Aditya Krishna
Aditya Krishna
Chairman & Managing Director
Mr.Aditya Krishna, is a M.A.(Economics) from St. Stephens College, New Delhi and MBA (Finance & Marketing) from Northeastern University, Boston, USA. Aditya started his career with Chase Manhattan Bank N.A, New York, USA. He also completed a three year Owner/President Management program at Harvard Business School, Boston USA between 2010-2012.
Aditya was with Citibank N.A, New York, USA from 1987 to 1990 as a member of the business analysis department of the Credit Card Business and from 1990 to 1995 was Vice President – Credit Director & Financial Controller, Citibank N.A, India responsible for managing Citibank India’s credit card portfolio.
Mr. Aditya Krishna was the founder promoter of Nation Wide Finance Ltd. and was the Managing Director of the company from 1995 to 2001 In year 2000, Mr. Aditya Krishna sold 74% of the company to Citigroup, Inc and managed a transition to a Citigroup management team for 12 months and sold the balance 26% to Citigroup in 2003. The company was called Citifinancial Consumer Finance India Ltd and was the market leader in small ticket, sub prime lending and was a part of the global Citifinancial finance arm of Citigroup.
He was a Director in Kennametal India Ltd (erstwhile Widia (India) Ltd) from 1991 to 2002 as a member of the promoter group. He was also on the board of Ing Vysya Bank as an independent director from 2007 to 2013.
Mr Aditya Krishna, with his banking and retail lending domain knowledge, founded Saksoft Ltd. in 2000 and at present is its Chairman and Managing Director. Saksoft Limited is a global leader in providing digital transformation solutions and helping businesses stay relevant in a highly connected, rapidly evolving world. Saksoft offers a gamut of services including Strategic Consulting, Information Management, Application Development, Digital Testing, Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Cloud, Mobility and Internet of Things (IoT).
Ganesh Chella
Ganesh Chella
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Ganesh Chella is the founder of totus Consulting, a strategic Human Resource Consulting firm that has addressed the Organisation Development and HR needs of Organisations. While he has worked with a wide range of client organisations, his work with high growth entrepreneurial organisations to support their needs of managing growth as well as his work on organisation development assignments with top management deserves special mention.
As the co-founder and Managing Director of Coaching Foundation India (CFI), he pioneered the use of executive coaching for leader development in India and has helped CFI become a highly respected education, certification, research and coaching led leadership solutions organisation in India.
He has three books to his credit. Mr. Ganesh is an alumnus of XLRI, Jamshedpur, a professional member of the India Society for Applied Behavioral Science, and trained and certified as a Coach by Dr. Skiffington, Australia and Coaching Foundation India.
Mr. Ganesh Chella is an Independent Director of our company and a member of Audit Committee, Nomination & Remuneration Committee and Stakeholders’ Relationship Committee.
Malini Thadani
Malini Thadani
Independent Non-Executive Director
With the acumen gained from two successful careers, the first in the Indian Revenue Service and the second at HSBC in India and Hong Kong, Malini advises corporates and not-for-profit Boards to design and operationalise the effective integration of sustainability, communications and investor relations into their strategic vision, so as to future-proof their organisations.
Ajit Thomas
Ajit Thomas
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr.Ajit Thomas is the Chairman of A.V. Thomas Group of Companies, an Agri Business Enterprise founded in 1925, with interests in plantations, tea retail, spice processing, natural extracts, and leather goods. Mr.Thomas graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree, from Loyola College, Chennai. Subsequently, he joined the family business and raised the Organization from a basic plantation company to a producer of high value, high quality agri products for the world markets. Mr. Thomas has served on the Madras Chamber of Commerce, Spice Board of India, and was the President of the United Plantations Association of South India in its Centennial year.
Mr. Ajit Thomas is an Independent Director and the Chairman of Audit Committee. He is also a Member of Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Board.
Kanika Krishna
Kanika Krishna
Non-Executive Director
Kanika Krishna is the Chief Operating Officer of the Abrasives Division of Sak Industries Private Limited. The Company is a leading international player in the industrial abrasives market with factories in Gummidipoondi, Chennai and Buffalo, New York. Kanika has a good understanding of the abrasives industry and has articulated a growth strategy for the company by focusing on niche product segments and niche markets. She led the company’s recent cross-border acquisition of Buffalo Abrasives Inc. in the U.S. She is experienced in working with cross-cultural teams and international markets. Prior to joining the Abrasives business, Kanika worked with Deutsche Bank in India and Merrill Lynch in New York.
Kanika has an MBA in Financial Management from Pace University, New York, USA. Prior to this she has completed the Master’s program in International Business from the Manchester Business School, UK. She is also an alumnus of Stella Maris College, Chennai where she completed her Bachelor of Commerce degree.
Ms. Kanika is a non-executive Director and a member of Stakeholders’ relationship Committee and Corporate Social Relationship (CSR) Committee of the Board.
Mrs. Kavitha Vijay
Mrs. Kavitha Vijay
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mrs. Kavitha Vijay is the Senior Partner of Universal Legal, a full service law firm based in Chennai carrying on business under the merged brand name ‘IC Universal Legal, Advocates & Solicitors’ (post brand merger effective from September 21, 2017 with ‘IC Legal, Advocates & Solicitors’) and presently having pan-India offices in Ahemdabad, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Mumbai and Chandigarh. Prior to this, she was working at a reputed law firm in Mumbai, Crawford Bayley & Co. under the partner, Mr. Suresh. N. Talwar and has also interned with the retired Justice Mrs. Prabha Sridevan during her practice as an attorney in the Tamil Nadu Courts. Mrs. Kavitha Vijay’s experience pans over more than 15 years and has been leading the Chennai office since 2010. Kavitha Vijay works primarily on mergers, acquisitions, private equity investments and joint ventures. She has also been a key player in starting the micro-finance practice in the Firm and has been actively engaged in advising many non-banking financial companies and micro finance companies with regulatory compliances, structuring of loan documentations, besides assisting them raise capital. Her other practice areas involve infrastructure and media & entertainment, besides general corporate law and advisory services.
Mr. Suresh Subramanian
Mr. Suresh Subramanian
Independent Non-Executive Director
Mr. Suresh Subramanian has gained wide experience over the past 40 years in auditing and accounting profession, having worked with many of the big four accounting firms in India. He currently serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of Delphi-TVS Technologies Limited and Veritas Finance Private Limited. Mr. Suresh Subramanian retired as a Senior Partner based in Chennai, with the Assurance practice of the Ernst & Young India member firm. He has experience in carrying out audits under various GAAPs and has also led and been involved in various audit related services and other engagement of national and multinational corporations. Mr. Suresh Subramanian is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is a Bachelor of Commerce graduate from Shriram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.