Management Team

Chairman & Managing Director of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited

Qualification

• M. Sc., C.A.I.I.B

Mr. C.P. Philip is a former Executive Director (ED) of IDBI Bank Ltd., where he worked in various capacities for over 20 years. He has varied and wide experience in diverse areas of banking, including both developmental and commercial. As ED of IDBI Bank, he was responsible for the overall risk management & audit. He was actively involved in implementing a standardized approach to the Basel and II guidelines. He headed various functions viz., risk management and audit, corporate banking, retail banking, branch and centralised operations human resources and training, and administration. He has had immense exposure to term lending, working in various capacities. He has handled many projects in infrastructure, manufacturing and services sectors.

Qualificatio

• B.E. (Electrical)

Mr. G. Parthasarathy was the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan from 1998 until retiring from service in 2000. He was also the High Commissioner of India in Australia from 1995 to 1998 and High Commissioner of India in Cyprus from 1990 to 1992 and Ambassador of India to Myanmar from 1992 to 1995.

He had served as the Information Adviser in the Prime Minister’s Office with Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He was closely involved in financial planning related to specific projects both in Ministry of External Affairs and in Indian Diplomatic Missions abroad.

He is also an Honorary Visiting Professor in the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi; Member of the Executive Council of the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi and also Member of the Editorial Board of the Indian Defense Journal.

Qualification

• M.A., IAS

Mr. Vijay Ranchan is a former IAS Officer, currently working as a Management Consultant. He was the Additional. Chief Secretary in the Government. of Gujarat, handling policy framing and administration and held senior positions of Secretary, Principal Secretary, and Additional Chief Secretary in the Departments of Revenue, Industry, Labour, Health, etc.

Mr. Ranchan was a Public Representative Director on the governing board/council of management of Ahmedabad Stock Exchange (2004 – 2007). He was the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes of Gujarat State (1997 -1999) and dealt with taxation issues. As the Head of various Departments in the Gujarat government, he has extensively handled budgetary and financial matters. As the Secretary, Industries (1995) and Secretary - Energy and Petrochemicals (1999 -2001) in the Government of Gujarat, he dealt with the Asian Development Bank on the restructuring of the Public System and the Public Sector. As the Managing Director of the corporations like Gujarat Mineral Development (two terms), Gujarat State Textile Corporation (two terms), Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, Mr. Ranchan had the responsibility to extensively deal with finance, especially the project finance. He also worked periodically as Jt. Managing Director (1975) of Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation. He also had the charge of Gujarat Municipal Finance Board, which assists in financing the infrastructure projects of municipalities. He has rendered consultancy advice to MCX on the market in agricultural produce and to NMCE(2009) on spot market in agricultural produce in Gujarat.

Mr. Ranchan has been Director on the board of more than twenty companies – both public sector and private sector.

He has been the Chairman or a member of numerous Audit Committees and he speaks about his experience in financial matters where the other members are usually bank's nominees or C.A.s. He was Member of Audit Committee of Gujarat State Fertilizer Corporation, Gujarat Narmada Fertilizer Corporation, Gujarat Alkali & Chemicals, Mann Industries, Shah Pulp & Papers and Usher Agro and also Public Representative Director on Ahmedabad Stock Exchange .

Mr. Ranchan is currently an independent director on the boards of Usher Agro Limited, Shah Pulp & Paper Mills Ltd., Adani Power Ltd., Usher Eco Limited and EWYA Energy Pvt. Ltd.

CEO, Pramerica International Investments

Qualification

• Master of Management, Chartered Financial Analyst

Mr. Baptist is the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Investment Officer ("CIO") of Pramerica International Investments (A business division of Pramerica Financial, USA), where he oversees the day-to-day business and investment management of Pramerica's asset management affiliates and joint ventures in Italy, China, Taiwan, Brazil and India.

Mr. Baptist was appointed to the position of CEO in June 2014 and has been the CIO since March 2006. From 2000 to 2006, he was the director of mutual funds and managed accounts for Pramerica Fixed Income, with responsibility for these products across all distribution channels globally. Prior to that, he was chief operating officer for asset management at Pramerica Financial, responsible for business administration.

He joined Pramerica Financial in 1986 and has 28 years of experience ranging from investment management and marketing to corporate finance and strategic planning.

Mr. Jan Van Den Berg is the President of the Asia Region (non-Japan) of the international insurance operation of Prudential Financial, Inc. (PFI). As the President of Asia Region (non Japan) Van Den Berg provides support and oversight to PFI’s insurance businesses in the Asia Region (non Japan). He joined PFI in 2011 from AXA, where he served as Chief Executive Officer, AXA Asia Pacific General Insurance, since 2007, and was responsible for insurance operations in 10 countries including China, India, Japan and South Korea. Between 2000 and 2007, Van Den Berg was Chief Executive Officer, AXA Netherlands, an operation that provided life, health and general insurance. Prior to joining AXA, Van Den Berg held a variety of positions at the ING Group in the Netherlands, including: Regional Director of an operation selling life, health and general insurance; Program Manager Restructuring, charged with coordinating a large-scale merger of ING’s life and general insurance companies; and Director, Individual Life Division, where he oversaw development of an award-winning universal life insurance product.

Dr. V. R. Narasimhan has more than 34 years of experience in securities market and financial service sector. The last position he held was Chief of Regulatory Division of National Stock Exchange, prior to which he was the Group Head, Compliance (Capital Markets) at Kotak Mahindra Bank. He has also worked with Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company as Chief Compliance Officer, National Securities Depository Limited as Senior Vice President and Securities and Exchange Board of India as Division Chief, Secondary Markets. Dr. Narasimhan was a member of regulations drafting committee for Forward Markets Commission, Government of India. He is also a member of various committee of Institute of company Secretaries of India. Dr. Narasimhan was also member in the committee to firm up questionnaire for NCEAR investor survey and faculty for induction program for new recruits at SEBI and member for selection of resource persons; member of syllabus framing committee - contributed to framing the course content for broker, mutual fund, registrar and transfer agent test programs at NISM.