Our

Team The journey so far has been exhilarating, thanks to the ingenious leaders who steer Samunnati.

We Are Invested
Anil Kumar SG Gurunath N
Founder and CEO Executive Director

A banker with over 27 years of With over 30 years of experience in

experience, Anil has worked with the banking and financial services
Canara Bank, ICICI Bank and IFMR. space, Gurunath has worked at
He promoted Samunnati, an agri Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank and ICICI
finance company with focus on small Bank. He is responsible for all
holder farmers, in 2014. He was operational aspects of Samunnati as
bestowed the Best Social well as some of the key support
Entrepreneur Award by Hand in Hand functions like Business Performance
at the Global Social Entrepreneurship of Samunnati Financial (Lending). He
Programme in 2018. is also an Executive Director on the
Board of Samunnati.
Building stronger agriculture communities is Beyond transforming transactions, we have
our calling. We have had the opportunity of had the opportunity to change lives, empower
working with markets, markets players and farmers, generate job opportunities and thus,
Ashok Dhamankar Anuj Narang farmers and transforming the way strengthen the entire value chain. While
Group Chief Finance Officer
Group Business Head transactions are conducted across the upholding (only) the highest ideals and putting
With 23 years of experience across With around 25 years’ experience, Anuj country. While the metrics to measure success our customers’ needs first, we are steered by
various fields, Ashok has expertise in was managing an entrepreneurial change from industry to industry, the entire one thought:
Commodity Financing, Private Equity, venture as a Consultant & Investor agriculture value chain remains connected by
Finance Modelling, Tax Planning and based out of Singapore. In the past,
one metric - growth.
Investor Relations. Prior to Samunnati, Anuj has been associated with
he worked with National Collateral Engelhart Commodities Singapore,
Management as the CFO. As Czarnikow Group and ITC Foods. His
Samunnati’s Group Chief Financial expertise lies in managing businesses in
Officer, he is an expert at deploying and both Indian as well as international
managing processes, implementing markets. At Samunnati, he leads
financial governance and international business verticals of FPO & AE/Trade.
financial management.

Nitin Chaudhary
Head – