Rajit has made significant contributions in setting up and growing Max New York Life. Besides establishing robust Human Resources practices, he has played an important role in strategic interventions in the area of Sales, Operations and Customer Services. Today Max New York Life has well over 16,500 employees across all parts of the country. Under his able leadership the HR function has gained respect and credibility internally, in the market place and with our shareholders. His efforts were recently recognized when Max New York Life Insurance was ranked 7th in BT-Mercer-TNS Best Companies to Work For survey.

Rajit has been instrumental in conceptualizing and setting up Max Vijay, an innovative business model to service underserved market and provide solutions for their protection and wealth creation needs.

Prior to joining MNYL, Rajit was Director - Personnel at Bank of America. One of his key achievements was to help set up the bank's Retail Banking Division and facilitate Management Development Training for Asia and Australia. Rajit effectively managed two of the most successful Exit Programs in the banking industry including the sale of Retail Operations to ABN AMRO bank. He has successfully led Bank of America's strategy to outsource its entire Personnel & Administration functions. Rajit has also worked with HCL-Hewlett Packard.

Prior to his current position, Bill was Chief Executive Officer of Seguros Monterrey New York Life, S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of New York Life Insurance Company and responsible for Fianzas Monterrey, the wholly owned bonding company. In 2006, he was named the Chief Executive Officer of Latin America for New York Life International.

Before joining New York Life, Bill was General Manager of the Singapore office for American International Group (AIG), responsible for over 6,000 agents and 500 staff. Prior to that, he was with Aetna International as the Vice President of Sales and Operations for Aetna’s Hong Kong affiliate. Previously, he held the position of Assistant Vice President of Marketing for Aetna’s Korean organization.

Bill received his B.A. in Psychology from Baldwin Wallace College in Berea, Ohio and subsequently a Master of Business Administration in Taxation from Golden Gate University. He is also a Certified Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant.

He is married to Judie and they have two daughters, Paige and Hana. Currently they reside in Connecticut.

Mr. Dick Mucci was appointed director of the company with effect from September 29, 2008.

He is chairman and chief executive officer of New York Life International and is responsible for providing the senior executive leadership of New York Life’s operations in Argentina, China, Hong Kong, India, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand. He is also a member of New York Life’s Executive Management Committee, which is responsible for establishing management policies in all areas of the company’s business and affairs.

Prior to joining New York Life International in October 2007 in his current position, Mr. Mucci served as head of the Group Benefits Division at Hartford Life. Mr. Mucci also spent five years at MassMutual where he led a successful turnaround of the Disability Income Business he headed. Before that, he spent the first 23 years of his career with Paul Revere Insurance Company where he rose to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Prior to joining New York Life International in October 2007 in his current position, Mr. Mucci served as head of the Group Benefits Division at Hartford Life. Mr. Mucci also spent five years at MassMutual where he led a successful turnaround of the Disability Income Business he headed. Before that, he spent the first 23 years of his career with Paul Revere Insurance Company where he rose to the position of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.

Dr. Omkar Goswami was appointed director of the company with effect from December 3, 2008. Dr. Goswami is the Founder and Chairman of CERG Advisory Private Limited, a corporate and economic research company. A professional economist, Dr. Goswami serves on the board of several leading Indian corporates including Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Infosys Technologies, Infrastructure Development Finance Company, Crompton Greaves, Cairn India Ltd., Ambuja Cement, Godrej Consumer Products and DSP Merrill Lynch Fund Managers. He has served on several government committees. Dr. Goswami did his Masters in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and his D Phil from Oxford. He taught and researched economics for 18 years at various international and Indian universities before becoming the Editor of Business India. He has also served as the Chief Economist of the Confederation of Indian Industry, the premier apex industry organization of India. Dr. Goswami has also been a consultant to World Bank, the IMF, the Asian Development Bank and the OECD.

Other than his regular columns for newspapers and magazines, Dr. Goswami has authored three books and over 70 research papers.

Mr. Rajesh Khanna was appointed director of the company with effect from March 22, 2005. Mr. Khanna is the Managing Director of Warburg Pincus India Pvt. Ltd. (WPIPL). WPIPL is controlled by Warburg Pincus LLC, which is a major global private equity firm headquartered in New York. The firm is the largest international private equity investor in India with investments of over $900 million in the country. Mr. Khanna joined Warburg Pincus in 1995 and has been involved in investments in India and Southeast Asia. Prior to joining Warburg Pincus, he worked with Citibank N.A. and Arthur Andersen & Co. Mr. Khanna received an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and is a Chartered Accountant.

Over the past twenty years, Marielle has built a strong track record in management consulting and business development across Europe, Asia, Australlia and New Zeland.During that time, she headed several business development teams for a large global reinsurer, worked for an international actuarial consulting firm and was the pricing actuary for a life insurance company. Most recently, she co-founded a company that specialises in strategic investment and managment consulting solutions.

As an actuary, she has had technical responsibilities encompassing both assets and liabilities, and has developed and implemented insurance and investment related solutions. She has a hands-on approach to shaping strategy and driving performance in both new and etablished markets. She has considerable experience in estabilishing and leading multi-cultural teams, with a focus on ensuring sustainable business growth and the transfer of knowledge and skills.

In terms of personal competencies, Mareille has a strong focus problem-solving and delivering effective results, she is energetic, pro-active and pragmatic. She brings a high degree of commitment and innovation to what she does.