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Lead Director of the Board


Steven B. Gruber
Managing Partner - Oak Hill Capital Management, Inc.

Steven B. GruberSteven B. Gruber is a Managing Partner of Oak Hill Capital Management the investment advisor to Oak Hill Capital Partners, a multi-billion dollar private equity investment group. He was a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Insurance Partners, L.P. (a $540 million private equity fund dedicated to investments in the insurance industry) and a Managing Partner of the management company of Acadia Partners, L.P. (a $1.6 billion leveraged high yield and private equity fund). Steven has senior responsibility for originating, structuring and managing investments for Oak Hill Capital’s Healthcare and Business and Financial Services industry groups. Prior to this Steven was a Managing Director and Co-Head of High Yield Securities at Lehman Brothers and a Managing Director of its Merchant Banking Group. He was also a member of Lehman Brothers' Investment Committee and Investment Banking Division Operating Committee. He earned a B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

 
   
 

 
  Chairman of the Board


 
 

Vikram Talwar
Executive Chairman - ExlService Holdings, Inc.

Vikram TalwarPrior to joining EXL, Vikram spent 26 years in the Bank of America where he held several senior management positions. He was the Senior Vice President and Country Manager from 1989 to 1993, for the bank's operations in India. He was at the helm of a 700 strong wholesale and retail operations team that was amongst the most profitable of the bank's international operations. Vikram has also worked in the capacity of CEO and Managing Director at Ernst & Young Consulting, India and as their Asia Director for the firm's Global Operate Business (Outsourcing). Vikram has had extensive international exposure in the course of his assignments, in countries such as Singapore, Indonesia, Japan and the U.S. Vikram is an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.

 
   
     
  Members of the Board


 
 

Rohit Kapoor
President & Chief Executive Officer - ExlService Holdings, Inc.

Rohit KapoorAs a former business head at Deutsche Bank, Rohit Kapoor led a marketing team that serviced clients in Europe, the Middle East and the Indian Sub-continent. He also managed the venture capital/private equity investments of several Ultra High Net Worth clients in start-up companies both in the US and Indian TMT sectors. Having successfully raised several rounds of venture capital funding for various companies, Rohit has also been involved in the structuring of their investments. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he worked for eight years with Bank of America, five of which were in Private Banking at New York and three in Corporate Banking in India. Rohit is a B.Tech from IIT Delhi and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India.

 
   
     
 
 
 

Garen K. Staglin


Garen K. StaglinGaren K. Staglin is an independent director on EXL's board. He has over 35 year's experience in the financial services and technology industries. Garen was a Director of First Data Corporation and until recently was President and CEO of eONE Global L.P., an emerging payments company. Previously he was Chairman and CEO of Safelite Glass Corporation, a manufacturer and retailer of replacement autoglass and related insurance services. Prior to his experience at Safelite, Garen was President of ADP Automotive Claims Services, a leading provider of auto physical damage claims estimating software and services. Garen is on the board of Global Document Solutions, Inc., a digital printing, imaging and CRM outsourcing company. He is also on the board of Solera, Inc., a consulting, outsourced services and strategic technology provider focused on auto physical damage claims solutions. Garen is an investor in several private companies and hedge funds. He recently joined the Advisory Board of the Cambridge University Business School in United Kingdom. Garen holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.S. in engineering from UCLA.

 
   
     
     
 

Edward Dardani


Edward DardaniEdward Dardani has served as a member of the board of directors since April 27 2005. Edward is a Principal of Oak Hill Capital Partners, L.P., where he joined in 2002. He is responsible for investments in business and financial services sectors. Prior to joining Oak Hill, he was a Partner at DB Capital Partners and a Management Consultant at McKinsey & Co. He began his career at Merrill Lynch in their investment-banking group. Edward serves on the boards of directors of American Skiing Company, The Jacobson Companies, and Southern Air Holdings.

