Mr. Samir V. Charania, M.M.S. (Marketing);B.Com. Prof. Samir V. Charania is an Entrepreneur & an Academician with 16 years of teaching experience, handling various domains in Management & Marketing. He has been taking lectures in his area of specialization in various management institutes across Mumbai. He has also attended several National & International Research conferences & has several Research articles published in National & International Journals.

Director – Dietz Consulting Partners Pvt Ltd, Partner – ImproveGuru Consultancy Certified green belt and has been instrumental in using techniques like 5 S /TPM/Six Sigma Educational Qualification: · Degree in Mechanical Engineering · Materials Management with a gold medal · Certified green belt and has been instrumental in using a lot of improvement techniques like 5 S /TPM/Six Sigma to achieve quality and productivity improvements Professional Experience: Prof. Hemant Jog has over 33 years of industry experience in the areas of Sourcing and Supply Chain, project management and operations. He has a vast experience in automotive sector. He has experience of executing green field and brown field projects. He is now a management consultant in the areas of Supply Chain and Operations amd is Partner in ImproveGuru Consultancy and a Director at Dietz Consulting Partners Pvt. Ltd, a German Subsidiary of Dietz – Germany Other Assignments: Prof. Hemant has been associated with professional bodies like IIMM, CII, ACMA and has worked as Head of Manufacturing Panel for CII Aurangabad and has been a chair person for hosting many conferences on manufacturing excellence. He has participated in many panel discussions related to sourcing and Supply chain as well as logistics. He has been a facilitator for various trainings conducted on Continuous improvement, TPM, TQM etc

CTO & Global Head of Technology Infrastructure, Wipro Technologies An influencing, enterprising leader and accomplished senior information technology director Educational Qualification: M.S in Information Systems from New York with specialization in Technology Service Operations and Information Risk Management Certified Novell Engineer Master CNE Internet/lntranet Solutions Microsoft Certified System Engineer Cisco Certified Network Associate Cisco Certified Design Associate Cisco Certified Network Professional Certified Solaris (UNIX) Administrator Check Point Firewall Security Associate Check Point Certified Security Expert Sun Certified Data Mgmt. Engineer (VERITAS) Sun Certified Net Backup Architect Sun Certified Storage Architect (SAN) Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert ITIL 3.0 Certified in Service Delivery COBIT 4.1 & VAL -IT & ISO 27001 Main Professional Experience: Director Global Technology Infrastructure, Barclays Bank Plc. 2018- 2020 Vice President – Asiapac Global Technology Infrastructure. First Data Corporation 2017- 2018 Executive Director, JP Morgan Chase 2010- 2017 Other Assignments: Merit of setting up 2 organisations from scratch in Asiapac entailing Management of technology Infrastructure & Service Delivery. Have expertise in managing 14 countries (Asia, Africa & MENA) for Technology Governance, Risk, Audit, Assurance and IT Security at Barclays. Designed and architected the in-country Technology Operating Model & technology Risk setup including Data centre, service management, Risk processes and procedures, Audits, Wintel/ Unix platforms, Networks, security, BCP & disaster recovery for Barclays India. Facilitated the infrastructure and Technology Operations setup with Application Support End to End of Non-Banking Financial Services (Barclays Finance) encompassing new product launches, Branch rollouts, ATM, payment portal, and wealth management. Rated as the Best Manager in JP Morgan Asiapac Technology & Second best manager in JP Morgan Chase Global Technology with the highest Employee Satisfaction scores for 4 years in succession. Maintaining the lowest talent attrition in Asiapac for 4 years in succession. Recommended and earned VP/Director Promotion thrice in 3 years in JP Morgan Chase for excellence in IT Infrastructure Operations, Agile, Technology Risk, Performance Engineering, Quality Assurance and Project Delivery in Asiapac. Headed entire Non-Development Global Technology operations at 3 facilities in Mumbai & Hyderabad with 742 IT Professionals.

Assistant Vice President-Barclays Bank, UK PLC ITIL and Certified Scrum Master Certifications Educational Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce Post Graduate diploma in Business Management ITIL and Certified Scrum Master Certifications Professional Experience: Assistant Vice President - Technology working in Service Operations, Service Assurance and Production management for Barclays Bank Plc. JP Morgan from January 2007 – November 2018 Other Assignments: Adjunct Professor of Management teaching for the MMS and PGDM program in London School of Economics (LSE), University of Wolverhampton

Senior Vice President and Principle Officer at 5nance.com Regular speaker on Bloomberg Quint and CNBC. Educational Qualification: Doctorate (Ph.D.) in Management (2019) from Calorx Teachers’ University Advanced Programme in Strategic Management (2016) from IIM – Calcutta CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER CM (2011) from Financial Planning Standards Board PGDBM – Marketing and Finance (2005) MSRIM, Bangalore PGDM – Corporate Communication (2005) MSRIM, Bangalore M.S. University, Vadodara (2002) BBA Professional Experience: Senior Vice President and Principle Officer at 5nance.com. Regular speaker on Bloomberg Quint and CNBC. Other Assignments: Visiting Faculty and Guest Lecturer with reputed B-Schools. Practical subject command over financial and management avenues. Associated with Management schools as a member of Board of Studies. Assisting students in the academic projects.

Freelance - Consultant & Facilitator for Field Operations (F2F, Online & Telephonic), Analytics, Dashboard, etc. Educational Qualification: B.E (Mechanical) PG Diploma in Foreign Trade PG Diploma in Marketing Management Professional Experience: Insights Specialist- InQognito Insights Pvt. Ltd. from Sept 2019 – Aug 2020 Associate Vice President-MarketVistas Consumer Insights Pvt. Ltd. from Dec 2018 – Aug 2019 Sr. Group Manager-GFK India Pvt. Ltd. from Feb 2012 – Nov 2018 Sr. Executive (Client Servicing)-Nielsen India Pvt. Ltd. from June 2007 -- Jan. 2012 Joint Manager- National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. from June 1996 --Jun. 2007 Other Assignments: Proficient in primary customized quantitative research across Consumer and B2B categories Specialist in Brand strategy / positioning, Business strategy, Equity tracking, Communication evaluation, Product Innovation, Segmentation, Customer / stakeholder Satisfaction, Mystery shopping, marketing analytics, etc. Client management across multiple categories - FMCG, Telecom, Mobile, Automotive, Financial, Retail, Logistics, Consumer Durables, Agri & Rural, Media, Engg & Chemicals, Electrical products, Healthcare, Real Estate, etc. Expertise in integrating business metric, data and consumer findings for an insightful presentation Ensure timely preparation of quality research reports for effective decision making. Training of resources and clients on market research topics Team management - Led a team of researcher, scripting team, Data collection team, Data processing team, etc.and drove operational efficiencies