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Get on board for successful Independent Directorship

In association with Board Evaluation Ltd UKand Khaitan & Company

Setting the standards in Board Leadership

With the increasing demands on high standards of board leadership, it's imperative to hone your skills for long term success. Welcome to a one-of-a-kind accredited certification program for aspiring Directors. The program will examine best practices of successful boards and enable you to drive strategy, manage risk, understand board dynamics and enhance enterprise value. In addition, the program will provide you with key tools to held position boards for long-term success.

Here's your chance to be trained and mentored by Industry leaders and academicians and familiarize yourself with Global Best Practices in Corporate Governance. The Who's Who from the corporate word will help you achieve your goals.

The Board of an organization today is faced with unexpected and varied sets of challenges due to the u n p r e d i c t a b l e e c o n o m i c e n v i r o n m e n t , a m b i g u i t y i n business, volatile and complex market condit ions ( including regulations). With businesses and o r g a n i z a t i o n s b e c o m i n g increasingly complex, the need for sound individuals at leadership positions is extremely critical for any company.

The Companies Act 2013 has been shaped to ra ise the bar on co rpo ra te gove rnance . The certification program will dwell on the relevant themes such as investor protection, transparency, d i rector responsib i l i t ies and balancing stakeholder interests.

The Directors' Club would be a group of privileged individuals who have recently been appointed to a Board or are considering taking Board positions. It will also include existing Independent Directors as well as Owners/Promoters of businesses who seek to maximize the value of their corporate boards.

Directors play an important role in providing effective guidance and imbibing certain global best practices which :

◘ Raise the standards of corporate governance ◘ Provide strategic insights and direction ◘ Balance multiple stakeholders interests ◘ Ensure appropriate focus on risk management

Hunt Partners have teamed up with Board Evaluation Ltd. UK and Khaitan and Co. have designed and launched a first-of- its-kind initiative in India, "Directors' Club'. This is a unique accredited certification program directed towards training and familiarizing aspiring directors in effective execution and running of Boards, by engaging the best-in-class faculty from across the globe.

The program provides:

› Familiarization with global best practices in corporate governance › An understanding of the liabilities and duties of a Non-executive/Independent Director › Knowledge of Board dynamics and the behavioural skills required to better manage

boardroom conflicts › The competencies NED / Independent Directors require to implement responsible

corporate governance practices

ABOUT DIRECTORS’ CLUB

HUNT PARTNERSHunt Partners is a Retained Executive Search firm operating at the senior level across the Asia Pacific region. Founded in 2003, the firm's partners have distinguished careers in executive search and have served in a variety of executive roles in major firms, globally. The firm practices in the areas of Financial Services, Consumer, IT, Logistics & Supply Chain, Industrial Infrastructure, Pharmaceutical, Life Sciences and Engineering Services among others.

BOARD EVALUATIONS LIMITEDBoard Evaluation Limited (BEL) is an independent practice led by experienced advisors focused on helping organisations develop best practice among boards. BEL assesses the needs of each individual cl ient and designs and del ivers relevant programmes. Each assignment is therefore, custom-designed for the clients and is relevant to their current circumstances and requirements. BEL’s range of clients extends from listed companies to smaller privately owned firms as well as public sector and third sector organisations.

KHAITAN & COMPANYFounded in 1911, Khaitan & Co is one of the oldest and largest Indian law firms. Combining a rich heritage of over a hundred years with a modern and cutting-edge practice, the Firm offers full service legal solutions to our domestic and international clients. The Firm has increasingly invested in the state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities across all its offices. They constantly strive to evolve and adopt international best practices to serve our clients better. Khaitan & Co’s clients include business and financial enterprises, banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, government bodies, educational and charitable trusts, cultural institutions, high net worth individuals, and estates and trusts from India and overseas.

ORGANIZERS

SCOPEThe ever-changing global environment increasingly demands higher standards of board leadership. The program will examine best practices of successful boards and enable you to drive strategy, manage risk, understand board dynamics and enhance enterprise value. In addition, the program will provide the participants with the key tools to help them position their boards for long-term success.

