Anand Rathi, Founder & Chairman

Prior to establishing his own company, Mr. Rathi headed Indian Rayon & Industries, as Senior President. He has held a series of responsible positions with the Birla group and was also instrumental in setting up of Birla Global Finance. In his 40 years of being in the corporate world, Mr. Rathi has held several key positions on various regulatory and professional boards, including, President, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), and Member, Central Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI). As President of BSE, Mr. Rathi played a key role in the expansion plan of BOLT, the online trading system of the Exchange and setting up of the Trade Guarantee Fund. He was the moving force behind setting up of the Central Depository Services (India) Ltd.He is a gold medalist Chartered Accountant.

Pradeep Gupta , Co-founder & Vice chairman

With over twenty years experience in the securities market. Co–founder and key driver of the Retail and Institutional Equities business of the group.

Amit Rathi , Managing Director

A rank holder Chartered Accountant and an MBA from Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University joined the group in 1998. He was instrumental in establishing the group’s private wealth management and investment banking businesses. Calling him a ‘financial guru’, the Times of India group, listed Amit in 2008 amongst the top 51 young Marwaris in India (under the age of 40).

Dr. S A Dave, Director

Former Chairman Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Deputy Director of the RBI. Former Chairman Unit Trust of India (UTI). Member of General Committees of Government of India & Financial Reforms and Chairman CMIE 1998 till date. And a M. A. (USA) with Ph D in Economics.

C D Arha , Director

Formerly Secretary in the Union Ministry of Mines. Special Secretary & Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Coal. Resident Chief Information Commissioner – AP (Right to Information Act). Commissioner Civil Supplies (AP). Chairman & MD, APSEC. With a M .A. (History) and diploma Management & Administration of Rural Development.

Rahul Yadav , Director

Rahul Yadav joined Citibank Venture Capital International (CVCI) in 2005 and is a Managing Director with the India team. Rahul has 22 years of experience in Investment & Corporate banking. He has spent over 12 years with Citibank. Prior to this assignment he has worked with Merrill Lynch as Senior Vice President , Middle East & India , Deutsche Morgan Grenfell in India as Director & India Head Structured Finance, and Prudential in New York in Corporate Finance. He is a post-graduate from the University of Oxford, England where he studied on Rhodes Scholarship and a B.A degree from St. Stephens College, Delhi.