Mr. Shah is often called the ‘Innovator of modern financial markets’ for his role in creating a successful public private partnership (PPP) model to build world class financial institutions. He has created modern IP-centric financial markets, which have been instrumental in changing the contours of exchange trading in India and emerging economies from Africa to Asia. Under his leadership, the Group launched MCX in 2003, which is the world’s 6th largest commodity futures exchange as per the Futures Industry Association (FIA), 2009.

The success of MCX has inspired several countries and Government entities to partner with Financial Technologies and promote various global exchanges. These achievements have seen him feature among the 'Top 30 Global Innovators in e-finance' by Institutional Investor in 2008. He has also been listed among the 'Dominant Financial & Futures Industry Leaders for 2008' by Futures Industry Association (FIA), Washington.

Mr. Shah is a recipient of the ‘Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year’ award for business transformation. He has been recognized by CLSA as one of the ‘Top 20 Indians’ who can change the face of world business and has been inducted in their Hall of Fame. He has been honored with the ‘US-India Businessman of the Year’ award and has been chosen by the World Economic Forum (WEF), Geneva, as a ‘Young Global Leader’. He has also been presented with the ‘Global Social Entrepreneur’ award by Rotary International.

Mr. Shah is deeply passionate about the role of markets in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities and has launched initiatives such as ‘Gramin Suvidha Kendra’ in association with India Post and ‘Pragati’ with Rotary International to empower underprivileged communities with education and training within the Group.

Mr. Maniar is a senior partner of Crawford Bayley and Co., Solicitors and Advocates. He is the on the Board of Directors of several Indian companies including Varun Shipping Company, Godfrey Philips India Limited, Hindalco Industries Limited, Foods & Inns Limited, InvestCorp Limited, Indo-Euro Investment Company Limited, Gujarat Ambuja International Pte. Ltd, Chemtex Engineering of India Limited, Akzo Nobel Coatings India P. Ltd., Vadilal Industries Ltd. He is also the Chairman of Shareholders/Investors Grievance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee at Varun Shipping Company.

Mr. Maniar holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce, Masters in Economics and Political Science, and a Bachelors Degree in Law. He has been a member of Bombay Incorporated Law Society since 1965.

During his vast and illustrious career, Mr. Kamdar has held several significant positions such as Vice-President of Vadodara Stock Exchange. He has also assumed roles such as Chairman and Board Member of well known organisations and various board level committees. During his stint with Vadodara Stock Exchange, he was instrumental in framing the rules, by-laws, memorandum and articles of the exchange.

Mr. Kamdar has been a member of several national and international committees. Some such roles include Member and Panel of Neutrals - Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association, USA (CIDRA); Member and Panel of Arbitrator - Dubai International Arbitration Centre, Dubai (DIAC); Member - National Association of Investigative Specialists Inc USA (NAIS); Panel Member - Fraud Advisory Panel, UK (FAP); Member - International Bar Association UK (IBA); Committee Member - the American Bar Associates, USA (ABA) for Arbitration and Mediation, International and ADR; Executive Committee Member - National Stock Exchange (NSE) for the year 1997 and 1998; Member - Arbitration Panel of National Stock Exchange (NSE); Member - B.D. Shah Committee of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on Short Sales. He has also served as a member of various committees constituted by SEBI.

Mr. Kamdar holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce and is a member of the Association of Certificate Fraud Examiner (CFE), USA, the Association of Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS), USA and is a fellow member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK (FCIArb, UK & Chartered Arbitrator). He is Honorary Secretary of the Indian branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

Mr. Kakodkar is a former Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI). He began his career with SBI as a Probationary Officer and went on to become the Managing Director and then Chairman. During his tenure, he set up SBI’s Paris branch and later became the Chief Manager of the branch. He has nearly four decades of rich and varied experience in Branch Banking, Personnel, Marketing, Operations, Planning, Training, International Banking, Systems and Technology, and Funds Management.

Mr. Kakodkar serves on the board of several Indian companies, including listed companies. Since July 2005, he has served on the board of Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX). He has also been on the board of Mastek Ltd., an Indian software house specializing in client server applications; Centrum Capital Ltd., a financial services company; Sesa Goa Ltd.,the second largest mining company in India; and Goa Carbon Ltd., a manufacturer-exporter of petcoke.

Mr. Kakodkar has done his B.A. from the Karnataka University, followed by an M.A. in Economics from the Mumbai University.

During his stint with N. M. Raiji & Co., Mr. Devarajan was the Head of Statutory audits of several large sized companies and was also a part of its management consultancy division. In 1979, he established an accountancy firm named R. Devarajan & Co., while continuing to work with N. M. Raiji & Co. The firm has been in existence for almost 30 years and has a staff strength of 50 employees.

Mr. Devarajan was also a Director of Spectrum Computer Services Pvt. Ltd., Spectrum Corporate Services Ltd. and Spectrum Business Solutions Ltd.

Mr. Devarajan is a Commerce graduate. He did his articleship with M/s. N. M. Raiji & Co., Chartered Accountants, and in 1978, he became a Chartered Accountant.

Mr. Sheth serves as the Managing Director of Greatship (India) Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. He joined The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. on July 1, 1990. He has also handled functions such as diversification projects, strategic investments, disinvestment and has been spearheading various strategic initiatives of The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. Moreover, he has been responsible for exploring new opportunities and
implementing them. He has been entrusted with the additional responsibility of overseeing the operations of Greatship (India) Ltd., which is in the business of owning and operating assets relating to the offshore oil and gas business.

Mr. Sheth is the Co-founder of Godrej Foods Ltd. (a joint venture between The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. and Godrej Soaps Ltd.) and was its Vice-President, Finance from 1985 to 1989. He also serves as Director of Business Standard Ltd., Routes Travel Ltd., H. Bhiwandiwalla Investments Pvt. Ltd., Linux Commodities Pvt. Ltd. and Artex India Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. Sheth holds a Bachelors degree in Commerce from H. R. College, Mumbai and is an M.B.A. from Babson College, Wellesley, USA.