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Board Of Directors

Chandir Gidwani

Chandir Gidwani

Founder & Chairman Emeritus

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A distinguished first generation entrepreneur. As the Founder of the company, he has set up a robust platform that offers integrated financial services for Institutions as well as Individuals. He has contributed greatly to building a strong reputation and goodwill for the Group and built a highly experienced and competent management team, which is poised to lead Centrum into a high growth trajectory. An astute investor with a vision of identifying businesses that have immense growth potential. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant

Jaspal Bindra

Jaspal Bindra

Executive Chairman

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A veteran Banker with a successful global MNC career spanning over three decades. He has held coveted positions across MNC Banks such as Standard Chartered, UBS and Bank of America and has an impeccable track record of leading large banks, driving profitable growth, Mergers, Acquisitions, Turnarounds and the list goes on. He has played a key role in transitioning the Centrum Group, from a pure play financial advisory business to becoming a diversified financial services group. His present focus is on steering Centrum’s Banking venture - Unity Bank into a New Age Digital First Bank.

Mahakhurshid Byramjee

Mahakhurshid Byramjee

Non-Executive Director

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Mrs. Mahakhurshid K. Byramjee heads the real estate division of the Casby Group. She obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Commerce & Economics from Mumbai University.

She has been in the construction business for over three decades. She leads the company’s activities of the construction of Gated Communities and individual bespoke bungalows. She also runs a commercial fruit orchard on the outskirts of Maharashtra.

She is also heavily involved in social activities which are carried out by the family trust. The trust’s activities include running an English Medium School for tribal children in rural Maharashtra and running a free Diagnostic Centre for the poor in Mumbai.

Rishad Byramjee

Rishad Byramjee

Non-Executive Director

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Mr. Rishad K. Byramjee is the Managing Director of the Casby Logistics Group of Companies since 2003. Established in 1857, the company is a market leader in Stevedoring and Port Services business in India.  He has a Master of Science degree with a specialization in Logistics and Supply Chain Management from the UK. Under his leadership, the company expanded its Logistics operations from a regional scale to a pan-India scale within the business verticals of Air, Sea, Surface and Rail Cargo movement. He leads the diversification and expansion program at Casby and has successfully initiated new businesses such as Hazardous Liquid Bulk Transportation, Logistics Solution Design, Warehousing and Refrigerated solutions. He is also involved in the growth of the other Group offerings that include Construction & Real Estate Development, Digital Security & Surveillance, Telecommunications and Software Development.

K R Kamath

K R Kamath

Non-Executive Director

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Mr. Ramchandra Kasargod Kamath started his career in Corporation Bank as an Officer Trainee in 1977. He has been the Chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and Governing Board of Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS). He has also been the President of Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (IIBF) and Bankers’ Club, Delhi. He has been the member of Governing Board of National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM), Pune and Governing Council of Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), Hyderabad. During his career Mr. Kamath is known for his conceptual clarity, insight, communication skills and ability to build result oriented teams.

Mr. Kamath has led initiatives for promoting sound and efficient corporate governance practices where ever he worked. Mr. Kamath has been the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Punjab National Bank ( PNB ) and has been successful in changing the public perception about PNB and improving rankings of the Bank on various prestigious platforms is evidence to the fact. Under the leadership of Mr. Kamath, PNB’s rank improved from 186th to 175th in The Banker’s Top 1000 Banks of the World. Prior to moving to PNB, Mr. Kamath was CMD of Allahabad Bank and Executive Director of Bank of India.

Mr. Kamath was also the Chairman of PNB Housing Finance where he played a key role in divestment of PNB’s stake and making PNBHF the first successful PPP in the financial services space during his tenure growing 6x in 4.5 years to become the largest unlisted housing finance company in the country.

Anjali Seth

Anjali Seth

Non-Executive Independent Director

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Ms. Anjali Seth has over 35 years’ experience as a professional lawyer advising and consulting with Banks, Financial Institutions, and large corporates.

She started her career as a litigation lawyer and then moved to the corporate sector. She has advised and consulted on a range of matters including M&As, Private Equity (PE) Investments, Stressed Assets, Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), recovery matters, Industrial/Employee Relations, Corporate Governance, Real Estate Negotiations, etc.

She has been associated in various positions with International Finance Corporation, Swaadhar Finserve, ANZ Grindlays Bank, Emmar Properties and Standard Chartered Bank.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in law from University of Delhi and a bachelor’s degree in arts (honours) from Meerut University.

