Advisory Board

Finworks360 is one of the fastest-growing online business finance solutions provider, providing a reliable service to businesses operating in India.

Mr. S B Mathur

Sunil Behari Mathur is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He retired from LIC in October 2004 as its Chairman.

Subsequently, the Government of India appointed him as the Administrator of the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India in December 2004, up to December 2007.

Mr. Mathur took over as Chairman of LIC at a time when the insurance sector had just opened up. Under his leadership, LIC successfully rose to the challenges of a competitive environment by enhancing product offerings. He joined LIC in 1967 as a Direct Recruit Officer and rose to the rank of Chairman. He held various positions in LIC including Senior Divisional Manager of Gwalior Division, Chief of Corporate Planning, General Manager of LIC (International) E.C., Zonal Manager in-charge of Western Zone and Executive Director.

Mr. Mathur is a Director on the Boards of UltraTech Cement Limited, Thomas Cook (India) Limited and DCM Shriram Industries Limited.

Mr. Pratip Chaudhuri

Pratip Chaudhuri is the former Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) and has held several important posts in SBI during his long tenure of service including the post of Deputy Managing Director of SBI’s International Division. He has about 40 years of rich experience in the banking sector. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from University Business School, Chandigarh. He did his graduation from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, with Hons. in chemistry.

In SBI, he has worked in all areas like Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, Treasury, etc. He was the Vice President in SBI (Canada) Toronto for close to five years. He was also the Chief Investment Officer at SBI Mutual Fund, Mumbai.

Immediately before becoming the Chairman of the SBI, he served as a Dy. Managing Director (International Banking). He was also ex-officio Chairman of SBI Global Factors Ltd., State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Travancore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Hyderabad, SBI Cards & SBI Life. He was also a Director on the Board of Export-Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank).

Mr. Girish Rawat

Girish Rawat is a qualified lawyer and company secretary with over 18 years of experience. Girish has been involved in numerous complex and high-profile transactions and advises across several sectors, including real estate, projects, infrastructure, hospitality, technology, manufacturing among others.

Girish focuses on banking, finance and restructuring, including structured finance, cross border lending, hybrid debt financing, project finance, acquisition finance, real estate finance as well as restructuring and security enforcement assignments, and the corporate insolvency resolution process.

He actively advises clients on various investment and financing transactions, including bond/ debt securities, both listed and unlisted, buyback of listed securities. He also advises clients on their investment and disinvestment strategies as well as takeover of the listed companies. He is presently Partner, Luthra and Luthra.

Jeewan Kumar
Secretary to Advisory Board

Jeewan Kumar is an Alumnus IIM, Lucknow. He is hold CEO certification from IIM Lucknow, MBA from KUK and CAIIB. He has also attended Leadership Program of The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He has more than 25 years of experience in Strategy, Credit, IT project implementation, Stressed Asset Management and Business Restructuring.

He is one the Co-founders and is the President & Chief Innovation Officer of Northern Lights Ventures Private Limited which owns and operates “Finworks360”, a leading Fintech platform. “Finworks360” is engaged in providing facilitation and technology services to SMEs in providing liquidity/ funding to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operating in diverse industries. Jeewan has experience of undertaking appraisal and funding to the tune of INR 15,000 crores in supply chain finance space primarily into SME sector with low level of delinquency.

Jeewan has extensive and diversified experience having earlier worked at senior levels in organizations such as IFCI Factors Ltd., ARCIL, Encore ARC, India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd. (IIFCL) and IFCI, which is India’s pioneering DFI.