Ashank Desai

Mr. Ashank Desai, is an Information Technology (IT) Industrialist and has done B.E. from Mumbai University and had secured the second rank in the University. He holds a M. Tech Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai. He also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from IIM Ahmedabad.

Mr. Desai is the Principal Founder and Former Chairman of Mastek and has more than 4 decades of rich and diverse experience in IT industry. Mr. Desai having held the position of Chairman & Managing Director of Mastek earlier and currently serving as the Non-Executive Chairman, brings with him valuable experience in managing the issues faced by large and complex organisations. The Company and the Board will immensely benefit by leveraging his demonstrated leadership capability, general business acumen and knowledge of complex financial and operational issues faced by the Company. Mr. Desai also brings rich experience in various areas of business, technology, operations, societal and governance matters.

Mr. Desai is widely recognised as an IT industry veteran and is one of the founder members & Past Chairman of NASSCOM. He has been felicitated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his contribution to NASSCOM & IT Industry.

He also guides Mastek Foundation, whose mission is to enable “Informed Giving and Responsible Receiving”. He has been conferred with the “Distinguished Alumnus” Award from IIT Mumbai and the Computer Society of India (CSI) “Fellow of the Society” honour. He has also been presented with the Honourable Contributors Award by ASOCIO - the only Indian to receive this recognition twice. He was conferred with the much-coveted Outstanding Entrepreneur Award at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) 2010 India.

Ketan Mehta

Mr. Ketan Mehta holds Management Degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and has significant experience nearly four decades in the Information Technology Industry.

Mr. Ketan Mehta co-founded Mastek in 1982 and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Mastek until June 1, 2015 after which he focused exclusively on Majesco business. During his long stint with Mastek, Majesco and its affiliates, he has handled multiple functions including sales, delivery, and general management. He was the driving force behind the conceptualization and execution of Majesco’s insurance strategy, including acquisition and integration of seven insurance technology companies over the last thirteen years. Prior to that, he has also spearheaded Mastek’s joint venture with Deloitte Consulting.

October 2018 to September 2020, Mr. Ketan has served as Chairman of the Board of Majesco (USA entity) when he played a pivotal role in selling Majesco business to private equity firm – Thoma Bravo. Prior to that, he served as President of Majesco (USA entity) from 2000 until March 2019, and Chief Executive Officer of Majesco (USA entity) from July 2011 to October 2018.

Rajeev Grover

Mr. Grover is a B. Com (Hons.) graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi. He is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India and has over 3 decades of rich and diverse experience across Finance, Operations, General Management & Business Transformation across Professional Services and Financial Services organisations like Mercer Consulting, Hewitt Associates (now Aon Hewitt), eFunds Corp. (now part of FIS), GE Capital International Services (now Genpact) and American Express.

He has been one of the pioneers of the Business Process Outsourcing industry in India and has led the setup for three organisations in the country. In his last role at Mercer Consulting, he served as the Global Head of Operations wherein he was responsible for driving Operational excellence across multiple lines of business represented by over 9,000 employees across 25 countries including shared service centers spread across India, Poland, Portugal, China & Ireland.

He is a Founder Director of ExempServ Professional Services Private Limited, which provides value-added financial reporting, compliance and allied services to social sector organisations. He is also a Non-Executive Treasurer of SOS Children’s Villages of India, which is one of the largest self-implementing independent non-governmental social development organisation focused on Children’s development.

Suresh Vaswani

Suresh Vaswani is an independent director at Mastek. Suresh is a seasoned Global Technology and IT services Leader with an exceptional track record for building, scaling, and transforming business. He has served as the President of Dell Services, Co-CEO and board member Wipro and General Manager at IBM Global Technology Services.

He today serves on boards of a spectrum of companies from Publicly Listed to Private Equity owned to next generation growth/early-stage firms.

Suresh is an alumni of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.  
 

Ashank Desai

Mr. Ashank Desai, is an Information Technology (IT) Industrialist and has done B.E. from Mumbai University and had secured the second rank in the University. He holds a M. Tech Degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai. He also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) from IIM Ahmedabad.

Mr. Desai is the Principal Founder and Former Chairman of Mastek and has more than 4 decades of rich and diverse experience in IT industry. Mr. Desai having held the position of Chairman & Managing Director of Mastek earlier and currently serving as the Non-Executive Chairman, brings with him valuable experience in managing the issues faced by large and complex organisations. The Company and the Board will immensely benefit by leveraging his demonstrated leadership capability, general business acumen and knowledge of complex financial and operational issues faced by the Company. Mr. Desai also brings rich experience in various areas of business, technology, operations, societal and governance matters.

Mr. Desai is widely recognised as an IT industry veteran and is one of the founder members & Past Chairman of NASSCOM. He has been felicitated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for his contribution to NASSCOM & IT Industry.

He also guides Mastek Foundation, whose mission is to enable “Informed Giving and Responsible Receiving”. He has been conferred with the “Distinguished Alumnus” Award from IIT Mumbai and the Computer Society of India (CSI) “Fellow of the Society” honour. He has also been presented with the Honourable Contributors Award by ASOCIO - the only Indian to receive this recognition twice. He was conferred with the much-coveted Outstanding Entrepreneur Award at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) 2010 India.

Ketan Mehta

Mr. Ketan Mehta holds Management Degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and has significant experience nearly four decades in the Information Technology Industry.

Mr. Ketan Mehta co-founded Mastek in 1982 and served as a member of the Board of Directors of Mastek until June 1, 2015 after which he focused exclusively on Majesco business. During his long stint with Mastek, Majesco and its affiliates, he has handled multiple functions including sales, delivery, and general management. He was the driving force behind the conceptualization and execution of Majesco’s insurance strategy, including acquisition and integration of seven insurance technology companies over the last thirteen years. Prior to that, he has also spearheaded Mastek’s joint venture with Deloitte Consulting.

October 2018 to September 2020, Mr. Ketan has served as Chairman of the Board of Majesco (USA entity) when he played a pivotal role in selling Majesco business to private equity firm – Thoma Bravo. Prior to that, he served as President of Majesco (USA entity) from 2000 until March 2019, and Chief Executive Officer of Majesco (USA entity) from July 2011 to October 2018.

Radhakrishnan Sundar

Experience: Nearly four decades of vast experience in the software industry

Qualification: MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad and an undergrad in ECE from REC, Trichy

Mr. Sundar worked for two years with HCL Limited, after which he co-founded Mastek. He has extensive experience in the software industry and actively participated in various strategic initiatives taken by Mastek Group. Mr. Sundar has a proven track record in building successful companies around emerging opportunities and leading technologies - having successfully nurtured start- ups both in India and the US. He was holding the position of Executive Director in Mastek Limited and Majesco Limited in India. He also serves on the Board of Sankara Eye Foundation, USA, the fund-raising arm of Sankara Eye Care, India, engaged in eliminating curable blindness among the rural poor. Presently, he is engaged extensively with the social sector assisting them in building scale and achieving financial sustainability.

Sudhakar Ram

One of the Co-founder Director of Mastek, Mr. Ram brought to the table extensive experience in strategic initiatives in the areas of Vertical Enterprise Platforms and Applications that enable business transformation. He was having more than 4 decades of rich and diverse experience in Information Technology (IT) Industry.

Mr. Ram, was a veteran of the IT industry and was also a keen observer of Domestic and Global IT and business trends. He has also handled the additional responsibilities of leading Mastek’s business in the UK as CEO for Mastek (UK) Ltd. (Wholly owned Subsidiary of Mastek) from 2013 until March 2015. He was also on the Board of various overseas subsidiaries of Mastek in the past and contributed significantly towards establishment and growth in the respective geographies.

He was responsible for providing guidance and mentorship to the Group Chief Executive Officer which helped in translating the Board’s vision and direction to operational directions and goals. Mr. Ram was a silver medallist from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta.