BOARD OF DIRECTORS

STRONG GOVERNANCE FROM A DIVERSE BOARD

Mr. CH. S. S. Mallikarjuna Rao

DIN: 07667641

He is a Non-Executive Nominee Director and Chairman of PNB Housing Finance Limited, since December 20, 2019.

Mr. Rao is currently the MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank (PNB). Prior to becoming MD & CEO, Punjab National Bank, he was the MD & CEO of Allahabad Bank. Before this, he was an Executive Director of Syndicate Bank from September 15, 2016. Mr. Rao has served as General Manager & Chief Financial Officer at Oriental Bank of Commerce. In his career spanning over three decades, he has gained vast exposure in credit, information technology, recovery, treasury, risk management, retail banking, marketing, publicity and alternative delivery channels. He is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.

Committee Membership

Nomination and Remuneration and Stakeholders Relationship

Mr. Sunil Kaul

DIN: 05102910

He is a Non-Executive Nominee Director of PNB Housing Finance Limited since March 5, 2015.

At present, Mr. Kaul is the Managing Director of Carlyle Singapore Investment Advisors Pte Limited and is the Head of South East Asia for financial services sector of the Carlyle Asia Buyout Advisory Team and concurrently heads the financial services sector for the team in Asia. Mr. Kaul was the President of Citibank Japan and the Chairman of CitiCards Japan KK and CitiFinancial Japan KK. He was also the Head of Retail Banking for Citibank in Asia, the Head of International Personal Banking for Citibank in New York and the Head of Global Transaction Services at Citibank, Japan. He has over 30 years of experience in the fields of private equity, corporate and consumer banking.

Committee Membership

Nomination and Remuneration, Stakeholders Relationship and Risk Management

Mr. R Chandrasekaran

DIN: 00580842

He is an Independent Director of PNB Housing Finance Limited since October 7, 2015.

Mr. Chandrasekaran was one of the professional co-founders of Cognizant. He retired as the Executive Vice Chairperson of Cognizant India in March 2019. Mr. Chandra has been widely recognised as a significant contributor in the growth of Cognizant including its global footprint. Prior to joining Cognizant, he worked with Tata Consultancy Services for over nine years. He has over 35 years of experience in the field of information technology.

Committee Membership

Nomination and Remuneration, Corporate Social Responsibility and IT Strategy

Mr. Nilesh S Vikamsey

DIN: 00031213

He is an Independent Director of PNB Housing Finance Limited since April 22, 2016.

Mr. Vikamsey is the former President of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is a member since 1985. He is a senior partner in Khimji Kunverji and Co. since 1985. He has extensive experience in the audit and consultancy of banks, large companies, mutual funds, financial service sector companies.

Committee Membership

Audit and Nomination and Remuneration

Mr. Ashwani Kumar Gupta

DIN: 00108678

He is an Independent Director of PNB Housing Finance Limited since May 12, 2017.

Mr. Gupta is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 1977 batch. He has also served as the Regional Council Member of Central India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He is also associated with various charitable trusts and organisations. He has over 40 years of experience in corporate finance, treasury, capital management, mortgages, securitisation and reconstruction of assets.

Committee Membership

Credit and Stakeholders Relationship

Mr. Neeraj Vyas

DIN: 07053788

He is Non-Executive Director since September 1, 2020.

Mr. Vyas joined the Board on April 15, 2019 as an Independent Director and resigned on April 28, 2020 to take charge as interim MD & CEO of the Company. He superannuated as the Deputy Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the State Bank of India (SBI) on June 30, 2018. He has handled several assignments for the bank in India and abroad. He designed and conceptualised the scheme of merger of five associate banks and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with SBI. He is a senior banking professional with over 35 years of experience across a wide range of functions, such as banking, credit, mortgages, risk management and operations.

Committee Membership

Credit and Risk Management

Dr. T.M. Bhasin

DIN: 03091429

He is an Independent Director, with effect from April 2, 2020.

Dr. Bhasin is the Chairman of the Advisory Board for Banking Frauds constituted by the Central Vigilance Commission, in consultation with the RBI. He was appointed on June 11, 2015 as the vigilance commissioner at the Central Vigilance Commission by the President of India for a term upto June 10, 2019. He was also associated with Oriental Bank of Commerce as General Manager. He was appointed as the Executive Director on the Board of United Bank of India on November 7, 2007 and the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank on April 1, 2010. He has over four decades of experience in administration, banking and finance industry. He is an MBA (Finance), LLB and Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers.

