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Mr. Chirantan C. Desai is a Chief Product & Engineering Officer at ServiceNow, Inc. and an Independent Director at Zebra Technologies Corp. He is on the Board of Directors at Zebra Technologies Corp. Mr. Desai was previously employed as a President-Emerging Technologies Division by EMC Corp., a Senior Vice President-Information Management Group by Symantec Corp., a Vice President-Product Development by Pivotal Living, a Director-Product Development by Oracle Corp., a Principal by Pivotal Advantage LLC, and an Executive Vice President by Symantec, Inc. He received his graduate degree from the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign and an MBA from the University of Illinois At Urbana–Champaign.

Bharat Desai is a Kenyan-born Indian American entrepreneur and founder of Syntel. He currently serves as Chairman of Syntel headquartered in Troy, Michigan. Desai co-founded Syntel in 1980 with his future wife Neerja Sethi. As of April 16, 2009, it had a market capitalization of $943 million.

Jyoti A.
Desai is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Digalance Fzco and the Vice Chairman at Tecnotree Oyj.
Previously, she held positions as a Director at Standard Bank Plc and Telkom South Africa Ltd.
She also served as the Group Chief Operating Officer at MTN Group Ltd.
from 2015 to 2017.
Additionally, she was the Chief Information Officer at MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and the Chief Operating Officer at MTN Irancell.
Ms. Desai completed her undergraduate degree at the University of South Africa.

Amir Desai has worked as a Director at SustainableIT.org, Inc. and currently holds the position of Chief Information Officer at Molina Healthcare, Inc.

Samir Desai is currently the Executive VP, Chief Digital & Technology Officer at Abercrombie & Fitch Co. He previously worked as the Chief Technology Officer at Equinox Group, Inc. from 2016 to 2021 and as the Director-Information Technology at Intertex Apparel Group from 2002 to 2005.

Jayshree S.
Desai is currently the Chairman of Wind Energy Foundation.
She is also an Independent Director at TPI Composites, Inc., a Director at KIPP Austin Public Schools, and the Executive Director at KIPP Houston Public Schools.
Additionally, she is the Chief Financial Officer at Quanta Services, Inc. starting in 2022.
In her former positions, Ms. Desai served as a Director at Enron Corp.
She was also the President & Director at ConnectGen LLC from 2018 to 2019.
Prior to that, she worked as a Consultant at McKinsey & Co., Inc. She served as the Chief Operating Officer at Clean Line Energy Partners LLC from 2015 to 2018 and as the Chief Financial Officer at EDP Renewables North America LLC from 2002 to 2010.
Ms. Desai completed her undergraduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin.
She also holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Paritosh Desai is Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Target Corp.

Avinash Desai is currently the Chief Medical Officer at Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He previously worked as the Vice President-Global Medical Affairs at Eli Lilly & Co. and as the Vice President & Head-US Medical Affairs at Glaxo Smith Kline Biologicals NA.

Ameet Hiranyakumar Desai is currently an Independent Non-Executive Director at Hester Biosciences Ltd., Ambuja Cements Ltd., and a Non-Executive Director at Karaikal Port Pvt Ltd.
and Rajasthan SEZ Pvt Ltd.
He is also an Independent Director at JM Financial Asset Reconstruction Co. Pvt Ltd.
His former positions include Chief Financial Officer & Executive Director at Adani Enterprises Ltd., Executive Director at Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd., Executive Director at Adani Power Ltd., Director at Adani Power Rajasthan Ltd., Director at Mundra Power SEZ Ltd., Director at Adani Logistics Ltd., Director at MPSEZ Utilities Ltd., and Vice President-Mergers & Acquisitions at Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.

Presently, Atul R. Desai occupies the position of Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer-RMC at Prism Johnson Ltd. In his past career he was Head-Operations & Marketing at Star Cement Ltd., Head-Operations & Marketing at Ambuja Cements Ltd. and Director & Chief Marketing Officer at RCCPL Pvt Ltd. Atul R. Desai received an undergraduate degree from Gujarat University and an MBA from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University.

Beejal Akshay Kumar Desai is a Non-Executive Director at Benares Hotels Ltd.
since 2023.
He is also a Secretary & Senior VP-Corporate Affairs at Indian Hotels Co. Ltd.
since 2011.
Additionally, he is a Member at the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Previously, he worked as a Director-Investor Relations at J.B.
Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
and as a Secretary & Senior Vice President-Legal at Bharat Forge Ltd.
in 2011.
Mr. Desai graduated from the University of Mumbai.

Chirantan Chatterjee is currently working as Senior Vice President-Sales & Marketing at Usha Martin Ltd.
Previously, he worked as a Business Engineer at SKF India Ltd.

Mr. Chirantan Patnaik is Investment Executive at CDC Capital Partners Ltd.
He joined CDC in 2015.
Mr. Patnaik started his career with ABN AMRO's M&A division executing cross-border mandates in the cement and airport sector and later joined Babcock & Brown's Asian Infrastructure Fund team originating investments in wind power and road sector.
He was part of a 3 member team to have advised the Ministry of Civil Aviation on economic and regulatory aspects of airports in India.
Prior to LBS, he worked with Axis Capital advising large corporates on fund raising and IPOs.
Mr. Patnaik holds an MBA from London Business School and a Post Graduate Diploma in Securities Law from Government Law College, Mumbai.

Chirantan H.
Patni previously worked as Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer at Gujarat Industries Power Co. Ltd.

Chirantan Barua is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Scottish Widows Ltd.
(Investment Portfolio), Scottish Widows Group Ltd., and Scottish Widows Ltd.
He previously worked as the Group Head-Strategy at HSBC Holdings Plc from 2020 to 2023 and as a Senior Analyst at Sanford C.
Bernstein Ltd.
from 2011 to 2017.

Mr. Tanmaya K.
Desai, CFA, is an Analyst & Fund Manager at SBI Funds Management Ltd.
has over 18 years experience with over 11 years in capital markets.
Mr. Desai was a Software Engineer at Patni Computer Systems for a year and a lecturer in Electronics Department at D J Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai for two years.
He is an Engineering Graduate with specialization in electronics and holds a Master Degree in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies.
He is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA.

Mr. Sumit Desai, CFA, is an Vice President at Morningstar Research since 2009.
He was previously employed as an Equity Analyst by Morningstar, Inc. Mr. Desai received his undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois.

Mihir Desai is the founder of Dexis Interactive, Inc. which he founded in 2001 and where he holds the title of President & Chief Executive Officer.
He is currently the Chief Executive Officer, Secretary & Director at Agland Investment Services, Inc. and a Director at George Washington University.
Mr. Desai holds an MBA from George Washington University and an undergraduate degree from Macalester College.

Nishith Desai is the founder of Mr. Desai Associates Pvt Ltd., which was founded in 1990.
He is currently a member of the Advisory Board at Green Frontier Capital.

Bhavesh Desai served as a Director at Tilak Finance Ltd.
and also held the position of Director at Tilak Ventures Ltd.
from 2011 to 2012.

Mr. Urvesh Desai, CFA, is a Portfolio Manager and also an Analyst within the MacroSolutions team at Old Mutual Investment Group (Pty) Ltd.
He is also an asset allocation strategist.
Prior to joining Old Mutual Investment Group, he performed various actuarial functions within Old Mutual Life Assurance Company of South Africa.
Mr. Desai holds a Bachelor of Science degree.

Mr. Kavan Desai is a Strategist at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. He was previously employed as an Associate Strategist by UBS Securities LLC.
Mr. Desai received his undergraduate degree from the State University of New Jersey.

Shahyaan Desai is the founder and the Director & Chief Technology Officer of Mezmeriz, Inc., which was founded in 2006.
He also held the position of Principal at Eastman Kodak Co. and Ultratech Stepper, Inc. Mr. Desai has an undergraduate and graduate degree from Cornell University.

Rashid Desai is currently the Director at Zip Code Wilmington Code School.
He also holds the position of Non-Executive Director at Open Banking Solutions and Advisor at Black Dragon Capital LLC.
Previously, he worked as a Technology Director at Fujitsu Consulting, Inc. and held the role of Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President at Avid Technology, Inc. from 2015 to 2018.
He also served as Senior Vice President-Technology at Equifax, Inc. and Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President at Open Solutions, Inc. from 2007 to 2009.
Additionally, he was the Chief Information & Technology Officer at Barclaycard USA. Mr. Desai has an MBA from Murray State University (Kentucky) and completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Bangalore.
He also pursued graduate studies at the University of South Florida.

