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Prakash A. Melwani occupies the position of Chief Investment Officer-Private Equity Group at The Blackstone Group, Inc. and Senior Managing Director at Blackstone Capital Partners VI LP and Sr. Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer at Blackstone Corporate Private Equity (both are subsidiaries of The Blackstone Group, Inc.). He is also Member of Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. and on the board of 18 other companies. In his past career Prakash A. Melwani held the position of President of The India Fund, Inc., President for Asia Tigers Fund, Inc., Chief Investment Officer at Vestar Capital Partners, Inc., Principal at First Boston Corp., Principal at N.M. Rothschild & Sons Ltd. and Senior MD & Chief Investment Officer at Blackstone Mezzanine Advisors LP. Mr. Melwani received an undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Prakash Tiwari is currently the Chairman at Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam Ltd.
and a Director at The West Bengal Power Development Corp.
Ltd.
Previously, he served as the Chairman at NTPC-Tamilnadu Energy Co. Ltd.
and as the Operations Director & Executive Director at Ntpc Ltd.
from 1981 to 2020.
Mr. Tiwari completed his undergraduate degree at the National Institute of Technology Raipur.

Presently, Prakash Bedapudi holds the position of Chief Technology Officer & Executive VP at Lennox International, Inc. In his past career he was VP-Global Engineering & Program Management at Trane, Inc. He received an undergraduate degree from Karnataka University and a graduate degree from the University of Cincinnati (Ohio).

Currently, Prakash Muppirala occupies the position of Chief Technology Officer of RH.

Prakash Ranjan worked as a VP of Engineering & Marketing Technology at MGM Resorts International.
He also worked as a Vice President of Marketing Technology at Hagerty, Inc. in 2022.

Amarendu Prakash is currently the Chairman at Steel Authority of India Ltd.
since 2023 and the Director at Bokaro Steel Plant Ltd.
since 2020.
He completed his undergraduate degree at Ranchi University.

Prakash Kota is currently the Chief Information Officer & Senior Vice President at Autodesk, Inc. He has a graduate degree from Oklahoma State University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Madras.

Mr. Satya Prakash is a Vice President-Operations at JSW Steel Ltd.

Presently, Prakash Arunkundrum holds the position of Head-Global Operations & Sustainability at Logitech International SA.

Prakash Subbarayan served as Co-Managing Director & Director at Star Health & Allied Insurance Co. Ltd.
from 2019 to 2023.
He completed his undergraduate degree from Bharathidasan University and his graduate degree from The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R.
Medical University.

Gian Prakash Gupta is an Indian businessperson who has been at the helm of 5 different companies is on the board of Spice Communications Ltd. and 7 other companies. In his past career Mr. Gupta occupied the position of Non-Executive Chairman of Emkay Global Financial Services Ltd., Chairman & Managing Director at IDBI Bank Ltd., Chairman & Managing Director at Axis Bank Ltd., Chairman of Swaraj Engines Ltd. and Chairman of Unit Trust of India Investment Advisory Services Ltd.

Varun Prakash Malhotra is Secretary, Compliance Officer, VP-Taxation & Legal at Voltas Ltd.

Bijay Prakash Dubey is currently working as the Secretary, Compliance Officer & General Manager at Coal India Ltd.
He is also an Associate Member at the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
He completed his undergraduate degree at St. Xavier's College (West Bengal).

Avinash Prakash Gandhi currently works at Lumax Industries Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2002, Uniproducts (India) Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2011, QRG Enterprises Ltd., as Director, Action Construction Equipment Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2019, Lumax Auto Technologies Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2018, Minda Corp.
Ltd., as Lead Independent Director from 2019, Minda SAI Ltd., as Director, Continental Engines Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2011, Panalfa Automotive Pvt Ltd., as Director, Minda VAST Access Systems Pvt Ltd., as Director, R.N.
Gupta & Sons Pvt Ltd., as Director from 2012, MLR Motors Ltd., as Director, Hyundai Motor India Engineering Pvt Ltd., as Director, EV Motors India Pvt Ltd., as Director, Minda Autoelektrik Ltd., as Director, ZookEV, as Director, and Ashok Minda Group, as Member-Supervisory Board.
Mr. Gandhi also formerly worked at Schaeffler India Ltd., as Non-Executive Chairman, Fairfield Atlas Ltd., as Non-Executive Director from 2003 to 2011, Havells India Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2011 to 2016, Clutch Auto Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2009 to 2013, Hyundai Motor India Ltd., as President & Director from 1998 to 2002, Indo Alusys Industries Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director, Minda Autoelektrik Ltd.
(India), as Director, Avinar Consulting Pvt Ltd., as Director, Minda Furukawa Electric Pvt Ltd., as Director, and Escorts Kubota Ltd., as Chief Executive-Research & Development.
Mr. Gandhi received his undergraduate degree from Birla Institute of Technology Mesra.

