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New team set to steer ICSI to greater glory

Former Indian Economic Service (IES) officer M S Sahoo has taken over as secretary of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) from 1 January while Sutanu Sinha  has assumed office as ICSI chief executive.

Sahoo, a distinguished Fellow Member of ICSI and a whole-time member of the Securities and Exchange  Board of India (Sebi) during 2008-11, has also served a chief general manager (CGM) with Sebi, joint secretary  (non-functional), director and joint director with the Ministry of Finance, and economic adviser with the National Stock Exchange of India Limited (NSE).

He played a key role in designing in market reforms, including dematerialisation, derivatives trading, exchange corporatisation and demutualisation, regulatory and market infrastructural institution building, and enforcement process/ actions.  Sahoo holds an MA in Economics, an MPhil, LLB, FCS and PGDM.

Sutanu Sinha is a Fellow Member of ICSI and a Member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, London.

Before joining his current assignment, he was heading ICSI’s Academics & Professional Development  Directorate and was appointed Chief  Executive Designate from 31 August, 2012, to 31 December, 2012 by the ICSI Council. His areas of specialization include corporate governance, sustainability and enterprise resource planning. He is also Global Corporate Governance Forum (GCGF), Washington (World Bank Group)- trained trainer for the Directors Development Progammes. Sinha has contributed significantly in Institute’s initiatives to promote corporate governance in India and overseas.

He has been appointed by the Union government as Canara Bank director. Sinha holds a Master’s degree in Commerce from Calcutta University and PG Diploma in German (Topper) from CU. A voracious reader and corporate analyst, Sinha has contributed several important papers and articles on governance and management and addressed various workshops, seminars and conferences, both in India and abroad.
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