Charbel Azzi is Managing Director and Head across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Turkey, India, & CIS at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). He joined the company in April 2009, and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Charbel has extensive experience in investment management, portfolio construction, strategy and product development, capital raising, and marketing and selling investment products and services across the Middle East and Africa. He works closely with clients to design and deliver indices and strategies that utilize S&P DJI’s expertise in custom index design, Shariah-compliant investing, asset allocation, commodities, equities, and emerging markets.

Prior to joining S&P DJI, Charbel worked at Standard Chartered Bank in Dubai as director of origination for the Middle East and North Africa, working with regional family and private offices, corporates, pension funds, investment and insurance companies, and high net worth clients.

Charbel holds a BBA from the American University in Dubai. He is fluent in English, Arabic, and French.

Gaurang Vyas is the head of AIPL’s IT division and is responsible for developing and delivering in-house solutions for S&P Dow Jones Indices and their end customers.  In this role, he is driving the offshore team towards building new capabilities through thought leadership, innovation, and focused strategic initiatives.

He works closely with Raj Varadarajan, CTO S&P DJI, in driving these initiatives.

Gaurang comes with rich industry experience of over 18 years and has worked in organizations like Trigyn Technologies and ORG systems.  He has vast experience in managing delivery solutions on various technology stacks, specifically on web and mobile platforms. At Trigyn, he was the Delivery Head for Mumbai operations and spearheaded operations to set the foundation for several of the people practices, processes, and systems that helped the organization to scale up to the present level.

Gaurang is an engineer in electronics and a certified PMP professional from PMI.

Prior to joining BSE, Mr. Nayan Mehta has worked with National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. (NSE), Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) and Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. (CARE). He was instrumental in setting up accounting and investment processes and controls at NSE.  As Chief Financial Officer of the MCX, in addition to overseeing finance, treasury and taxation, he handled various strategic issues relating to eco-system ventures of its group companies.

Nayan Mehta is the Senior Vice Chairman in the Executive Board of South Asian Federation of Exchanges.  He is a member of Qualified Audit Review Committee of the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI).  He is also a co-opted member of the Committee on Financial Markets and Investors’ Protection of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Nayan Mehta is a Director of CDSL Insurance Repository Limited, CDSL Ventures Ltd., Asia Index Private Ltd. and BOI Shareholding Limited.  He is a member of various Committees of BSE Ltd. and its subsidiaries and associate companies.

Nayan Mehta has also been a visiting faculty in various Management Institutes from time to time and is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost & Management Accountant by qualification.

Raj Varadarajan is the Chief Technology Officer at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI). In his current leadership role, Raj is responsible for managing the global technology division that supports business growth, risk mitigation, and compliance adherence for S&P DJI.

Prior to his current role, Raj served as Vice President and was responsible for S&P’s official Index Management and calculation platform. Under his leadership, S&P Dow Jones Indices’ IT has completed the development of the next generation of Index Management Platforms by integrating various mission critical systems. During his 13+ years at S&P, Raj has played a crucial role in IT system design & development, project management, process monitoring and improvements, budgeting, data migration, information security, and quality assurance.

Prior to joining S&P DJI, Raj worked at Trigyn Technologies and provided technology solutions for a broad client base. Raj holds a bachelor’s in Commerce from the University of Madras.

SVR is a chartered accountant with around 25 years of experience in finance, accounting, auditing, corporate law, and tax law. He started his professional career in 1995 as an audit assistant with Fraser & Ross, Chennai. He then worked in manufacturing companies—Avanti Leathers Ltd. and KCP Ltd.—for about six years. SVR joined the financial services sector in 2002, and he is currently working as Vice President – Finance at S&P Capital IQ (India) Pvt. Ltd.

He is a member of the board of directors for S&P Capital IQ (India) Pvt. Ltd., Standard & Poor’s South Asia Services Pvt. Ltd., and Asia Index Pvt. Ltd. He is also a designated partner in Ness Software Engineering Services India LLP. 

Sushri Kamala K is the Chief Regulatory Officer (Compliance Officer under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) (Stock Exchanges and Clearing Corporations) Regulations, 2018) heading the Regulatory functions of the Exchange including Membership and Listing Compliance, Surveillance and Investigation, Inspection and Enforcement.

At BSE Sushri Kamala was earlier heading the Enterprise Risk Management across various vectors of risk as Chief Risk officer. She has rich and diverse experience of more than 33 years in the areas of Finance. She has been long associated with financial markets in general and MII space in particular performing various roles. She has worked in multiple organisations like PFC, IIM-B, BgSE, BgSE Financials, Invest smart, NSE, Edelweiss Group. She has also been part of various reforms in capital market, actively participating in policy making through various Committees constituted by Regulators and stock Exchanges.

Ved Malla is Associate Director, Client Coverage at S&P Dow Jones Indices. He is responsible for client relationships and Sales for South Asia. Ved’s objective is to expand business in the region. In addition, Ved is responsible for the Corporate Affairs of Asia Index Pvt. Ltd. (JV between S&P Dow Jones & BSE Limited). Ved is also a member of the Board of Directors of Asia Index Pvt. Ltd.

Ved has extensive experience in the financial services industry. Prior to joining S&P BSE Indices, Ved worked with the two leading Indian stock exchanges (NSE and BSE), playing an integral role in the growth of their index and market data business. Previously, Ved has also been associated with Birla Sunlife Mutual Fund, where he was part of the compliance department.

Ved has an MBA in Marketing from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai. Ved also received his Company Secretary certificate from the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.