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| Kam Rathee, Chair - Advisory Board |
| President and CEO, Rathee and Associates, Inc. |
 Kam Rathee is a leading authority on Canada – India business relations, a prominent and successful consultant in the Canada – India business corridor. His consultancy, Rathee and Associates, Inc., (2001 – 2004, 2021 – current), assists Indian companies do business in Canada and Canadian Companies do business in India. His professional career spans several decades, including having served as Special Adviser – India, with Canada’s leading law firm, Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP, (2008 – 2020), Executive Director, President (2004 – 2008) and Vice -Chairman (2016 -2023) of Canada-India Business Council, and concurrently Founder and Vice-Chairman of Canada-India Education Council (2007 – 2016). As a top legal executive of Canada Life (1988-2000), Kam was counsel, group insurance operations and later senior international counsel, setting up the company’s operations in India, Brazil, and China. From 1983 to 1988, he relocated to India, conducting a successful Indian and international practice of law, a practice, and Supreme Court bar membership, he continues to maintain. This, together with a leadership role for Canada Life in India (1995 – 2000), gave him unmatched experience and widespread contacts in India. Earlier, Kam was a senior in-house counsel for Crown Life in Toronto (1970 – 1983). All through out his career, he has served on several corporate and non-profit boards. As a result of his business, legal and social accomplishments, in Canada and India, Kam has acquired a unique international persona that enables him to assist clients with their business needs globally.
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| David Agnew |
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President, Seneca polytechnic
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 David Agnew is Seneca's fifth and current president, assuming the position in 2009. Prior to joining Seneca, he held leadership positions in public, private and non-profit sectors, including as Secretary to the Cabinet in the Ontario Government, Principal Secretary to the Premier, President/CEO of UNICEF Canada, Principal at Digital 4Sight, Executive Vice-President and Corporate Secretary for the Credit Union Central of Ontario and Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments.
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| Manish Mishra |
| President and CEO, SBI Canada Bank |
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Manish is President & CEO of SBI Canada Bank, a subsidiary of State Bank of India (SBI), the largest bank in India. He is a successful banking leader who, through strategic & innovative thinking, has led teams across corporate & commercial banking, international banking, retail banking. Prior to joining SBI Canada bank, he was heading the large Industrial Finance branch of SBI under Commercial Client Group of SBI. He has also worked at SBI New York looking after the compliance / BSA-AML function. He has completed Master of Technology from NIT Bhopal and is Certified Associate of Indian Institute Bankers (CAIIB) and Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) conducted by ACAMS, USA, Global gold standard in AML Certifications.
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| Vikash Sharma |
| President and CEO, ICICI Bank Canada |
 Mr. Vikash Sharma is the President and Chief Executive Officer of ICICI Bank Canada. Mr. Sharma has around 25 years of experience in India and internationally with expertise in retail banking, small and medium enterprise banking, corporate banking, trade finance, private banking, financial institution relationships and treasury management at senior leadership positions in India, South-East Asia, the Middle East & Africa and North America. Most recently, Mr. Sharma was the ICICI Group Business Head for the Odisha, Chhattisgarth, Bihar and Jharkhand states in India, responsible for developing and executing business strategies and providing holistic banking services to customers in those regions. He spent 11 years as the ICICI Group Regional Head for the Middle East and Africa, managing all aspects of the Group’s corporate, private banking and NRI businesses in the region and expanding the Group’s footprint in this large and growing area. Mr. Sharma has also been ICICI Group’s Head of Corporate and Commercial Banking in Southeast Asia while working out of Singapore and was Chief Manager of the International Financial Institutions Group at the ICICI Head Office in Mumbai. Mr. Sharma holds a degree in Chartered Accountancy from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, where he was ranked third at the national level and was awarded for writing the best paper in Advanced Accounting. He also holds a degree in Cost Accountancy from the Institute of Cost and Works Accounts of India, Kolkata, where he was ranked seventh at the national level.
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| Marvin Hough |
| President, Marvin Hough International Research and Analysis Limited (MIRA) |
 Marvin Hough draws on a wide range of experience in facilitating trade and investment in the Indo-Canada trade corridor where his work has spanned over 33 years. A significant portion of his exposure to the Indian market was gained in his first career with Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada’s official export credit agency. Mr. Hough’s EDC career included a four-year interchange assignment from EDC to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade where he served as a Senior Trade Commissioner in New Delhi, India. Following the assignment in India, Mr. Hough managed EDC’s financing operations in the South Asian region and was later appointed Regional Vice President for the Asia Pacific Region. In this role, he oversaw all of EDC’s business development activity in the Asia Pacific Region including EDC’s team in India. Following his career with EDC, Mr. Hough joined the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa and has served in the roles of Executive in Residence and Part Time Professor. At Telfer, he has been actively involved in the international business program and has led several India related programs including the annual Telfer India Forum, the Telfer Focus India Program, and courses on doing business in India. Mr. Hough operates his own consulting firm, MIRA ( www.miraservices.ca) which provides international research and analysis services to Canadian companies, educational institutions and government agencies focused on key strategic markets including India. |
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