Vivek Bansal
Chief Executive Officer
A Chartered Accountant, CFA, and Company Secretary, Vivek brings extensive leadership experience across global and Indian financial institutions. He has previously served as Whole-Time Director & Group CFO at InCred Financial Services, Dy. CFO & Group Head–Finance at Yes Bank, and Director–Finance at Fidelity in London. His rich financial and strategic expertise anchors Saarathi’s growth vision.
Growing up in a small town in Rajasthan, Vivek witnessed firsthand the struggles of accessing finance. His father, a selfless doctor, inspired him to make a difference for all those who are left out of the system.
With decades of experience in banking and finance, Vivek has led with clarity, compassion, and strategic vision. Now, at Saarathi, he is democratising credit for India's underserved entrepreneurs.
Sunil Daga
Executive Director
Sunil holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from ITM, Bangalore and brings over two decades of leadership experience in business banking. At Kotak Bank, he led Business Banking Assets and played a key role in building the MSME working-capital franchise. He has also been associated with various national industry forums, contributing to MSME growth and policy dialogue.
Raised in a family of entrepreneurs, Sunil saw early on how ambition often ran into roadblocks, not from a lack of drive, but from a lack of support and timely access to finance. That experience shaped a belief that’s guided him ever since: finance should unlock growth, not stand in its way. At Saarathi, he brings this commitment to ensure that more people across India can turn their plans into progress.
Abhishek Chandra
Nominee Director
Mr. Abhishek Chandra is a Partner at Evolvence Equity Partners, managing investments across core sectors and represents the firm on the Boards of several portfolio companies. He has close to two decades of experience in private equity and financial services. Mr. Chandra holds an MBA from the SP Jain Centre of Management.
Rajat Bansal
Nominee Director
Mr. Rajat Bansal is Managing Director at Lok Capital, leading growth-stage investments in the BFSI and fintech sectors, along with fundraising. He represents Lok Capital IV on the boards of its financial services portfolio companies and works closely with management teams to build and scale businesses. Prior to Lok, he was an Investment Director at Sabre Partners, focusing on financial services and healthcare. He has also worked in treasury and fund raising at IFMR Holdings and in corporate finance/strategic advisory at CEPA Ltd. Rajat holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta and a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering.
Rupa Vora
Independent Director
Ms. Rupa Vora is an eminent Chartered Accountant with over three decades of experience in the finance domain. Her distinguished career includes more than a decade in private equity and a decade in banking. She has held several key leadership positions, including Group Director & CFO at IDFC Alternatives, CFO at Antwerp Diamond Bank N.V., and Financial Controller roles at KBC Bank N.V., Credit Lyonnais, and Oman International Bank.
She has actively contributed to the industry through her membership in several prestigious committees, including the National Accounting Standards Committee (2014–15) of CII, the Committee for Members in Industry of the WIRC of ICAI, among others. In recognition of her leadership and contributions, she was conferred with the Women Leadership Excellence Award at the IPE – BFSI Awards 2013 by the Institute of Public Enterprise.
Shashi Shekhar Vempati
Independent Director
Conferred with the prestigious Padma Shri Award by the Government of India, Shashi Shekhar Vempati is a distinguished technocrat who serves in multiple leadership roles, advising global media organizations, startups, public institutions, and the Government of India across the domains of technology, media, and public policy. Mr. Vempati is the Co-Founder of the DeepTech for Bharat Foundation, which drives the AI for India forum aimed at fostering the development of India’s Artificial Intelligence ecosystem.
Mr. Vempati also serves as the Chairperson of the Apex Advisory Committee for Science & Technology Communication at the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and as Chairperson of the Experts Committee on Educational Media at the University Grants Commission. He is a Global Advisor to the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC). He is also a Member of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) Society, serves on the Board of the AJK Mass Communication & Media Research Center, and is a Member of the Board at the Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC).
Siddharth Parekh
Nominee Director
Mr. Siddharth Parekh has over 21 years of experience across the US, UK, and India, primarily in emerging markets investing. Prior to co-founding Paragon Partners in 2015, he served as a Principal at Actis, a leading private equity fund with US$7.8 billion under management and investments across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He has also been an active angel investor in fintech and health & fitness start-ups in India. Earlier, he worked at the International Finance Corporation in Washington D.C. and spent two years at Boston Consulting Group in New York. He holds an MBA and Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s in Finance and Management from Wharton.