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N R Panicker - Chairman & CEO
A Computer Engineer with over 35 years of experience who had held senior positions in India's largest computer company till 1991 before founding Accel. He is the visionary and chief-strategist of the organization. He is recognized as one of the eminent leaders of India's IT industry by a leading computer publication of India.

K R Chandrasekharan - Director
A Chartered Accountant with over 30 years experience in the IT, engineering and finance industries with reputed groups such as Tata, HCL and TVS. As Chief Financial Officer of Accel Frontline Ltd, he is entrusted with the job of successfully adding real value to the organization by providing dependable strategic leadership, a consistent financial perspective, and an active contribution to critical management decisions.

A P Parigi - Independent Director
Amba Preetham Parigi, Independent Director, 62 years, joined Accel Frontline Limited's board on 29th September 2011. He has 35 years of experience spanning across several sectors including telecommunications and Media & Entertainment. He serves on the Boards of several Times of India Group companies including Times Innovative Media Limited (out-of-home), Times Internet Limited (internet), Times Now (television), and WorldWide Media (a joint venture with the BBC). Mr. Parigi has held a number of key positions including that of the CEO of BPL Mobile Communications (a joint venture with France Telecom), Mumbai and MD & Group CEO - India operations, Eros International Media Limited. Mr Parigi is Member, The Oxford University, Said Business School, Business Advisory Council since June 2010. In July 2010, he was elected to the Advisory Board, Fordhan Graduate Business School, New York. Mr Parigi is an alumnus of the Delhi School of Economics and Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.

Steve Ting - Independent Director
Steve Ting is a veteran in the information communication technology industry with more than 25 years of experience. He is currently a Partner at Gryphus Capital. Steve was Executive Chairman and Director of BT Frontline from 2008 till 2010. Prior to that, Steve was the Founder and Executive Chairman of Frontline Technologies Corporation Limited. He has held several management positions in various multi-national corporations such as Hewlett Packard and Mentor Graphics Inc, USA. Steve has served in various committees and boards in tertiary institutions, government organisations, and listed and private companies in Asia Pacific. Mr. Ting holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the National University of Singapore, and was conferred Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration by Wisconsin International University, USA in 2002 in recognition of his entrepreneurial achievements. In the same year, Steve was also awarded the prestigious Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Singapore (Business Services & Technology).

Mr. Suresh K. Sharma - Independent Director
Mr. Suresh K. Sharma, Independent Director, 56 years, joined the board of Accel Frontline Limited on April 11, 2006. Co-author of a business book on "Global Outsourcing", an inventor and a succesful serial entreprenaur for past 7 years, Suresh also has over 20 years of prior global business leadership experience across multiple industry domains in well-known Fortune 500 corporations of US, Europe and India. He set up, and was responsible for operating major facilities in manufacturing, R&D, engineering services, IT, retail, BPO and healthcare in USA, India, Mexico, China, Canada, EU, Eastern Europe and Asia. He is currently the President & CEO of Hydro Phi Technologies Inc. His leadership experience includes working with General Electric Company, USA, British Aerospace PLC and Rolls-Royce in England, MATRA in France, and NASA at Hampton VA. Suresh has an MS from University of Florida, Gainesville, Management of Technology Courses with British Aerospace, PLC, and BE (Honors) in Mechanical from BITS, Pilani.

Mr. Alok Sharma- Independent Director
Alok Sharma has had diverse experience of 21 years in IT & Consumer Electronics industry, which spans across consumer markets, direct account sales, industry development, developer programs, channel management, retail management, brand and business management. He has been credited in building businesses for some of the top global technology companies in India. Alok turned an entrepreneur in 2009, and has co-founded and invested in four companies namely, PC Visor focused on Automated Managed Services; Allgreen Ecotech focussed on Energy Management; Cartridge Cafe providing managed print solutions, and Vittal Innovation City,a 300 acre innovation led city being set-up near Hyderabad. Prior to turning an entrepreneur, he had served as the Managing Director for Apple India, wherein he grew the revenue from less than $10M to over $100M in 5 years. He is credited with setting up the retail, distribution and enterprise business for Apple in India, and built a balanced revenue portfolio across IT, consumer electronics and telecom businesses. Prior to Apple, he was the Director, Partner Development (India & South Asia) for Sun Microsystems based out of India and later at Singapore. He was credited for building the Sun channel structure in India, and later helped bring the best practices across South Asia. Prior to Sun,Alok was the driving the education industry for Apple in India and the Regional Sales Manager at Wipro, responsible for a line of business for Northern India. He is recognized as an expert on building strategic alliances and distribution in the technology sector in India.He serves as an independent director on Glodyne Technoserve. He is on the jury of the EMPI Indian Express Innovation Awards. He supports multiple projects in the social sector and education sector in the non-profit area

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