Gold loan non-banking finance company Manappuram Finance Limited announced the appointment of Pratima Ram as Independent Non-Executive Women Director on the company’s Board, with effect from September 23, 2022.
According to the company’s exchange filing, “We would like to inform that Board of Directors at their meeting held on September 23,2022 appointed Ms. Pratima Ram (DIN: 03518633) as Independent Non-Executive Women Director, to fill the casual vacancy caused by the resignation of Ms. Sutapa Banerjee (DIN: 02844650), subject to the approval of the members in the immediate next General Meeting/Postal ballot.”
Pratima Ram is an experienced banker with three decades in Corporate, International, Investment & Retail Banking. She has worked in India, USA and South Africa. Pratima held the position of Country Head & Chief General Manager of the United States Operations of State Bank of India, in New York, and prior to this she was the CEO of the South African operations of the Bank based at Johannesburg. At SBI Capital Markets, she assisted companies in raising funds through capital market instruments and led the Corporate Advisory, M&A, & Project Appraisal business. She also led the training initiatives of SBI as head of the SBI Academy.
On leaving the public sector, she joined private sector in the infrastructure and Oil & Gas space as Group President Finance at Punj Lloyd Group having diversified operations then in more than 15 countries. Pratima was CEO and Whole Time Director of India Infoline Finance Ltd, IIFL, a large Non-Banking Finance company focused on lending to small businesses, Real Estate and Health Care sectors. She also held the CEO position at India Infoline Housing Finance Ltd.
She is an independent Director on Boards of corporates in the electrical , auto, textiles, energy, and mining industry. She is on the boards of Minda Corporation Ltd, GPS Renewables Pvt Ltd, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, Avaali Solutions Pvt Ltd. Minda Instruments Limited , Subex Account Aggregator Services Pvt Ltd & Manappuram Home Finance Limited. She also mentors startups in IT, renewable energy and agriculture sectors. She earlier held Board position in SBI California Ltd, USA and India Infoline Finance Ltd, Mumbai In Bangalore, she is on the Perspective Planning Committee of Bangalore International Centre, an initiative of TERI, set up on the lines of India International Centre.
She was member of the Executive Committee of Bangalore International Centre and was on the Management Committee of Bangalore Chambers of Industry and Commerce and on their sub Committees on Banking & Finance. She has been associated with CII for their programmes for Small & Medium industry. When in USA, she was associated with the activities of US-India Business Council & Asia Society and was an elected member of the executive committee of the Institute of International Bankers, USA.
She takes keen interest in mentoring and advising medium size corporate, using her expertise gained in Corporate Banking & Advisory, Forex management and Risk management as well as experience gained in public & private sector industry. She is also deeply involved in improvement of rural school education in North Karnataka.
Pratima graduated from University of Virginia, USA and Bangalore University.
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