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Some of his accomplishments include being the Executive Director with Punjab National Bank (“PNB”) from January 1, 2011, to March 11, 2014 (appointment by the Government of India), Chairman and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank from March 12, 2014 to April 30, 2017, and in various capacities in Andhra Bank. He is a veteran banker and has worked in various segments in banking industry including but not limited to Corporate Banking, Foreign Exchange, Credit, Risk Management, Deposit Planning, Corporate Communications, Government Business etc.

He started his career as Equity Research Associate with Keefe Bruyette & Woods and was elevated to the position of Assistant Vice President. He worked with FrontPoint Partners, L.P. as Financial Analyst and Vice President where he extensively worked on analysis, research and investment in financial services and real estate companies in India and USA. Post FrontPoint Partners, he was associated with Seawolf Capital LLC as Vice President, responsible for investing and managing a portfolio of listed equities within financial services companies in India and USA. He also worked on companies in similar sectors located in Australia, Brazil and Canada.

He has over 38 years of international corporate experience in senior positions in Marketing, Sales, Product Management, General Management and Corporate Advisory. His last corporate role was as Senior Vice President, Marketing and Cross Border for Asia Pacific at Visa Inc. Prior to that he worked at Proctor & Gamble, Nestle, PepsiCo, across multiple geographies including India, Switzerland, Australia, Singapore, United Kingdom, with oversight for international markets in Asia Pacific, Middle East, Eastern Europe, Russia and Africa. He is currently an Advisor and Board Member in fintech, healthtech and market research & data analytics companies.

Prior to co-founding Seawolf Capital, Mr. Collins was a Partner of the FrontPoint Financial Services Fund where he was featured in the Michael Lewis book and the movie ‘The Big Short’ for accurately predicting the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. Winning substantial critical acclaim for foreseeing excess leverage in the US financial system well before 2008, Mr. Collins and his team made several presentations to US Government offices on resurrecting the economy post the crisis.

Prior to joining FrontPoint in 2004, Mr. Collins was a Financial Services Analyst and a Retail/Consumer Analyst at Chilton Investment Co., Inc and also served as a Portfolio Analyst at Goldman Sachs & Co. Commodities Corporation.

Mr. Collins is on the Board of the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation, the Investment Committee of Salisbury School, the Board of Directors of the National Rowing Foundation and the Board of Stewards of Power Ten New York, Inc., and is a Steward of the Brown Rowing Association.

A commerce graduate of Sydenham college with a Masters in Marketing management from NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies), Mumbai University, Abha started her career working for an International bank before moving on as Regional head, West for a financial services company. Always a people’s person, Ms Kapoor’s informal recommendations for banking and finance personnel during her international travels became well known, prompting her to eventually co found K&J Search Consultants.

For Abha it has been extremely gratifying to be at the forefront of Executive Search Consultancy in the Media & Entertainment space; to have partnered with a diverse set of clients in their growth, as also to have been a mentor to her candidates. Through building start-up teams and placing key leadership positions for various organizations, from their inception to the stellar market presence they each have today, she is proud to have significantly contributed to the rapid expansion of India's M&E sector over the last two and a half decades.

Abha is currently an Independent & Non-Executive Director on the Board of Quint Digital Media (The Quint), a digital news platform founded by Raghav Bahl & Ritu Kapur Bahl

He has varied experience over 35 years in leadership roles across Administration, Collection of Intelligence Investigations, Security Management (Valued Assets, General & VIP), Prevention & Detection of Crime, Vigilance, Anti-Corruption, Maintenance of Law and Order, Counter Terrorism measures and Anti Naxal Operations etc. He has previously served as Additional Director General of Police (Law & Order), Maharashtra. He is currently acts as a Strategic Security Advisor to the Reserve Bank of India. He is currently acting as Security Adviser at Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and also advising Rajasthan Royals on ethics and is on the governing council of Rajasthan Royals of Indian Premier League (IPL).

After her last 10 years in Unilever, Ms. Verma is now a global management consultant, focused on helping businesses with innovation, strategy & new business models to create sustainable growth. She partners Oxfordsm, a BCorp and a global strategic and marketing consultancy headquartered in the UK.

Ms. Geetu Verma has been recognized as among the most powerful women in Indian business by Business Today and ranked among the top 10 most influential marketers, several years in a row. She in an immensely respected FMCG industry voice, an ardent advocate on authentic leadership and a strong proponent of an inclusive culture that helps diversity thrive. She actively supports causes related to underprivileged children’s health care and education.