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MMr. Bajpai is a distinguished leader in Indian business. He has held offices as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC).

Mr. Bajpai is known for his visionary leadership and exemplary integrity. He has served as a non-Executive Chairman and a director on various corporate boards in India and other countries. He is the recipient of several awards for unparalleled contribution to business. He is also a published author.

Mr. Bajpai has been the Chairman of the Corporate Governance Task Force of International Organisation of Securities Commissions, Insurance Institute of India and has served on the Governing Boards of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and National Insurance Academy.

He has delivered lectures at London School of Economics (LSE), Harvard University, and MIT and has addressed Stanford University, OECD & IMF seminars. He has received among others the Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Finance award from Former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

Mr. Bajpai holds a degree in Law and Masters in Commerce. Mr. Bajpai was appointed as a Director on March 16, 2007 and was further appointed as the Chairman of the Company at the Board meeting held on October 24, 2007.

Mr. Kishore Biyani founded Pantaloons in 1997. He has also established a number of popular retail formats, including Big Bazaar, Central, Food Bazaar, Brand Factory and Home Town, which cater to a wide cross-section of Indian consumers.

In the recent years, Mr. Biyani has led the Group’s transformation into one of India’s leading business houses with presence in capital, consumer finance, insurance, brand development, retail, real estate development and logistics.

A staunch believer in the Group’s corporate credo, ‘Rewrite Rules, Retain Values,’ Mr. Biyani considers “Indianness” as the core value driving the Group.

He was recognised as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2006 in the Services Sector. He is the recipient of the Lakshmipat Singhania - IIM Lucknow Young Business Leader award by former Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2006. He was also awarded the CNBC First Generation Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006.

Mr. Biyani holds a postgraduate Diploma in Marketing and a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce.

Mr. Vijay Biyani has more than thirty two years of experience in manufacturing, textiles and retail industry.

Mr. Biyani holds Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce.

With an experience of more than 26 years, Mr. Krishan Kant Rathi has a deep insight of various verticals, such as Corporate Finance, Strategic Business Planning and Investment Advisory.

He has been associated with reputed organisations KEC International, H&R Johnson, Future Retail Limited (Formerly known as Pantaloon Retail (India) Limited) and Motilal Oswal Private Equity Advisors. He has previously worked as Group CFO with Pantaloon Retail. His role mainly focused on strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, treasury management and corporate governance.

Mr. Krishan Kant Rathi is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce.

Ms. Jennifer Sparks is the Regional Chief Financial Officer of Generali Asia. She is responsible for driving the regional finance and accounting operations as well as monitoring the financial management of Generali’s businesses in Asia.

Ms. Sparks has over 30 years of international experience in insurance and financial services across Australia, Japan and Korea. Prior to joining Generali, she was CEO of Hartford Life Insurance KK. Between 2003 and 2011, she held various senior management positions within AIG, including Chief Financial Officer for AIG Edison Life in Japan and Regional Controller for AIG Life companies in Japan and Korea. She started her career with AMP in Australia before moving to Japan in 1997.

Ms. Sparks has been a specialist in various actuarial and underwriting roles and has significant experience in financial and risk management. Her strong command over both English and Japanese and her participative leadership style has helped her effectively communicate with all levels of management.

Ms. Sparks is a graduate from the University of Adelaide and holds a degree in Bachelor of Science with First Class Honours in Applied Mathematics. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries of Australia.

Mr. Fabrice Benard is the Regional Head of Property & Casualty (P&C), Retail of Asia. He is responsible for steering the strategic growth and development of the Generali P&C business in Asia. With over 15 years of experience, Mr. Fabrice Benard brings on board deep technical and strategic experience in P&C retail, actuarial, risk management, financial, bancassurance and M&A. He has worked in Europe and the Gulf in a variety of roles with AXA, Credit Agricole, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Zurich.

Ms. Bhavna Doshi brings with her over 28 years wide-ranging experience in the fields of taxation, corporate laws, accounting, corporate governance, restructuring and valuations and she has also handled varied assignments across sectors for domestic and multinational entities involving accounting, taxation and regulatory matters.

Ms. Doshi was actively involved in the development of Goods and Service Tax implementation in India.Ms. Doshi was elected to the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for four terms of three years each, the only woman in the profession of accountancy to achieve this distinction. ICAI is a large accounting body with a membership of over 100,000 members and has branches across India and Chapters outside India. During her tenure in the Council, she had the opportunity to serve on several committees like Board of Studies, Research Committee, Professional Development Committee, Examination Committee, Ethical Standards Committee, Vision Committee and others.Notable among them is her chairing the Accounting Standards Board, which has the responsibility of formulating and implementing accounting standards in India.
She has served as a member of Compliance Committee of International Federation of Accountants, headquartered in New York, the first Indian to have this honor. The Committee, during her tenure, worked on development of the Member Body Compliance program involving Statement of Membership Obligations (SMOs) and also commenced its implementation across the world.

