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Dr. Mohan Kaul

Non-Executive Chairman

Director General & CEO - Commonwealth Business Council

Presidential Advisory Council - Mozambique & Zambia

Served as Director & Senior Member Commonwealth Secretariat, United Nations Advisor

Professor and Dean IIM (Ahmedabad)

Ph.D., in Management Science - University of Paris-Sorbonne

Dr. Mohan Kaul is the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC).
Dr. Kaul was involved in establishing the G8 Business Action for Africa, Business Action for Asia,
Business Action Against Corruption, Business Action for Corporate Governance, Micro Financing, I
nvestment Climate Facility in Africa, Africa Recruit, NEPAD Business Group, South Asia
Trade and Investment Network, China-India-Brazil-Africa Business Forum, Commonwealth-Middle
East Business Forum and the UK-India Business Leaders Forum.

Dr. Kaul is currently a member of the Presidential Advisory Councils of Mozambique and Zambia.
Dr. Kaul served as a Director and senior member of the Commonwealth Secretariat; United Nations
Advisor; Professor and Dean at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.
Dr. Kaul's international assignments include assisting the South African government of President
Mandela on public service reforms, advising the Prime Minister's department of the Malaysian
government in the areas of information technology, management and economic policies.
Dr. Kaul organized the first international conference on Human Resource development
for the post - Apartheid South Africa in 1994 and the first Commonwealth Southern
African Heads of Government Roundtable on Democracy and Good Governance in Botswana in 1997.

Dr. Kaul has led a number of Commonwealth Programmes and international advisory assignments
relating to good governance, public sector reforms, human resource development, privatization,
private sector development and related areas in over 40 countries. Dr. Kaul has a Ph.D. in
Management Science from the University of Paris-Sorbonne and has authored a number of
publications including: An Outsider's Inside View-2000; From Problem to Solution;
Commonwealth Strategies for Reform; Managing the Public Service-1995, Management
Reform in Government; A Review of International Practices and Strategies.

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Mahesh Ramachandran

Managing Director & CEO

MBA, Masters in Management (University of London)

Sloan Fellow of London Business School

Mahesh Ramachandran is co-founder and Managing Director of Commonwealth
Inclusive Growth Services Ltd., (CIGS) previously know as Commonwealth Micro
Finance (India) Ltd. (CMFIL) a Commonwealth Business Council initiative, focused on banking the
unbanked in India.

Mahesh is a distinguished Sloan Fellow of the London Business School and holds a Masters
degree in Management from the University of London and an MBA from the University of Westminster.
As a social entrepreneur Mahesh has extensive experience in bringing concepts and start-ups to s
uccessful businesses. Mahesh advises in the areas of corporate governance, systems thinking, l
eadership development, emerging markets and social entrepreneurship.

Mahesh's earlier corporate experience includes working in Dun & Bradstreet Software, Head
of I.T. & Business Strategy for Ford of Europe, Tata Consultancy EMEA - Head of Strategy &
Governance.

Mahesh is Chairman of the board of Sloan Management and Advisory Services and a board
member and advisor to several of Commonwealth Business Council initiatives such as "
Infrastructure for Inclusive Banking in Africa and India" and CBC Trade Exchange.

Mahesh is qualified to perform controlled functions defined by Financial Services Authority of
UK. Mahesh is a Fellow of the Institute for the Management of Information System
(Highest level of SFIA), a professional member of British Computer Society and the Association
of MBAs and Chartered Management Institute. Mahesh was past chairman of India Business
Forum at London Business School.

Mahesh is trustee of several charities including MIND and www.giftofvision.org

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P Swaminathan

Senior Vice President/COO

Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB)

Swaminathan (Swamy) has over two decades of rich banking experience, which includes
Functional and Information Technology roles with Andhra Bank, a leading south-based Public
Sector Bank. Swamy has spent over 4 years with Financial Software & Systems (FSS) in
areas covering Retail Banking, Transaction Switching & Card Processing, Banking processes
and Recon services.

Swamy has, as a part of his Banking experience, handled a wide variety of portfolios in
Functional Banking ranging from deposits, advances to reconciliation & settlement.
Swamy has also implemented Total Branch Automation, EFT Switch, etc., during his I.T.
tenure at Andhra Bank. At FSS, Swamy has been handling Project Management,
RFP, Proposal, Requirement Gathering, Consultancy, Business Analyst roles in the I.T.
arena, over the last four years.

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T R Ramesh

Director

Post Graduate in Commerce, Madras University

Ramesh is a post graduate in Commerce and has a deep understanding of
Banking & Accounting practices.

Ramesh has over 14 years of rich experience with Citibank India having spent

time in areas like Phone-Banking, Cards Marketing, Customer care, NRI services,
Self service Banking, and Suvidha Banking roll out.

Ramesh has played key roles as Citi Gold Relationship Manager, Chennai sales head for branch
banking, Service head for Personal Loans and Brand manager for Loan products. In his last
assignment at Citi, Ramesh was the Head of logistics, India Marketing Ramesh also has a deep
understanding of Branding, Marketing, Card Sales, Merchant processes in the Retail Banking space

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Lt.Col. Dr. Mohan Lal, Padma shri

Non-Executive Director

The Brand Ambassador for Commonwealth Financial Inclusion Card Solution

Graduate in Commerce

Mohanlal is considered as one of India’s major artistes of the Silver screen

Mohanlal has won: 4 National Film Awards, 9 Kerala State Film Awards, 9 Film Fare Awards & 6
Kerala State Film Critics-Awards

Mohanlal was awarded the Padma shri  by the President of India, in the year 2001.

He has earned the Honorary Lieutenant Colonel rank by the Indian Territorial Army (The first Actor
in the country to get this prestigious title from the Indian Army on 2009).

Mohanlal is the only Indian actor who has performed in world class theatres like NJPAC (New Jersey
Performing Arts Centre), USA, etc.

Having been an icon to the masses representing their culture, Mohanlal has been doing a lot more for
his home state than just entertaining.

Mohanalal received the Mother Theresa Award for Social Service – 2000.

His view on superstardom is “No amount of praise should go to your head. You should always remain
humble.”

India Today had honoured him as one of the fifty most powerful people of the nation in 2005 calling him as
“The Southern sorcerer”, someone who can influence the masses.

Mohanlal is the Goodwill Ambassador for the Anti Aids Campaign of Kerala State Aids Control Society under
the aegis of the WHO

Mohanlal is one among only three Keralites (Malayalees) the 100 most Trusted Indians (in a population of
Hundred and Ten Million) in an opinion poll by Reader’s Digest March, 2010 edition.

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