Our Leadership

Nimesh joined ICICI Prudential AMC (IPAMC) in 2007 as MD & CEO.

Prior to joining IPAMC, he was Senior General Manager at ICICI Bank where he handled many responsibilities including Project Finance, Corporate Banking and International Banking. He also led ICICI Bank’s foray into Middle-East and African region and helped establish ICICI’s brand presence in these geographies and in the International arena.

IPAMC has achieved leadership position in the Indian Mutual Fund industry under his leadership. His focus has been always on being investor-centric, maintaining high levels of transparency and disclosures besides sticking to basics. This has helped the company to establish itself as a credible and trust-worthy brand.

He is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and has more than 25 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry.

Ramakrishna joined IPAMC in September 2004.

At IPAMC, Ramakrishna is the custodian of finance function and is also responsible for driving Product Development, ETF & International Business besides overseeing the Communications function. He plays an integral role in driving the key profitability agenda through financial & corporate planning, budgetary control and corporate finance. He is also responsible for driving key initiatives and projects.

He has 30 years of rich experience across industries like FMCG and banking & financial services.

By qualification, Ramakrishna is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant.

Amar joined IPAMC in 2013.

In his current role as Head of Retail & Institutional Business, he is responsible for driving the overall business objectives. For most part of his career, he has been associated with IPAMC in various roles having started his career in 2001.

In his past role as Head of Retail Business at IPAMC, he drove the organization to a leadership position. Prior to this, he was responsible for managing key Institutional clients and driving overall business growth.

He has an overall work experience of around 17 years across the Banking & Financial Services Industry.

His qualifications include B.Com, R. A. Podar College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai and Master of Management Studies (Finance), Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.

Abhijit joined IPAMC in July 2014.

In his current role, Abhijit is responsible for driving growth of the organization, through an effective marketing & digital strategy and enhanced customer experience.

He has a total work experience of 18 years in the Banking & Financial Services Industry across verticals like Customer Experience, Alternate Channels, Sales & Distribution and Direct Marketing. Prior to joining IPAMC, he has worked with firms like Citibank N.A., ING Vysya Life Insurance and Standard Chartered Bank.

He is a Post Graduate in Marketing from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS).

Amit joined IPAMC in April 2014.

Amit is responsible for driving the credit and investment risk functions at the AMC. He is a risk management specialist and comes with a rich overall experience of 20 years.

Prior to his association with IPAMC, he has worked as the Director, Financial Institutions Credit Risk at Bank of America, N.A. In the past, he has also worked with ICICI Bank Limited in the Credit Risk Management Group.

His qualifications include Masters in Management Studies (Finance) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (University of Mumbai) and Bachelor of Engineering (Production) from Fr. Agnel College of Engineering (University of Mumbai).

Vikas joined IPAMC in April 2018.

At IPAMC, in his current role he is responsible for managing the Operations and Technology function.

He has work experience of over 20 years in all facets of retail banking including distribution of loans, debt management, fraud risk, credit policy, portfolio management and branch banking.

Prior to this, he was associated with ICICI Bank. At the Bank he headed the strategy and planning, customer experience, innovation, branch transformation and risk management for retail Branches and also led various initiatives in the areas of service and operational efficiency through innovations in branch channel for the Bank. He has been a speaker at various global forums.

Vikas is a Bachelor of Commerce from Rajasthan University, Jaipur, and holds a Masters of Business Administration from Ajmer University.

Nikhil joined ICICI Prudential AMC in January 2008.

In his current role, Nikhil spearheads the Human Resources & Administration function for the organization.

Prior to joining IPAMC, he has worked with firms like WNS Global Services, eFunds International and ABC Consulting. Nikhil has 17 years of work experience across multiple industries.

Nikhil is a post graduate in management (Human Resources) from Indian Education Society’s Management College and Research Centre (IES’s MCRC) and Bachelors of Commerce (B.Com) from Mithibai College.

Vivek started his career at IPAMC in 1999.

In his current role, he is responsible for driving the business objectives in the Institutional segment, pan India. He is a key driver in strengthening institutional client relationships and facilitating asset growth.

In his past roles at IPAMC, he led the Institutional business for the West Zone and has also worked in Retail business across various locations.

He has an overall work experience of 18 years. His qualifications include PGDBA from ICFAI.

Aniruddha joined IPAMC in December 2006.

Aniruddha in his current role is responsible for driving the Retail Business through a mix of distribution channels. The retail sales and distribution team is an integrated unit of business delivery (sales and service), primarily addressing distributors and through them, individual investors’ needs.

He has an overall work experience of around 19 years across Banking & Financial Services Industry.

Aniruddha is a Chartered Accountant and also has a degree in Cost Accountancy.

Suresh has been associated with IPAMC since 2007.

At IPAMC, his responsibilities include building operational excellence and scalability in the area of Operations and Investor services to meet organizational growth agenda.

Suresh has 19 years of post-qualification experience in the field of finance, taxation and asset management. He is a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant and holds a Bachelors of Commerce degree from Mumbai University.

Lalit joined ICICI Prudential AMC in January 2008.　

Currently, he is heading the Projects & Process Re-engineering function. He has an overall work experience of more than 24 years across industries in areas of technology management, integration, strategic planning, process and profit centre management to name a few. He has worked with ICICI Group, Centillion, Gulf Computers and Siemens Ltd in the past.　

His qualifications include Masters in Commerce (University of Mumbai) and Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (Indo-German Training Centre).　

Lalit loves to read and has written a book on iPad usage.

Adil joined IPAMC in October 2007.

In his current role, Adil drives the Public Relations and Communication function for the organization. At IPAMC, he has anchored several functions like Product Communications, Product Development and Management.

He has 18 years of experience across Investment Management, Financial Services & Banking, and Auto in Asia, Europe & Africa.

His qualifications include MSc in International Banking & Finance from The University of Salford, UK and MBA from AMU.

Rakesh joined ICICI Prudential AMC in August 2011.

In his current role, Rakesh is responsible for managing Compliance & Secretarial function for the organisation.

He has an overall 17 years of post-qualification experience in the field of compliance, legal and secretarial matters. Prior to his association with ICICI Prudential AMC, he has worked with Travelex India, Axis Bank and Paternoster India.

By qualification, he is an A.C.S, Bachelor of Law and a graduate in Commerce.

S. Naren joined ICICI Prudential AMC in October 2004.

At ICICI Prudential AMC, Naren oversees the entire investment function across the Mutual Fund and the International Advisory Business. He is instrumental in overall investment strategy development and execution. He also directly manages the ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan and the ICICI Prudential Top 100 Fund.

Naren has rich experience of around 28 years in almost all spectrum of the financial services industry ranging from investment banking, fund management, equity research, and stock broking operations. His core competency lies in being involved in the entire gamut of equity market space with extensive knowledge of Indian equities and the economy.

After obtaining a B. Tech degree from IIT Chennai, Naren finished MBA in finance from IIM Kolkota and worked with financial service organizations like Refco Sify Securities India Pvt. Ltd., HDFC Securities Ltd. and Yoha Securities in various positions prior to joining ICICI Prudential AMC.

Naren has many laurels to his credit. He is a leading voice on the Indian economy/ equity markets across the investment and financial services fraternity.

Rahul has re-joined ICICI Prudential AMC now as CIO of Fixed Income.

He has been earlier associated with the AMC for the period July 2004 to October 2009 as Co- Head - Fixed Income. In his earlier he was responsible for managing 8 debt funds with primary responsibility on Govt. Bonds and Corporate Bonds trading and involved monitoring of the factors like key economic developments, market liquidity, forex movement etc. He has been a key contributor to our success on the fixed income side in the past.

He has an overall work experience of around over 22 years. In his previous role with Standard Chartered Bank, he was a Senior Rates Trader & Head of Primary Dealership Desk.

Rahul currently manages 8 funds at ICICI Prudential i.e. ICICI Prudential Liquid Plan, ICICI Prudential Flexible Income Plan, ICICI Prudential Floating Rate Fund, ICICI Prudential Banking & PSU Debt Fund, . ICICI Prudential Medium Term Plan, ICICI Prudential Gilt Fund (All Options). ICICI Prudential Multiple Yield Fund, ICICI Prudential Capital Protection Oriented Fund,

Rahul holds a Bachelors degree in Science and an MBA from Bhopal University. Besides Standard Chartered Bank he has worked with various other organizations like Franklin Templeton, UTI Bank, SMIFS Securities, Khandwala Finance Ltd and RR Financial Consultants.

Rahul loves reading and is a keen follower of Formula 1 and tennis.

Rahul joined ICICI Prudential AMC in Nov 2010.

At ICICI Prudential AMC, Rahul is responsible for anchoring the Real Estate Business and driving team synergies. Rahul has an overall work experience of around 26 years. His expertise and core competency has been in the in depth understanding of the real estate segment and evaluating and investing in real estate projects. He has also managed one of the largest and first FDI transactions that happened in the Indian real estate space in 2004.

Rahul, is a Chartered Accountant, and has also completed the Cost Accountancy and Intermediate level Company Secretary Course. Prior to ICICI Prudential AMC, he has been associated with companies like Arthur Anderson Corporate Finance, Ernst and Young Transaction Advisory Services, RSM Advisors Private Limited and till recently was associated with Sun Apollo Real Estate Advisors.

Rahul believes that his strong technical and analytical skills help him as a decision maker. In his leisure he likes reading fiction and watching movies & sports.

Mrinal joined ICICI Prudential AMC in June 2008.

Mrinal currently manages several funds including ICICI Prudential Value Discovery Fund ICICI Prudential Focused Equity Fund, ICICI Prudential Midcap Fund and ICICI Prudential Dividend Yield Equity Fund.

He has an overall work experience of around 16 years across industries like Financial Services, Auto and IT. His core competency lies in portfolio management and sector analysis.

Mrinal is a Bachelor of Engineering and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from SP Jain, Mumbai. Prior to joining ICICI Prudential AMC, he was with Wipro Ltd and Robert Bosch GmbH.

Mr. C. R. Muralidharan was a Whole-Time Member of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority, Hyderabad (IRDA) and was looking after the compliance by the insurers of the regulations on investments, analysis of financial statements of insurance companies, on and off-site supervision of insurance companies as well as other regulatory issues including the registration of new insurance companies.

Prior to joining IRDA, he worked in RBI for more than three decades in various capacities. He was heading the Department of Banking Operations and Development (DBOD) of RBI, which is responsible for laying down a regulatory framework on a wide range of operations for Indian commercial banks to promote a sound and competitive banking system consistent with the emerging international best practices. He assisted IMF in two overseas assignments and was associated with several High Level Working Groups on Banking Regulation.

Besides, he was also actively involved in the role of promotion of rural credit as well as in the development of HR for the central bank.

After graduating from the Sydenham College of Commerce & Economics of the University of Bombay with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors) degree in 1971, Mr. Suresh Kumar completed a post-graduate Investment Management Programme conducted jointly by the Stanford University and the London School of Business. He then went on to pursue an Advanced Management Programme at the Columbia Business School. In commendation of his academic achievements, he has been the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Rotary International Scholarship (1977) tenable in California (U.S.A.), the Lord Aldington Banking Fellowship (1978) and Fellow of the Indian Institute of Bankers.

Mr. Kumar began his long and illustrious career in banking as Probationary Officer and Manager at the Iron Ore Division (Overseas Branch) of State Bank of India, Mumbai in 1972. Later he took on the role of Senior Treasury and General Management positions with the Government of Dubai, after which he became Member of the Senior Management and Executive Committee (ExCo) of the Emirates Bank Group. While with the Group, between 1985 and 2012 he successively headed the corporate banking, remedial credit management, treasury & capital markets, asset management and investment banking companies as the General Manager / CEO.

Mr. Kumar is currently a Member on the Boards of a number of offshore private equity firms. He regularly writes for English and Arabic newspapers in the UAE and has addressed several symposia on financial and non-financial subjects in print, television and other media.

Ms. Lakshmi Venkatachalam held the office of the Vice President for Private Sector and Co-financing Operations in the Asian Development Bank 2010-15 where she was responsible for leading and managing ADB’s private sector investment operations and its official co-financing activities. She was ADB’s first vice president assigned with this responsibility, and was instrumental in realizing the broad objectives to be relating to private sector development and operations, as enshrined in its Strategic Plan (Strategy 2020).

Prior to her stint at the ADB, she had a career in public service, spanning for more than 30 years, where she held various positions in Government the most recent one being as a Director General of Shipping and ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Shipping, in capacity of which, she was the head of the Maritime Administration, implementing the Indian Merchant Shipping Act, which regulates shipping activities under the aegis of the International Maritime Organization.

Her previous extended assignments were in the field of industry and urban development. She worked as a director in the Ministry of Steel, Government of India from 1990 to 1995, following which she was Commissioner of the Bangalore Development Authority from 1995 to 1999. During her stint as Chairperson of the Coffee Board of India, (a statutory body, under the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India) between 2000 and 2005, she represented the Government of India at the International Coffee Organization, located in London. She was also Chairperson of the International Coffee Council in 2001-02, the first Indian to hold the position. Between 2005 to 2008, Ms. Venkatachalam held the position of Principal Secretary to the Government of Karnataka in the Departments of (1) Commerce and Industry, (2) Urban Development and (3) Planning, Program Implementation, Economics and Statistics, respectively.

She graduated from the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Baroda. She continued with her college and university education in Kolkata, where she graduated with a Master’s Degree in English in 1975, from Jadavpur University. Later, in 1988, she obtained two Post-Graduate Degrees in Economics and in Business Administration, from Boston University, USA. She is recipient of a diploma in French from the Alliance Francaise.

She is a frequent speaker at international events - addressing topics such as infrastructure finance, public-private partnerships, inclusive business, affordable housing, the financial sector, renewable energy, agribusiness, clean technology, etc.

Mr. Ved Prakash Chaturvedi is an Engineer and an MBA from IIM Bangalore. He was a member of the founding team at CRISIL. Mr. Chaturvedi has been associated with Indian capital market for more than 27 years.

During 2002 to 2010 he held the position of Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of Tata Asset Management Limited. Further, from 2011 to 2014 he held position as Member of the Management Council of L&T Finance Holdings Limited and Board member of L&T Investment Management Limited.

During his career he has been involved in building investment management and asset management businesses both organically and through acquisitions. The rapid growth of the Tata Mutual Fund business and later, the acquisition of Fidelity Fund Management India business by L&T Investment Management Limited have been notable achievements of his leadership while he served the respective companies.

He has also served on the Board of the Association of Mutual Funds in India. He has been a founding Board member of the Financial Planning Standards Board in India and has also served the Confederation of Indian Industry and several other regulatory committees including the mutual fund advisory committee of SEBI.

Mr. Dilip Karnik has completed Bachelor of Science from University of Pune in the year 1969 and is also a Gold medalist in Law from University of Pune. He was elevated as Additional Judge of Hon’ble Bombay High Court on October 12, 2001 and was sworn in as a permanent Judge on October 4, 2004. He retired on May 9, 2012 and is presently practicing as Arbitration and Legal Consultant. Mr. Karnik is currently an Independent Director on the Boards of ICICI Securities Primary Dealership Limited and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited.

Mr. Anup Bagchi is an Executive Director of ICICI Bank effective February 1, 2017. Prior to this, Mr. Bagchi was the Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Securities Limited (I-Sec), where he led capital raising by corporates. Under his leadership, the I-sec won the prestigious Outlook Money - India’s Best e-Brokerage House for seven consecutive years. I-sec also won the CNBC Awaaz Consumer Award for the Most Preferred Brand of Financial Advisory Services.

Mr. Bagchi joined the ICICI Group in 1992 and has worked in the areas of retail banking, corporate banking and treasury. Mr. Bagchi has been honoured with The Asian Banker Promising Young Banker Award.

Mr. Sandeep Batra has been working with the ICICI Group for the last 18 years and is currently the President – Corporate Centre at ICICI Bank. As President – Corporate Centre, Mr. Batra oversees the risk, internal audit, financial crime prevention, government relations, compliance, secretarial, and corporate communication functions at the Bank. He is also on the boards of several ICICI Group companies like ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited and ICICI Bank UK.

Mr. Batra has been a founder member of the ICICI Prudential Life Insurance team and has worked with the organization as its Chief Financial Officer from September 2000 till 2006 till he joined ICICI Bank as its Group Compliance Officer.

Mr. Batra rejoined ICICI Prudential Life Insurance as its Executive Director and a member of its board in 2014. At ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, he oversaw the finance, investments, actuarial, and risk and compliance functions. He was also instrumental in leading the company to India’s first IPO in the insurance space.

Bernard Teo is Director of TMBAM Eastspring at Eastspring Investments, the Asian asset management business of Prudential plc. He is a member of the Eastspring Management Committee.

