Mr. Rashesh Shah
Chairman, CEO and Founder of Edelweiss. Mr.Rashesh Shah has previously worked for ICICI (now ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector financial conglomerate) where he handled a World Bank aided program for export-oriented projects. He was subsequently with Prime Securities as Head of Research. Mr. Shah’s relentless focus is on organization building and human capital development. He has been featured in a variety of publications, including The Far Eastern Economic Review, Business India, Business World and The Economic Times. Mr. Shah earned an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a Bachelor’s degree in Science from the University of Bombay.

Mr. Venkat Ramaswamy
Executive Director and Head of Investment Banking and Co-Founder of Edelweiss. Mr. Venkat Ramaswamy has previously worked with the Spartek Emerging Opportunities Fund and ICICI, where he worked on project-based lending to large corporates, analyzing and evaluating investment decisions. He subsequently managed the Spartek Fund that focused on making equity investments in small and emerging companies. He brings significant experience and expertise on client relationships to Edelweiss. Mr. Ramaswamy holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and is an Electronics Engineer.

Mr. Narendra Jhaveri
Mr. Jhaveri, on his return from U.K., after a brief stint with NCAER as Senior Economist, joined the Economics Dept. of the Reserve Bank of India in 1965. He shifted to ICICI in 1974 as Chief Economist and then moved to project finance. Mr. Jhaveri has served as an Independent Director on the Boards of several leading Indian companies besides acting as an advisor to several of them on diverse matters related to business. He also serves as the Chairman of the IMC Economic Research and Training Foundation. Over a span of his long professional career Mr. Jhaveri, apart from giving frequent lectures on subjects related to Indian Financial System, Capital Market, Economic Development and Corporate Governance, has contributed a large number of articles in Indian Economic dailies and specialized journals. He holds a Masters Degree in Economics from Gujarat University. He has also obtained M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics, specializing in public finance and with 40 years of experience.

Mr. Kunna Chinniah
Mr. Kunna Chinniah is Executive Vice President with GIC Special Investments ("GIC SI"). GIC SI is the private equity arm of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation ("GIC"). Mr Chinniah oversees the Asian private equity business for GIC SI. Mr Chinniah began his career in 1982 as a Senior Field Engineer with Schlumberger Wireline Services in the Middle East. He joined GIC in 1989 and between 1989 and 1997, he held various positions with the Special Investments Department of GIC in the North America and Europe Divisions including the position of Regional Manager, on separate occasions, for Europe and North America, overseeing private equity investments in both regions. He was also GIC's representative in Frankfurt. He was based in Frankfurt from March 1992 to February 1995 and in San Francisco from November 1989 to April 1991 and from March 1995 to November 1997. His last position prior to his return to Singapore in November 1997 was Regional Manager, North America Division of the Special Investments Department. Mr Chinniah is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical) degree from the National University of Singapore in 1982 and completed a Master of Business Administration in 1989 from the University of California (Berkeley). In 1997, he attended the World Bank Executive Programme conducted by Harvard University.

Mr. P.N. Venkatachalam
Mr. P.N. Venkatachalam  has over 40 years of experience in the banking sector in India and abroad. Mr. Venkatachalam joined the State Bank of India as a probationary officer on April 1967 and retired on March 2004 as a managing director. He served briefly as member of the Interim Pension Fund Regulatory Authority of India, New Delhi in 2004 and has served as a director on the board of Small Industries Development Bank of India. Mr. Venkatachalam is presently the Chairman of Laser Soft Infosystems Limited and a director of Khazana Jewellery Private Limited. He holds a Masters of Arts degree in Economics and is a Certified Associate from the Indian Institute of Bankers.Mr. Venkatachalam joined our Board on August 9, 2007.

Mr. Berjis Desai
Mr. Berjis Desai, is an Independent Director on the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Desai is the Managing Partner, J. Sagar & Associates, one of India's leading law firms. He holds a Masters in Law. He is an Advocate and a Solicitor. He has been in practice for 30 years and has rich and varied experience in the legal field, with particular emphasis on corporate law and legislation related to Merger & Acquisition, derivatives, securities & financial laws, international business laws and international commercial arbitration. Mr. Desai is also on the Board of various listed companies as an Independent Director.