Currently, Prakash Krishnaji Apte is Independent Non-Executive Chairman of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. and Non-Executive Chairman of Syngenta India Ltd. He is also on the board of 5 other companies. Mr. Apte received an undergraduate degree from the University of Pune.

Bhanu Prakash Srivastava is currently the Chairman & Managing Director at Bharat Electronics Ltd.
and a Director at BEL Optronic Devices Ltd.
He completed his undergraduate degree at the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar.

Kedar Prakash Dixit has held various director positions in BF Industrial Technology & Solutions Ltd., Bharat Forge International Ltd., and BF Industrial Solutions Ltd.
He is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Bharat Forge Ltd.

Jai Prakash Srivastava has a current job as the Director, Director-Engineering, R&D at Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.
He obtained an MBA from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee in 1985.

Presently, Anand Prakash Bansal is Senior VP-Administration & Facilities at Info Edge India Ltd.

Ravi Prakash Singh is currently a Director at Power System Operation Corp.
Ltd., Powergrid IL&FS Transmission Pvt Ltd., Power Grid Vizag Transmission Ltd., Power Grid NM Transmission Ltd., Unchahar Transmission Ltd., Power Grid Jabalpur Transmission Ltd., Power Grid Southern Interconnector Transmission System Ltd., and Power Grid Unchahar Transmission Ltd.
He previously served as a Non-Executive Director at PTC India Ltd.
from 2012 to 2019, Personnel Director at Power Grid Corp.
of India Ltd.
from 2019 to 2020, and held various managerial positions at Ntpc Ltd.
from 1981 to 1991.
He also served as a Director at Powerlinks Transmission Ltd.
and PFC Consulting Ltd.
Mr. Singh graduated from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering with a graduate degree and from Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology with an undergraduate degree.

Founder of Perot Systems TSI (India) Pvt Ltd. and Titliyan, Chander Prakash Gurnani is a businessperson who has been the head of 6 different companies is Chairman for Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director at Tech Mahindra Ltd. and Member of Tech Mahindra Foundation and on the board of 14 other companies. He previously held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Perot Systems TSI (India) Pvt Ltd., Principal at HCL Corp. Ltd., Chief Executive Officer & Director at Satyam Computer Services Ltd., Principal at Hewlett - Packard Ltd. and Chairman at National Association of Software & Services Cos. He received an undergraduate degree from National Institute of Technology (Rourkela).

Founder of Indorama Group, Sri Prakash Lohia is an Indonesian businessperson who has been at the helm of 13 different companies and currently occupies the position of Chairman at Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd., President Commissioner of PT Indo-Rama Synthetics Tbk, Chairman at Indorama Corp. Pte Ltd., President Commissioner at PT Indorama Ventures Indonesia, Chairman at Indorama Eleme Petrochemicals Ltd., President Commissioner of PT Indorama Polyester Industries Indonesia, President Commissioner of PT Indorama Polychem Indonesia and President Commissioner at PT Indorama Polypet Indonesia (which are all subsidiaries of Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd.), President Commissioner at PT Indorama Petrochemicals and Chairman for Eleme Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. Mr. Lohia is also Member of Association of Indonesia Employers, Member of India Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Member of Asosiasi Produsen Synthetic Fiber Indonesia and on the board of 7 other companies. In the past Mr. Lohia held the position of Chairman at Indorama Group, President Director at PT Surya Sakti Investment and Chairman for Indorama Shebin Textiles Co. SAE. Sri Prakash Lohia received an undergraduate degree from the University of Delhi.

