Mr. Neralla, Co-founder and the Director Technology, is the technology strategist of the Financial Technologies Group. He has been instrumental in establishing a strong global product portfolio. He had laid down the technology infrastructure that has today become the growth driver for various divisions and subsidiaries of the Financial Technologies Group.

Mr. Neralla plays a strategic role in identifying and implementing the architectural and product strategies and plans for the company’s technology business. In addition, he defines the technology roadmap of the entire organization and drives the strategy and vision for the company’s software products, the architecture, and all related standards for Financial Technologies’ products, solutions, and services.

Mr. Neralla is responsible for introducing new technology architecture and designing components and protocols to deliver cutting-edge solutions. In addition to his role as the Director Technology, he is also in charge of emerging technology applications in the financial markets, market opportunities, and strategic partnerships for the Group on an ongoing basis. He is passionate about technology and firmly believes that innovations and inventions are the key to future technological breakthroughs for the Group. His current interest lies in developing mobile-based payment solutions that will eventually replace credit card-based  payments. He is focused on ensuring that this concept is brought to fruition, not just technologically, but also as a strong business proposition through a reduction in cost of credit transactions.

Earlier, Mr. Neralla worked with the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), where he helped the exchange team design the BOLT® trading system. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science. He is a regular speaker at several national and international academic, business, and technology forums as well as at industry events.

Mr. Hariharan steers the company’s strategy and corporate development efforts, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and global expansion partnerships. He leads corporate efforts such as intellectual property (IP) licensing, venture capital, community services, and partnerships.

His responsibilities also include customer intelligence and corporate affairs. He has been instrumental in setting up new exchange ventures such as Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX), Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX), among others in the Middle East and South-East Asia. In his role as Director, Strategy, he has been charting the company’s roadmap and has been ensuring that the company continues to build on its leadership in innovation and growth. Before stepping into his current position, Mr. Hariharan was the Chief Technology Officer, responsible for the strategic planning and marketing of the company’s brand portfolio.

Prior to joining Financial Technologies, Mr. Hariharan was the Assistant Vice-President of the systems department at the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE). He has also worked with NSE.iT, a subsidiary of the NSE, as a Group Head and handled the operations of the NEAT trading system. He was also a part of the automation and implementation team for the BOLT® trading and back-office systems at the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Mr. Hariharan is a postgraduate in Statistics and a gold medalist from the University of Calicut. He has attended various training programmes in the digital trading environment, fault-tolerant systems, and operations at Tandem and Stratus Computers, US.

Mr. Shah leads the Financial Technologies Group’s marketing efforts and assists in building a customer-focused organization with a high-level of customer acquisition, retention, and delight. His mandate encompasses all aspects of institutional and retail marketing, and business development.

Mr. Shah’s forte is in building long-term win-win relationships with strategic institutional and corporate investors. His current focus is to build a balanced customer portfolio of both institutional and retail clients. Having maintained strong business relationship with key accounts, he has contributed significantly as regards customer acquisition by winning strategic and highprofile institutional accounts, including all major exchange subsidiaries, leading institutional
brokerage houses, and premier stock exchanges of India.

Mr. Shah has succeeded in achieving and sustaining over 80% market share for the entire bouquet of Financial Technologies’ products. Gifted with exemplary leadership, communication, analytical and organizational skills, he has developed an industry-leading marketing team for driving sales and marketing excellence; sales force effectiveness; enterprise accounts; and strategic marketing initiatives. This has enabled Financial Technologies to stand out vis-a-vis competition.

Mr. Shah is a graduate in Electrical Engineering. An avid reader, he spends his free time reading about the latest global customer trends and understanding their relevance to the Indian markets.

Mr. Ajmera has been closely involved in product design and engineering efforts, right from the Group’s flagship product ODIN, to suit trading solution needs and optimize system performance. His deep technical skills, extensive electronic trading experience, and passion for continuous improvement enables him to understand, design, and apply technology from a trader’s perspective, which has led FT to garner over 80% market share in India.

Mr. Ajmera is a thought leader and firmly believes in automating processes. He led the implementation of SAP in 9 Group companies of FT in a commendable timeline of 6 months. His zeal for technology has enabled to successfully implement financial and budgetary controls within the Group by developing cost-effective solutions. He endorses strict adherence to standards and is instrumental in FT attaining ISO 27001:2005 and ISO 9001:2000 certification.

Mr. Ajmera was pivotal in strategizing and creation of FT’s ecosystem ventures such as National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC), a leader in warehousing & collateral management services. As Director - NBHC, his strong credentials and expertise in IT solutions has enabled NBHC deliver value-added IT solutions to clients. His acumen in designing productive, employee friendly HR policies have seen FT win the prestigious India Brand Summit - ‘Employer Branding Award 2007’.

Mr. Khan oversees the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) operations for the Financial Technologies Group. In addition, he represents the Financial Technologies Group’s interests as a member of the board at the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX).

As a member of the management team at DGCX, Mr. Khan was entrusted with the overall responsibility of setting up the exchange grounds-up. The success of DGCX under his guidance has established Financial Technologies’ capability to replicate its winning business models and set up exchanges anywhere in the world.

Mr. Khan is assigned with the responsibility of expanding the group’s presence in the MENA countries. He also oversees the operations of Financial Technologies Middle East (FTME). Under his leadership, FTME has successfully rolled out automation solutions for the members of the regional exchanges and has also established the Financial Technologies Centre for STP Services (FT-CSS) in the UAE. He is a functional expert in the financial markets domain given his experience of more than ten years in these markets. He also has proven expertise in employing financial services technology as a platform for the automation of digital market places.

Mr. Khan holds a postgraduate diploma in business administration. Prior to his current role, he was heading the communications department of the Financial Technologies Group.

Under his leadership, the company carried out its first FCB issue in December 2006, at a premium of 20% and a US$ 115 million GDR issue in October 2007. Mr. Javalgekar also takes care of strategic and pre-IPO placements of the group companies. He holds all controller functions and corporate and strategic planning in financial matters, and is in charge of managing investor relations from a financial perspective.

Prior to joining Financial Technologies, Mr. Javalgekar was the Indian advisor to Nexgen Financial Solutions, a financial derivatives house promoted by Singapore Technologies. He had also been associated with Lazard India as a managing director and was instrumental in raising resources (both debt and equity) for India’s leading corporate companies, from domestic as well as overseas markets. At Lazard, he was an advisor to two offshore funds:Lazard Birla Fund, and
Mayur Fund.

Mr. Javalgekar is an accomplished writer and has contributed numerous articles on subjects dealing in foreign exchange, economy, finance and stock markets, and international finance to leading financial dailies, journals, and magazines.

Mr. Mehta has played a pivotal role in positioning Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. (MCX) among top 8 global commodity exchanges. He has been instrumental in supporting the launch of Singapore Mercantile Exchange (SMX) as a leading pan-Asian derivative market. Mr. Mehta, along with his team, has passionately and tenaciously led globalization efforts of Financial Technologies Group across branding, communications and strategic partnerships. These efforts have received overwhelming appreciation from stakeholders around the world and has contributed significant value to the group.

Mr. Mehta has held senior leadership positions in organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups - including companies such as MobileMedia, MoConDi, InfoSpace, eComLive, Qualcomm, and Uunet. He has been a co-founder and the chief operating officer (COO) of eComLive and led its acquisition by Infospace in 1999. He is actively engaged with several other organizations including WEF, USIBA, FIA, TiE, and FOW.

Mr. Mehta holds a bachelor of engineering degree in electronics and telecommunications and has done an executive programme in marketing from the Kellogg School of Management, US.