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He was a Member of the Basel-II Implementation
and Risk Management Committee of Indian Banks
Association (IBA) and Member of the Expert
Committee on Banking & Finance of ASSOCHAM.
Sanjay is married to Rita and they have a son.
Roshini Bakshi has been an Independent Director at
Persistent Systems since July 2014.
Roshini holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics
from Delhi University and a Master’s degree in
Business Administration from the Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad.
Roshini has an impressive track record in consumer
industries, setting strategy for creative consumer-
driven services and improving operational
effectiveness to create greater financial returns.
She has alsoworked across diverse sectors including
financial services and information technology. She
was voted one of the Top 50 Powerful Women
Managers in India by Impact Awards in 2014.
Roshini is the Managing Director (Private Equity) at
Everstone Capital Asia Pte. Ltd., based in Singapore
and India. She was the Vice President and Managing
Director for the Walt Disney Company’s consumer
business for South Asia, where she was responsible
for setting up and growing the business to more
than USD 200 Million in revenue. Some of her earlier
positions were with Unilever, American Express,
Mattel, and Polaris, where she led marketing and
business roles.
Roshini supports St. Jude India Child Care Centers,
and is a mentor with Endeavor in Indonesia.
Roshini is married to Hemant and they have
two sons.
Thomas (Tom) Kendra has been a Director at
Persistent Systems since January 2016.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Arts in Business
Administration from the Indiana University in
Bloomington, Indiana, USA.
Tom was Vice President and General Manager of the
Systems Management business with Dell’s Software
group, from where he retired in September 2015.
Previously, Tom served in various positions at
CA Technologies (formerly CA, Inc.) including as
Executive Vice President of Enterprise Products,
and, prior to that, he was Group President of
Security and Data Management Group at Symantec
Corporation. He joined Symantec after a 26-
year career at International Business Machines
Corp. (IBM), where he served as Vice President of
Worldwide Server Sales, Vice President of Software
in Asia Pacific, and Vice President of Software for
the Western United States, among other leadership
positions.
Tom serves on the Board of Directors of ChiroTouch
and previously served as a Director of Pareto
Networks, Inc. and RightNow Technologies Inc. and
was a Member of the Advisory Board at Avangate
B.V. Currently, he is on the Dean’s Advisory Board
for the School of Informatics, Computing and
Engineering at Indiana University, USA.
Tom is married to Anne-Marie and they have a son
and a daughter.
Thomas Kendra
Non-Executive
Non-Independent Director
Roshini Bakshi
Independent Director
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