Mr. Nimesh N Kampani is the founder and chairman of JM Financial Group, one of India’s leading financial services groups.
Founded in 1973, JM Financial has interests in investment banking, institutional equity sales, trading and research, private and corporate wealth management, equity broking, portfolio management, NBFC (Non Banking Finance Company) activities, mutual fund, alternative asset management (consists of private equity fund and real estate fund), commodity broking and asset reconstruction (ARC).
In his career spanning more than three and a half decades, Mr. Kampani has made pioneering contributions to the development of the Indian capital markets and has advised several corporates on their strategic and financial needs, especially, capital raising and mergers & acquisitions.
Mr. Kampani is currently
§ Member of the National Council of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
§ Member of the CII National Council on Corporate Governance & Regulatory Affairs.
§ Member of the CII Task Force on Integrity and Transparency in Governance.
§ Member of the Selection Committee for Identification of Chair Professors in National Institute of Securities Markets established by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
§ Member of the Governing Council of the Indian Institute of Capital Markets.
§ Member on the Governing Board of the Centre for Policy Research.
§ Member on the Advisory Board of Rieter India Pvt. Ltd.
§ Member on the India Advisory Board of Bain & Company, Inc.
§ Member on the Advisory Board of VentureStudio promoted by Ahmedabad
University.
Mr. Kampani has served as a member on several important committees constituted by the Bombay Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange Limited, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), CII and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He was a member of the Primary Market Advisory Committee and the Corporate Bond & Securitization Advisory Committee of SEBI. He was also a member of the High Powered Expert Committee constituted by the Ministry of Finance on making Mumbai an International Finance Centre. He was the Chairman of the CII’s National Committee on Capital Markets and was also a member of the Advisory Panel on Financial Regulation and Supervision of the Committee on Financial Sector Assessment constituted by Reserve Bank of India. He was a member on the Bloomberg Asia Pacific Advisory Board.
Mr. Kampani serves as an Independent Director on the Board of several leading Indian companies such as Apollo Tyres Limited, Britannia Industries Limited, Deepak Nitrite Limited and KSB Pumps Limited.
Mr. Kampani is a commerce graduate from Sydenham College, and a qualified Chartered Accountant.
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Dr. Vijay Kelkar
Dr. Vijay Kelkar holds a doctorate in development economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He is the former Finance Secretary to the Government of India. He has held many senior level positions in the Government of India including the most recent position as the Chairman of the Finance Commission; Advisor to Minister of Finance; Finance Secretary, Government of India; Secretary of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Chairman of the Tariff Commission. He has also served in several key posts in international organizations such as Director and Coordinator of International Trade Division, UNCTAD, Switzerland and Executive Director for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan at the International Monetary Fund, USA.
Dr. Kelkar is currently the Chairman of India Development Foundation, India & Chairman, Forum of Federations, Canada. He is also a Non-executive Chairman of National Stock Exchange of India Limited and is a director on the Boards of Tata Consultancy Services Limited, JSW Steel Limited and Lupin Limited.
Mr. Ashith N Kampani, aged 46 years, has over 29 years of experience in the Indian capital markets. During these 29 years, he has been servicing various segments including retail, high net worth individuals, corporates and institutional investors globally of the investment banking and broking business of JM Financial Group.
Mr. Ashith N Kampani, who is a younger brother of Mr. Nimesh N Kampani, began his career with the family’s stock broking firm in 1982, and then, from 1991 to 2007, he was engaged in various group ventures including his stint with JM Financial’s Institutional equity broking joint venture with Morgan Stanley. Currently he looks after the business development for the Group.
Mr. Ashith N Kampani is a member of the managing committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and is the Chairman of Young Bombay Forum, the initiative taken by Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry to nurture young leaders in India to become globally competitive and contribute towards nation building. He is not on the Board of any other public company.