A career bureaucrat, Ashok Jha has had extensive experience in Economic Affairs, Finance, Foreign Policy, Industrial Promotion and International Trade. As Finance Secretary he was a key architect of the National Budget that gave India a GDP growth of 9.5%. He formulated and monitored macro economic policies, played an important role in multi-lateral and bilateral ODA, promoted FDI into India and played a significant role in ushering in the patents regime. He has held key positions at the Embassy of India in Washington DC, worked on export promotion and bilateral trade with East Asia, Australia and New Zealand, served as Secretary Economic Affairs, been a member of the Atomic Energy & Space Commissions and served as India's alternate Governor at the World Bank and ADB.
Ashok Jha has in the past advised the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry and has been Executive President of Hyundai Motor Company in India.
ashokjha@duaconsulting.com
Shiban BakshiMr. Bakshi is an experienced finance professional with over 25 years experience in international finance, project finance and merchant banking at Standard Chartered Bank, SBI Capital Markets and the State Bank of India. He has also worked with the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, the IDRC Canada, Crown Agents UK and the World Bank.
shiban@duaconsulting.com
Sunil MalikMr. Malik is a Chartered Account with significant experience in the regulatory aspects of foreign investment and corporate tax strategy. He is based in our Gurgaon office and has advised clients on a broad range of issues related to the domestic capital markets as well as due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, financial investments and joint ventures. He has also formulated effective entry strategies in the power, telecom, information technology and non-banking financial services sectors.
sunil@duaconsulting.com
Ravi OberoiMr. Oberoi is a Chartered Accountant and was a partner in a successful accounting firm. He was also CEO of leading leasing company specialising in consumer finance. At Dua Consulting, he is experienced in government and regulatory interface as well as a broad range of corporate and financial issues. He represents several of our clients on the Boards of their Indian subsidiaries and joint ventures.
ravi@duaconsulting.com
Dr. Sanat Kaul has been a career civil servant, international diplomat and published author. He has extensive experience in civil aviation, tourism and tourism infrastructure, and urban infrastructure development, policy and financing. Dr. Kaul has served as Representative of India to the International Civil Aviation Organisation in Montreal and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation including responsibility for the Airports Authority of India and Directorships on the Boards of the Airport Authority as well as Air India. He also held various senior level positions in the Ministries of Home Affairs, Finance and Defence including both domestic responsibilities and extensive interaction with multilateral and multinational organizations.
sanat@duaconsulting.com
Tarun Roy Mr. Roy is the former Chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Customs and has extensive experience formulating and implementing relevant legislation and regulatory acts. He has served as Chair of the Asia Pacific Region of the World Customs Organisation of the United Nations and was instrumental in fostering better cooperation among the regional member countries. He has also led Government of India delegations to various international conferences related to customs, excise and economic policy.
tarunroy@duaconsulting.com
Shilpa SinghMs. Singh brings a broad range of experience in human resources management, executive search and marketing to our Human Resource Services practice. Prior to her search experience, Ms. Singh worked with the S.K. Birla Group where she was responsible for ready-to-wear and marketing initiatives.
shilpasingh@duaconsulting.com
Soman Thomas
Mr. Thomas, based in Mumbai, has been a merchant banker for twenty years and has extensive experience in developing and managing a capital markets business for several major financial institutions including Canara Bank and Standard Charter Bank. He was responsible for the successful bond issues of two important government financing vehicles (IDBI and SIDBI) as well as several equity issues. Mr. Thomas has also worked with a non-bank finance company in Mumbai to develop a factoring business and a general insurance practice in western India.
somanthomas@duaconsulting.com
B K Syngal
Mr. Syngal is a pioneer in the Indian telecommunications sector and has been recognised as the “father of the internet and data services” in India. In his four-decade career he has held senior executive positions in the major public and private sector telecomms including Chairman and Managing Director of VSNL, India’s leading provider of telecommunications services, Chairman of Reliance Telecomm and Vice Chairman of BPL Communications. He has also served as Chairman, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (London), and Governor, INTELSAT Board (Washington, DC).
syngal@duaconsulting.com
V. Subramanian
Mr. Subramanian is the former Secretary, Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, where he developed and implemented the basic institutional structures in the sector. During his long career with the Indian Administrative Service he also acquired extensive experience in conventional power, rural development, civil aviation, tourism, banking and capital markets, and the management of Public Enterprises. He also served with the Commonwealth Secretariat, London.
subra@duaconsulting.com
Balinder Singh
Mr. Balinder Singh has over 18 years experience in Corporate & Public Affairs, Marketing Communications and CSR strategy implementation. A pioneer of the Indian PR profession he has held senior management positions across consulting groups, corporations and the development sector. He was a key member of the team that facilitated a smooth market entry for McDonald’s into India and has handled several such sensitive assignments across a range of industries addressing a diverse set of interest groups.
balinder@duaconsulting.com