Manmohan Shetty

Manmohan Shetty

Non-Executive Independent Director

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Mr. Manmohan Shetty is the Founder of Adlabs Films Limited, one of the largest entertainment corporations in India. As the founder of Adlabs Films, he has produced many box office hit movies, and movies which have received National Awards, and India's biggest and largest Film processing Laboratory. He is also the founder of Adlabs Entertainment Limited, which has created and built India's biggest theme and Amusement Park, with a water park and 5-star hotel on the Mumbai - Pune Expressway, by the well-known brand "Imagicaa". Currently, he is a director of  Thrrill Park Limited, Cineport Entertainment Private Limited among others. He is one of the most significant people in the Indian Entertainment economy today and is seen as one of the key visionaries in the industry. He was a Council member of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India. He has established India’s first and World’s largest IMAX dome theatre. He has held key positions in media & entertainment-focused government bodies & federations including the post of  Chairman of National Film Development Corporation.

Subhash Gundappa Kutte

Subhash Gundappa Kutte

Non-Executive Independent Director

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Mr. Subhash Kutte has been a Banker throughout his life. He had joined Ratnakar Bank in June 1980 and served the bank for thirty-four years, initially in an executive capacity across various departments, including MD & CEO, and in the last four years as its non-executive Chairman. He retired as the Chairman of RBL Bank Limited in the year 2014. 

During his stewardship, the Bank has overcome enormous challenges which included the raising of Capital funds to the tune of 300 crores. He has an experience of four decades in the field of banking. He holds a bachelor's degree in commerce. Mr. Kutte acts as an “Advisor” to Ghatge Patil Industries Limited. He currently serves on the Board of several companies including Unity Small Finance Bank Limited, Synergy Green Industries Limited and Menon Pistons Limited.

SK Mitra

S.K Mitra

Non-Executive Independent Director

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Mr. Subrata Kumar Mitra is a well-known veteran with hands-on experience in a wide range of financial services businesses in India. In his early years, Mr. Mitra worked with reputed organisations such as American Express Bank as Head of Corporate Banking and Investment Banking in India, Standard Chartered Bank- Merchant Banking Division, GIC Mutual Fund- where he brought one of the earliest foreign investors in the industry. Thereafter, from 1994 to 2007 he served as the Group Director, Financial Services in the Aditya Birla Group and set up the highly successful financial services business.
 

He has dealt with several global entities for entry into India and as joint venture partners. He has served on the Board of Directors and Committees of several reputed companies in different industries as an Independent Director and Advisor. He is also an advisor to a large international bank for over 12 years. He has been associated with several international and domestic NGOs, Committees and Chambers in India and is a contributor of articles in various publications. He has been the India Correspondent for Asia Asset Management, Hong Kong for more than 10 years.

Mr. Mitra holds M.Sc degree from University of Calcutta and an MBA from the USA.

 

Rajesh Srivastava

Rajesh Srivastava

Non-Executive Director

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Rajesh Srivastava is a renowned corporate/investment banker with over 43 years of experience. He was with Rabobank for 25 years, with the last 14 years as the Managing Partner/Executive Chairman of a Rabobank sponsored private equity platform which had blue chip investors like Rabobank; IFC; CDC Group, Asian Development Bank; Generali Insurance, amongst others.

On the banking side, he was Managing Director (Corporate & Commercial Banking), India and Regional Head, Asia for food and agribusiness for 10 years where he is credited with setting up several new products such as Strategic Advisory, Renewable Energy, Carbon Credits and Micro Finance. Before Rabobank, he was with Lazard Brothers’ Venture Capital arm where he set up the largest VC Fund of the time for SMEs. He started his career with Bank of Baroda where he largely worked in credit management and merchant banking.  

He is the seniormost sector banker for food and agribusiness and continues his commitment through his new platform, Prowess Advisors which is into investment banking and fund management.  

R A Sankara Narayanan

R A Sankara Narayanan

Non-Executive Independent Director

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Mr. R. A. Sankara Narayanan, holds a post-graduate degree in Public Administration and has also done an MBA in Finance, CAIIB, PGDPM, PGDFM, DTIRM, DCP and BRM. During his reign as Executive Director of Bank of India starting from May 2015, he handled the treasury, corporate credit, recovery, risk management and compliance departments. He was also in charge of the departments like international banking, retail, HR, IT, planning and finance. He was appointed as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Vijaya Bank in September 2017. He had been designated as the MD and CEO of Canara Bank w.e.f. April 1, 2019, till his superannuation in January 2020. Mr. R A Sankara Narayanan has been on the Board of the South Indian Bank India Limited since October 15, 2020.

Committees

Audit Committee

  • Subhash Kutte – Chairman
  • Rishad Byramjee– Member

Stakeholder Relationship Committee

  • Rishad Byramjee – Chairman
  • Chandir Gidwani – Member
  • Jaspal Singh Bindra – Member
  • Subhash Kutte - Member

Risk Management Committee

  • Jaspal Singh Bindra – Chairman
  • Subhash Kutte – Member
  • Sriram Venkatasubramanian - Member

Nomination & Remuneration Committee

  • Subhash Kutte– Chairman
  • Chandir Gidwani– Member
  • Manmohan Shetty– Member

Corporate Social Responsibility Committee

  • Chandir Gidwani – Chairman
  • Subhash Kutte – Member
  • Rishad Byramjee – Member