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Royston Braganza
CEO
Grameen Capital India Limited
#402, 36 Turner Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050
Tel: +91 22 66752993, 98210 69693
E-mail: royston.braganza@grameencapital.in

Grameen Capital India Limited, a collaboration between Grameen Foundation USA, IFMR Trust and Citi, is a first of its kind social business promoting microfinance as an attractive asset class and enabling Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) develop wider access to the capital markets.

In his earlier assignment, as a Senior Vice President with HSBC, Royston was instrumental in setting up and heading HSBC's Microfinance & Priority Sector business. Prior to that, he was the head of HSBC's SME Business.

Before joining HSBC, Royston worked in Citibank India for over 8 years in various assignments both across the Consumer Bank as well as the Corporate Bank, in all, a banker for over 12 years.

He is a member of the Microfinance Resource Group and has been invited by the United Nations to address various programs, in India and globally, promoting microfinance as a sustainable tool to eradicate poverty.

Shashi Shrivastava
Vice-President
Grameen Capital India Limited
#402, 36 Turner Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050
Tel: +91 22 66752991, 98205 27974
E-mail: shashi.shrivastava@grameencapital.in

Shashi currently oversees the engagements in debt and equity advisory at Grameen Capital India and brings in nearly 6.5 years experience of the Indian microfinance space. He joined the company after a four-year stint at ABN AMRO Bank N.V. where he was instrumental in the setting up of India microfinance business unit and handling various relationships. Prior to this, Shashi has spent over 2 years at Friends of Women’s World Banking (FWWB) (an affiliate of Women’s World Banking, NY) managing the Microfinance portfolio across India.

Shashi has done his Masters in Management with a special elective on Microfinance and has graduated in Mathematics with an honors degree.

Ayan Banarjee
Senior Associate
Grameen Capital India Limited
#402, 36 Turner Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050
Tel: +91 22 66752994, 97734 78729
E-mail: ayan.banarjee@grameencapital.in


Ayan is currently focusing on the equity advisory practice at Grameen Capital India. Prior to joining Grameen Capital India, Ayan has worked on mandates to arrange private equity to microfinance institutions for a leading social investment advisory firm in India. In addition, he has about 6 years of eclectic experience in the mainsteam spread across IT at Infinit Solutions, consulting at The Boston Consulting Group, risk management at Franklin Templeton and Barclays, and managing his own KPO venture.


Ayan holds an MSc in Investment Banking and Quantitative Finance from ICMA Centre, Reading, UK and a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management from Xavier Institute of Management, Mumbai and a BSc in Mathematics from Mumbai University.