Advisory Board

A career banker with 38 years experience in 4 public sector banks of which 2 as Chairman & Managing Director; Headed industry bodies like Indian Banks Association (IBA) Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) and Indian Institute for Banking & Finance (IIBF) facilitating development of sound and progressive banking policies; Broad based exposure to other areas of financial sector through Board positions; As CMD of PNB, consistently figured in the Top 100 India Inc. Most Powerful CEOs surveyed by Economic Times since 2010 at Cubictree and he is Chairman of Governing Council Board.

Mr. Ashesh Shah is a senior investment professional with three decades of experience, including private equity, venture capital, special situations and investment banking Mr. Shah specializes in investments in high-quality and deep-value companies, and adds value through board membership and mentoring. Mr. Shah has full life-cycle experience in Venture Capital and Private Equity He specializes in turnarounds, distressed debt and special-situations investment opportunities, Mergers, Acquisitions, Bankruptcy and Insolvency transactions. Industries covered by him include technology, retail, manufacturing, services, metals, etc. Mr. Shah has been a speaker at several conferences including the Capital Roundtable in New York, the Harvard Business School Turnaround Symposium, Funds World Private Equity Conference in Mumbai, Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), Rajasthan Startup Oasis.

Ex-Managing Director and Country Head of Barclays Capital India and Serial Entrepreneur. Raju Shukla is the founder and chairman of Cleantech Energy Corporation. He also serves as the chairman and managing director of Ocean Dial Asset Management Group. Previously, he served as managing director and country head of Barclays Capital India from 2007-2012, and thereafter as non-executive chairman. He has also worked at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, SBC Warburg and DSP Merrill Lynch.Raju holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad

Ex-Member of Executive Management at HDFC Limited, currently board member of multiple companies

Founder & Chairman of SNG & Partners, a premier full-service law firm with offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bengaluru, Rajesh Gupta brings over thirty years of experience in corporate and transactional law, including litigation. His expertise spans Banking and Finance, Commercial Laws, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, ESG, and Private Client Practice. As a trusted advisor to foreign and Indian banks, financial institutions, corporate houses, and real estate players, he has successfully led negotiations and provided strategic business solutions. His private client practice focuses on Business Restructuring, Succession & Estate Planning, and managing stressed assets, including advisory roles in implementing the SARFAESI Act, 2002. Rajesh Gupta has also advised leading banks and NBFCs like HDFC Ltd and ICICI Bank on mortgage finance, security interest creation, and real estate transactions such as township developments and Foreign Direct Investment. Beyond his legal practice, Rajesh Gupta is an active contributor to legal research, having published papers in leading dailies, law journals, and global publications. He has authored multiple books on banking laws and has been a speaker at legal forums in India and abroad. Passionate about knowledge-sharing and thought leadership, he actively engages in professional discourse. Outside of work, he enjoys traveling, reading, music, and philanthropic initiatives. He strongly believes in the philosophy of "Greatest number of good to the greatest number of people" and upholds trust as a core value in his professional and personal life