A seasoned and thoughtful leader who brings years of experience across a wide variety of strategic and operational roles, which includes his five-year role as Chairman and CEO of State Bank of India (SBI), a Fortune 500 company. He is best known for transforming SBI and bringing efficiency and competitiveness. Under his chairmanship, SBI adopted an aggressive strategy in marketing and operations. In the past, he has been the government’s nominee on the India-US CEO Forum, Indo-French CEO Forum and Indo-Russia CEO Forum. Currently, he serves as Independent Director on several Boards including TCS, Tata Motors and Hindustan Unilever among others.

He is former Chairman of PwC India. During his illustrious career with PwC, he served in various leadership and client service roles in India and overseas. He has extensive experience in the audit function as well as business advisory related work. His experience, in India and overseas, encompasses multiple industries. He serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of Tata Steel Minerals Canada, HCL Technologies, Nayara Energy and Delhivery. He is also associated with Save the Children as the Chairman of its India operations and a member on its global board.

Co-founder of Cartica, an independent investment boutique focussed on emerging markets. Prior to co-founding Cartica, she was a member of IFC’s Management Group. In her last position at IFC, she served as the Regional Vice President in charge of operations in East Asia and the Pacific, South Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. She was responsible for strategy, investment operations and advisory services in IFC’s member countries in these regions. She also oversaw all equity investments globally and investments in Agribusiness, Manufacturing and Services and Health and Education, regardless of geography. She serves on the Boards of Kotak Mahindra Bank, Dragon Capital (Vietnam) and Tata Investment Corporation.

He served as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India. While at LIC, he held various challenging assignments pan India and in all operational streams. Working across the length and breadth of the country has added immensely to his experience and honed his understanding of the demographics of the country, socio-economic needs of different regions and multi-cultural challenges in the implementation of organisational objectives. An inspiring ‘Growth Leader', he is known for his nearly 40 years of extensive experience in insurance and financial sectors. He is a believer in connecting with the grassroots and has a bottom-up approach. He serves on the Boards of Mahindra & Mahindra and Reliance Power among others.

She is a former partner at PwC. During her career of 25 years at PwC, she has served in various positions including in the firm’s Management team in India, while holding responsibility for the Marketing and Brand of the firm. She led PwC’s work on Climate Change and Carbon transactions during the early days of the international carbon market. She was also responsible for PwC’s Financial Sector business across all verticals. Over the years she was a part of the founding teams of several advisory businesses including Corporate Finance, Project Finance, Change Management, Infrastructure, Government and Utilities and Sustainability for PwC in India. She serves on the Boards of HDFC Life Insurance Company Ltd and SRF Limited.

A structural & computational biologist and a well-known research scientist, he was Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India. He is a distinguished Professor at the Savitribai Phule Pune University. He is one of India’s leading experts in DNA fingerprinting and diagnostics. In 2005, he was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology – the most prestigious science award in India – in the category of Biological Sciences. He is a thought leader and is known for his policy advocacy in Science, Technology and within the Research Community globally.

Executive Director and Group Chief Financial Officer of Tata Sons since 2017. In this role, he is focussed on driving financial performance of the Group through rigour and synergy in capital allocation, investment management and portfolio optimisation. Prior to joining Tata Sons, he was Head of Strategy at the Aditya Birla Group. In a career spanning over two decades, he was Head of Investment Banking in India for Bank of America Merrill Lynch and also Head of Corporate Finance business in India and South Asia for Standard Chartered Bank.

He has over 35 years of experience in the Metals and Mining industry and has been a thought leader on complex, strategic and operational matters relating to steel industry. He is responsible for the business and corporate affairs of Tata Steel globally. He has overseen the organic and inorganic growth of Tata Steel over the last few years including the Kalinganagar greenfield expansion and acquisition of Bhushan Steel and Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited among others. A member of the Executive Committee and the Board of the World Steel Association and President of the Indian Institute of Metals, he has served as the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) from 2021 to 2022.

He has been part of the leadership team and has led the Finance function for over 15 years. He has stewarded financial strategy and financing programs for over US$60 bn. He has been instrumental in portfolio restructuring and turnaround of businesses of various subsidiaries. He has been deeply involved on issues of ESG and UN SDGs. A thought leader on sustainable finance and reporting, he serves as a member of UN Global Compact, CFO Task Force on SDGs, Task force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures, Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, among others. He has been on the Global Preparers Forum of IASB and was member of SEBI’s Primary Market Advisory Committee.