Board of Directors

Anand Rathi

Anand Rathi

Founder & Group Chairman, Anand Rathi Group

Mr. Anand Rathi is the founder and the soul of the Anand Rathi Group. The Gold Medalist chartered accountant is a leading financial and investment expert in India and the
broader South-East Asian region. Before laying the foundation of the Anand Rathi Group, Mr. Rathi had an illustrious and fruitful career with the Aditya Birla Group. He was a
core member and played a crucial role in shaping the flagship cement business of the group. Mr. Rathi had spearheaded the Aditya Birla Group’s entry into various
manufacturing and service sectors. In 1999, Mr. Rathi was appointed the president of BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange). The rapid expansion of BOLT - the BSE Online Trading
System, during his tenure, speaks volumes of his farsightedness. He also set up the Trade Guarantee Fund and played a vital role in setting up the Central Depository Services
(CDS). Mr. Rathi is an esteemedmember of the ICAI and has experience of 53+ years across sectors.

Gautam Chainani

Gautam Chainani

Veteran HR Leader

Mr. Chainani isseasoned HR veteran who was last with JSW Group as Group Head HR. Prior to joining JSW, he was with Aditya Birla Group from 2007 to 2016. He joined as GroupHR Head of Financial Services Business and then moved to Head HR at Ultratech Cementin 2013. In his role as Chief People Officer of Financial Services Business, Mr. Chainani wasresponsible for directing, leading, guiding Human Resources strategy and practices for Financial Services Businesses across Life Insurance, Asset Management, NBFC, WealthManagement, Retail Financial Distribution, Insurance Broking , Private Equity & Infrastructure Finance. Mr. Chainani brings with him over 35 yrs. of experience, with organizationslike WNS Global Services Ltd., Bharati Cellular Ltd., Hughes TelecomLtd, Wipro Consumer ,Hindustan Lever Ltd. and DCM Ltd. He is a postgraduate in PM and IR.

Ankit Bansal

Ankit Bansal

Founder & CEO

Ankit is a widely known professional in the Indian HR industry. Ankit brings with him deep multi-industry expertise predominantly in banking, consulting, research and HR industry. He has been consulting large multinationals, biggest industrial houses and host of startups and SME on leadership issues and problems. Ankit is a serial entrepreneur in the HR space. He founded Sapphire Human Solutions and played a key role in making it India’s premier domestic search firm having a clientele, which boasts of 6 of the Top 10 business houses in the country, highly accomplished Board and an admirable Advisory Board consisting of Industry Stalwarts. He then founded Mykindofjob.com in 2014, which became India’s largest flexi job portal. Prior to his HR journey, Ankit worked with firms like McKinsey, PwC and Standard Chartered. Ankit is also a founder Advisory Board member of India Diversity Forum.

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