BOARD OF ADVISORS

Shri Ajai Kumar is the former Chairman and Managing Director of Corporation Bank and has a distinguished career in banking industry.

A Master of Science (Physics) from University of Allahabad, is also Law graduate. He is a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB). Shri Ajai Kumar has taken several initiatives for bank’s growth in his various positions at Bank of Baroda, UCO Bank, and Corporation Bank. While in Bank of Baroda, Shri Ajai Kumar was General Manager Retail Banking and later Head of Bank’s Technology Division for Business Transformation Projects and IT Operations and was responsible for 100% automation of both domestic and overseas branches.

During the tenure as CMD of Corporation Bank, Shri Ajai Kumar enabled creation of strong business processes and structures in the form of SME Loan Centres, Circle Offices, Agriculture Business Development Cells, Corp Excel branches, Gold Loan Shoppes. All these measures resulted in strong business growth in Retail, SME and in Priority Sector credit in the Bank.

Shri Ajai Kumar was also Member of the Board of Directors of Indo Zambia Bank Ltd. He was also a Founder Director on Board of National Payment Corporation of India. Presently, he is a Part-time Director on the Board of YES Bank Ltd. Shri Ajai Kumar was also been appointed as Non-official Independent Director on the Board of NPCIL

Akshay Dewani leads overall investment function of fund and is also responsible for Investor Reporting & Relationship at Avenue Venture Partners. He is responsible for identifying the development partners with a partnership mind-set, deliberating and deciding upon terms of partnership and then identifying and closing proprietary deals with the selected partners.

Having spent years in the real estate industry, he has a deep understanding of the Indian real estate market, right from land acquisition and approval process, to project development. Before starting his corporate career, he formed a successful consortium of HNIs for investments in real estate around Mumbai, Pune and Nagpur. Such an initiative testifies for his track record of creating good value for investors. Prior to AVP, he was a member of an investment team at a reputed real estate fund, undertaking the responsibilities of deal sourcing, negotiation, fund deployment and investment monitoring.

Education: Chartered Accountant from Institute of Chartered Accountants of India; Bachelor of Commerce

Mr G Chella Krishna is a noted Chartered Accountant in practice and a Partner with M/s. CNGSN & Associates LLP, Chartered Accountants, Chennai.

He has specialized in the field of valuation, transaction advisory, taxation, HNI advisory, family business management, and succession planning.

He has rendered advices on a number of matters for several of Tamil Nadu’s largest industrial houses and has worked with many MNCs in Singapore and Dubai for structuring their inbound investments.

He has also provided strategic financial consulting to several small and medium sized businesses to aid in their growth to the next level.  He is also the Chairman of Audit Committee and member of the Board of M/s. Manali Petrochemical Limited and M/s Elnet Technologies Limited.

C.K.Kumaravel is the CEO and Co-Founder of Naturals – India’s no.1 hair & beauty salon chain – Naturals. With 500 salons and counting, his long term goal is to make naturals the no.1 salon chain of the world.

Think big… Dream big… Live big is his life philosophy