Board of Directors

Mr. A. Stening

Mr. Angus William Stening is the Chairman of Baroda Pioneer Asset Management Company Limited. He is also the CEO, Asia & Emerging Markets Division Pioneer Investments. Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Stening was Head of Central & Eastern Europe based in Prague where he successfully managed the expansion and strategic development of Pioneer Investments’ presence across the region to a market leading position. Mr Stening joined Pioneer Investments in 1999.

Mr. Roger Yates

Mr. Roger Yates is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pioneer Investments, and a well known name in the global fund management industry. Prior to this, he was the CEO at Henderson Asset Management, an organisation he served for about ten years. Mr. Yates holds a B.A. (Hons) degree in modern history from Oxford University, and is a non-executive director with JP Morgan Elect PLC and IG Group PLC.

Mr. M.D.Mallya

Mr. M. D. Mallya, Chairman and Managing Director, Bank of Baroda. Prior to joining the Bank, Mr Mallya was the Chairman & Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra. Mr. Mallya is a Bachelor of Engineering with Distinction from Karnataka Regional Engineering College, Suratkal. Subsequently, he completed his post-graduation Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore with Distinction. In a career spanning over 31 years, he has acquired rich experience in banking in various positions and assignments.

Mr. N. Ramani

Mr. N. Ramani is General Manager (Wholesale Banking), Bank of Baroda, and responsible for domestic corporate lending, domestic foreign business and the Corporate Debt Restructuring Cell. He has been with Bank of Baroda since 1973 and has a rich experience in the banking industry. He is also a Director with BOB Capital Markets Limited, a 100% subsidiary of Bank of Baroda. He holds a post graduate degree (M.Sc).in Physics, and is a CAIIB.

Mr. Rajan Krishnan

Mr. Rajan Krishnan is a B.A (Hons), PGDBM from XLRI, Jamshedpur, with over 23 years of experience in marketing, of which 14 years are in the mutual fund industry. Mr Krishnan took charge as the Chief Executive Officer of Baroda Pioneer Asset management Co. Ltd. and is presently the Managing Director. Prior to his appointment, he was the Business Head (Asset Management) – Principal PNB Asset Management Company Pvt. Ltd. from June 2003 to March 2008, Vice President (Sales and Marketing) - Zurich Asset Management Company Pvt. Ltd. between Dec 1999 and June 2003 and Vice President (Sales) – Kothari Pioneer Asset Management Company Limited from September 1994 to December 1999.

Mr. G.P. Gupta

Mr. G.P. Gupta was the Chairman of Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI). He has rich experience in banking, finance and other sectors of the Indian economy. Mr. Gupta was also the Chairman of the Unit Trust of India (January 1997 - June 1998) and has served in various roles such as Executive Director at Industrial Development Bank of India (1969 - 1996). He is a Director of companies and a member of various committees.

Professor B.B. Bhattacharya

Professor B.B. Bhattacharya is currently the Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Prior to this post Prof. Bhattacharya was Director (2001-2005) and Professor (1981 onwards) at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi. He has a M.A. in Economics from the University of Allahabad in 1966 with first position in the order of Merit and obtained his Ph.D. in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi in 1971. He was a UNESCO Fellow at the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw in 1974 and a Ford Foundation post doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley between 1980-81.

Dr Pradip N. Khandwalla

Dr. P. Khandwalla serves as a Consultant to many Indian and international organisations in the areas of team building, innovative excellence, management and organisational restructuring and creativity training. Dr. Khandwalla served as L&T Chair Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) from 1985 to 1991. He was associated with IIMA as a Professor from 1975 to 2002. He has won many international and Indian awards. Dr. Khandwalla is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has taught at McGill University, Canada for several years. Dr. Khandwalla has his MBA from Wharton, Pennsylvania and Ph.D. from Carnegie-Mellon, USA.

Mr. Shiv Dayal

Mr. Shiv Dayal is the Founder and Managing Director of Langham Capital He is also the Chairman of F1F9 (India) Private Ltd. Prior to founding Langham Capital, Mr. Dayal managed two technology ventures in Europe, worked in the Mergers & Acquisitions groups at JPMorgan and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in London and New York. Mr. Shiv Dayal has a Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Sussex, a Masters degree in Development Economics from the University of East Anglia and an MBA from London Business School. He is also a Director of various companies.

Mr. Rohit Arora

Mr. Rohit Arora, is the Founder & Chairman, EMR Technology Ventures Private Limited. He has over two decades of experience in business process outsourcing, investment banking and management consulting. He has advised Fortune 1000 corporations on their India entry strategy including identifications, negotiations and selection of joint venture partners. Mr. Arora is also the founder director of AR Credit. He was earlier the Managing Director of AIA Capital India Pvt. Ltd, the Investment Banking arm of AIG - American International Group. Mr. Arora is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.