Mrs. Sonu Bhasin is one of the senior women professionals in the industry with an experience of more than 30 years and has set up and managed large businesses, and diverse teams, across financial and non-financial sectors in India and overseas.
Mrs. Bhasin is the Founder of FAB – Families and Business. This platform, since November 2014, is a platform for Family Business Owners (SMEs) helps them build multi-generational businesses. She has also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Tata Capital Limited - Travel Forex and Cards, Group President (Branch Banking) at Yes Bank, President for Retail Products & Sales Management at Axis Bank, Head of Investment and Third-Party Product Development and Head of Marketing - Wealth Management at ING Vysya Bank. She began her career as a TAS Officer with the Tata Group and spent 13 years with the Group before becoming a Banker.
Mrs. Bhasin is also an award-winning business author with five published books till date and she is also a columnist with The Economic Times, the leading financial daily of India. She has been named as one of the Global 100 most Influential individuals for family enterprises in 2020 and was inducted into the FBU Family Business Hall of Fame in 2022.
Her area of expertise includes Governance, Business Strategy, Leadership, Innovation, Wealth Management and Entrepreneurship
Mr. Sundeep Sikka brings over
30 years of experience in financial services and currently acting as
MD & CEO of NAM India.
He joined the organization in 2003 and later became one of the
youngest CEOs in India’s mutual fund industry in 2009.
Under his leadership, the Company achieved industry-leading scale, built a strategic partnership with
Nippon Life Insurance ,acquired
Goldman Sachs Asset Management India , and successfully listed on the stock exchange.
He is currently serving his
second term as AMFI Chairman and has led several key industry committees including
CII,FICCI,IFSCA . Mr. Sikka is also a prominent speaker at National and Global forums.
He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
Mr. Hiroki Yamauchi (Associate Director) serves as General Manager, Global Asset Management Business Department at Nippon Life Insurance Company (NLI). In his over 20-year professional career with NLI, he has performed various roles, including corporate planning, marketing planning, and group annuity business. Also, he has worked for Nissay Asset Management in corporate / investment planning for 4 years. Besides the above, he has also spent his professional career with Nissay Deutsche Asset Management (Europe), where he held the position of Fund Manager for 3 years. In the most recent role, he has engaged in NLI’s Indian life insurance and asset management business as Head of Indian Business for 2 years (2020-2022).
Mr. Ashvin Parekh is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has set up the advisory service company – Ashvin Parekh Advisory Services LLP (APAS) in the areas of providing services to the Boards and the management of the financial services sector companies, in June 2013. Mr. Parekh retired as a Senior Partner from Ernst & Young in June 2013 and was with EY for 8 years. Earlier Mr. Parekh was the Executive Director of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd. from July 2002 till June 2005. Mr. Parekh has also held senior positions in Arthur Anderson, Price Waterhouse Coopers, KPMG India, KPMG UK, KPMG Dubai and Hindustan Lever Ltd. Mr. Parekh has worked in the United Kingdom, Dubai, Australia, Germany and the US on Partner secondment programs for about 11 years outside of India. He is registered with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank as an expert in the financial services sector. He has worked on gamut of areas like business strategies, corporate planning, institutional strengthening and business transformation across industries including banking, insurance, pension and capital markets. He has been a member of several committees set up by the Ministry of Finance, RBI, IRDA and SEBI. He is also a member of industry bodies and associations namely CII, FICCI and ASSOCHAM.
Mr Balasubramanyam Sriram, aged 67 years, is an Honours Graduate and a Master's Degree holder in Physics from St. Stephen's College; Delhi University; He is also a Certificated Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (formerly The Indian Institute of Bankers), Mumbai. He holds a Diploma in International Law & Diplomacy from the Indian Academy of International Law & Diplomacy, New Delhi and an AIMA Diploma in Management from the All India Management Association, New Delhi.
Mr Sriram has held several key executive positions in his career including the following:-
- Managing Director & CEO, IDBI Bank Ltd.
- Managing Director, State Bank of India.
- Managing Director, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur.
Mr Sriram has worked with the State Bank of India Group for about 37 years and is well experienced in all areas of Banking and Finance. He joined State Bank of India in December 1981 and has held various key assignments within the Bank and the Group in Credit and Risk, Retail, Operations, IT, Treasury, Investment Banking, International Operations, Payment and Settlement Systems and Small Scale Industry. He also served as a part-time member of the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India from July 2019 to September 2023.
Mr B Sriram is an Independent Director on the Boards of ICICI Bank Ltd, National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development and several other Companies. He is an External Investment Committee member of British International Investment, UK. In addition, Mr Sriram has also taken on a few advisory roles.
Mr. Minoru Kimura (Associate Director) serves as Managing Executive Officer, Head of Global Business at Nippon Life Insurance (Nippon). In his 32-year professional career with Nippon, he has engaged in corporate planning for more than 10 years. Also, he has worked for Nissay Asset Management in investment planning for 5 years from 2010 to 2015. Other than above, he has also spent his professional career with Nissay Deutsche Asset Management (Europe) and NLI Investments (Europe), where he carried the position of CEO for 4 years (2003 to 2007). He has engaged in Head of Asia Pacific at Nippon for 2 years (2018-2020) and Regional CEO for the Americas and Europe for 2 years (2020-2022).
Mr. Kunita aged 49 years, serves as General Manager, Global Asset Management Business Unit, Global Business Headquarters at Nippon Life Insurance Company (NLI). In his over 25-year professional career, he has performed various roles, including finance, international operations, and global business strategy. Besides the above, He also served as Deputy Chief Representative at the London Representative Office, gaining extensive international experience. In the most recent role, he led foreign equity and alternative investments at Nissay Asset Management Corporation (2022-2024) and served as Senior Managing Director at Nissay Capital Co. Ltd. (2024-2025).
Mr. Sinha, a 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, during his 3 decades plus of experience has held several responsible government positions in India, including as Joint Secretary (Banking) and Joint Secretary (Capital Markets) in the Ministry of Finance; Chairman of the Working Group on Foreign Investment in India & Chairman of SEBI, to name a few. He has also been the Chairman & Managing Director of UTI Asset Management Company Limited and Chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India.
He has actively contributed to the financial sector reforms in the country and is credited with starting the micro pension movement in India. Under his leadership, SEBI introduced significant developmental changes in the areas of FPIs, AIFs, REITs, InvITs and Corporate Governance.