While your corporate board may have broadly defined legal duties, its role in evaluat ing management prov id ing strategic oversight and dealing with the comp lex i t y o f t oday ' s regu la to ry environment has never been more tested or more critically dependent on effective leadership. Whether the issue is financial resilience, corporate strategy, executive compensation or regulatory compliance, this program is designed to help you promote sound governance. You will learn what it takes to design an optimal board structure, lead the organization through periods of adversity and opportunity, and

harness the considerable talents of yourboard members to create a cohesive and forward thinking unit.

STRUCTUREThe structure of the program has been designed to include topics that directly impact board members and enhance their effectiveness while discharging duties on the Board. The program is designed as a series of intensive sessions spread over three days. To ensure efficacy, the program is complete ly res ident ia l and al l participants are required to be on site for the complete duration.

EVENT FLOWThe program starts with the inaugural session on Corporate Governance and is followed by sharing insights by senior Members of the boards and Independent directors. The next two days includes series of sessions covering various aspects of the IDs and a working dinner consisting of a Boardroom case study.

PROGRAM CONSTRUCT

INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATEGOVERNANCEThis module covered the nuances that are associated with the changing scenario. Included within corporate governance are topics such as structure of Boards to pursue the set of goals while reflect ing the context o f soc ia l , regulatory and market environment.

BOARD DYNAMICSWhen sitting on corporate boards interpersonal relationships play a major role in achieving the set of objectives that the organization as a whole aims for. This module highlights the importance of this aspect while working on corporate boards.

TRANSITION FROM LEADING TOINFLUENCINGThis module covers personal drivers and motivation for taking up an Independent director position on a board, owing to the pros and cons of the roles and responsibilities. This module reveals the core nuances of the roles of an Independent Director and how one should decide upon

the approach one needs to take, while taking up the position, followed by understanding the distinction between being an Executive vs a Non-Executive role.

ROLE OF THE BOARDThe module consists of imparting working knowledge of intricacies of working within boards, where working styles matter in order to reach a desired result, tasks of the Board and clarifying board meeting roles and responsibilities of the Chairman, Directors and the Company Secretaries.

THE DIRECTOR AND THE LAWThe module enables the participants to understand the legal dut ies and obligations associated with being a director. It also touches upon the judiciary duties.

Specific nuances re lated to the Independent Directors, handling a situation of mismanagement and protecting oneself from potential management defaults.

TOPICS

The following topics are covered during the 3 days of training:

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RISK & CRISIS MANAGEMENT FOR THE BOARDRisk Management module enables the participants to identify and assess the r i sks faced by an o rgan iza t ion , unanticipated crisis such as hostile and friendly takeovers, CEO departures and firings and ways to approach and deal in context with the known and unknown risks.

PEOPLE STRATEGY ANDORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENTThe module focuses on organizational development and the support of boards for the same. Emphasis was given to leadership style in normal day-to-day workings and in case of conflicts.

DIRECTORS’ ROLE IN STRATEGYDeveloping a strategic plan to generate value for the company and the role of the Board in developing that strategic plan are the issues that are touched upon during the session. Understanding how a Board can hamper growth and ways to curb it are also part of this module.

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ANDREPORTINGThe module covers understanding and interpreting the balance sheets and statements of changes in equity. Audit committee basics such as qualification of reports and formulation of an external financial reporting and disclosure strategy are the topics that are also emphasized upon.

WORKING OF COMMITTEESThis module is instrumental in imparting the functional knowledge of various committees and understanding the key characteristics of such committees. The session also covered challenges and solutions on recruiting, motivating and compensating the CEO for corporate success.

CSRCorporate and social responsibility is an ongoing challenge in today's corporate environment and the module focussed on CSR in light of the new Company’s Act 2013.

