Board of Directors

(i) Tapaas Chakravarti, aged 51 – Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Tapaas Chakravarti with over two decades of International Corporate Management experience has helped to shape the success story of his creation, DQ Entertainment group. Tapaas began his career with Sandoz India Limited (now Novartis, a Swiss Multinational) and later joined STP Limited, an infrastructure company. Tapaas has held senior positions in Sales and Projects at Coats of India, (a British multinational). He was Head of Special Projects for Sriram Group where he developed countrywide contract manufacturing activities. Tapaas is a science graduate with Post Graduate Qualification in Business Management backed with over 23 years of experience spanning across industries both national and multinational. Tapaas is committed to various social responsibilities and believes in ethical business practices. He is a part of several national and international charitable organizations which includes extensive work for orphans, AIDS effected children and education for the deprived. He is also an active member on the Board of the Indo-British Partnership and is a member of the Young Presidents Organization.

NON - EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS

(ii) Theresa Plummer, aged, 63, Non– Executive Director
Theresa Plummer-Andrews brings to the Board over 40 years of experience in the creation and production of children's programmes. She began her career in theatrical agencies, before joining Portman Productions, first as Production Secretary then Production Manager. In 1986 she joined the BBC as Executive Producer of Children's Programmes with a mandate to search and acquire live action drama and animation, and seek out and develop new formats with independent animation houses. Her role was extended to Head of Acquisitions and Creative Development for BBC Children's International, responsible for BBC World-Wide while still retaining her role as Head of Acquisitions and Co-Productions of BBC TV's Children's Department.

(iii) Mr. Kunchitapadam Balasubramanian, aged, 64, Non– Executive Director
Kunchitapadam brings to the Board over 40 years of experience in international banking. During his 25 years tenure with American Express Bank, he held senior positions in marketing, credit and general management in several Asian and European countries. He was Country Head for Korea from 1988 to 1991, Country Head for India from 1992 to 1994 and Chief Credit Officer for Asia-Pacific and the Indian Sub Continent from 1994 to 1997. He was an Advisor to National Bank of Kuwait, the largest bank in Kuwait, between 1997 and 2001 and subsequently the Managing Director & CEO of ING Vysya Bank (2001–2002). Kunchitapadam is currently associated with GMR Group which undertakes development and operation of infrastructure assets in airports, roads and energy. He is a graduate in Commerce from the University of Madras and has completed the Advanced Management Programme from the Harvard Business School.

(iv) Anthony B M (Tony) Good, aged 75, Non – Executive Director
Tony, brings with him over 40 years of varied industry experience. Tony has held eminent positions in large and multinational companies, both in the UK and India, and has a wealth of public market experience. Tony has served in a variety of companies representing different industry segments including Silver City Airways Ltd and British Caledonian Airways (Automation and Aviation), Temple Press Limited (Journalism and Public Relations), Grindlay’s Commercial Holdings Ltd (Banking and Finance) and Cox & Kings Limited (Tours and Travel). He was the founder of Good Relations (later Good Relations Group Plc – the first public relations company to be listed on London Stock Exchange), whose portfolio of clients included Laker and British Airways. Having successfully established Good Relations in the UK, Tony went on to establish Good Relations (India) Private Limited, which currently has offices in seven metropolitan cities in India.

Tony currently serves as the Chairman of Cox & Kings, UK & India, Good Relations India and Good Consultancy Ltd. He has also acted as a strategic advisor to the Board members of Marks & Spencer and Scottish & Newcastle, among others.

(v) Sanjay Saxena, aged 46, Non – Executive Director
Sanjay Saxena, comes on board with 20 years of enormous experience in international banking, asset management, insurance and wealth management and Corporate Governance while working with large global corporations like Standard Chartered Bank, American Express Bank, GE Capital, Prudential Corporation, Bharati AXA Life insurance, AXA, Asia.

During his association with American Express Bank as a Director and Corporate Banking Head he was instrumental in development and execution of full range of strategies for expanding the operations of the bank in various cities concentrating on product areas like commercial/corporate finance, debt capital markets treasury and fiduciary asset management.

As Vice President & Business Development Head of GE Capital India he played a key role in setting up the business development organization. He developed a core team and led the major organic growth initiatives for the financial and IT services business units covering areas like private equity, business process outsourcing (BPO), i-processing, insurance etc.,

He worked with Prudential Corporation Asia, Hong Kong and was responsible for establishing and growing Prudential's presence in Asia and Middle East through Greenfield ventures, joint ventures and acquisitions. He established strategic distribution alliances with banks & securities companies. Under his able leadership and guidance the assets under management of Prudential Corporation grew from under $ 2bn to over $ 15bn.