Board of Directors - Trustee

Robin Clark is the Global Head of lobbying AXA Investment Managers. Earlier he was responsible for AXA IM group’s worldwide compliance function. Before joining AXA IM in June 1998, he was Director, Regulations & Controls in Thread needle Asset Management and was responsible for the compliance, internal audit, risk management, legal and company secretarial functions. Between 1987 and 1997 he held a number of senior positions with UK investment management industry regulator, the Investment Management Regulatory Organization, now part of the Financial Services Authority. Mr. Clark is active in the work of the Investment Management Association, the European Fund and Asset Management Association, and the Forum of European Asset Managers. From 2002 until 2003, he was a member of the UK Treasury’s Money-Laundering Advisory Committee.

Mr. S. Venkatachalam has worked with Citibank for almost his entire career, joining that organization in 1974 as Assistant Manager and continuing till 2005 when he retired as Senior Vice President. During this period, he has been involved in various roles in Citibank. During 1993-2005, Mr. Venkatachalam was Head of Compliance, Tax, Regulatory and legal issues of Citigroup and Citibank NA India, responsible for all regulatory, compliance matters of Citibank NA India, and its various associate companies in India. Before that, he was the Group Lead Financial Controller during 1988-1993, responsible for all product approvals as well as budgeting, performance, audit, accounting, taxation issues and compliance with financial policies.

Mr. Sumant Chadha is a senior partner with accounting firm M/s T R Chadha & Co., Chartered Accountants (CA), and heads the Assurance practice. The firm, with whom he is associated since 1984, conducts activities across areas such as accounting & audit; business advisory & assurance; domestic & international tax and corporate consulting. It is an independent member firm of the BKR International, one of world's leading accounting and consulting association firms. Mr. Chadha is also a Member of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Delhi Chapter, Co-Chairman of Membership Development Committee of PHD Chamber of Commerce. He is a regular guest speaker with the “TV Today Group” for programmes on “Headlines Today” and “Aaj Tak”. He has also been a panel speaker in various seminars organized by the CA Institute and contributes articles in accounting publications.

Mr. Raghu Palat is the Chairman and Managing Director of Cortland Rand Consultancy Private Ltd, a consultancy service on strategy and new initiatives to banking and finance organizations, and a Director of Cheque Mate InfoTech Private Ltd., a company specializing in knowledge management. He is also Dean - Banking of Welingkar Institute of Management and Research since mid-2006, and was instrumental in developing a diploma course in banking, and teaches banking to post graduate students. Mr. Palat also has extensive corporate experience. During 1998-2000, Mr. Palat acted as a consultant to restructure two banks in East Africa - Investments and Mortgages Bank and Biashara Bank of Kenya Ltd. Between 1995-1997, Mr. Palat was CEO-India of Bank International Indonesia, India, and was responsible for setting up the bank’s operations in India including regulatory licensing. He worked with American Express Bank between 1981 and 1995 in various positions, and at the time of leaving, he was Senior Director and Chief of Staff for India.