Management
Anand Pande
Group CEO

Ex-Citibank MD and Global Transactions Services Head for Indonesia, with 20 years of business experience. Anand has worked in different geographies and cultures, having run businesses for Citibank in China and Indonesia, and handled regional Asia Pacific roles out of Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Dr. Paul Alapat
Managing Director and Head of Quantitative Services

Paul oversees the Quantitative Services business unit and was deeply involved with the foundation and expansion of Amba Research in India. Prior to that, Paul was Chief Economist Asia (ex-Japan) at Nomura, Regional Financial Economist at Lehman Brothers, and a visiting Professor of Finance at IIM, Bangalore. Paul has over 18 years of experience in capital markets on both the research and trading sides.
Priti Parekh
COO and Global Head of Delivery

Priti has over 19 years of experience in the IT and KPO/BPO industries, having run captive and third-party BPO operations of major banks and financial institutions employing over 2,300 FTEs. Prior to Amba Research, she was Head of BPO Operations at MphasiS, an EDS-HP company, and Director of EDS's Global Sales Support KPO, where she received a Global Award for Leadership Excellence. She has also held leadership positions at Siemens, Satyam Infoway, and Aptech Consulting. Priti holds an MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai.
Mark Melillo
Managing Director and Global Head of Business Development

Mark is responsible for Amba’s new account sales and account management globally. Prior to Amba Research, Mark was Senior Vice President, Business Development, North America, at Getronics (now CompuCom Systems). Mark has over 25 years of experience in client-facing roles, sales leadership, general management, and operations. Mark also held executive leadership roles dedicated to the financial services industry while with SAP America and Unisys Corporation.
Bala Srinivasa
Managing Director and Global Head of Marketing and Product Management

Bala is responsible for Amba’s equity and fixed income service lines, strategic alliances, and new service development. Prior to Amba Research, Bala was Senior Vice President, Product Marketing, and a member of the executive team at Vistaar Technologies (Parsippany, NJ). Bala has over 16 years of experience and a track record of leadership in taking solutions to market and building high-performance teams. Bala was previously an equity analyst and partner at Pacific Growth Equities, a San Francisco-based investment bank, where he covered the technology sector.
Hari TN
Managing Director and Global Head of Human Resources

Hari oversees Amba’s human resources function. He has over 20 years of experience in HR, project management, and corporate planning. Prior to Amba Research, Hari was Senior Vice President and Global Head of Human Resources at Virtusa. Earlier, he was VP Strategic HR at IBM-Daksh. Hari started his career at Tata Steel where he played vital roles in HR, project management, corporate planning, and design engineering and was successful in driving several company-wide initiatives.
Sanjay Chaturvedi
Group Finance Director

Sanjay heads Amba’s global finance function. Prior to Amba, he was Vice President, Finance at GE Capital Services, India, where he was responsible for financial planning and analysis for GE‘s Commercial Finance business. Sanjay has over 14 years of experience and has held various leadership roles in the areas of controllership, management accounting, taxation, and treasury management. He has also worked for global Fortune 100 companies like Pepsi and American Express.
Sunita Jagtiani
Group Director – Legal and Compliance

Sunita Jagtiani is the General Counsel and oversees Amba’s Legal and Compliance Function. A lawyer and company secretary by qualification, Sunita has over 17 years of experience in supporting legal and compliance functions in a number of companies, across industries. Prior to joining Amba, Sunita was with Wipro, ACS, SAP (Asia and India).