Sridhar retired in July 2014 as the Managing Partner of Ernst and Young in Muscat. Sridhar is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has over 30 years of professional experience with Ernst & Young in the Middle East. He held several leadership positions within Ernst & Young Middle East including that of being the Firm's Advisory Council member. He is currently the Chairman of the Audit Committee and an Independent Director in L & T Shipbuilding Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Larsen & Toubro Limited, India. He is also a Director in Lancor Holdings Limited, listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange. Sridhar currently focuses on educating under privileged children. He is the Managing Trustee of AKS Charitable Trust that provides scholarships to under privileged children. He is a Committee Member of the National Boys' and Girls' Education Society which has been serving the cause of education for over 86 years. He is also a Director in AshaDiya Foundation, an NGO, working in Varanasi for the upliftment of under privileged children.

Samir Acharya is a results-driven senior management professional with over 25 years of experience, ideating business solutions for small businesses and multi-million dollar corporations. He works closely with sales, marketing, training, operations and finance team to achieve significant improvement in business achievements across all the segments/businesses. He is advising on organizational strategy for business development working with government, and private sectors.

Samir's core expertise is across multiple domains including Applied Business Analytics, Enterprise Risk Management, Business Strategy, Business Intelligence, Qualitative Decision-Making, Logistics & Supply Chain Fundamentals. Production Management, Management of Multinational Businesses, Financial Institutions, Markets, and Investments, Organizational Behavior, Strategic Management, Principles of Finance.