Board and Committees

Mr. Vishwanathan Mavila Nair

Non-Executive Director and Chairperson 

Vishwanathan Mavila Nair is the Chairman and Non-executive Director of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since November 22, 2018. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science from University of Mysore. He has 48 years of experience in financial services and advising fintech start-ups. He is also a non-executive Chairperson on the board of directors of BQ Digital Learning Private Limited. He is also a non-executive Director on the board of Propelld (Bluebear Technologies Private Limited). He is also a member of Performance Review Committee on Transparency and Best Practices of Governance of the International Financial Services Authority. He is also an advisor to WestBridge Advisors LLP (“WestBridge”) and an advisor to Mountain Managers Private Limited (“WestBridge”) and an advisor to GrowX Ventures Fund LLP and a senior advisor to New Street Technologies Private Limited and Progcap (Desiderata Impact Ventures Private Limited) and board advisor to Credgenics (Analog Legalhub Technology Solutions Private Limited) and is also engaged as a consultant by Trans Union LLC, USA and Perfios Software Solutions Private Limited.  He has previously served as the non-executive chairman of SWIFT India Domestic Services Private Limited, an independent director on the board of directors of Stock Holding Corporation of India Limited, an independent director on the board of GIFT City Limited, an independent director on the board of GIFT SEZ Limited, an independent director on the board of L&T AMC Limited, an independent director on the board of Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Ltd. He was also an advisor to General Atlantic Services Co. LLC and to Earthport PLC, London and consultant advisor to CMS Info Systems Private Limited and to Evo Payments Integrated LLC, New York. He has also served as Chairman and Managing Director on the board of Union Bank of India, as Chairman and Managing Director on the board of Dena Bank, as a non-executive Chairman on the board of SUD Life Insurance Company Limited, as a non-executive Chairman on the board of KBC AMC Limited and at various positions at Corporation Bank for over 38 years. He was also associated with the Indian Banks’ Association as their chairman. He was the chairman of the committee constituted to re-examine the existing classification and suggest revised guidelines with regard to priority sector lending and related issues by the Reserve Bank of India. 

Mr. Venkata Satya Naga Sreekanth Nadella 

Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer 

Venkata Satya Naga Sreekanth Nadella is the Managing Director and CEO of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since June 28, 2018. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Osmania University and is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has over 22 years of experience and was previously associated with Accenture Services Private Limited as managing director, IBM Global Services India Private Limited as transformation manager, Capita Offshore Services Private Limited as transition manager, Callhealth Services Private Limited as chief operating officer and Indian School of Business as their finance manager. 

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Mr. Prashant Saran 

Independent Director 

Prashant Saran is an Independent Director of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since May 26, 2020. He holds a master’s degree in science (honours) in physics from Panjab University, and has over 34 years of experience in regulatory and other functions. He has previously served as a whole time member of SEBI from May 2009 to May, 2012 and again from August, 2012 to June 2016 and as a chief general manager in charge at Reserve Bank of India. 

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Mr. Kaushik Bishnu Mazumdar 

Independent Director 

Kaushik Mazumdar is an Independent Director of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since November 16, 2018. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce (B.COM)  from Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics, University of Bombay and a post-graduate diploma in management (PGDM) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has over 30 years of experience in banking, finance, operations and technology, mergers and acquisitions, investment advisory and transformation projects, with a focus on technology, strategy and execution, relating to sectors such as financial services and payments. He served as the general manager (operation and technology group head) at Samba Financial Group, as vice president at General Atlantic Private Limited and as the senior vice president at Citibank NA, India. He was also a director of IncValue Advisors Private Limited and founder promoter and executive director at Svakarma Finance Private Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary, TeamRed Management Solutions Private Limited.  

