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Board of Directors
Mr. D. N. Ghosh, Chairman
Mr. Dhruba Narayan Ghosh is the Non-Executive Chairman and an Independent Director of ICRA and has been associated with the Company since its incorporation. He is also Chairman of Audit Committee, and Remuneration Committee, besides being Chairman of ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited. Mr. Ghosh has extensive experience in the fields of finance and administration, having worked as Secretary, Department of Production & Supplies, Ministry of Defence; Chairman of State Bank of India; Chairman of the Boards of Directors of Philips India Limited and Larsen & Toubro Limited; Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow; Chairman of Management Development Institute, Gurgaon; and Chairman of the Peerless Group of Companies. Currently, Mr. Ghosh is associated with a number of companies as Chairman and Director.
Mr. Dhruba Narayan Ghosh is on the Board of Directors of the following organisations:
ICRA Limited
ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited
Sundaram BNP Paribas Asset Management Company Limited
Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited
Birla Corporation Limited
Dr. Uddesh Kohli
Dr. Uddesh Kohli is an Independent Director of ICRA. He is an Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Industrial Administration from the Manchester University, UK. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. Dr. Kohli has been Chairman and Managing Director of Power Finance Corporation Limited, and has worked with the Planning Commission, Government of India, reaching the position of Advisor (Additional Secretary level). He has carried out international assignments for Asian Development Bank, United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Office for Project Services. Dr. Kohli’s areas of expertise include development planning, finance, project formulation, appraisal, sustainability and monitoring, power/energy planning, Corporate Social Responsibility training and human resource development.
Dr. Uddesh Kohli is on the Board of Directors of the following organisations:
ICRA Limited
Alstom Projects India Limited
Lanco Infratech Limited
Power Equity Capital Advisors (Pvt.) Limited
PTC India Financial Services
R K Wind Limited
Lanco Power Trading Limited
Henkel India Limited
Prof. Deepak Nayyar
Prof. Deepak Nayyar, an eminent economist, is an Independent Director of ICRA. He is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Earlier, he has taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Sussex, and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Professor Nayyar was Vice Chancellor of the University of Delhi from 2000 to 2005. He also served as Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. In the past, he was a Director on the Boards of The State Trading Corporation of India, the State Bank of India, Export-Import Bank of India, and Maruti Udyog. He was educated at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi. Thereafter, as a Rhodes Scholar, he went on to study at Balliol College, University of Oxford, where he obtained a B. Phil and a D. Phil in Economics. He has received the V.K.R.V. Rao Award for his contribution to research in Economics. He is an Honorary Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford. Professor Nayyar is Chairman of the Board of Governors of the UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research, Helsinki. He has served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Social Science Research Council in the United States, and Chairman of the Advisory Council for the Department of International Development, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. He served as a member of the National Knowledge Commission in India. He was also Vice President of the International Association of Universities, Paris.
Prof. Deepak Nayyar is on the Board of Directors of the following organisations:
Steel Authority of India Limited
Birla Corporation Limited
Mr. P. G. Mankad
Mr. Piyush Gunwantrai Mankad, an Independent Director of ICRA, is a retired civil servant with a distinguished career of over 40 years in the prestigious Indian Administrative Service, which he joined in 1964, topping his batch. He was educated at Delhi University, India, and later at Cambridge, U.K., where he obtained a post-graduate Diploma in Development Studies, with distinction. Some of the important positions that he held include Counselor (Economic) in the Indian Embassy, Tokyo; Controller of Capital Issues, Ministry of Finance; Finance Secretary, Government of India; and Executive Director for India and four other countries and Board Member, Asian Development Bank, Manila, which was his last assignment till July 2004. His areas of experience and expertise include, among others, public finance and policy; capital market regulation and development; promotion of industry, foreign direct investment and infrastructure; and public administration.
Mr. Piyush Gunwantrai Mankad is on the Board of Directors of the following organisations:
ICRA Limited
Tata International Limited
Tata Elxsi Limited
Tata Power Company Limited
DSP Blackrock Investment Managers Limited
Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited
Max India Limited
Noida Toll Bridge Company Limited
United Breweries (Holdings) Limited
Kingfisher Airlines Limited
Heidelberg Cement India Limited
Mahindra Forgings Limited
SRF Limited
Mr. Amal Ganguli
Mr. Amal Ganguli is an Independent Director of ICRA. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales as well as The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He did his training in London, and worked there with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. Mr. Ganguli joined Price Waterhouse in India in 1964, became a Partner of the firm in 1969 and from 1996 till the time of his retirement, was the Chairman and Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers in India. He has been a member of several study groups of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and has also worked as an independent short-term consultant to the World Bank after his retirement.
