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'''Mr. Saurabh Sarkar, Managing Director & CEO, MCX Stock Exchange'''

Mr. Saurabh Sarkar is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) - India’s new stock Exchange, and also a Member of the Governing Board of MCX-SX, which consists of seasoned Regulators, financial market experts, domain specialists, experienced market practitioners and acclaimed academicians.

Mr. Sarkar is a part of the Secondary Market Advisory Committee (SMAC) of SEBI. This committee advises SEBI on matters related to the secondary market including suggesting steps to improve safety, efficiency and transparency in the markets. Mr. Sarkar is also a member of the Executive Board committee of South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE), a regional forum of exchanges and regulated entities.

At MCX-SX, Mr. Sarkar is a part of a distinguished board and is responsible for forming a new pathway and to devise a turnaround strategy for the Exchange with an attempt to build confidence amongst members / investors. Mr. Sarkar along with the business development arm of the Exchange has been instrumental in taking several measures to enhance the member/ broker relationship by means of regular strategic interactions. Under the guidance of Mr. Sarkar, the Exchange has shifted to a new location in BKC along with its data center. Under his leadership, the Exchange has been selected as the ‘Stock Exchange of the Year - Asia’ in the European Asia Awards 2014 by an International London based magazine - The European.

Career:

Mr. Saurabh Sarkar has over 18 years of rich experience in foreign exchange, money market and interest rate derivatives with banks such as ANZ Grindlays, Standard Chartered & Credit Agricole. Prior to joining MCX-SX, he was the Managing Director and CEO of the United Stock Exchange. He has rich experience in intensive policy issues related to financial markets and expertise in working with multiple regulatory frameworks, markets, products and strategic communication with various industry stakeholders.

He has been a regular speaker at different industry forums organised by industry associations and a part of various regulatory and government committees on policy issues related to the development of the financial market.

Academics:

An alumnus of IIT Delhi with a B Tech degree, Mr. Sarkar further pursued MBA in finance and marketing from XLRI Jamshedpur.

References:

• Interview in Hindu Business Line (Jan 2015) – Filing of papers for the launch of new contracts http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/interview-with-saurabh-sarkar-md-mcxsx/article6764452.ece

• Interview of ET Now (Nov 2014) – A group of new investors led by Dr. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala acquire MCX-SX stakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-c9-U-XDxk

• Interview of ET Now (Sep 2014) – Sebi renews MCX-SX license https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7q91TVEkI

• Article in ANMI journal (March 2014) – http://anmi.in/publications/anmi-journal/March-2014.pdf

• Interview in SAFE Newsletter (March 2014) – http://www.safe-asia.com/enews/2014/enewsMAR2014/index.html

• Article in Business Standard (Feb 2014) – http://www.business-standard.com/article/markets/bringing-new-investors-in-equity-is-a-challenge-saurabh-sarkar-114022400770_1.html