Mr. Rajeev Agarwal
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Mr. Rajeev Agarwal, an Engineering graduate from I.I.T, Roorkee, belongs to1983 batch of Indian Revenue Service and has got wide experience of Securities Markets, Commodity Markets and Taxation - Whole Time Member, SEBI, for 5 yrs ; Member, Forward Markets Commission, erstwhile regulator of Commodity futures markets, for 5 and a half years ; Indian Revenue Service - 28 yrs. During his tenure on the board of SEBI he supervised and handled the Policy of important departments dealing with markets in equity, bonds, currency and commodities, Mutual Funds, Foreign Investors, International Affairs, Corporate Governance, PEs, VCFs, Start Ups etc.
He was also responsible for revival package of the Mutual Fund Industry in 2012 when the industry was going through a major crisis after ‘Entry Load’ ban in 2010. Since then the MF Industry has grown more than 5 times. He supervised smooth merger of commodity Market regulator, Forward Markets Commission, with SEBI in 2015 which was a very rare event globally.
He has wide exposure of Global Markets and their regulation having interacted with Global peers and International bodies such as IOSCO and Pacific Pension Investment Institute, San Francisco, a body of Global Pension Funds whose member pension funds command a pool of more than 25 Trillion USD. He is attending their roundtables and has worked with their members on ESG strategy for member pension funds. Presently, he is running an Advisory in capital market advising Indian corporates / start-ups on regulatory issues and corporate governance. He is also on the panel of experts of five Global Consultancies and is advising their foreign clients on Indian Capital Markets.
He is Chairman and Independent Director on the board of AMC of Trust Mutual Fund and Independent Director on the boards of Star Health Insurance and UGRO Capital Ltd. He is also a Civil/Commercial Mediator on the panel of ADR ODR International U.K.