Mr. Om Prakash Bhatt is a Non-Executive Chairman at Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd., an Independent Non-Executive Director at Tata Motors Ltd., an Independent Non-Executive Director at Tata Steel Ltd., an Independent Non-Executive Director at Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., an Independent Non-Executive Director at Hindustan Unilever Ltd., a Chairman at Greenko Energy Holdings Pvt Ltd., a Chairman at Greenko Group Plc, a Member at Indian Council for Research on Intl Economic Relations, a Member at Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology and a Member of National Co-Operative Development Corp. He is on the Board of Directors at Tata Motors Ltd., Tata Steel Ltd., Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Hindustan Unilever Ltd., GE Capital Business Processes Management Services Ltd., Khadi & Village Industries Commission, Tata Steel Europe Ltd., Center for Creative Leadership and Institute of Banking Personnel Selection. Mr. Bhatt was previously employed as an Independent Non-Executive Director by Standard Chartered Plc, an Independent Non-Executive Director by Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd., a Chairman by Indian Banks' Association, a Chairman by State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, a Chairman by State Bank of Hyderabad, a Chairman by State Bank of Mysore, a Chairman by State Bank of India, a Chairman by State Bank of Travancore, a Chairman by Global Trade Finance Ltd., a Chairman by SBI (Mauritius) Ltd.

Om Prakash Setia is on the board of Shree Cement Ltd. In the past he was Managing Director at State Bank of India. Mr. Setia received a graduate degree from the University of Delhi.

Currently, Om Prakash Singh occupies the position of Director, Director-Technical & Field Services at Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. Mr. Singh is also on the board of ONGC Videsh Ltd., ONGC Tripura Power Co. Ltd. and North East Transmission Co. Ltd. Mr. Singh received an undergraduate degree from Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology.

Prakash Chandra Bisht is currently the Director at Mister Veg Foods Pvt Ltd.
and the President & Chief Financial Officer at Jubilant Ingrevia Ltd.
He previously worked as the Head-Accounts at Apollo Tyres Ltd., Executive Vice President-Group Accounts at Jubilant Pharmova Ltd., and as the Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President at Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd.
from 2018 to 2021.

Presently, Jai Prakash Sharma is Executive Vice President-Technical Operations at Info Edge India Ltd.

Prakash Hari Khose is currently the Group CEO & Managing Director at Revent Metalcast Ltd.
and also holds the position of Group Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director at Revent Precision Engineering Ltd.
Previously, he worked as the Director-Engineering & Investments at Parsan Makina Parcalari Sanayii AS.

Mr. Munesh Melwani Melwani is on the Board of Directors at Eurotalave 2002 SICAV SA.

Mohit Melwani is the founder who holds the position of Chief Operating Officer at Combatant Gentlemen, Inc. which is founded in 2012.

Rajen T.
Melwani currently works as a Secretary & Director for Edge Imports, Inc.

Kamal Melwani is currently the Director-Private Equity at Oaks Asset Management Ltd.
since 2023 and the Director at Mformillet Foods Pvt Ltd.
since 2022.
Previously, he worked as an Investment Professional at Edelweiss Alternative Asset Advisors Ltd.
from 2015 to 2018.
Mr. Melwani completed his undergraduate degree at Thadomal Shahani Engineering College in 2005 and obtained an MBA from the Institute of Management Technology (Ghaziabad) in 2010.

Shlok Melwani is a Portfolio Manager & Analyst at Capital International Ltd.
since 2014.
Prior to this, he worked as an Analyst at UBS AG (New York) from 2004 to 2007 and as an Equity Research Analyst at FIL Investment Advisors (UK) Ltd.
from 2009 to 2011.
Mr. Melwani completed his undergraduate degree from Cornell University in 2003 and received an MBA from London Business School in 2009.

Rajesh Ramesh Melwani is the founder of Global Futures & Options Ltd.
He previously worked as the Head of Equity Derivatives Sales at Banc of America Securities Asia Ltd.
from 2010 to 2014.
He also served as the Chief Operating Officer at Harbour Capital Management Ltd.
from 2020 to 2021.

Vivek Melwani is a Senior Managing Director at Centerbridge Partners LP since 2008.
He was a Partner at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.
He completed his undergraduate and graduate degrees at Hofstra University.

Rinki Melwani worked as an Analyst at JPMorgan India Pvt Ltd.
from 2010 to 2013.

Sheena Melwani is currently working as a Director at Progress Place.

Anish Melwani currently works at On-Board Media, Inc., as Director.

Ranil Melwani worked as a Portfolio Manager at BNP Paribas Asset Management France SAS from 2018 to 2021.

Amar Melwani currently works at The British Triathlon Federation Ltd., as Director from 2018.

Vishaal Melwani is the founder and current Chief Executive Officer of Combatant Gentlemen, Inc. which is founded in 2012.

Koushlya Melwani currently works at Ashima Ltd., as Independent Non-Executive Director from 2019, Melwani Finsoft Pvt Ltd., as Director, and Kvm & Co., as Partner.

Mr. Anil Melwani is a Director-Special Projects at Alvarez Technology Group, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Brighton.

Mr. Melwani joined Littlejohn in 2006 from the investment banking division of Morgan Stanley where he served as an analyst in the Global Consumer and Retail Group.
At Morgan Stanley he was involved in evaluating strategic and financial alternatives for various consumer and retail companies.
Mr. Melwani received a B.A.degree in English and Economics from Columbia University in 2004.

Rajnish Melwani currently works as a Shipping Manager at Adelaide Brighton Cement Ltd.

Mr. Kabir Melwani is an Associate at Crestview LLC.

Anish Melwani currently works at LVMH, Inc. (United States), as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer from 2016, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, Inc., as Chief Executive Officer, Tiffany & Co., as Director, Fresh, Inc., as Director, National Retail Federation, Inc., as Director, Cruise Line Holdings Co., as Director, United Way of New York City, as Director, Sofidiv, Inc., as President & Director, Marc Jacobs Holdings LLC, as Director, Colgin Cellars LLC, as Director, Fresh Cosmetics Ltd., as Director, Lotus Technology, Inc., as Independent Director from 2024, Council on Foreign Relations, Inc., as Member, and Hatzimemos, as Advisor.
Mr. Melwani also formerly worked at L Catterton Asia Acquisition Corp., as Independent Director and McKinsey & Co., Inc., as Senior Partner from 1999 to 2015.
Mr. Melwani received his undergraduate degree in 1999 from Harvard University.

Otilia Melwani currently works at Warburg Pincus Singapore Pte Ltd., as Senior Vice President.

Ravi Melwani is currently a Director at PKF O'Connor Davies LLP.

Praveer Melwani currently works in various jobs and is currently the CFO at Figma, Inc.

H.
H.
Melwani was the founder of D&H India Ltd., where he held the title of Chairman.
The company was founded in 1962.

U.
G.
Melwani is currently a Director at the Nigerian-Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry.

Prakash Prakash worked as the Chief Information & Security Officer at BioScrip, Inc.

Prakash currently works at Avantel Ltd., as Vice President-Strategy & Business Development from 2019.

Mr. Prakash Vijayan, CFA, is an Assistant Portfolio Manager & Senior Analyst at Driehaus Capital Management LLC.
He is a senior analyst on the US Growth Equities Team with a focus on the information technology and communication services sectors.
His in-depth fundamental research, idea generation and buy/sell recommendations are leveraged across the Micro Cap Growth, Small Cap Growth and Small/Mid Cap Growth strategies.
Mr. Vijayan began his career as an equity research analyst for Beekman Capital Management in 2005 covering the technology, media and telecommunications sectors prior to joining Driehaus Capital Management in 2010.
He received his Bachelors of Technology degree in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology in 2003 and a Masters of Science in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University in 2005.
Mr. Vijayan is a CFA charterholder.

Gautam A.
Prakash is the founder.
He founded Monsoon Capital LLC in 2004 and currently holds the title of Chief Executive Officer.
He also held the position of Advisor at ChrysCapital Management Co. and was a General Partner at Deer Management Co. LLC from 1993 to 2001.
Mr. Prakash completed his undergraduate degree at Yale University in 1991.

Prakash Ramachandran is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Project Energy Reimagined Acquisition Corp.
He previously worked as a Director at Thrasys, Inc. from 2008 to 2020, as well as Chief Financial Officer at Novariant, Inc. from 2002 to 2008 and at Polyera Corp.
from 2011 to 2015.
He also held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Sonex Group AS, CrownPeak Technology, Inc., and Nordic Windpower Ltd.
Mr. Ramachandran received his undergraduate degree from the University of Madras and his graduate degree from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Mayank Prakash is currently the Chief Technology Officer at Accelera Software LLC.
Previously, he held positions as Principal at Progress Software Corp., Cahners Corp., and Dec Bv.
He also served as the Chief Technology Officer at Customer Analytics, Inc. Dr. Prakash earned a doctorate degree from Brandeis University in 1985.

Prakash Ramamurthy is currently the Director at Preact, Inc. and the Chief Product Officer at Freshworks, Inc. He previously worked as a Senior Engineer at Mentor Graphics Corp., an Engineering Manager at C-ATS Software, Inc., a Senior VP-Product Management & Engineering at Gaia Interactive, Inc., the Chief Product & Technology Officer at LifeLock, Inc., an Engineering Manager at Verity Solutions LLC, the Vice President-Products & Technology at Oblix, Inc., and an Operating Partner at Trinity Ventures LLP.
Mr. Ramamurthy holds a graduate degree from Boston University and an undergraduate degree from Anna University.

Mr. Prakash Chandra Singhal Mohan was previously employed as an Executive Director by SICO BSC, a Group Head-Credit Risk by Ahli United Bank BSC, a Non-Executive Director by Al Hilal Life BSC, a Senior Assistant Vice President-Corporate Banking by HDFC Bank Ltd., a Non-Executive Director by Kuwait & Middle East Financial Investment Co. KSCC, and an Assistant Vice President-Corporate Banking by Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd.
(India).
He also served on the board at Kuwait & Middle East Financial Investment Co KSCC (Invt Mgmt).
He received his undergraduate degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, a graduate degree from Iowa State University and an MBA from McCombs School of Business.

Nadarajah Murali Prakash currently works at Engineering Services (Pvt) Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director from 2010, Browns Tours (Pvt) Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer, Director & MD from 2011, CFT Engineering Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer, Director & MD from 2011, and various other companies.
Mr. Prakash also formerly worked at Brown & Co. PLC, as Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director & MD from 2012 to 2013, Standard Finance Pvt Ltd., as Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director from 2010 to 2011, Ambeon Capital Plc, as Chief Executive Officer, Director & Group MD, and various other companies.
Mr. Prakash received his Masters Business Admin degree from the University of Southern Queensland.

Prakash Shimpi is currently the Director at AgroGraph, Inc. and Fellow & Enterprise Risk Analyst at The Society of Actuaries.
Previously, he worked as a Principal at Drexel Burnham Lambert Real Estate Associates II and Chase Manhattan Bank USA NA, as well as a Chief Risk Officer at Voya Services Co. He also held positions as a Principal at Swiss Reinsurance America Corp.
and Managing Principal at Towers Watson & Co. Shimpi holds an MBA from The University of Chicago and undergraduate and graduate degrees from the London School of Economics & Political Science.

Mr. Prakash S.
Chaudhari, CFA MBA, is a Managing Director & Senior Portfolio Manager at Manulife Investment Management Ltd.
He is a member of firms Value Equity team.
He received his undergraduate degree from Queen's University and an MBA from The Schulich School of Business and is a CFA charter holder.

Prakash S.
Kulkarni is currently the Chief Scientific Officer at CorePharma LLC, and is also a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists and The Controlled Release Society.
Previously, he worked as a Principal at OptumRx Home Delivery of Ohio LLC.
Kulkarni holds a doctorate degree from the University of Kentucky and undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Mumbai.

Prakash Agarwal is currently the Head of Research & Executive Director at Axis Capital Ltd.
He previously worked as a Research Associate at Deutsche Equities India Pvt Ltd., a Research Analyst at RBS Equities (India) Ltd., and an Analyst at CGS-CIMB Securities (India) Pvt Ltd.