Bernard joined Eastspring as Head of Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions in 2016 and led the acquisition of a 65% stake in Thailand’s TMB Asset Management in 2018 and the signing of a memorandum of understanding to acquire TFUND in Thailand in 2019.

He took up his current role in August 2019, with responsibility for integrating TMBAM Eastspring into the broader Eastspring business. Bernard also oversees Eastspring’s three joint ventures – ICICI-Pru, CITIC-Pru and BOCI-Pru – and the development of Eastspring’s wholly foreign-owned enterprise in China. This sees him focus on maximising growth opportunities in the India and China markets.

Prior to Eastspring, Bernard worked in the investment banking industry, focusing on financial institutions. He spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Managing Director and Co–Chief Operating Officer of Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) for the Financial Institutions Group (FIG) and Head of China FIG. Bernard was responsible for clients in Greater China and South East Asia and co-managed a group of 50 APxJ FIG bankers. Before this, Bernard was with Lehman Brothers/Nomura International, where he was Senior Vice President and Managing Director of the Financial Institutions Group in the Investment Banking Division.

Bernard holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard University.

Nimesh joined ICICI Prudential AMC (IPAMC) in 2007 as MD & CEO.

Prior to joining IPAMC, he was Senior General Manager at ICICI Bank where he handled many responsibilities including project finance, corporate banking and international banking. He also led ICICI Bank’s foray into Middle-East and African region and helped establish ICICI’s brand presence in these geographies and the International arena.

IPAMC has achieved leadership position in the Indian Mutual Fund industry under his leadership. His focus has been always on being investor-centric, maintaining high levels of transparency and disclosures besides sticking to basics. This has helped the company to establish itself as a credible and trust worthy brand.

He is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and has more than 25 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry.

Naren joined ICICI Prudential AMC in October 2004.

At ICICI Prudential AMC, Naren oversees the entire investment function across the Mutual Fund and International Advisory Business. He is instrumental in the overall investment strategy development and execution. He directly manages ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund, ICICI Prudential Large & Mid Cap Fund, ICICI Prudential Smallcap Fund, ICICI Prudential Exports and Services Fund, ICICI Prudential Infrastructure Fund, ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund, ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund, ICICI Prudential Multi-Asset Fund and ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund.

Naren has rich experience of around 28 years in almost all spectrums of the financial services industry ranging from investment banking, fund management, equity research, and stock broking operations. His core competency lies in being involved in the entire gamut of equity market space with extensive knowledge of Indian equities and the economy.

After obtaining a B. Tech degree from IIT Chennai, Naren finished MBA in finance from IIM Kolkata and worked with financial service organizations like Refco Sify Securities India Pvt. Ltd., HDFC Securities Ltd. and Yoha Securities in various positions prior to joining ICICI Prudential AMC.

Naren has many laurels to his credit. He is a leading voice on subjects like the Indian economy/ equity markets across the investment and financial services fraternity.

Armed with a law degree from the University of Delhi and a Master’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Allahabad, where he was conferred several awards, Mr. Vinod Dhall commenced his career as an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), which he joined in 1966. He retired as Secretary, Government of India.

While in Government, Mr. Dhall developed special expertise in Finance, Corporate Affairs, Industry and Commerce, areas which dominated his professional life for a better part of 27 years. He also garnered experience in the banking and insurance sectors and was involved in insurance reforms, economic and capital market regulation, competition law and policy, industrial development and investment promotion, corporate governance and corporate law reforms. Mr. Dhall was the first acting Chairman of the Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Mr. Dhall also had direct management experience as CEO of two PSUs and has been Chairman /Member of Board of Directors of public sector banks/ development banks / financial institutions / insurance companies / Joint Sector undertakings. In addition, Mr. Dhall has considerable experience working with international agencies.

After demitting office at the CCI, Mr. Dhall set up his Competition Law Practice and is currently the Executive Chairman of the Vinod Dhall-TT&A Competition Law practice, which is regarded as a leading competition law firm in India. He also advises on corporate governance issues and lectures on competition law and policy and corporate governance.

Mr. Jyotin Mehta holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from University of Bombay and is also a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India.

Mr. Jyotin Mehta has served as Vice President and Chief of Internal Audit upto February 2018 in Voltas Limited. In his career, Mr. Mehta has held senior management position in TATA, ICICI and Shell group of Companies. Mr. Mehta has rich experience in the areas of Corporate finance, Internal Audit, corporate governance, risk and controls, Company law and legal and regulatory compliance and customer service.

Mr. Jyotin Mehta is also a visiting faculty at leading management schools in India, like Wellingkar Institute of Management. He is also an advisor in the domain of Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC).

Mr. Ranganayakulu was the Executive Director (Legal), Securities and Exchange Board of India from August 14, 2008 - August 11, 2017. He is instrumental in bringing various regulations and defending high profile enforcement actions, before Securities Appellate Tribunal, High Courts and Supreme Court. He joined SEBI in 1997 as a Division Chief. Prior to that he worked for ten years as Law Officer with HUDCO, Government of India enterprise. He was proactively involved in financing various housing, social and urban infrastructure projects.

Mr. Ranganayakulu has presented several papers on issues relating to securities market in national and international forums. He was on the Governing Board of Indian Institute of Capital Markets and was a member of various advisory committees of SEBI, including committees which framed Takeover Code and Insider Trading Regulations. He was a member of Indian delegation to UNIDROIT Geneva Securities Convention and has served as a member of Justice Lodha Committee in the matter of PACL Limited.

Mr Ranganayakulu is currently a member of Advisory Committee on Service Providers of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India and Disciplinary Action Committee of National Stock Exchange of India. He is also enrolled with Bar council of Maharashtra & Goa and is practicing law.

Mr. Lakshman Kumar is an MBA in Finance and holds post graduate qualification in commerce and public enterprise management. He is a Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and Indian Institute of Bankers.

He joined Prudential in 1998 and was Senior Vice President-Finance and Compliance, and Company Secretary at ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited (India).Between September 2001 to June 2006,he was Head-Risk Management and Compliance at Prudential Corporation Asia, Hong Kong, where he was responsible for overseeing the implementation of robust risk management and compliance processes and controls across the business.

From July 2006 to October 2013, he was the Regional Head of Risk Management, Compliance and Corporate Governance for Eastspring Investments, the asset management business of Prudential Corporation Asia, where he was responsible for overseeing all matters relating to regulatory Compliance, Operational Risk and Corporate Governance.

Mr. Kumar is currently a Member of Audit Committees of Eastspring Investments at Dubai and Malaysia and a Senior Consultant at Maroon Analytics Pte. Ltd., Singapore.

Mr. Pramod Rao joined ICICI Bank as its Group General Counsel on August 16, 2018, to oversee the legal function for the ICICI group.

Previously, Mr. Pramod had served as General Counsel for Citi India cluster and was responsible for the Legal & Secretarial functions within Citi India cluster (incorporating Bangladesh & Sri Lanka). He also oversaw Citi Security & Investigative Services (CSIS), and chaired the Citi India Diversity Council and was a member of various internal management and oversight committees.

Prior to his professional journey with Citi India, Mr. Pramod worked with Induslaw, a law firm as a resident partner, overseeing its Banking and Finance practice and was instrumental to setting up the firm's office in Mumbai.

Prior to Induslaw, Mr. Pramod worked with ICICI Bank for over 15 years. He joined the erstwhile Industrial Credit & Investment Corporation of India Ltd (ICICI, which subsequently in a reverse merger became ICICI Bank) upon obtaining B.A.LL.B (Hons) degree from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU) after a brief stint at Mulla and Mulla Craigie Blunt & Caroe. He then rose to become the General Counsel of ICICI Bank and served in that capacity until April 2012. During the course of his career at ICICI Bank, Mr. Pramod has overseen the legal function for all segments of ICICI Bank. During his time there, he also advised the Board of Directors and various Board constituted committees and served on the Board of Directors of various ICICI group companies.

Mr. Pramod presently serves as a member of Board of Directors of ICICI Securities Ltd and ICICI Trusteeship Services Ltd. Mr. Pramod also serves as a member of the Legal & Banking Operations Committee of Indian Banks' Association (IBA) and the National Committee for Regulatory Affairs constituted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Mr. Pramod is the Chairman of the Fund Raising and Resource Mobilization Committee of IDIA – Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access – an NGO dedicated in assisting students from underprivileged background entering premier law schools in India. He is also a member of the Governing Board of the NLSIU Alumni Association.