Alka Banerjee is Managing Director, Product Management at S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI).  Alka heads up S&P DJI’s Product Management Group, which has global responsibility for the commercial success of each of S&P DJI’s product lines: U.S. Equity, Global Equity, Fixed Income, Commodities, Real Assets, Strategy, and Custom indices, as well as Data. 

Since September 2013, Alka has served as CEO of Asia Index Private Limited, a joint venture between S&P DJI and the BSE of Mumbai, India’s premier stock exchange. 

Alka has over 18 years of experience in the global indexing business, both at S&P DJI, and at the Bank of New York. She has pioneered a large number of initiatives at S&P DJI, ranging from developing global smart beta indices to more niche themes like Shariah and socially responsible investing. In addition to evaluating and improving existing market capitalization weighted benchmarks, Alka has led S&P DJI’s efforts for new index developments for Africa, China, Korea, India, Latin America, and throughout the Middle East. 

Alka frequently presents at indexing and investing events, and is widely cited in the press. In 2015, she was recognized as one of the twenty most influential global Indian women by The Economic Times, one of India’s leading newspapers. Alka holds a master’s in economics from Lucknow University in India and an MBA in finance from Pace University in New York.

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.

Koel Ghosh is the head of business development for S&P Dow Jones Indices in South Asia. Koel is responsible for business development, sales and ongoing client relationship management across South Asia. She explores new markets and works with market participants to offer suitable solutions.

Prior to joining S&P Indices in 2009, Koel gained wide experience in the asset management and financial industry. She previously served at IL&FS Mutual Fund and UTI Asset Management Company where she gained insights on the asset management industry through her marketing and sales roles. She extended her experience further in the investment management industry in her role at Thomson Reuters.

Recently, Koel has the additional responsibility as Head of Business Development at Asia Index Pvt. Ltd. (BSE & S&P DJI Venture). Koel is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

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.

Neeraj Kulshrestha joined BSE as Chief Operations Officer in 2015. He is responsible for Trading (Operations and Development), Listing (Sales and Operations), Membership and IT operations. He is a member of the Executive Management Committee of BSE and is on the Boards of Indian Clearing Corporation Limited (ICCL) and Asia Index Private Limited.

He has about 27 years` experience in Capital markets, which includes Securities Markets and General Insurance.

Prior to BSE, he was an Executive Director in Morgan Stanley India for 10 years. Before that he was with NSE and has managed various functions like Trading Operations, Inspection and Investigation, Futures and Options, Clearing and Trading. He was also the CEO of India Index Services Ltd. and Dotex International Ltd.

He has completed his Bachelor`s degree in Computer Science from Delhi University and MBA (Finance) from Indore University. 

Rodney Fernandes is managing director, Client Coverage (EMEA & India) at S&P Dow Jones Indices, where he leads a team responsible for business development, sales and ongoing client relationship management across the EMEA and India region. Rodney and his team work proactively with existing and prospective clients to understand their current and future index needs.

Previously, Rodney had 20 years of experience within the asset management industry, commencing in 1988 at Morgan Grenfell/Deutsche Asset Management before joining Northern Trust as European Head of Quantitative Portfolio Management, where he was responsible for a team managing passive equity and fixed income portfolios as well as enhanced index funds.  His previous roles have also included derivatives dealing and transition management.