Directors Profile
Directors Profile of IL&FS Infra Asset Management Limited (IIAML)
Mr Nand Kishore - Director
Chairman - Board of Directors and Risk Management Committee
Qualification
B.E., C.I.A.
Brief Experience
Mr Kishore is a senior bureaucrat and former Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). He is a 1981 batch officer of Indian Audit and Account Service
Mr Manish Panchal - Director
Brief Experience
Mr. Manish Panchal is a Strategic Thinker and an Author with 32 years of experience with an equal mix of P&L management in Industry, Strategy and Operation Consulting and lately investment Banking and transaction advisory. He currently sits on several boards and helping some of them with High Growth trajectory related Business Transformation work. He also sits on CII National Task force for Green Hydrogen.
His notable career was with TATA Strategic Management Group a leading Strategy and Operations Consulting firm, as a Sr. Practice Head Chemicals & Energy, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Logistics & SCM. He has worked as India Principal for DuPont Sustainable Solutions Global leaders in Operations Risk Management Consulting. He has led more than 100 Consulting assignments and helped over 50 large corporations and 20 small and medium size corporations for Sustainable Business Growth. His area of expertise is Strategy Development, Operationalizing Strategy Execution (Organic & Inorganic), M&A, Turnaround Management and Operation Excellence. He has worked in growing capacities with Transnational Corporations and prior to TATA’s he has served world class organizations like Abbott, Johnson & Johnson Inc USA and B.Braun Germany in Indian Lifesciences and Healthcare sector.
His notable career was with TATA Strategic Management Group a leading Strategy and Operations Consulting firm, as a Sr. Practice Head Chemicals & Energy, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Logistics & SCM. He has worked as India Principal for DuPont Sustainable Solutions Global leaders in Operations Risk Management Consulting. He has led more than 100 Consulting assignments and helped over 50 large corporations and 20 small and medium size corporations for Sustainable Business Growth. His area of expertise is Strategy Development, Operationalizing Strategy Execution (Organic & Inorganic), M&A, Turnaround Management and Operation Excellence. He has worked in growing capacities with Transnational Corporations and prior to TATA’s he has served world class organizations like Abbott, Johnson & Johnson Inc USA and B.Braun Germany in Indian Lifesciences and Healthcare sector.
Viswanath Giriraj - Director
Chairman - Audit Committee and Unit Holder’s Protection Committee
Qualification
B.Com, LLB
Brief Experience
Mr. Giriraj is an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS, 1985 batch, Maharashtra cadre), retired as Additional Chief Secretary in Finance Department after 32 years in service. He had also held several civil posts as Additional Chief Secretary (Expenditure – Finance), Principal Secretary (Rural Development), Principal Secretary (Water Conservation, Minor Irrigation), Director Groundwater Development Collector, Chief Executive Officer – Zilla panchayat, Deputy Commissioner – Sales Tax. He was also the Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Vigilance Officer in Khadi and Village Industries Commission.
Ms. Lubna Usman - Associate Director
Qualification
MBA
Brief Experience
At Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (“IL&FS”), her key responsibilities included debt structuring, project finance and corporate fund raising through capital market and other debt instruments across infrastructure verticals. Since October 2018, she is a key member of the core team engaged in the resolution of debt of IL&FS group, under the supervision of the new board appointed by the Government of India. Currently, she is the COO at IL&FS Financial Services Limited, leading the creditor engagement across all banks, financial institutions and other category of lenders and in-charge of debt restructuring and resolution
Previously syndicated debt amounting to Rs.40000 Crores, deals executed : Private placement of equity of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd., QIP issue amounting to $ 55 MM, investment in various PE funds amounting to approximately $ 150 MM, Designed the Bank’s Risk Profiler & Fund Reckoner, ensured AMFI & IRDA certification, handled a $ 10 MM equity & debt proprietary portfolio etc..
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Mr Shekhar Sharad Prabhudesai - Associate Director
Qualification
B.Com, CA, CS, CWA
Brief Experience
Mr. Shekhar Sharad Prabhudesai is a CA, CS, CWA having overall experience of more than 28 years of working with prominent companies across various positions including 10 years of experience in NBFC business. He is holding a Key Managerial Person (KMP) position involving working under the supervision and guidance of the IL&FS Board for resolution of IL&FS Group companies.Prior to IL&FS he worked with ECL Finance Limited (NBFC in Edelweiss Group) as KMP position with responsibility for Secretarial & Regulatory compliance and worked as Head – Secretarial and Company Secretary of L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Limited.
Mr Prem Chand Dhiman - Independent Director
Chairman – Board of Directors
Qualification
Civil Engineering, Post Graduate in Social Sciences
Brief Experience
Mr Dhiman is an IAS officer of the 1984 batch, HP Cadre, who superannuated as Additional Chief Secretary in July 2016. He has an outstanding academic record including being all India topper of Engineering Services Examination 1980 in Civil Engineering stream. He is also postgraduate in Social Policy from London School of Economics and Political Science. In his 37 years of public service with rich experience in public administration, he has made outstanding contribution in education, health, application of IT in government and public private partnership (PPP) projects. During service, he has performed various functions including being Secretary of Home, Education, Health and Irrigation & Public Health departments and has deep understanding of PPP, Education, Health, Law and Order, Information Technology and public administration sectors. Also remained associated with many companies including listed, as Director.
Mr. Vishwanathan Krishnan - Independent Director
Brief Experience
Mr. Vishwanathan Krishnan is a senior banking professional with over three decades of experience in the banking and financial services industry. He spent 26 years with Axis Bank, India’s third-largest private sector bank, where he held several key leadership positions across the organization and its subsidiaries. Throughout his career, he has held senior leadership roles across various functions contributing significantly to the bank’s growth and operational excellence. He also served as the Managing Director & CEO of an Axis Bank subsidiary, where he successfully led the company making it first profitable Franchise of Axis Bank. His most recent role before retiring in FY 2023 was as Group Head – Compliance, where he was responsible for overseeing the bank’s compliance framework and ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements. With his deep understanding of governance, regulatory affairs, and enterprise-level risk management, Mr. Vishwanathan brings strong strategic and operational insights relevant to the organization.
Mr. Aroop Sircar- Independent Director
Chairman - Risk Management Committee
Qualification
B.Sc., MA and CAIIB
Brief Experience
Mr. Aroop Sircar is a senior versatile Banker with 37 years of experience in banking, including wholesale and retail banking; specialisation in building policy framework, ex member IBA Committee. His Core Competency lies in driving compliance levels and client synergies in branches, with strong adherence to systems and procedural requirements. He was also a key member of SBI’s apex team for strategies across multiple verticals, coordinating retail, forex, SME, treasury and commercial operations. He has led functional teams across Corporate Credit, Private Equity, global Syndications with major role in key resolutions like DHFL, Altico, C G Power. He was also recognised for adoption of best practices through experience in multiple states, Singapore & SE Asia.
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