Suril Desai worked as a Principal at Scient, Inc. and as a Vice President-Engineering at Arcot Systems, Inc. He graduated from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore with an MBA and from the University of Southern California as a graduate.

Veeral Desai is the founder and the Chief Strategy & Development Officer at Agilon Health, Inc., which was founded in 2016.
He previously worked as a Manager at Bain & Co., Inc. and as the President-Operations at Vantage Oncology LLC from 2013 to 2017.
Mr. Desai completed his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Premal A.
Desai currently works at TKAS Auto Steel Co., Ltd., as Director.
Mr. Desai also formerly worked at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, as Chief Executive Officer from 2019 to 2020, thyssenKrupp Management Consulting GmbH, as Managing Director, ThyssenKrupp Rasselstein GmbH, as Member-Supervisory Board, thyssenkrupp AG, as Head-Corporate Function Strategy & Markets, Eisen- und Hüttenwerke AG, as Member-Supervisory Board from 2016 to 2020, TK Elevator GmbH, as Member-Supervisory Board, and GFG Alliance Ltd., as Chief Operating Officer-Business Development.
Mr. Desai received his undergraduate degree in 1996 from the University of Bayreuth.

Jagdeep Desai served as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Spenta International Ltd.
from 2011 to 2013.

Kru Desai is currently the Vice Chairman at the University of London, Chairman at Zinc Network, Independent Non-Executive Director at Serco Group Plc, Non-Executive Director at Buro Happold Ltd., and Independent Non-Executive Director at Buro Happold LLP.
Previously, Kru held positions as an Executive Director at Mouchel Group Plc, Non-Executive Director at KPMG LLP (United Kingdom), and Executive Director at Hedra Plc.
Kru's education includes an MBA from the University of Bristol and a graduate degree from Birkbeck University of London.

Nimish Desai is currently working as the Head of Investor Relations at Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

Mayur M.
Desai is currently a Managing Director at Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC.
He previously worked as a Senior Associate at Vector Capital Management LP, a Principal at Bain & Co., Inc., and an Analyst at Audax Private Equity.
Mr. Desai completed his undergraduate degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Prior to joining NSR in July 2008, Mr. Desai was with Jane Street Capital as a Trader.
Mr. Desai received his BSE, Electrical Engineering in 2006 from Pace University.

Snehal A.
Desai is currently the Director at Us Water Alliance and the Director at Water Reuse Association.
They are also a Trustee at Chatham University and the Senior VP, Chief Growth & Innovation Officer at Xylem, Inc. Mr. Desai previously worked as the Director-Global Business at Dow Water & Process Solutions, Inc. from 2012 to 2018.
They were also the Vice President-Business at Segetis, Inc. from 2008 to 2010.
From 2019 to 2023, Mr. Desai served as the Chief Growth Officer & Executive Vice President at Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.
They were the Chief Marketing Officer & Vice President at NatureWorks LLC from 2003 to 2008.
Mr. Desai completed their undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

Prior to joining Galleon in February 2005, Mr. Desai was an analyst with Needham & Co from October 2003 until January 2005.
He was also an analyst with CDC IXIS from August 2002 until October 2003.
He worked with Robertson Stephens from July 2001 to July 2002 as an analyst.
He attended Tufts University from 1997-2001.

Prashant Desai is the founder of Seagull IR Solutions Pvt.
Ltd.
founded in 2009.
He is currently a Director at FT Knowledge Management Co. Ltd.
and TickerPlant Ltd.
Mr. Desai's former jobs include being the CEO, Managing Director & Director at 63 Moons Technologies Ltd.
from 2014 to 2017, and a Director at Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange, Future E-commerce Infrastructure Ltd., Talwalkars Pantaloon Fitness Pvt Ltd., Work Store Ltd., Indus Tree Crafts Pvt Ltd., Pan-India Foods Pvt Ltd., Head-Investment at Future Consumer Ltd., and Head-Institutional Research & Sales at United Credit Securities Ltd.