TOPICS

NAME DESIGNATION ORGANISATION

Anita Ramachandran Founder Cerebrus Consultants

Amal Ganguli Board Member HCl Technologies

Barnik Maitra Partner Mckinsey

Chris Pierce CEO Global Governance Services / Board Evaluation Ltd. Deepak Satwaleker Venture Advisor / Independent Director Nexus Venture Partners/ ID on multiple boards Jan Nigel Bladen Chief Operating Officer Dubai Financial Services Authority Dr. Keith D'souza Faculty SPJIMR

Kalpana Unadkat Partner Khaitan & Co

Nawshir Mirza Independent Director Thermax Ltd.

Nitin Kini Partner KPMG

O. P . Bhatt Independent Director Ex. Chairman. SBI / lndependent Director HUL, ONGC. TCS Boards Omkar Goswami Chairman CERG Advisory Pvt. Ltd.

Pradeep Mallick Advisor Independent Director

Prof. Prem Chandrani Faculty SPJIMR

Prof. Raghu Iyer Adjunct Faculty SPJIMR

Rama Bijapurkar Independent Director Independent Director On Crisil. M&M Financial Services. Etc. Boards

Rajesh Tiwari CEO Indian Centre for CSR

Shailesh Haribhakti Managing Partner Haribhakti & Co.

Santrupt Misra CEO Aditya Birla

Sid Khanna CMD lEP Fund Advisors Pvt Ltd.

V. Venkataramanan Partner KPMG

Vladislava (Slava) Ryabota Regional Corporate Governance International Finance Corporation Lead for South Asia

The training program is administered by industry practioners and faculty:

FACULTY


PARTICIPANTS - BATCH 1

Badri Krishnan Managing Director WSP - India

Bharat Jain Independent Consultant Bharat Jain & Co. to Gaja Capital

Dinesh Shastri General Manager Tata Steel Global Minerals

Garfield De Souza Managing Director Writer Corporation

Lathika Pai Founder & Chief Executive Officer Jobcorp Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

S K Mitra Independent Director AMR Group, Azure Capital Advisors, Hexaware Technologies

Pradeep Mallick Independent Director Various Boards Including Elantas Beck India, ESAB India, Foseco India and Tube Investments of India

Pranab Datta Chairman Knight Frank India

Rajeev Singhal Executive Incharge - Fam Division Tata Steel

V S Rangan Executive Director HDFC

Subhasis Ghosh Managing Director APM Terminals India

Sudha Ravi Chief Executive Officer Piramal HealthCare Finance

Sunil Bhaskaran Deputy Vice President Tata Steel Ltd. Corporate Services

Sunil Pahilajani Managing Director & Greaves Cotton Ltd. Chief Executive Officer


Adil Malia Group President - HR ESSAR

Arun Misra Deputy Vice Prestdent, (Operations) The Tata Steel Ltd. Odisha Project

Bhavin Mukund Mehta Director Kilitch Drugs

Dhanushkodi Sivanandhan Additional Director The Ratnakar Bank Ltd.

Dibyendu Dutta Chief Group Mergers and Acquisition The Tata Steel Ltd

Girish Vasant Godbole Director The Ratnakar Bank Ltd.

Gopal D Shrikanth CEO Coach & Strategist G D 360

Kiran Jaykumar Patil Director The Ratnakar Bank Ltd.

R.Kannan Chairman Shasun Pharmacueticals Ltd.

Mukund Prasad Director - Group HR, Business Welspun Transformation & Group CIO

Naresh Kumar Taneja President HR & Admin IRB Infra

R Ranganath Deputy Vice President The Tata Steel Ltd Finance - India & South East Asia

Rica Bhattacharyya Assistant Editor Times Group

Rubi Arya Director Milestone Capital Advisors Ltd.

