A. P. Kurian has a career in the financial services industry spread over more than four decades and has held senior positions in the Reserve Bank of India and in the erstwhile Unit Trust of India.

Since July 1998 he is the Executive Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) - a trade body of all the Mutual Funds operating in India. He also holds several positions – Chairman of Geogit Financial Services Ltd., Member of the Board of National Stock Exchange of India Ltd., Executive Committee of National Securities Depository Ltd., Technical Advisory Committee of RBI and on the Boards of Muthoot Capital Services Limited, Hexaware Technologies Limited, Granules India Limited and Haribhakti MRI Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd.

He has extensive professional experience in the international arena. He was a leader of the team which set up the Ceybank Unit Trust in Sri Lanka in early nineties. He was a Common Wealth Consultant and did research in Capital Markets in Tanzania and made a project report for setting up a Unit Trust in Tanzania.

Starting his career as Research Officer - Economic Department, Reserve Bank of India, he grew up to the rank of Director and Advisor - Economic Department. Since 1975 he was with erstwhile Unit Trust of India, the then only Mutual Fund in the country and held several Senior positions such as Director – Investment, Director – Planning and Development and from 1987 till 1993, he was the Executive Trustee equivalent to Managing Director. He was actively involved in the Design and Marketing of several Mutual Fund schemes.

For his original contribution in the field of marketing of financial instruments, the Institute of Marketing Management (IMM) has awarded him Marketing Man of the year 1987 Award instituted by Tata Steel. As an efficient manager, having contributed substantially to the growth of the Unit Trust of India, the IMM has awarded him in 1993 the Best Professional Manager Award instituted by Life Insurance Corporation of India.

He works closely with the Regulator – Securities And Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to put in place highest professional standards and in promoting the Mutual Fund industry on healthy lines.

Arindam is a graduate in Commerce and a Chartered Accountant by training and has more than 20 years of experience in finance and financial related services in India and Asia Pacific region.

Arindam joined Mirae Asset Global Investment Management as their Head of Asia Pacific Regional Business Development and carried responsibilities for driving the Asia Pacific Business based out of Hong Kong.

Apart from his regional responsibilities, he also played a key role in the setting up of Mirae Asset’s India asset management operations from the beginning. Since August 2007, he took up the role of CEO for the India Asset Management Company.

Prior to joining Mirae Asset, Arindam was associated with Fidelity with their Asia Pacific Marketing team. Arindam has been associated with the Indian mutual fund industry through his career stints across domestic asset management companies. He also pioneered the foray by an Indian private sector Mutual Fund into the Middle East markets. He also has deep insight into global fund management practices as well as understanding of the individual country business models of Japan, Australia, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and Singapore.

Chetan is the Founder and Director of Jeetay Investments, an asset management firm registered with SEBI. He holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School of Business (1980), where he was on the Dean’s List, and a BSc in Statistics & Economics from University of Bombay, where he held the university record in Economics. Upon receiving his MBA from Wharton, Chetan returned to India to take over his family’s pharmaceutical company. Subsequently he exited the business and invested the proceeds in the Indian capital markets through proprietary investment companies and family trusts.

 Chetan was rated amongst India's best investors by Business India magazine. He is also the co-promoter of capitalideasonline.com, a well regarded investment website. His writings have been published in Business Standard, Business World, The Economic Times, and Business India. He recently co-authored “India’s Money Monarchs – Conversations With Leading Investors”. He also serves on the Board of Directors of two listed companies, Stanrose Mafatlal Investments & Finance Ltd. and Tak Machinery & Leasing Ltd.

Eric Karpman, Vice President at BNY Mellon Asset Management has joined DataArt Advisory Board. This addition signifies DataArt’s maturing presence in the financial technology space, especially on the U.S. East Coast. Mr. Karpman will help DataArt with further expanding its expertise base, as he brings over 15 years of financial industry experience to the table.

"Karpman’s expertise in Capital Markets is truly impressive. He has a terrific recognition in the industry," said Michael Zaitsev, CEO of DataArt. "He believes in DataArt’s differentiation as a new breed of an outsourcing player with a deep expertise in the financial industry. All of the above makes him an exceptional advisor for DataArt."

Karpman has worked on the equity trading sell-side at Fuji Bank, on the fixed income trading sell-side at JJKennyDrake trading unit of Standard & Poor's, on various trading desks at Bear Stearns as well as on the buy-side at his current position with BNY Asset Management. In 2004, Eric was elected a Co-Chair of the FIX Protocol Technical Committee where he is involved with the future direction and the strategy of this messaging standard developed specifically for the real-time electronic exchange of securities transactions.

In addition, Eric has taught various technology and business-oriented courses at a number of colleges and universities in New York. He holds BA in Economics from The City University of New York, a Masters and a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and is an Executive M.B.A. candidate in Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business. He also holds NASD Series 7 and 63 Licenses.

Kumar Goradia manages application technology, algorithmic trading, quantitative studies, and India access products for the Institutional business of MF Global India. MF Global India is the South Asia arm of NYSE listed MF Global Ltd, which is the world’s largest futures broker and a major DMA pri-mover.

Prior to MF Global, Kumar looked after treasury technology at ICICI Bank, and brokerage industry software services at Mphasis Ltd.