A former partner of a full member firm of KPMG in India, she is currently providing advisory services.The well-being and all-round growth of women, youth and children are issues very close to her heart, and she commits time to the activities in this field.Ms. Doshi is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and was ranked second in the merit list and holds a Master’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai.

Dr. Devi Singh has served as the Vice Chancellor of FLAME University, Pune. He spent about a year in Jaipur setting up a new University before moving to Pune in August 2016.
Dr. Singh has served as a Director of the Indian Institute of Management- Lucknow for more than ten years and of Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon for four and half years. He is a well -known Professor of International Finance and Management.
Dr. Singh is recognized as one of the top Academic Leaders in India who has created and transformed Institutions of higher learning. Before joining MDI, he was a visiting professor at the Faculty of Management, McGill University, Canada for five years. He has been a Ford Foundation and UNDP Fellow (International Management Education). He has also been a visiting faculty at the International Centre for Public Enterprises, Slovenia. ESCP Europe, SKK Graduate School of Business, Seoul, and Kelly School of Business, Indiana. He is an alumnus Fellow of the Institute of World Affairs, Connecticut. He has taught at leading Business Schools in India.

Dr. Singh has published and presented research papers at various national/international journals/conferences. Dr. Singh is author of three books in Finance and Management. Has been a consultant to leading Indian and multinational organizations in India.
He has been on several policy level Committees of Government of India, All India Council for Technical Education, PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PHDCCI), Standing Committee on Public Enterprises (SCOPE) and All India Management Association (AIMA). He has been a member of Boards/Executive Councils of Indian Institute of Management, Kozikhode, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, NITTIE, Mumbai, Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Jamia Islamia University, New Delhi, Tejpur University, Tejpur, University of Allahabad, Allahabad and two new Central Universities. Mentor and Founder Director, IIM Rohtak(2010-11) and IIM Kashipu(2011-12).

Dr. Singh has also served as Member on the RBI’S Appointments Board, UPSC Committee Constituted for Designing CSAT and Nomination Committee of AACSB. He was on the Board of India Fulbright was nominated on the International Accreditation Advisory Board of Association of MBAs for three years. He was the President of Association of Indian Management Schools in 2006-07 and member of the All India Board of Management Studies of AICTE for six years. Dr. Singh has served on many corporate Boards and is currently on the Board of Governors of some of the leading Public and Private Sector companies. Dr. Singh has received several awards including ISTE National Fellow (2007), UP Ratan (2008), Best Director of a Business School (1999), Ravi J Mathai Fellow ( 2013), and Bharat Ashmita Award (2013). Dr. Singh holds Ph.D. in International Finance from Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad.

Mr. Abhinandan K. Jain with a special interest in customer based business strategy and case method of learning, is an adjunct Professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) since 2011. He retired as a professor in 2010 after completing 40 years of service and teaching a multitude of students pursuing master’s and doctoral level programs. He has been a visiting faculty at IIM Udaipur, IIM Shillong, IPMI Jakarta, Indonesia, Multi- Media University, Malaysia and Pokhara and Tribhuvan, Nepal.

He has served as a member of several high-level committees set up by professional and government institutions and on the Board of Governors (IIMA).

Judged as best teacher by participants of several batches of IIMA, Mr. Jain has been felicitated for lifetime contribution in the area of management education and research by the International Conference on Research in Marketing (2013) (organised by IIT Delhi, XLRI Jamshedpur, and Curtin University, Australia).

He has been a consultant in the areas of marketing and management to a large number of public, private, and government organizations across varied sectors. His publications include three books and a large number of articles and cases on Marketing and Management.

Mr. Jain holds degrees in BE (Mechanical Engineering from Jodhpur University), Post Graduate Programme in Management (IIMA), and Fellow Programme in Management (IIMA).

An industry veteran, Mr. Anup, has a career spanning over 23 years of which the last 18 years have been with leading insurance companies. Prior to joining Future Generali India Insurance, he was associated with Edelweiss General Insurance as a Chief Executive Officer. He has also worked with Reliance Nippon Life Insurance, HDFC Life and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance in key leadership positions.

Mr. Anup has a wide experience in working of both Life Insurance Company and General Insurance Company. He was elected in the 4 members Executive Committee of the Life Council, the official industry representative body of the Life Insurance industry. Mr. Anup was selected by Business Today amongst India’s best young CEOs in 2014.

Mr. Anup holds an Honours degree in Economics from Delhi University. He has also done MBA in Marketing from Mumbai University.