Arohan Financial Services Limited | Annual Report 2022-23

Board o f Dire c t or’s Pro f i l e DINESH KUMAR MITTAL Dinesh Kumar Mittal is an Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Arohan’s Board. He has been a Director since May 15, 2018. He holds a Master’s degree in Physics from the University MANOJ KUMAR NAMBIAR Manoj Kumar Nambiar is the Managing Director of Arohan. He has been a Director since October 2012, when he was appointed as the Managing Director of VINEET CHANDRA RAI Vineet Chandra Rai is a Non- Executive Promoter Nominee Director of the Company. He was nominated to Arohan’s Board by AVMS. He has been a Director since October 24, 2013. He holds a Post Switzerland. He has worked with various companies in the fields of business development, consumer banking & finance and microfinance across India and the Middle East. His previous employers include Xerox India Limited (formerly, Modi Xerox Limited), Countrywide Consumer Financial Services Limited, ANZ Grindlays Bank, ABN Amro Bank N.V., National Bank of Oman, Ahli Bank and Alhamrani Company for Investment in Trade. He is the Vice Chairperson of the Group Executive Council at Aavishkaar, the holding company. He has served on the governing board of MFIN, the microfinance sector SRO recognised by the RBI for 6 years from 2013 including as its President from July 2015 to June 2016 and then as Chairman twice from July 2019 to June 2021. He is currently the Lead of the Steering Committee of the 37 MFI lenders in Assam liaising with the state government on the AMFIRS’21, the microfinance incentive & relief scheme 2021. of Allahabad. He joined the Indian Administrative Services in July 1977 and has previously served with the Government of India as Secretary – Ministry of Finance, Secretary – Department of Financial Services and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and as an Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary – Department of Commerce. He has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of IL&FS and with the Government of the state of Uttar Pradesh in various capacities including as Secretary to the Chief Minister. He has also served in the capacity of Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Land Development Corporation, Vice Chairman of the Ghaziabad Development Authority and Special Secretary and Additional Director – Industries. He is an Independant Director on the Boards of Bharti Airtel, Max Financial Services, HSBC MF AMC. Arohan with effect from October 3, 2012. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering fromVJTI and a Master’s degree in management studies from JBIMS, University of Bombay. He has also completed the ‘Strategic Leadership in Microfinance’ course from Harvard Business School, USA, “Strategy meets Leadership” course from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France & “Leading for Impact” from IMD Lausanne, Graduate Diploma in Forestry Management from the Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal. Additionally, he is an Honorary Member of XLRI Alumni Association. He is the promoter of AVMS, which is a part of the Aavishkaar Group. He was awarded the Outstanding Social Change Agent by TiE Mumbai in January 2020 and also featured on the cover of Forbes India (January 2018 issue). He participated in the ‘Champions of Change’ event in August 2017 organized by the National Institution for Transforming India. Further, he was also appointed by SEBI as a member of the ‘Working Group on Social Stock Exchanges’ in India. He has also served as a commission member at the Global Commission on Business and Sustainable Development. 19 | Annual Report 2022-23