Mr. Vijai Mantri is the Managing Director and the CEO of Pramerica Asset Managers Private Limited.

Prior to this, he was the CEO of Deutsche Asset Management Co (I) Pvt. Ltd. He worked with HDFC AMC Ltd., managing the sales and distribution function for approximately seven years and also worked with Aditya V Birla Group for seven years in the financial services division handling multiple portfolios.

Mr. Ravi Kumar is currently the Chief Operating Officer and an executive director of Pramerica Asset Managers Private Limited

He has worked with PFI for over eight years and has managed all stages of acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures in financial institutions.

He has also worked with ABN AMRO Inc., USA in Investment Banking, analyzing financial data related to mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, etc.

Mr. G. Parthasarathy was the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan from 1998 until retiring from service in 2000. He was also the High Commissioner of India in Australia from 1995 to 1998 and High Commissioner of India in Cyprus from 1990 to 1992 and Ambassador of India to Myanmar from 1992 to 1995.

He has served as the Information Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Office with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

He was associated with issues pertaining to analysis of Development Financing and performance of Public Sector Enterprises and Economic Ministries while working in the Prime Minister’s Office. Mr. Parthasarathy was closely involved in financial planning related to specific projects both in Ministry of External Affairs and in Indian Diplomatic Missions abroad.

In the post liberalization period he was involved in a study abroad of the financial services field in Cyprus (1990-1992) and in Australia (1995-1998), which involved study of financial flows and investment practices to promote financial flows (FII and FDI) into India.

While he was the High Commissioner of India in Australia, comparative studies were made of investment structures to promote financial flows in Australia and ASEAN economies, particularly in Singapore and Thailand. This facilitated a comparative study of financial services practices in India on the one hand and in selected Asia-Pacific economies on the other.This helped draw attention to measures which needed to be taken in India including in areas like transparency and taxation to compete effectively as a recipient of FII and FDI with countries in the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific region. This process included extensive interaction with the financial services sector in Australia.

Mr. Parthasarathy is currently an independent Director of Kanoria Industries, where he has been associated with financial planning in expansion of production capacities and in new projects and is also an Honorary Visiting Professor in the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi; a member of the Executive Council of the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi and also a member of the Editorial Board of the Indian Defense Journal.

Mr. C.P. Philip is a former Executive Director (ED) of IDBI Bank Ltd., where he worked in various capacities for over 20 years. He has varied and wide experience in diverse areas of banking, including both developmental and commercial. As ED of IDBI Bank, he was responsible for the overall risk management & audit. He was actively involved in implementing a standardized approach to the Basel and II guidelines. He headed various functions viz., risk management and audit, corporate banking, retail banking, branch and centralised operations human resources and training, and administration. He has had immense exposure to term lending, working in various capacities. He has handled many projects in infrastructure, manufacturing and services sectors.

Mr. Vijay Ranchan is a former IAS Officer, currently working as a Management Consultant. He was the Additional. Chief Secretary in the Government. of Gujarat, handling policy framing and administration and held senior positions of Secretary, Principal Secretary, and Additional Chief Secretary in the Departments of Revenue, Industry, Labour, Health, etc.

Mr. Ranchan was a Public Representative Director on the governing board/council of management of Ahmedabad Stock Exchange (2004 – 2007). He was the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes of Gujarat State (1997 -1999) and dealt with taxation issues. As the Head of various Departments in the Gujarat government, he has extensively handled budgetary and financial matters. As the Secretary, Industries (1995) and Secretary - Energy and Petrochemicals (1999 -2001) in the Government of Gujarat, he dealt with the Asian Development Bank on the restructuring of the Public System and the Public Sector. As the Managing Director of the corporations like Gujarat Mineral Development (two terms), Gujarat State Textile Corporation (two terms), Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, Mr. Ranchan had the responsibility to extensively deal with finance, especially the project finance. He also worked periodically as Jt. Managing Director (1975) of Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation. He also had the charge of Gujarat Municipal Finance Board, which assists in financing the infrastructure projects of municipalities. He has rendered consultancy advice to MCX on the market in agricultural produce and to NMCE(2009) on spot market in agricultural produce in Gujarat.

Mr. Ranchan has been Director on the board of more than twenty companies – both public sector and private sector.

He has been the Chairman or a member of numerous Audit Committees and he speaks about his experience in financial matters where the other members are usually bank's nominees or C.A.s. He was Member of Audit Committee of Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation, Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation, Gujarat Alkali & Chemicals, Mann Industries, Shah Pulp & Papers and Usher Agro and also Public Representative Director on Ahmedabad Stock Exchange .

Mr. Ranchan is currently an independent director on the boards of Usher Agro Limited, Shah Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd., Adani Power Ltd., Usher Eco Limited and EWYA Energy Pvt. Ltd.