 
   
     
     
 

Dr. Mohanbir Sawhney


Dr. Mohanbir SawhneyDr. Mohanbir Sawhney is a globally recognized scholar, teacher, consultant and speaker on strategic marketing, e-business and innovation. He is the McCormick Tribune Professor of Technology and the Director of the Center for Research in Technology and Innovation at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University. Business Week named him as one of the 25 most influential people in e-Business. Crain's Chicago Business named him a member of "40 under 40", a select group of young business leaders in the Chicago area. Mohanbir is also a Fellow of the World Economic Forum. He has been widely recognized as a thought leader. His research and teaching interests include collaborative marketing with customers, IT and business agility, customer-centric organization design, organic growth and business innovation. Dr. Sawhney is the co-author of three books - The Seven Steps to Nirvana: Strategic Insights into eBusiness Transformation, Techventure: New Rules for Value and Profit from Silicon Valley, and Kellogg on Technology & Innovation. He has also co-authored PhotoWars, a strategy simulation game. His research has been published in leading journals like California Management Review, Harvard Business Review, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Management Science, Marketing Science, MIT Sloan Management Review, and Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science. Mohanbir holds a Ph.D. in Marketing from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Master's degree in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

 
   
     
     
 

David B Kelso


David B KelsoDavid B Kelso is a Senior Advisor with Inductis. Prior to joining Inductis, he has held various senior executive positions during his 25 years of experience in the financial services, information services and management consulting industries. Most recently, he served as a Financial Advisor and Executive Vice President, Strategy and Finance for Aetna, Inc. in Hartford, CT. From 1996 to 2001 David was Executive Vice President, Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Chubb Corporation. Before joining the Chubb Corporation, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Personal Segment Leader for Retail and Small Business Banking for First Commerce Corporation in New Orleans. Previously, he culminated the period of increasingly responsible positions with The Mac Group/Gemini Consulting in Washington, D.C., as partner and head of the North American banking practice. Prior to that David spent a year as an Associate with GE Information Services Company after beginning his professional career at Chemical Bank in New York, NY as an Associate. David holds a B.A. in English from Princeton University and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the Darden School of Business, The University of Virginia. He is a Director at Aetna Life Insurance Company, Chairman of the Conference Board Council of Financial Services CFOs, a Member of the AIA Council of Property & Casualty Insurance CFO's and Director of The Citizens Budget Commission (NY). He is also a Member of Episcopal High School Board of Directors and a guest lecturer at Duke, Wharton and Tulane Business Schools.

 
   
     
     
 

Clyde Ostler
Director


Clyde OstlerMr. Ostler currently serves as Group Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company where he is responsible for the Wealth Management Group and the Internet Services Group. Mr. Ostler joined Wells Fargo & Company in 1971 and has served in numerous roles during his tenure including General Auditor, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, and Vice Chairman in the Office of the President.

 
   
     
     
 

Kiran Karnik
Director


Clyde Ostler Mr. Karnik was the immediate past President of NASSCOM, India’s apex industry body representing companies in the information technology (IT) and IT-enabled services sectors. During his tenure as President of NASSCOM, Mr. Karnik worked closely with the industry as well as the central and state governments in India to advance this sector in India and globally. Prior to his tenure at NASSCOM, Mr. Karnik was the Managing Director at Discovery Networks in India where he spearheaded the launch of Discovery Channel and Animal Planet in South Asia. Earlier, Mr. Karnik was Founder-Director of the Consortium for Educational Communication, which was responsible for the UGC’s Countrywide Classroom broadcasts and other ICT initiatives. He has also worked for over 20 years at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in various positions including Founder-Director of ISRO’s Development and Educational Communication unit and was also a key player in the pioneering India-USA Satellite Instructional TV Experiment (SITE).

Mr. Karnik is a recipient of the Padma Shri award by the Government of India in 2007 and the ‘DATAQUEST IT Person of the Year – 2005’. BusinessWeek named Mr. Karnik as one of the ‘Stars of Asia’ in 2004 and he was selected as Forbes magazine’s ‘Face of the Year 2003’, for being a driving force behind India’s offshoring wave. A post graduate from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Mr. Karnik holds an Honors degree in Physics from Bombay University.