Board Members

Mr. Anil Sinha

Vice President
Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Co., Ltd


Mr. Anil Sinha is currently COO & Vice President of Tata Daewoo.
 

Mr Anil Sinha, a Graduate in Mechanical Engineering and PGDM, is working as Chief Operating Officer with TATA Daewoo Commercial Vehicles Ltd (a 100% Subsidiary of TATA Motors Ltd, India) based at Gunsan, South Korea. His responsibilities include the Manufacturing, Purchasing, R&D and the Quality function for TDCV, besides spearheading Strategies to steer Company’s future in a positive direction and enhance Customer experience.

Mr Anil Sinha worked as Head Quality (CVBU), Head-Mfg Operations Passenger Car business and Plant Head-Pune Plant, before moving to TDCV Korea.

Before joining Tata Motors, he was working as a Plant Head, New Holland FIAT India Ltd (NHFI) for 15 years. During this assignment, he was responsible for the complete plant operations for two plants namely Tractor Assembly and Axle Assembly Plant.

Mr. Sinha’s 35 years of work experience includes working at Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Japan, while working with VE Commercial vehicles Ltd and extensive work experience in a Multi-cultural and Multi Language work environment in North America, Europe and Latin America, while working with NHFI.
 

Mr. Sinha is also a certified Six Sigma Champion from ASQ.
 

He is on the Board of Directors for Fiat India Automotive Pvt Ltd.


Hobbies: Recently developed interest in Golf and enjoys reading and music.

Mr. Sachin Satpute

President 

Novelis Asia 


 

Sachin Satpute is President of Novelis Asia. Novelis is the leading producer of flat-rolled aluminum products and the world’s largest recycler of aluminium.Since 1st June 2016, in this role, he is responsible for leading the overall business strategy and P&L of Novelis’ Asia-Pacific business, which includes sales to the automotive, beverage can and specialty product markets. He also has oversight responsibilities with Ulsan Aluminum, a joint venture between Novelis Korea and Kobe Steel, Japan.

Prior to being named to this position in June 2016, Sachin served as Chief Marketing Officer, Hindalco Industries Limited. Before that, he held roles of increasing responsibility within Novelis, including Director, Business Development &Strategy for Novelis Asia; Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Technical Services for Novelis Asia; and Managing Director of Aluminium Company of Malaysia Berhad (ALCOM).

Sachin has nearly 30 years of experience in the aluminium industry, having started his career at INDAL, which was a subsidiary of ALCAN, Canada.

Sachin holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Pune University and MBA in Marketing from Mumbai University. He is a graduate of Novelis’ inaugural Global Leadership Program and was named an Aditya Birla Fellow.

 

He is avid sports lover having played competitive Cricket and Table tennis. His other interests include reading, traveling and music.

Mr. Vijesh Iyer

Head of Fintech / VP of Financial Services

Coupang. Inc

 

Business leader with more than 25 years of international experience in Fintech across both Fortune 200 companies and Startups.   Deep experience in payments and lending.

 

I serve as VP and Head of Fintech at Coupang, one of the largest and fastest-growing e-commerce companies in the world. Coupang has been named one of the 50 Smartest Companies in the World by MIT Technology Review and is one of Forbes magazine30 Global Game Changers. Only nine companies including Amazon, Google, Facebook, Tesla Motors and Coupang have been named on both lists. Coupang ranked number 2 in CNBC list of top 50 global disruptors for 2020.

Mr. Sudhir Katiyar

CEO

SBI
 

Mr. Sudhir K Katiyar is Chief Executive Officer of State Bank of India, Seoul Branch from June 2022. He is a career banker having work experience of more than 20 years. He has handled various assignments in SBI in India as well as Belgium and has worked in key areas of banking like Retail, Corporate, International Banking etc. Before joining SBI, Seoul, he was Head (International Banking Department) at Corporate Accounts Group Branch, Mumbai.
Mr. Sung Min Won

Foreign Attorney

Kim & Chang

 

Mr. Sung Min Won is currently a foreign attorney at Kim & Chang, and his notable roles include Vice President at McDonald’s Korea, Senior Regional Counsel at McDonald’s APMEA & General Counsel at Lee & Ko, and International Procurements Officer at the Defense Procurement Agency. A legal professional with a diverse background spanning law, engineering, and Asian studies, Mr. Won holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Pepperdine University School of Law, complemented by a Master of Science (M.S.) in Civil Environmental Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Asian Studies and Premedical Studies from Tufts University. Mr. Won was admitted to the California bar and the US District Court, Central District of California. He is fluent in Korean, English, and Japanese. He specializes in Life Sciences and Healthcare, Labor & Employment, Environment, Occupational Safety and Health, and Serious Accidents Punishment Act. Additionally, he authored the California Supreme Court Survey on Avalon Bay Foods v. Workers Comp. Appeal Bd., published in the Pepperdine Law Review Vol.26.


