Mr. Gurumoorthy Mahalingam brings a rich experience of over four decades and is a stalwart in the financial industry. His scope of experience spans financial market development, securities market regulation, debt and forex management, as well as regulation and supervision of banks. He serves on the boards of notable organisations including Central Depository Services (India) Limited, Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited, and City Union Bank Limited.

Mr. Mahalingam has previously worked in the capacity of Chief Dealer and Executive Director in-charge (Reserve Bank of India) - Forex Market Interventions; Management of Forex Reserves; Rupee Liquidity Policy and Operations. He is widely acknowledged for playing an instrumental role in framing various financial market regulations for the RBI.

He has effectively served as a Whole-Time Board Member of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) between the period of 2016 and 2021, carrying out executive responsibility for regulating mutual funds, stock exchanges, listed companies, foreign portfolio investors, corporate governance aspects, derivatives and corporate bond markets, besides supervising investigations and enforcement actions in regard to violations of securities laws and regulations.

Mr. Mahalingam is currently chairing the SEBI Advisory Committee on Secondary Markets and the Corporate Bond market. He is a post-graduate in Statistics and Operations Research from IIT Kanpur, and an MBA in International Banking and Finance from the Birmingham Business School in the United Kingdom, he began his career as a commercial banker with the State Bank of India in 1978.

Mr. CH S. S. Mallikarjunarao is a professional banker with more than 37 years of experience. He started his banking career as a probationary officer in Bank of Maharashtra in 1985. He retired as Managing Director & CEO of Punjab National Bank (PNB) in January 2022. During his tenure at PNB, he successfully completed the amalgamation of Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India into PNB in terms of the notification issued by the Government of India. After amalgamation, PNB emerged as the second largest public sector bank with more than 10,000 branches and more than 1 lakh workforce. Prior to assuming the position of MD & CEO of PNB, he was MD & CEO of Allahabad Bank from September 2018 to September 2019. Before this, he served as Executive Director of Syndicate Bank since 2016.

Mr. Mallikarjunarao has held various positions in Oriental Bank of Commerce including as General Manager, Chief Financial Officer, Head of Information Technology, Digital Banking and Risk Department, etc. He has requisite qualification, skills, experience and expertise in specific functional areas viz. Accountancy, Agriculture & Rural Economy, Banking, Finance, Small-Scale Industry, Information Technology, Human Resource, Risk Management, Business Management and Insurance. He holds a bachelor’s degree in science and general laws and is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.

Ms. Sushmita Ghatak, MBA (IIM Calcutta) and Fulbright-Nehru-CII Fellow has 30 years of professional experience and governance expertise across Tata Steel and Group ICRA. She has obtained ESG and Corporate Sustainability certifications from the CFA Institute, NYU Stern, and IICA. She is a registered Independent Director, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, and a National Association of Impact Leaders (NAIL), India member.

Ms. Ghatak served as the MD and CEO of ICRA Analytics Ltd. (2014-23) and continuously demonstrated sustainable business outcomes for all stakeholders. She is now a Strategic Advisor on ESG and sustainability with Athena Infonomics, a global impact advisory firm, where she supports the company in setting up and growing its ESG consulting and research businesses. She also serves as an Independent Director on the board of Anudip Foundation and as a mentor at Aspire for Her, focusing on improving DEI in business.

Mr. Ashish Makhija a leading practitioner in insolvency and corporate law matters. As Managing Attorney of AMC Law Firm he bears top credentials in corporate law, insolvency and bankruptcy law, corporate litigation and advisory. He was the standing counsel for the Official Liquidator attached to High Court of Delhi for 6 years handling many large-scale cases of corporate insolvency and liquidation.

Mr. Makhija has the distinction of being World Bank trained Corporate Trainer. He is a much sought after faculty and has spoken extensively on subjects of professional interest including Independence of Directors, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, Corporate laws, Corporate Governance, Forensic Audit etc. He is Adjunct Faculty for Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, under Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India. He has also served as the Adjunct Professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California, USA in 2013-14. Mr. Makhija has 14 books to his credit on the subject of insolvency and bankruptcy and corporate law. He has significant corporate board experience and has served as an independent director in Shipping Corporation of India Ltd, Caterpillar India Limited and other public and private limited companies.

He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (FCA) and also a fellow member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (FCMA). He holds two Master of Laws degree, one from India and a Master of Laws degree in International Bankruptcy from USA. He is also an Insolvency Professional. He is pursuing PhD in law from Emory School of Law, Atlanta, USA.

Mr. S. Santhanakrishnan comes with four decades of specialised experience in Accounting and Finance, Strategy and Planning and acquisitions with International exposure. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a Managing Partner of PKF Sridhar and Santhanam LLP, Chartered Accountants. He was involved with the Central Council of ICAI for 15 years till 2015 and has served in various committees of the Institute. Including Accounting standards board Mr. Santhanakrishnan is also on the Boards of various companies. He is actively involved with multiple government and industry bodies and has been a member of High-level Committee on CSR formed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. In addition, he was also a Government Nominee in the Central Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).

Ms. Vijaya Sampath has been a lawyer for over 35 years. She is an Independent Director on the Board of listed and unlisted companies in the housing finance, renewable energy, branded luggage, power and auto component sectors. Two of these companies (non- listed) are Japanese joint ventures with Larsen & Toubro. She is also the Ombudsperson for the Bharti group with oversight of the code of conduct.

Ms. Sampath was a Partner in J Sagar Associates, a full-service national law firm. She was the Global Group General Counsel and Company Secretary for the USD 15 billion Bharti Airtel group. She was also a senior partner in the corporate law practice of Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan, attorneys. She is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. She is also the Chairperson of the corporate law committee in FICCI and works with industry on regulation and policy relating to company law.