Ravindra Rao General Manager Fullerton India Credit Co Ltd. Sales & Distribution

Samita Shah Chief Group Financial Strategy The Tata Steel Ltd & Investor Relations

Shital Kakkar Mehra Corporate Etiquette & International Soft Skills International Protocol Consultant

Sonali Thakker Director The Dukes Retreat

Srinath Srinivasan Chief Investment Officer Oman India Joint Investment Fund

Sudhanshu Pathak Deputy V.P. Steel Manufacturing The Tata Steel Ltd

Vikram Narayan MD & Country Manager Experian Services India Pvt Ltd.



Ajay Bimbhet MD & CEO Royal Sundaram Insurance

Anil Matai Country Head Novartis

Anjali Seth Entrepreneur Legal Consultant

Anne Prabhu Senior Partner Hunt Partners

Ashok Kumar Barat MD & CEO Forbes & Company

Diwan Jayavardhan Dhar Director Odyssey India Advisors

Gaurav Soni Director HR Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.

Gopal Bansal Executive Director Swaraj Mazda ISUZU Limited

Jayanti Shukla Executive Director United Way of India and Mumbai

Jugal Choudhary Director MWH Global

Karunakaran Sathianathan CEO Freightstar Pvt Ltd.

Keyuri Singh Head of HR Bluestar lnfotech

P V Krishna Entrepreneur Independent Consultant

Mandeep Maitra Head Asia Hot Spots Movement

Manikkan Sangameswaran President - Infrastructure ICICI Venture Funds Management Company Ltd.



Mohan V Executive Director Heinz India Private Ltd.

Purvisheth CEO Shilputsi Consultants

Rajgopal Thirumalai VP, Global Medical & Occupational Health Hindustan Unilever

Sandeep Dhar Former CEO TESCO HSC

Sanjay Kumar CEO and MD Altran India

Sanjit Singh Lamba MD Eisai Pharma technology

Shikha Hora Kamdar Head - Consumer Durable Loans Capital First Ltd.

Shridhar Narayan Managing Director Pegasus Fin Invest Advisory Pvt Ltd.

Shyamendra Narain Ex-CEO Director & Advisor TATA Batteries

Sreekumar P CEO Fenix Financial Services

Sudhanshu Tewari Head Delivery, Pre-sales Trimax IT Infrastructure & Services Ltd.

Suma Venkatesh VP - Development The Indian Hotels Co. Ltd.

Vijay Mahajan Advisor & Director Several Organisations

Vikas Choudhury COO & CFO Aimia India



Anjana Menon Head - Compensation & Benefits Aditya Birla Financial Services Group

Arvind Saraf Entrepreneur Independent Consultant

Arun Hariharan Founder & CEO The CPI Coach

Bharat Banka CEO Aditya Birla Capital Advisors Pvt Ltd.

Bhavna Thakur Founder U Want

Dinesh Chhabra CEO Usha International

Hari Mundra Director & Advisor Entrepreneur

Manisha Lath Gupta Ex- EVP, Axis Bank Entrepreneur

Mohan R. Sharma Partner Thought Leaders Academy

Rakesh Bhutoria Managing Director Standard Chartered Bank

Rupa Kothari Director BDO India

Shanthi Nair Executive Director Nomura International

Shyam Rohra Entrepreneur Sunergy Partners

Smita Affinwala Entrepreneur Independent Consultant

Srividhya Ramakrishnan Advisor Tynker

Suparna Chakrabortti Consultant A.C. Chakrabortti Associates

P Senthil Kumar CEO Gardner Consulting



Anurag Prakash Lal CEO Astrilucus Consulting Group

Dilip Bidani CFO Dr Lal Path Labs Pvt Ltd.

Girish Bhat Entrepreneur Ex - Group CFO Gammon India Ltd.

Harish Gandhi Director Cisco Systems India Pvt. Ltd.

Jagannadham Thunuguntla Head of Research SMC Global Securities Ltd.

Manekk Jain Director Business Mahavir Die Casters Pvt. Ltd. Development & Strategy

Om P Manchanda CEO Dr Lal PathLabs Pvt.Ltd.

Pankaj Gupta Head Legal and Goodyear India Limited Company Secretary

Rajeev Kochar Director Covidien

Rajiv Bajaj Partner Nomura Research Institute

Sajal Mittra Director Blupith Consultancy Pvt. Ltd.

