Guru Kalyan
Strategic Advisory Board Director
Guru Kalyan
- Independent Director and Strategic Advisor
A graduate from the Birla Institute of Technology & Sciences, Pilani, India, he has a master’s degree in international economics and Management and an MBA; both from SDA Bocconi, in Milan Italy. He has strong international business and management consulting experience in Europe & in India. He runs a boutique firm that specializes in technology transfers, equity based joint ventures and M&A transactions. The firm delivers these services to mid-sized, family-owned Italian firms seeking to enter the Indian Market in the automotive Industry. He honed his, multi decadal, international business management and management consulting skills in firms like The UB Group, Necchi Compressori, The Boston Consulting Group and Value Partners. He resides in Chennai, India with his wife & daughter.
Chella Krishna
Strategic Advisory Board Director
Chella Krishna
- Board of Director
Chella Krishna.G( Krishna) Krishna is a practicing chartered accountant and a partner with SRSV and Associates, a CA firm in Chennai , Chartered accountants. Krishna is a noted advisor to several of Chennai’s large business families and has specialized for over 21 years in handing their personal structuring , investment and tax matters -both domestic and overseas. Krishna has experience performing investment supervision, capital allocation and arbitration for some large families in India Krishna also has experience with succession planning and a working knowledge of US taxes. In 2019, Krishna was elected to the board of Goolestan investments P Ltd and MRR Thirteen Ltd as a non-executive director. MRR is one of New york’s fastest growing real estate groups and controls hotels, land in Manhattan and Opportunity zones in the US He was also elected to the Board of Script stories P Ltd which owns EPIC TV which is in the infotainment vertical and the recently launched music channel on DD Free dish- Showbox. Krishna chairs the board of Mashal sports P Ltd, the company which runs the Kabaddi sports league and is on the board of Deeya, a fashion brand in Paris. Krishna also serves as Board director and Chairman of the Audit committee of Manali Petrochemicals Ltd and Elnet Technologies Ltd. Krishna holds the CA degree and an MBA from the Indian school of business, Hyderabad.
Subramanian K V (Prakash)
Strategic Advisory Board Director
Subramanian K V (Prakash)
- Board of Director
Subramanian K V (Prakash) is the CEO and Country Head of Large global hedge fund based in the US. He currently operates from India and is establishing the Fund's Capital presence in India. Prakash boasts 30+ years of diverse banking experience spanning Investment Banking, Treasury, Senior Management, and Governance. He has a notable track record in various markets across Asean, the Middle East, and India. In 1992, Prakash pioneered the first Middle East-based Foreign Institutional Investor (FII) in India for TAIB Bank, Bahrain. During 1996–2011, he held the position of MD & Regional Head Capital Markets for South Asia, overseeing significant capital market transactions in the region. From 2011 to 2017, he served as MD & Head Financial Markets at Standard Chartered Bank, Indonesia, leading sovereign and corporate bond issuances and contributing to ASEAN financial market governance. Between 2017 and 2022, Prakash held the roles of MD & Head – Strategy, Process, Subsidiaries & Governance, and was a Member of the SCB India Country Management Group. His extensive involvement with international financial centers includes his contribution to the development of the Gift City project and his advisory roles within the International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA). He played a pivotal role in establishing the first foreign bank branch in IFSC and served on its Regulatory Committee. Prakash was also a Co-Chair of the India UK Financial Partnership Group (IUKFP). Prakash holds a Master’s Degree in Management and a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering.