales and marketing. Later, he moved to Titan, which was setting up a watch business. During the 19 years he was at Titan, he played several roles, and helped to build many successful brands and businesses. When he left in 2006, he was the COO of the Wacth & Precision Engineering Division. Today, Titan is India's largest manufacturer and marketer of watches and jewellery, and has laid the foundation for several other lifestyle and personal accessories businesses
He joined Reliance Industries as the President & CEO of their ambitious Retail venture — Reliance Retail. In the 8 years at Reliance Retail, he helped to lay the foundations for India’s largest retail company.
Currently, he plays various roles. As an advisory member of two leading PE/VC Funds, an Independent Director on several listed and unlisted company boards, Chairman of the Retailers Association of India (RAI) which is a strong advocate for retailing in India and an Advisory Board member of the World Retail Congress (WRC). He continues to be associated with FICCI as a Mentor to the Retail Committee, and on the Governing Boards of two academic institutions.
Board of Directors
Mr. Nihar Niranjan Jambusaria
Mr. Nihar Niranjan Jambusaria is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). His illustrious career includes serving as the President and Vice President of the ICAI for the year 2021-22 and 2020-21, respectively.
Since 1984, Mr. Jambusaria has been a senior partner at N. N. Jambusaria & Co., Chartered Accountants. His consultancy services extend to the renowned Reliance group and various organizations in the private and public sectors. He specializes in Direct Tax, International Tax, Mergers & Acquisitions, FEMA, and Business Restructuring.
Previously, Mr. Jambusaria held the position of Senior Vice President at Reliance Industries Ltd. from 2011 to April 2020.
His contributions to the field extend beyond the corporate realm. Mr. Jambusaria has served as a Member of the Government Accounting Standards Advisory Board (GASAB) and the Audit Advisory Board of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), highlighting his commitment to excellence and professionalism in the accounting industry.