Deepak Parekh

Mr. Parekh serves as the Chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited, a housing finance company in India which he joined in 1978. Mr. Parekh is the non-executive Chairman of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and Siemens Ltd and serves as a director of several Indian public companies, including Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, the Indian Hotels Co Ltd and Network 18 Media & Investments Limited. Mr. Parekh also serves as a director of DP World Limited, a company listed on NASDAQ Dubai, and Vedanta Resources PLC, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange. Mr. Parekh received a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Bombay University and holds a Chartered Accountant degree from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.