Kumar also spent 10 years with a private BSE broker where he looked after all aspects of the equity business including arbitrage trading, B2B franchise solutions, clearing, risk management, compliance, back office, & sales. During that time, he also served on the BSE’s technology committee for two years.

Kumar Goradia’s 16 years experience give him an in-depth understanding of the business and the use of technology to enable it. He has a B.E. from the University of Bombay, and an M.S. from Virginia Tech in the United States.

Mr. Adenwala is a Chartered & Cost Accountant and has completed his graduation in General Law from the Pune University. He brings to ING Investment Management India, rich experience of over 15 years in equity markets and financial services.

Mr. Adenwala began his career in 1990 as Manager of Investments with SBI Funds Management Ltd, where he was responsible for managing the Indian tranche of the Asian Convertibles and Income funds (a global convertible bond fund) and had the distinction of managing the highest allocation among the various tranches of the global funds

In September 1994, he went on to become Vice President and Head of Equities at Birla Sun Life Asset Management Company Ltd, There he led a team of fund managers / analysts and controlled investments for their equity business. Under his supervision, most funds delivered top performance, in their respective categories and outperformed their respective benchmarks. Apart from managing funds across market caps and various other thematic funds, he was responsible for having the Birla India Opportunities and Birla Equity Plan, win awards for its performance in their respective categories. He was also the key member of the team that launched the Birla Dividend Yield Plus (BDYP) and Birla Asset Allocation Plan.

As ING IM India, he is responsible for overseeing the investment function. In addition, he is a key member of the Management Committee and also provides key inputs in the areas of product development and sales.

He loves to travel and enjoys playing badminton. He has a keen ear for music too and loves spending time with his family.

Robert Parker is Vice Chairman of Asset Management at Credit Suisse. He is a Member of the Chairman’s Board of Credit Suisse as well as Credit Suisse’s Investment Committee. He has responsibility globally for the management and development of new business and client relationships for Credit Suisse’s Asset Management business.

Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 1982, Robert spent six years at N M Rothschild & Sons working in the foreign exchange/fixed income investment operation. He started his career at Lloyds Bank International in France in Corporate Finance.

Robert was one of the founding members of CSFB Investment Management. From 1982 until 1994 he led and developed CSFBIM's foreign exchange and fixed income business. In 1994, he became Co-Chairman of CSFBIM and in 1995 he was responsible for integrating the Asset Management operations of Credit Suisse and CSFB. From 1995 until 1998, he was Chief Executive of CSAM's Asset Management business in London.

Robert is a member of the Advisory Boards of the European Institute and Funds Europe and is a member of the Advisory Council of the UK Society of Investment Professionals. He is also Chairman of the Asset Management Committee of the International Capital Markets Association.

Robert received his B.A and M.A. in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

He has been one of the key members of the team to set up the capital markets investment group in India for all segments of clients. His business
is presently spread across 7 cities, 30 branches and has over 500 client relationship managers reporting to him and expanding. His deep and vast
experience in  the Indian equities market has made him a much sought after industry expert and he is regularly invited on several business television
channels and print media for his views on the investment climate, asset allocation and securities selection. Seshadri is a Director and on the
board of the company and in addition to his ongoing responsibilities, he also oversights the new business development initiatives of the group in
India.

In  his  previous  assignment,  Mr.  Bharathan  was  the  National  Head of distribution  business  and was on the Board of several group companies.
At India infoline, he spearheaded and setup the entire business for the private clients portfolio on  a  national level basis for equities, mutual funds, insurance and funds management and has a hands on experience in client portfolio management.

Suraj Kaeley is Director - Sales and Business Development at Fidelity Fund Management Private Limited, the Indian arm of Fidelity International Limited. Fidelity International Limited (“FIL”) and its subsidiary companies serve the major markets of the world by providing investment products and services to individuals and institutional investors outside the US. The FIL Organisation manages US$299.4 billion of assets1. Its US affiliate, Fidelity Management and Research, was founded in Boston in 1946 and is one of that country’s largest mutual fund companies.

Suraj joined Fidelity in 2006 and in his current role he is responsible for retail sales, institutional sales and business development. He has over 18 years of experience in the Indian financial services sector. Before joining Fidelity, he was Chief Marketing Officer and Head – Individual Business, with Metlife India Insurance, where he was part of the senior management team, responsible for the sales and profitability of the individual lines of business. Suraj also brings with him experience in the mutual fund industry. He was Senior Vice President – Sales and Marketing at Franklin Templeton India which he had joined in 1996 as part of the initial start up team.

Suraj has a Masters in Management Studies and a Bachelor’s in Science, both from the University of Bombay and is also a Certified Financial Planner. He is married and has two children.

Vineet Bhatnagar is the Country Head of MF Global (India) Private Limited - a 100 % subsidiary of MF Global USA. MF Global (India) Private Limited provides risk management services to corporate having a price risk exposure in commodities.

Vineet is also the Managing Director of MF Global- Sify Securities (India) Pvt. Ltd. a USD 10mln joint venture between MF Global USA and Sify Ltd.

With over 15 years experience in the financial markets, Vineet possesses an in-depth understanding of derivatives and commodities markets.

A PGDBM from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), Vineet has been associated with reputed companies like Prime Securities as Manager Investment Banking and The Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited where he was Manager- Retail Banking and Trade Finance Division.