Mr. Nilesh Vikamsey is a senior partner at KKC & Associates LLP (Formerly - Khimji Kunverji & Co LLP) – an 86-year-old Chartered Accountants firm. He has extensive experience in Management Consultancy, Corporate Restructuring, Audits, Inspections, Due Diligence, Valuations, Strategic Planning, Mergers & Acquisitions, Company Law, etc.
He is an Independent Director in four other Listed and four Unlisted Public Companies. He is a Past President of ICAI. He was a Director & the past Chairman of Federal Bank Limited and member of IRDA.
Mr. Vikamsey is presently a member of the Advisory Committee on Mutual Funds of SEBI, Finance, Corporate & Allied Laws Committee & Core Group Member of Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society (BCAS). He is Member of Advisory Boards of Blacksoil Group, IC3 Institute, MentorMyBoard & Mahatma Phule Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Technology Ltd (MAHAPREIT) Alternate Investment Fund (AIF). He is a trustee in ‘Sayagyi U Ba Khin’ Memorial Trust (Vipassana International Academy, Igatpuri) & few educational trusts in Mumbai. He was an observer on the Board of International Federation of Accountants and Member of IFAC’s Technology Advisory Group, was Chairman of SEBI’s Qualified Audit Report Committee and was member of Corporate Governance Committee chaired by Uday Kotak, Primary Market Advisory Committee and Committee on Disclosures and Accounting Standards (SCODA). He is member of International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) Reference Group for Audits of Less Complex Entities. He is a Speaker/Chairman, at various seminars, meetings, lectures held by ICAI and various other organization
Mr. Upendra Joshi has over 25 years of experience in the legal profession. He has rich experience in all aspects of Indian law and documentation relating to M&A, projects and project finance as well as international capital markets. He has been lead Indian counsel on several large domestic and international M&A transactions across sectors including insurance, telecom, power (conventional and renewable), mining and airports, and has also acted as lenders’ as well as borrowers’ counsel on a number of financing transactions.
Mr. Chetan Desai is a Chartered Accountant. He retired in 2018 as Managing Partner from M/s. Haribhakti & Co. LLP, a leading CA Firm in India. Earlier for many years he was heading the audit & assurance practice of the Firm.
He has wide knowledge and exposure in the fields of corporate governance, compliance, corporate laws, accounting, auditing and related areas.
In his professional experience of 48 years he has dealt with multinationals, public sector enterprises, large corporates, sectors such as mutual funds, banking and finance, insurance, pension funds, manufacturing, services, real estate, hospitality, engineering, energy, infrastructure, pharma, health care, not for profit entities etc.
He is a Director on the Board of 10 Companies.
Mr. Soma Sankara Prasad has led UCO Bank as MD & CEO, successfully transforming the bank's fortunes during his tenure. With 35+ years of experience in the banking sector, he has held key roles at State Bank of India, including Deputy Managing Director and Group Compliance Officer.
His career spans diverse areas such as Retail Banking, Treasury Operations, Corporate Credit, International Banking, Risk Management and Regulatory Compliance and General Insurance within SBI, India's largest bank. Additionally, he has served as MD & CEO of SBI Pension Funds Pvt Ltd and as CFO of SBI General Insurance Company Ltd.
Mr. Soma Sankara Prasad has also gained international exposure, spending 4 years as Manager (Credit and Operations) in Paris and nearly 5 years as Country Head of SBI Singapore Operations. Throughout his career, he has adeptly managed relationships with various stakeholders in public and private sector environments including regulators, shareholders, customers, employees, and the broader society.
Mr. Katayama aged 60 years, serves as Deputy General Manager, Global Business Risk Management Department, Global Business Headquarters at Nippon Life Insurance Company (NLI). In his over 37-year professional career, he has performed various roles, including investment and internal audit. Besides the above, he was involved in investment risk management at Investment Risk management Department. In the most recent role, he was in charge of monitoring and controlling market risk, credit risk, real estate investment risk and watching the fiscal policy of the Japanese Government for 4 years (2022-2025).
