Corporate Governance

Board of Directors
Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra

Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra is the Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director of the Company. He has previously served as the Chairman and the Managing Director of LIC. He has also served as the Executive Director of International Operations at LIC. He holds a B.Sc. (Honours) degree from the University of Patna. His appointment as an Independent Director of the Company was approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 23 August 2017.

 

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Flemming Madsen

Mr. Flemming Madsen is a Non-Executive Nominee Director of the Company. He is the Head of Global Financial Intermediaries at T. Rowe Price. He is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., T. Rowe Price International Ltd and member of the EMEA Distribution Executive Committee. He has been associated with T. Rowe Price for 22 years. His total 38 years’ experience in the financial industry includes capital markets transactions, investment banking, and asset management. His appointment as a Non-Executive Nominee Director of the Company was approved by the shareholders at the 19th Annual General Meeting held on 25th July, 2022.

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Deepak Kumar Chatterjee

Deepak Kumar Chatterjee is an Independent Director of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, he was associated with SBI Funds Management Private Limited as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer and SBI Capital Markets Limited as a Executive Vice President. He was also associated with IIFCL Projects Limited as its Chief Executive Officer and IIFCL Asset Management Company Limited as a Director. He holds a B.Sc. (Honours) degree in Physics from University of Delhi, an M.Sc. degree in Agricultural Physics from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi and an MBA from University of Delhi. He is also a Certificated Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. His appointment as an Independent Director of the Company was approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 25 September 2018.

 

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Dipali H Sheth

Dipali Sheth is an Independent Director of the Company. She serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of four other companies. Prior to joining the Company, she was associated with RBS Business Services Private Limited as the Country Head of Human Resources, Standard Chartered Bank as Head HR South Asia, Procter & Gamble Distribution Company Limited and DCM Limited. She holds a B.A. (Honours) degree in Economics from University of Delhi, passed out from the DCM Management Centre, and is an accredited Coach from ICF and Gallup, USA. Her appointment as an Independent Director of the Company was approved by the shareholders at the Extra Ordinary General Meeting held on 16 December 2019.

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Kiran Kumar Tarania

Mr. Kiran Kumar Tarania is a Non-Executive Nominee Director of the Company. He is currently the General Manager – Treasury Division at Punjab National Bank. He is an accomplished finance professional with over 33 years of demonstrated history of work experience in banking industry. He has a vast experience in treasury management, risk management, corporate credit & general banking. He holds a B.Com (Hons) and a Masters of Management Studies degree and is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. His appointment as a Non-Executive Nominee Director of the Company was approved by the shareholders through Postal Ballot passed on 12th October, 2022.

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Edward Cage Bernard

Edward Cage Bernard is a Non-Executive Nominee Director of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, he was associated with the TRP group as a Vice Chairman, T Rowe Price Group Inc as a Director on the Board and as a member of the firm’s Management Committee Currently, he is also associated with T Rowe Price Group Inc as a Senior Advisor He holds a B A degree in Religious Studies from Brown University and an MBA in Finance from New York University Leonard N Stern School of Business. His appointment as a Nominee Director of the Company was approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 28 July 2021.

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Narasimhan Seshadri

Narasimhan Seshadri is an Independent Director of the Company. He has four decades of experience in the banking industry, having served two major public sector banks viz Canara Bank and Bank of India. Prior to joining the Company, he was a Director on the board of NPCI and a whole-time Executive Director on the Board of Bank of India. He holds Masters Degree in Commerce from Bangalore university: Masters in Divya Prabandam MA (DP) from Sastra University and Masters in Banking and Finance (MBA Banking and Finance) from IGNOU. He is a certified associate of the India institute of Bankers. His appointment as an Independent Director of the Company was approved by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 23 August 2017.

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Rajeev Kakar

Rajeev Kakar is an Independent Director of the Company. He currently serves on the boards of various banks and financial institutions such as Eurobank Ergasias SA (Greece), Gulf International Bank (GIB Bahrain), Gulf International Bank (GIB Saudi Arabia) and Commercial International Bank (Egypt). He started his career in 1988 at Citibank NA, where he worked for 18 years and in his last role, was the Managing Director and Division Head for Turkey, Middle East and Africa region. In 2006, he moved to become the Global co-founder of Fullerton Financial Holdings Pte. Ltd., headquartered in Singapore (a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore), where he served for 11 years in various roles including serving on its Global Management Board, as its Executive Vice President, Head of Consumer Banking and Head of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Simultaneously, he also was the Founder of Dunia Finance LLC in UAE, where he operated as its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. He holds a B. Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. His appointment as an Independent Director of the Company was approved by the shareholders at the Extra Ordinary General Meeting held on 16 December 2019.

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Jayashree Vaidhyanathan

Jayashree Vaidhyanathan is an Independent Director of the Company. She currently serves as a Co-Founder and CEO of BCT Digital, a technology company specialising in AI and Predictive analytics. Prior to BCT, she was associated with Scope International Private Limited as Head of Technology and Strategy and served as a partner with Accenture Services Private Limited. She has also served as an Independent Director in Altran, a $3.2 Billion Global Engineering and Innovation consulting firm and Mahindra Sanyo Steel. She holds a B.E. degree in Computer Science Engineering from University of Madras and an MBA from Cornell University. She is also a Chartered Financial Analyst from the Association for Investment Management and Research. Her appointment as an Independent Director of the Company was approved by the shareholders at the Extra Ordinary General Meeting held on 16 December 2019.

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Imtaiyazur Rahman

Imtaiyazur Rahman is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of the Company. He has more than three decades of experience in management, business leadership, leading change and forming strategic alliances. He joined the UTI Group in 1998 as part of UTI Investor Services Limited and joined UTI AMC Limited in 2003. He was also the CFO of the Company from 2005. In his role as Group President & Chief Finance Officer, he headed the functions of Finance, Accounts, Taxation, Information Technology, Board related matters, Offshore funds, Alternate Investments and Portfolio Management Services.

He is a Science graduate, Fellow member of Institute of Cost Accountants of India and Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Certified Public Accountancy (USA) and GAMP from Indian School of Business & Kellogg School of Management. He has completed the Leadership programme - “Leading for Results” from INSEAD (France). He has been awarded ESG Competent Board’s Global Certification and Designation. He has also been conferred a Honorary doctorate degree, D.Litt, by the ITM University, Raipur.

He is on the Board of UTI International (Singapore) Private Limited, UTI Retirement Solutions Limited, UTI Capital Private Limited and UTI Venture Funds Management Company Private Limited and IndianOil Adani Ventures Limited.

He is the Chairperson for the FICCI Task Force on ESG for 2023. He is also a member of the CII National Committee on Financial Markets; CII Financial Sector Development Council 2022-23; and Banking & Finance Committee of IMC Chamber of Commerce & Industry. He was on the Board of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) and is presently a permanent invitee to the AMFI Board Meetings.

Prior to joining the Company, he was associated with Sumeet Machines Ltd, Leasing Finance India Ltd, Bells Controls Ltd, New India Rubber Works (P) Ltd. and S. Gupta & Co.

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