Suresh Nair is a senior Legal, Regulatory & Governance professional with over three decades of experience across India’s securities and commodities market ecosystem. Prior to joining NSDL, he has held leadership roles at National Stock Exchange of India Ltd, National Commodity Clearing Limited, National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd, and the Forward Markets Commission. He brings deep expertise in regulatory supervision, enforcement, compliance frameworks, and litigation strategy.
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Jigar Shah is a seasoned finance professional with over 18 years of comprehensive experience across finance, accounts, and strategic management. A Chartered Accountant by qualification and an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, he brings deep expertise in financial reporting, management reporting, taxation, financial modelling, auditing, treasury operations, investor relations, and strategic planning.
Shri Sameer Patil is a distinguished business leader with over 27 years of experience across India’s capital markets, commodity exchanges, and market infrastructure institutions. He is widely recognised for translating strategic intent into scalable outcomes and for building high-growth, trust-led institutions within complex and tightly regulated market environments.
A seasoned banker and a financial market veteran with over three decades of experience, Mr. Chandok brings a wealth of expertise in the BFSI sector. Prior to joining NSDL, he held pivotal roles at the ICICI Group, including on the Board of ICICI Bank as an Executive Director. Apart from these, he is on the Boards of NSDL and its subsidiaries and a member of various committees at SEBI.
Alen Ferns is the Company Secretary of NSDL and also acts as the Compliance Officer in accordance with SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015. He is a qualified Company Secretary and has over 21 years of experience in managing corporate secretarial, regulatory and compliance functions of listed companies. He is responsible for overseeing the Company’s secretarial and compliance function. He played a key role in the successful listing of NSDL’s shares on the Stock Exchange, ensuring full compliance with SEBI and Stock Exchange requirements.
Shri Nagesh Bihari Jha is a distinguished cybersecurity leader with over two decades of experience across banking, technology, and capital market infrastructure institutions. He brings extensive expertise in technology, cybersecurity, and cyber resilience, with strengths in both defensive and offensive security.
Yash Kumar Gyanani is a Regulatory, Legal and Compliance Leader with more than 24 years of extensive experience in financial services sector. As a Chief Regulatory Officer at National Securities Depository Limited, he manages Surveillance, Inspections, Investor Grievances, Investor protection, Issuer admission, and Participant registration activities.
Prior to NSDL, he has been associated with leading organizations including SEBI, JP Morgan Chase, NCDEX and Nippon Life India Asset Management.
Shri Kothandaraman Prabhakaran is the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at the National Securities Depository Limited (NSDL).
Sandip Navdhare is a seasoned Risk Management professional with over two decades of experience across the Banking, Asset Management, Insurance, and Market Infrastructure Institution (MII) ecosystem. He brings deep expertise in enterprise risk management, operational resilience, and governance frameworks, with a strong understanding of risk management within systemically important and highly regulated institutions.