Sandeep Puri Global Client Advisor Oracle

Sanjay Jain Managing Director Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd.

Shalini Singh Lead Author Godfrey Philips India Ltd.

Shefali Chhachhi Capability Consultant The Brand Learning Partners

Shrikant Bairagi Managing Director TREMEC India Automotive Pvt. Ltd.

Suneel Aradhye Group CIO RPG Enterprises




Ajay Pareek HOD – Urban Business FICC Fullerton India

Amar Sinhji Executive Director Khaitan & Co.

Anil Radhakrishnan Chief Executive Officer Adani Logistics

Ashish Masand Director Strategic Business Siemens PLM Software

Bashyam Krishnan Chief Executive Officer Horizon Pulp & Paper

Chandni Sahgal Managing Director Dessence Hospitality Advisory Services

Girish Mehta Group CEO Oncquest Labs +DCA Imaging

Gopal Bansal Whole Time Director & CFO SML ISUZU

Kayzad Hiramanek Chief Operating Officer Avantha ERGO Life Insurance

Paresh shah Senior Vice President & Syniverse Technologies General Manager

Prakash Gaba Chairman Gaba & Gaba Financial Advisors

Rajan Dutta Managing Director Xstrops Consulting

Rajesh Gupta Vice President - Managed Services TPI Advisory Services India

Shankar Krishnan Group Head - Strategy Shapoorji Pallonji

Shib Bhowmik Country Head & Managing Director Joy Global India

Sunil Jose Managing Director Teradata India

Vasant Sanzgiri Group Head Human Resources Shapoorji Pallonji

Vidhya Pai Financial Consultant P V Pai & Co.



B S Kampani CEO & MD Toyo Ink India

Balakrishna Adiga Advisor CenturyLink

Bhavani Shankar Director Bettinelli Automation Components

Francois Montrelay Managing Partner P2P Consultants

Haani Khorakiwala Director Biostadt India

Himanshu Saxena Founder & CEO Center of Strategic Mindset Hitungshu Debnath Managing Director & COO CSR Company International

Kannan Tyagarajan Managing Director JP Morgan Chase

Kishore Gotety Country Head India Singapore InvestCorp (India)

Madhu Poomalil Managing Director D. E. Shaw India Software

Manoj Gidwani Partner SKP Business Consulting

Nalin Kumar President of International SREI Infrastructure Finance and Strategic Alliance

Pankaj Malik Chief Financial Officer Fullerton India Home Finance

Rajeev Anthony Managing Director Schueco India

Rani Desai Chief People Officer Deloitte

Rupesh Paparaju Director Bettinelli Automation Components

Sandeep Sood Managing Director FETTE Compacting India

Shrihari Gokhale President Global Services Fiserv India

Shubhendra Panse CEO & MD Ipsen Technologies

Sudarshan Jain Managing Director Abbott Healthcare

Sujath P Senior Vice President Cholamandalam investments & & Company Secretary Finance Company

Sunder Rajan CEO Sona Koyo Steering Systems

V Laxmikanth Managing Director Broadridge Financial Solutions India



Alok Kanagat Vice President - Engg & Projects Tata Steel

Anupriya Acharya Chief Executive officer Publicis Media

Ashutosh Lavakare Managing Director and CFO Everstone Capital Advisors

Deepak Jayaram Founder Transition Insight

Dhanpal Jhaveri Managing Partner - PE Everstone Capital Advisors

Gurpreet Malhi Chief Executive officer ALBA Asia Pvt. Ltd Harsh Gandhi Executive Director GRP limited

Jamshed Daboo Managing Director Trent Hypermarket

Kavita Venugopal Consultant Consultant

Madhura Dasgupta Sinha Head - Employee Experience IDFC

Mahesh Kothurkar Founder Global Footprint Advisory

Nirvikar Jain Chief Representative Officer First Gulf Bank

P M Devaiah Partner and General Counsel Everstone Capital Advisors

Sudhir Rao Independent Director RBL Bank

Prashant Pathak MD & CEO Delcure Lifesciences

Praveen Somani Director Strategy & NBD Inland logistics

R Ramakrishnan Vice Chairman, Joint Managing Director Polycab Group and Group CEO

Rajesh Narain Gupta Managing Partner SNG & Partners, Advocates & Solicitors

Rajiv Yadav Director ACW Holdings Dubai

Ravi Krishnamurthy Executive Director SBI Life

Richa Arora COO - Consumer business Tata Chemicals Sanjeev Aggarwal President & CFO Indo Rama Synthetics India

Shally Mukherjee Senior Vice President DDB Mudra

Sudhanshu Pandit Vice President - HR Symantec India

Sushil Luniya CEO JK Files (Raymond)

Vishal Sharma SVP and President - Middle East Ecolab Inc. and Africa



Abhinav Dhall Executive Director Standard Chartered PE

Amar Kaul Territory Vice President and Business Ingersoll Rand Head India, Middle East & South Africa

Arachana Shiroor Director, Head Human Resource, India Barclays Bank PLC Arvind Shore Independent Consultant Independent Consultant

Atul Khosla Managing Director CRH India

Balaram Garg Managing Director PC Jewellers Ltd Girish Deshpande Chief Financial Officer Foodland

Mayank Lakhani Partner SKP

Mragank Jain Executive Director Standard Chartered PE

Nachiket Naik Managing Director IREP Credit Capital

Naveen Chopra Chief Operating officer Vodafone

P K Walia Vice President Consumer PBU - India Goodyear

Ravitta Valia Director Boston Scientific

S. Varadarajan Former - Chief Human Resources officer Tata SIA Airlines Limited & Head of Corporate Affairs

Sandeep Asthana Chief Financial officer Sun Lfe Financial

Sanjay Bhandarkar Senior Advisor Rothschild Global Advisory

Sarju Simaria Chief Financial Officer Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance (Executive Vice President) Company

Sharda Agarwal Co-Founder Sepalika

Stefano Pelle Managing Director Piaggio Vehicles Private Limited

Udai Dhawan Managing Director Standard Chartered PE

Upendra Deglurkar President and Local Entity Head Bobst India Vibhav Parikh Executive Director Standard Chartered PE

Vijay Chakravarthy Executive Director Standard Chartered PE

SPEAKER PROFILES

Barnik Chitran Maitra is a Partner at McKinsey & Company's Mumbai office and the leader of Strategy & Corporate Finance practice in India. He also co-leads the Telecom, Media & Technology and Agriculture practices in Asia.

Barnik has helped several leading Indian companies globalize their businesses. He has counselled more than 20 Fortune 500 companies on strategies for new market entry, turnarounds of emerging market businesses, and capturing new opportunities in technology and agriculture. He has also helped client organizations build the next generation of leaders.

Barnik is IIT Kharagpur and IIM-Ahmedabad Alumnus.

Dr. Chris Pierce is the Chief Executive Officer of Global Governance Services Ltd. and a Consultant for Board Evaluations Ltd. He works with policy makers, directors and boards in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the US and South America.

Prior to this, he was the Director of Professional Standards and Professional Development at the Institute of Directors (IoD) in the UK. He has also held senior management positions in the Overseas Development Administration, British Airways and Leeds Business School.

Besides conducting a number of corporate governance assessments and board evaluations, Chris has been involved in the training and development of executive directors in many large multinational listed companies and private companies. He has been involved in developing non-executive directors in some of the largest National Investment Authorities and Sovereign Wealth Funds in the World.

Chris has written extensively on director and board development issues and regularly speaks at international conferences.

He is an associate at the Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries, a Visiting Professor at City University London, an Executive Fellow of Henley Management College, and a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield Management School and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

Dr. Chris Pierce

Barnik Chitran Maitra

Nawshir H. Mirza

Nawshir is an independent director on the boards of Thermax Ltd., Tata Power Ltd. and some of its subsidiaries.