Committee Membership

Audit, Corporate Social Responsibility and Risk Management

Mr. Sudarshan Sen

DIN: 03570051

He is an Independent Director since October 1, 2020.

Mr. Sen retired from the Reserve Bank of India as Executive Director in charge of regulation of banks and non-banking financial companies. In a career spanning over 36 years with the Reserve Bank, he worked in a number of areas, including banking regulation, bank supervision, fintech regulation, human resources, information technology, and currency management. Mr. Sen is currently holding the position of Chairman of the Committee constituted by the RBI for reviewing asset reconstruction companies. He has been on a number of major national and international committees constituted by the Reserve Bank of India. He holds a Master’s degree in Mathematics from Delhi University and an MBA in International Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham, UK.

Committee Membership

Audit and Corporate Social Responsibility

Mr. Kapil Modi

DIN: 07055408

He is a Non-Executive Nominee Director since October 1, 2020.

Mr. Modi is a Director in Carlyle India team and has been a part of the investment team for $1.7billion of investments by Carlyle in India over the last 12 years. He has strong network of relationships across investment banks, consultants and operating management teams primarily in financial services and technology sectors. He holds a B. Tech degree in Computer Science from IIT Kharagpur and is a post-graduate in management (gold medalist) from IIM Ahmedabad. He also holds CFA from CFA Institute (USA) and a Master’s degree in business law from National Law School, Bengaluru.

Committee Membership

IT Strategy

Mr. Rajneesh Karnatak

DIN: 08912491

He is a Non-Executive Nominee Director since January 19, 2021.

Mr. Karnatak is the Chief General Manager at Punjab National Bank. He is a post-graduate in Commerce stream (M.Com.) and a Certified Associate from Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). He is an experienced banking professional who is holding a senior banking position. He has handled several assignments in the field and at central offices. He has experience in credit monitoring, digital banking and corporate credit.

He has experience of more than 26 years in erstwhile Oriental Bank of Commerce. He carries varied branch and administrative office experience. he has headed large corporate credit branches also. Presently, he is heading the Credit Review & Monitoring Division of Punjab National Bank.

Committee Membership

Risk Management

Ms. Gita Nayyar

DIN: 07128438

She is an Independent DIrector since May 29, 2021.

Ms. Nayyar is a finance professional with over 30 years of global leadership experience with MNC banks/VC funds and corporates. She has extensive cross-functional expertise in corporate banking, risk and relationship management, investment banking, wealth management and fund raising. She is also recognised for her expertise in angel investing/mentoring and advising early-stage ventures and has a successful track record of Investing and founding early-stage enterprises.

She serves as an Independent Director on the Board of several large reputed corporate organisations/Board of governors of IIM – Udaipur and is on the advisory committee of national NGOs and a VC Fund.

She is a BA in Economics from Delhi University and holds an MBA from Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, Dartmouth College, USA.

Mr. Hardayal Prasad

DIN: 08024303

He is Managing Director & CEO since August 10, 2020.

Mr. Prasad is a seasoned banker with experience in domestic and international banking, operations and credit card industry. He holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry and is a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers. Mr. Prasad has been a part of the State Bank of India, India’s oldest and largest banking group, for over three decades and has handled several assignments for the bank in India and abroad. Over the years, he has held multiple leadership positions at State Bank of India including Chief General Manager, LHO Hyderabad; General Manager, LHO Mumbai and Vice President (Trade & Systems), Los Angeles Agency USA among others.

Prior to joining PNB Housing Finance, he was the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of SBI Cards. While at SBI Cards he merged the two credit card entities and then came out with its IPO, he spearheaded the transformational journey and repositioned SBI Cards, as a pure play credit card company, with leadership position in the market.

He was awarded as one of the ‘Economic Times Most Promising Business Leaders of Asia, 2019-20’ at the Economic Times Asian Business Leaders Conclave, 2019, for demonstrating exemplary leadership qualities.

Committee Membership

Credit, Corporate Social Responsibility, Stakeholders Relationship, Risk Management and IT Strategy