Manasi Desai is a Vice President at Ara and is involved with all aspects of the firm’s investment process.
Prior to joining Ara, Manasi was a Principal at KKR focused on the energy sector.
Prior to joining KKR, she was with Intervale Capital and the energy investment banking group at Raymond James.
Manasi holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College, where she graduated magna cum laude.
She received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Rahul Desai is a Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and an Assistant Vice President-Finance at Max Flex & Imaging Systems Ltd.
He holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from ICFAI University.

Mr. Pratik S.
Desai is an Opportunistic Credit Portfolio Manager at Bardin Hill Investment Partners LP.
Mr. Desai began his career at J.P.
Morgan Chase, where he was an investment banker working on capital markets transactions.
He received a B.S.
from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Billy Desai is an Analyst at Polar Capital LLP.
He joined the Polar Capital European Market Neutral team in March 2013 as an analyst.
Mr. Desai has over 12 years of industry experience and prior to joining Polar Capital worked at Credit Suisse within the HOLT team.
He previously worked at Merrill Lynch as an Associate within equity derivatives from 2006 to 2008.
He started his career in 1999, at Triton Global as a long/short proprietary trader.
Mr. Desai graduated from McGill University with a BSc.
in Psychology, IESE Business School and is a CFA charter holder.

Rishabh K.
Desai is currently a Non-Independent Non-Executive Director at Apar Industries Ltd.
and a Director at Petroleum Specialities Pte Ltd.
Previously, he worked as a Director at Petroleum Specialities FZE.
He completed his undergraduate degree from Babson College in 2014.

Ms. Kinjal Desai is a Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd.
She has a total experience of 10 years as Research Analyst – Equities at Nippon India Mutual Fund where she started her career as an Associate.
She has obtained her Masters in Economics from Warwick University, UK.

Ms. Nehal N.
Desai is an Investment Manager at Rathbones Investment Management Ltd.
She worked in Compliance where she gained valuable experience conducting Investment Manager Portfolio reviews and implementing regulatory changes.
She transferred into Investment Management as an Assistant Investment Manager in 2014.
She works in a team assisting in the management portfolios for individuals, family groups and their associated trusts, charities and pension funds.
Ms. Desai started her career in 2008 at EFG Private Bank Limited, before moving to Rathbones in 2010.
She graduated from City University in 2007 with an Honours degree in Law.
She is a Member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.
She has also obtained the Investment Management Certificate, Diploma in Investment Compliance and Masters in Wealth Management.

Gary Desai is currently the Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President at The Pep Boys Manny Moe & Jack LLC, as well as holding positions as a Member of the Detroit Chapter at the Society for Information Management and Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President at IEH Auto Parts LLC.
Previously, he held positions as Director-IT Purchasing System at General Motors Corp., Chief Information Officer at General Motors Corp., Vice President-Information Technology at Honeywell Corp., and Chief Information Officer at Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC.
He received an MBA from Northeastern University in 1984 and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1982.

Missbhavna Desai has a current job as a Director at Chettinad Cement Corp.
Pvt Ltd.

Miraj Desai is currently working as an Associate at Kukula Capital Plc.
Prior to this, he completed his undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia.

Hardik connects early-stage technology companies with entrepreneurial resources in Northeast Ohio and performs due diligence on companies seeking capital from funds managed by JumpStart.
Hardik has more than 10 years of experience working at large corporations and startup companies, where he held diverse technical and business roles.
Prior to joining JumpStart, Hardik co-founded IR Diagnostyx in Columbus, Ohio.
At IR Diagnostyx, Hardik managed operations and product development efforts for company’s diagnostic test platform and helped the company raise initial seed capital from local investor groups.
Before working at IR Diagnostyx, Hardik was Business Analyst for Tech Columbus, a tech business accelerator; he also worked extensively in India and the U.K.
as an engineer and software associate in the telecom field.
Hardik received his Bachelor of Electronics Engineering degree from Gujarat University in India, and an MBA from The Ohio State University.

Kam Desai was the founder of newBrandAnalytics, Inc. which was founded in 2010 where he held the title of Head-Product Innovation from 2010 to 2013.
Mr. Desai is also the founder of Conformia Software, Inc., Shift One, Inc. (United States).
He previously worked as a Developer-Web Crawling Application at Art.com, Inc. Mr. Desai completed his undergraduate degree at North Carolina State University.