Mr. Amal Ganguli is on the Board of Directors of the following organisations:
ICRA Limited
Hughes Communications India Limited
Aricent Technologies (Holdings) Limited
ML Infomap Private Limited
Tube Investments of India Limited
HCL Technologies Limited
New Delhi Television Limited
Tata Communications Limited
Century Textiles and Industries Limited
AVTEC Limited
Maruti Suzuki India Limited
Aptuit Laurus Private Limited
AIG Trustee Company (India) Private Limited
Triveni Engineering and Industries Limited
Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited
Ascendas Property Fund Trustee Private Limited
Ms. Jennifer Elliott
Ms. Jennifer Elliott is a Non-Independent Director of ICRA. She received her B.A. in English Literature and L.L.B. from the University of Sydney and has an M.A. in Southeast Asian Business Studies from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. Ms. Elliott is Group Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Moody’s Asia Pacific Limited, and in that capacity has management and oversight of Moody's business in the Asian region. She also has responsibility for management of the Structured Finance Business in Asia Pacific and Japan. Ms. Elliott has been with Moody's for 16 years working in the United States, Europe and Asia, in both credit and general management functions. Most recently, she was Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Moody's Corporation. In that role, which she held since February 2005, Ms. Elliott was responsible for all aspects of Moody's global Human Resources (HR) activities, including recruiting, employee relations, compensation and benefits, organisational development, and HR information systems. Ms. Elliott joined Moody's Sydney office in 1993 as an analyst in the Structured Finance Group. In 1996, she transferred to Moody's London office, where she was a Vice President–Senior Credit Officer responsible for rating asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) and term transactions across Europe. In 1999, Ms. Elliott was appointed Managing Director for Moody's Australia, and also had responsibility for the Australian Structured Finance Group and the Asian Business Development Group. Prior to joining Moody's, Ms. Elliott worked as a banking and finance lawyer in Sydney.
Ms. Jennifer Elliott is on the Board of Directors of the following organisations:
ICRA Limited
China Chengxin International Credit Rating Company Limited
Moody’s Asia Pacific Limited
Moody’s Investors Service (Beijing) Limited
Moody’s Investors Service (Korea) Inc.
Korea Investors Service Inc.
Moody’s Taiwan Corporation
PT Moody’s Indonesia
Moody’s Investors Service Pty. Limited
Moody’s Investors Service Funds Pty. Limited
Moody’s Mauritius Holdings Limited
Moody’s Investment Company India Private Limited
Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association Limited
Moody’s Singapore Pte. Limited
Moody’s Group Australia Pty. Limited
Moody’s Investors Service Hong Kong Limited
Moody’s Company Hong Kong Limited
Moody’s Japan K.K.
Moody’s Investors Service Singapore Pte. Limited
Moody’s Asia Pacific Group (Singapore) Pte. Limited
Moody’s China (BVI) Limited
Moody’s Indonesia (BVI) Limited
Mr. Frederic Walter Jacques Drevon is a Non- Independent Director of ICRA. He is a Senior Managing Director and the Head of Moody’s for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Mr. Frederic oversees Moody’s research and ratings business in the region. His responsibilities include regional business development as well as regulatory affairs and compliance. He also maintains direct responsibilities as the Head of the EMEA Securitisation group. Mr. Frederic Drevon graduated from HEC in France. He worked for 18 months in Mumbai in 1990 for the trade department of the French Embassy. He joined Moody’s in 1993 in the Paris-based Structured Finance Group. He relocated to Hong Kong in 1998 as Managing Director for Asia. He returned to London in 2000 with responsibility for the London Derivatives team, and the EMEA asset-backed securities and asset-backed commercial paper businesses. In early 2004, Mr. Frederic was promoted to Group Managing Director responsible for Securitisation in EMEA and Asia.
Mr. Frederic Walter Jacques Drevon is on the Board of Directors of the following organisations:
ICRA Limited
Moody’s Central Europe (BVI) Limited
Moody’s Holdings (BVI) Limited
Moody’s Investors Service (BVI) Limited
Moody’s Dubai (BVI) Limited
Moody’s South Africa (BVI) Limited
Moody’s Investors Service Limited
Moody’s Holdings Limited
Moody’s Deutschland GmbH
Midroog Limited
Moody’s Italia S.r.l.
Moody’s Investors Service Espana S.A.
Moody’s Investors Service South Africa (Pty) Limited
Moody’s Interfax Rating Agency Limited (Russia)
Moody’s Middle East Limited
Moody’s Group UK Limited
Moody’s Indonesia (BVI) Limited
Moody’s Group Deutschland GmbH
Moody’s Finance Company UK Limited
[1] appointed Additional Director on ICRA’s Board with effect from April 9, 2008 and further appointed as Director at the Annual General Meeting of the Company held on July 29, 2008.
Mr. P.K. Choudhury, Vice-Chairman and CEO
Mr. Pranab Kumar Choudhury is the Vice-Chairman of ICRA and CEO of the ICRA Group. Mr. Choudhury holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Calcutta. He is a Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and also holds a Post-graduate Diploma in Advanced Financial Management from the Maastricht School of Management, The Netherlands. Besides, Mr. Choudhury is a C.A.I.B. from The Institute of Bankers, London, and a C.A.I.I.B. from the Indian Institute of Bankers. With a professional experience of over 37 years now, Mr. Choudhury has, prior to joining ICRA, worked in the manufacturing industry, commercial banking, development banking, and merchant banking sectors.
Mr. Pranab Kumar Choudhury is on the Board of Directors of the following organisations:
ICRA Limited
ICRA Management Consulting Services Limited
ICRA Online Limited
ICRA Techno Analytics Limited
ICRA Sapphire, Inc.
Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited
Peerless Securities Limited
The Peerless General Finance & Investment Company Limited
Mr. Naresh Takkar, Managing Director
Mr. Naresh Takkar is the Managing Director of ICRA. Prior to holding this position he was Joint Managing Director & Chief Rating Officer of ICRA. He is also a Director of ICRA Techno Analytics Limited and of ICRA Online Limited. Besides, he is the Vice-Chairman of the Manila-based Association of Credit Rating Agencies in Asia (ACRAA). He joined ICRA as an analyst in 1991. Before joining ICRA, he was with Tata Consultancy Services for three years in the System Consulting Division. Mr. Takkar is a Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Delhi.
Mr. Naresh Takkar is on the Board of Directors of the following organisations:
ICRA Limited
ICRA Techno Analytics Limited
ICRA Online Limited
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