Since 2003 Nawshir has been involved in the movement for improved governance in the corporate sector.

Nawshir is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He was with S.R.Batliboi & Co./Ernst & Young, from 1967 till his (early) retirement in April 2003, in its Calcutta and Mumbai offices. He also worked in the London office.

Nawshir was the country head of Jardine Matheson Ltd. for over ten years after retiring from the profession, during which time he also served on other boards of companies and charities.

Nawshir has contributed to the governance and accounting professions, being a speaker or the chair at conferences in India & abroad and authoring a number of professional publications. He has chaired and served on the boards of various professional bodies and chambers of commerce.

Nawshir is actively involved with the Indian Red Cross.

Vladislava (Slava) Ryabota, joined Mumbai office of IFC as a Senior Corporate Governance (CG) Officer in October 2013. She joined IFC in 1997 and worked in a number of corporate governance advisory projects and was covering investment operations in Europe and Central Asia. As a Regional Corporate Governance Lead for South Asia she serves as the main point of contact in the region for both CG investment support and all advisory services operations, including assistance to IFC investment clients. Slava graduated from the Law Faculty of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University in 1993. She continued her education at Essex University, Great Britain. After returning to Ukraine Slava worked as a lawyer. She holds a PhD on mergers and acquisitions and is a mediator accredited by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution in Great Britain. She is a professional trainer and the author of a number of books and articles on corporate governance, commercial law and mediation.

Vladislava (Slava)Ryabota

SPEAKER PROFILES

O.P. Bhatt is currently an independent Non-Executive Director of Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Tata Consultancy Services as well as serving as an Non-Executive Director of Standard Chartered PLC since January 2013. He is also a Governor on the Board of the Center for Creative Leadership, a US non-profit leadership development organization.

In a career spanning 38 years with SBI, Mr. Bhatt held a number of roles beginning with the Lead Bank Department, which ushered in financial inclusion, leading the project team that pioneered SBI's technology initiative in the 1990s, assignments at SBI's London and Washington offices, general management roles between 2004-2006, and Managing Director of SBI in 2006, culminating in his appointment as Chairman in the same year. Under his leadership, SBI rose on the Global List rankings of Fortune 500.

Mr. Bhatt has also served as Chairman of the Indian Banks' Association.

Mr. Bhatt was nominated 'Banker of the Year' by Business Standard and CNN-IBN Indian of the Year for Business in 2007. Mr. Bhatt holds a Graduate degree in Physics and a Post Graduate degree in English literature (Gold Medal).

O.P.Bhat

Kalpana is a solicitor and partner at Khaitan & C0’s Mumbai office. Prior to joining Khaitan, she worked at Ashurst’s London office for 10 years. Kalpana is qualified to practise both Indian laws and English laws. While working in London, she played a key role in building Ashurst’s India practice and built a team at Germany, Milan, Paris and Singapore. Having set up Ashurst’s India practice and since returning to Mumbai in 2008, she has experience of over 20 years in c r o s s b o r d e r j o i n t v e n t u r e s a n d corporate/mergers & acquisitions by delivering practical solutions to clients on doing business in India. She is experienced in leading diverse teams in dynamic environments while achieving success in competitive markets. She is focused and has a consultative and collaborative style. She regularly acts for international companies and is recognised in independent guides as one of the leading lawyers. Kalpana is well recognized expert on corporate governance, d ivers i ty and leadersh ip development. Her passion is to bring changes to the corporate Governance principles at decision making level and in this regard she has led several workshops and works with corporates. She also advises on board effectiveness, particularly around issues of corporate governance, leadership, organizational climate and decision-making. Kalpana is also a board member of public companies (including listed companies) and various committees. Kalpana has also been on the editorial board of International Energy Law & Taxation Review (for India section). She has published numerous art ic les and is a f requent speaker at conferences. She is co-author of the research “Women on Board”. She has been frequently quoted in newspapers on corporate governance and M&A deals in India.