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Ms. Radha Rajappa 

Independent Director

Radha Rajappa is an Independent Director of our Company. She has been associated with our Company since October 11, 2023. Radha is an entrepreneurial business leader with over three decades in executive leadership roles in the technology industry. She has successfully incubated, passionately led and hyper-scaled several Digital and Technology businesses during her 16year stint at Mindtree. She has worked with global technology giants IBM and Microsoft, both in their respective transformative years helping customers navigate their landscapes amidst the constantly evolving technological waves. Currently, she is deeply involved in early-stage Tech startups helping them navigate the constantly changing paradigms of business. As the executive chairperson of the Industrial AI startup Flutura, catalysed a prestigious and deeply valued exit to Accenture. Also, currently at Vunet Systems, she gives hands-on-guidance to create a new business category of Business Journey observability in the AI ops domain.  Radha is also a passionate Executive Coach helping professionals sharpen their innate potential to deal with change and realize their true potential. Radha also serves as an independent director on the boards of Zensar Technologies Limited and Bata India Ltd. Radha holds a degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering and a management degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore.

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Mr. Chengalath Jayaram

Independent Director

Chengalath Jayaram, is an Independent Director of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since May 24, 2024. He holds a B. A. (Economics), PGDM-Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, and has varied experience of over 39 years in many areas of finance and business and was earlier the Managing Director of Kotak Securities Limited. Mr. Jayaram headed the Private Banking business, Alternative Investments business, including Private Equity funds and Real Estate funds and international operations for Kotak Group till his retirement, as Joint Managing Director of the Bank, in April 2016. He was with the Kotak Group for 26 years and was instrumental in building a number of new businesses for the Kotak Group. Prior to joining the Kotak Group, he was with Overseas Sanmar Financial Limited.

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Mr. Alok Chandra Misra 

Non-Executive Nominee Director

Alok Chandra Misra is a Non-Executive Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since July 28, 2023. He was the Chief Operating Officer of General Atlantic’s India office and an Operating Partner. In this role, he provided strategic support and financial expertise to the firm’s investment teams and portfolio Companies with a focus on the India & Asia-Pacific region. Before joining General Atlantic in 2013, Alok served as Group Chief Financial Officer at WNS Group, where he helped lead the Company through significant expansion and transformation. Prior to that, he was Group Chief Financial Officer of MphasiS BFL Group and served in a number of accounting and finance roles at other firms, including I.T.C. Limited and PwC. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

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Mr. Shantanu Rastogi 

Non-Executive Nominee Director 

Shantanu Rastogi is a Non-executive Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of our Company and has been associated with us since November 16, 2018. He has over 19 years of experience and serves on the board of several fintech, software, healthcare, and consumer businesses in India. He is designated as, the Managing Director and Head of India at General Atlantic Private Limited. He rejoined General Atlantic in 2013 after working at the firm between 2005 to 2007. Previously, Shantanu was a Principal at Apax Partners and a management consultant with McKinsey prior to that. Shantanu graduated from IIT Bombay with B.Tech & M.Tech (Electrical Engineering) degrees and earned an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. 

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Mr. Srinivas Peddada 

Non-Executive Nominee Director 

Srinivas Peddada is a Non-executive Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since July 7, 2020. He holds a master’s degree in engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan and a master’s degree in business administration from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New. He has over 25 years of experience in the field of information and technology. He was previously associated as a as a chief information officer with Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited (formerly known as IndusInd Financial Inclusion Limited), Chief information officer with Dun & Bradstreet South Asia Middle East Ltd, as a chief technology officer at AIG Systems Solutions (Pvt) Ltd., USA, as a Chief Technology Officer (information technology) at GE Countrywide Consumer Financial Services Ltd and as an information technology specialist at IBM Corporation. He is also a member of board of governors of Indian Institute of Information Technology Sri City, Chittoor. 

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Mr. Chetan Savla 

Non-Executive Nominee Director 

Chetan Savla is a Non-executive Nominee Director on the Board of Directors of our Company. He has been associated with our Company since November 28, 2024. Chetan Savla, PGDM (MBA) from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, has varied experience of over 33 years of which 30 years has been with the Kotak group. He possesses investment banking experience covering equity capital markets and M&A advisory work from 1997 till 2015. This tenure included roles of Head of Equity business and Head of advisory services. He was the co-Head of Conglomerates and Corporates Group for Corporate and Investment Banking practice of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited between 2015 till 2017, the Head of Group Strategy between 2017 till 2021, and the Head of Sustainability since 2021. He is currently President – Sustainability and Strategic Projects at Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited. 

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