Head - Secretarial & Legal
FCML Distributors Ltd
India
I am a Corporate Governance and Legal Leader with over 20 years of post qualification experience spanning IPO readiness, Board governance, listed-company compliance, FEMA, regulatory strategy, and corporate legal advisory across diverse and high-growth business environments.
My career has evolved through both execution and leadership roles, giving me strong practical understanding of governance and compliance frameworks at operational as well as strategic levels.
In my early years, I worked closely within listed-company ecosystems and group structures, independently handling secretarial and FEMA matters for subsidiaries of listed entities. Over time, this operational depth evolved into leadership roles driving governance transformation and IPO readiness initiatives.
In my current role, I have led end-to-end IPO readiness and pre-listing execution for a proposed BSE SME listing, including DRHP and UDRHP filings, exchange interactions, handling multiple rounds of regulatory queries, coordinating inspections, obtaining in-principle approval, and managing alignment with merchant bankers, legal advisors, auditors, market makers, monitoring agencies, RTA, and escrow accounts.
My experience also includes SEBI (LODR), Companies Act, FEMA, M&A, joint ventures, litigation, arbitration including international arbitration, contract strategy, and regulatory risk management.
I specialise in building organisations that are audit-ready, regulator-ready, Board-ready, and scalable through governance alignment, compliance transformation, and execution-driven leadership.
I am particularly interested in engaging with organisations undergoing growth, transformation, or IPO readiness journeys where governance and legal functions play strategic roles in business scaling and long-term sustainability.