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Mr. Naresh Chandra, 75 years, is our Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director. He graduated with a masters' degree in science from Allahabad University. A former civil servant, he joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1956 and has served as Chief Secretary in the State of Rajasthan, Commonwealth Secretariat Advisor on Export Industrialisation and Policy in Colombo (Sri Lanka), Advisor to the Government of Jammu and Kashmir, and successively Secretary to the Ministries of Water Resources, Defence, Home and Justice in the GoI. In December 1990, he became Cabinet Secretary, the highest post in the Indian civil service. In 1992, he was appointed Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister of India. He has served as the Governor of the state of Gujarat in 1995-1996 and Ambassador of India to the United States of America in 1996-2001. He has also chaired the Committee on Corporate Audit and Governance, the Committee on Private Companies and Limited Companies Partnerships and the Committee on Civil Aviation Policy, for the GoI. He has been honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, a high civilian award, by the Government of India in 2007. He is a director of various companies, including Eros plc and Vedanta Resources plc. He was appointed as a Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director by our Company on September 28, 2009.

 

Dr. Shankar Nath Acharya, 64 years, is our Non-Executive and Independent Director. He graduated with a bachelors’ degree in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford University in 1967 and earned a doctorate in economics from Harvard University in 1972. He worked in the World Bank, Washington D.C. from 1971 -1982, where he led the World Development Report team for 1979 and was research adviser to the bank [in 1979-82. After returning to India, he served as economic advisor to the Union Finance Ministry from 1985–90. From 1993 to 2000 he was chief economic advisor to the Government of India and was deeply involved in the economic reforms of that period. He also served as member, SEBI during 1997–2000. He was a member of the Prime Ministers’ Economic Advisory Council (2001–2003) and member, Twelfth Finance Commission (2004). [He has authored several books and numerous scholarly articles on economics and serves on the governing bodies of several national research organizations. He was appointed by our Company as Non-Executive Independent Director on November 1, 2009.

 

Mr. Kishore Lulla, 48 years, is our Executive Director. He graduated with a bachelors’ degree in Arts from Mumbai University. He has over 20 years of experience in the media and film industry. He is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and Young Presidents’ Organisation and also a board member of the University of California, Los Angeles (“UCLA”). He has been honoured at the Asian Business Awards 2007 and the Indian Film Academy Awards 2007 for his contribution in taking Indian cinema global. As Executive Chairman of the Eros International Group, he has been instrumental in spearheading the growth of Eros International Group and expanding their presence in UK, USA, Dubai, Australia, Fiji and other international markets. He was appointed as an Executive Director by our Company on September 28, 2009.

 

Mr. Sunil Lulla, 45 years, is our Executive Vice Chairman. He graduated with a bachelors' degree in commerce from Mumbai University. He has over 20 years of experience in the media industry. He is the first Director of our Company appointed as per the provisions of the MoA of our Company and has been instrumental in developing the Eros India Group. He has valuable relationships with the talent within the Indian film industry and has been instrumental in our Company’s expansion into India distribution as well as home entertainment and music. He has led our Company’s growth within India as Managing Director for many years before being appointed by the Board as Executive Vice Chairman on September 28, 2009.

 

Ms. Jyoti Deshpande, 39 years, is our Executive Director. She graduated with a bachelors' degree in commerce and economics and a masters in business administration from Mumbai University. She has over 16 years of experience in the media and entertainment industry. She has previously worked in advertising with J. Walter Thompson, India before moving to the UK in 1997 where she was a senior consultant with MindShare, U.K. She has part of the core team that founded B4U Television Network in the UK in 1998-99 and lead managed its expansion to the rest of the world in a span of two years. She has been with the Eros International Group since 2001 and was instrumental in helping Eros plc become one of the first Indian entertainment companies to list of the AIM, London Stock Exchange. She is a director of Eros plc and part of the leadership team driving strategy as well as operations for the group. Her experience has been valuable for our Company’s growth and expansion with India and she was appointed as an Executive Director by our Company with effect from September 28, 2009.

 

Mr. Dhirendra Swarup, 65 years, is our Additional Non-Executive and Independent Director. Mr. Swarup is a Government certified Public Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Public Auditors of India, and has a post graduate degree in humanities. He was a member of the Board of the SEBI, and a member of the Permanent High-level Committee on Financial Markets between July 2005 and December 2009. A former civil servant, he retired as Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India in 2005, and has approximately 42 years' experience in finance, budgeting, audit, public policy, public investments, project appraisal, evaluation of schemes and programmes of the Government of India. He has also served as Chairman of the Pension Funds Regulatory Authority between 2005 and 2009, Chief of the Budget Bureau of the Government of India between 2000 and 2005. Mr. Swarup was involved in the drafting of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003, and the fiscal rule made thereunder, and has been associated with the International Monetary Fund between 1993 and 2007, and has been Vice-Chairman of the International Network on Financial Education, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development between 2007 and 2009. He was appointed as an Additional Non-Executive and Independent Director of our Company on February 10, 2010.

 

Mr. Vijay Ahuja, 53 years, is our Additional Executive Director. He holds a bachelors degree in commerce from Mumbai University. Mr. Ahuja co-founded the Eros International Group's UK business in 1988 and has since played an important role in implementing the key international strategies of the Eros International Group, helping expand the business to its present scale by making a significant contribution to developing the South East Asian markets for Eros, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Hong Kong. He was appointed as an Additional Executive Director of our Company on February 10, 2010.

 
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