Kalpana Unadkat

Prof. Raghu Iyer is an adjunct faculty at S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research. He is a Chartered Accountant with about thirty years of experience in conducting audits, valuations, consulting and due diligence for various businesses in India, US, Europe, Africa and Middle East. He caters to a host of clients including HDFC, HSBC, TCS, Motilal Oswal, Godrej Group of Companies, Deloitte, UBS, J. P. Morgan to name a few. Raghu regularly conducts training in the domain of Finance & Accounting, Equity Valuation, Derivatives, Accounting for Derivatives & Financial Instruments and IFRS.

Venkat has been a member of the KPMG's financial services practice since 1999 and has worked with banks and financial institutions on audit, due diligence and securities offering assignments in India and the UK. Venkat was part of the team that established KPMG's Accounting Advisory Services practice in India in 2008 and has been the engagement partner on IFRS conversion and other engagements for a number of banking and insurance companies in India the South Asian Region. From 2010 till December 2012, Venkat was the financial services sector leader for KPMG's Risk Consulting practice in India, where he was responsible for accounting advisory, financial risk management, governance, risk and compliance and forensic service offerings for the FS sector for KPMG in India. He has also been closely associated with regulators from an accounting perspective including as a member of committees of the Reserve Bank of India and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India in addition to being an advisor to the Indian Banks' Association. Venkat has been a co-author of KPMG's insights into IFRS and KPMG's Illustrative Financial Statements for Banks and is also a member of KPMG's global financial instruments accounting topic team. Venkat is a qualified chartered accountant and commerce graduate from University of Mumbai.

V. Venkataramanan

Prof. Raghu Iyer

PHOTO MONTAGE

PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK & COMMENTS

Very good & educative. Almost all the sessions

were valuable. Most liked among be say role plays

of Board room & the financial analysis.

- V S. Rangan, Executive Director, HDFC.

With the fast growth in the economy, businesses have expanded

considerably increasing the roles and responsibilities of

Independent Directors. So there is a need for various initiatives

to help Ids with knowledge across sectors and to update the

latest regulatory developments.

- Sudha Ravi, CEO, Piramal Finance Ltd.

Legal & Risk were the best spoken

and covered relevant topics

- Srinath Srinivasan, Chief Investment Officer, Oman India Joint Investment Fund

Particularly enjoyed Raghu's session. Made a seemingly

difficult subject riveting and lucid.Anita & Pradeep's session

was extremely insightful.Role play was beautifully co

ordinated.

- Rica Bhattacharyya, Assistant Editor, Times Group

Overall design of the program is very good. Participant

group is mixed, including freshers,which makes it quite

interesting.

- R Kannan, Chairman, Shasun Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Shailesh Haribakti’s session was very helpful. Chris

knowledge & experience has helped greatly

- Rubi Arya, Director, Milestone Capital Advisors Ltd.

PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK & COMMENTS

Board perspective, good presentations, good participations, interactive, very refreshing

- S K Mitra, Independent Director

Truly, thanks and kudos to Hunt Partners for the meticulous planning, the seamless flow from one topic to the next. the harmonious juxtaposing of the subjects and the quiet but incisive observation of every aspect of the program as it unfolded, day after day

- Pradeep Mallick, Independent Director, Ex-Regional Director Cll

Truly, thanks and kudos to Hunt Partners for the meticulous planning, the seamless flow from one topic to the next. the harmonious juxtaposing of the subjects and the quiet but incisive observation of every aspect of the program as it unfolded, day after day

- Pradeep Mallick,Independent - Director, Ex-Regional Director Cll

A lot of ground has been covered. Articulations were very good, authenticity was maintained.

- Anjana Menon, Head Compensations & Benefits, Aditya Birla financial services group

Very useful, not only for people on the board but also enriching for personal & professional level. Well crafted agenda couriered well.

- Dinesh Chhabra, CEO Usha International

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