 

Mr. Shardul S. Shroff

Founder & Executive Chairman

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas

 

Dr. Shardul S. Shroff is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, a Tier-1 firm having about 850 lawyers and 400 administrative staff spread across 7 cities of India. Amarchand Mangaldas as a firm has been in the law practice for over 107 years. Dr. Shroff was recently conferred Honoris Causa Doctorate Degree in Law by the Amity University.

 

Dr. Shroffs practice of 44 years spans across a wide spectrum of law including M&A and Corporate Laws,
Projects and Project Finance, Capital Markets, Banking & Finance, Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Public Disinvestments and Privatisation, Financial Regulatory Practice, Insurance and Insolvency, Bankruptcy and Restructuring. He is responsible for gestating and developing new legal practice departments at the Firm from time to time. He is a recognised thought leader in insolvency, bankruptcy and restructuring practice and in Company Law. He is a continuing and key member of two high powered Government / MCA Committees known as the Insolvency Law Committee and the Company Law Committee.

Mr. Haresh Gautam

Director

HCL Technologies 

 

 

Haresh Gautam is the Director of HCL Technologies Limited. HCL is a top 10 technology company operating out of 50 countries with 159K passionate professionals of 157 nationalities. He has held multiple roles within HCL and has been responsible for leading business, developing client relationships and investing in strategic initiatives which meet the next generation technology and operations needs of customers.

He has helped many clients in their transformation programs to deliver business value. Haresh has extensive experience in Energy & Utilities and Telecom verticals. He has been in the industry for the last 26 years. 

Haresh Gautam is an Engineer in Electronics and Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia University, Delhi. He has participated in leadership programs from Harvard Business, Shiv Nadar University and The University of California, Irvine.

He has a keen interest in various sports activities and is a marathon runner. Some of his other interest areas include reading, travelling and music.

 

Mr. Harns Nakhyoung Kim

VP / Director of India Business (HQ)

KRAFTON 


 

Harns Kim is vice president of Krafton Inc. He is born in 1977, graduated Seoul National University at 2000. After graduate, he designed game called 'Lineage' in NCSoft. And 'NOVA1492' , 'TERA' were born through his directing. Now, he is principle game producer of Krafton Inc. and also he is India Business Director of Krafton Inc.

 

Harns Kim is Standing Member of the Korea-India Industrial Forum at Asia Research Institute in SNU.

Mr. Jong baek Park
Partner
BKL


Attorney-at-law Jong Baek Park has specialized in the general corporate and financial transactions since 1992.

After graduation from LL.Band Master of Law, Seoul National University, he received the Chevening Scholarship awarded by the Foreign Commonwealth Office, UK and earned an LL.M. degree (International Financial Law) from the London School of Economics.  

After joining BKL as a partner in November, 2013, he has continued to practice on various transactions in the above areas and further advised on Open Source Software license and compliance.  

He also has been a non-standing director of Korean National Pension Service since September 2014.
Mr. Shyam Paliwal
Chairman
Moim Consulting / Bombay Brau
 

Mr. Shyam Paliwal is the Chairman of Moim Consulting & Bombay Brau. He is a subject matter expert on LNG operations. He was a Master Mariner with Shell on board the world’s largest Q-Max LNG carriers, responsible for assets worth over a billion dollars on LNG ships.

He currently travels worldwide conducting training workshops on LNG Operations. He has trained and certified over 300 LNG Loading Masters in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Dubai, Singapore, Turkey, and Europe.

He developed, patented and sold over 5000 Anti-Piracy water jet machines to ship owners for Somalia Piracy deterrence. He received the Lloyd’s Innovation of the year award for 2010.

He is a Foodie and owns the largest Indian restaurant and Microbrewery Chain in South Korea called Bombay Brau having 10 outlets with a motto of providing Fresh Beer &Spicy Indian Food.
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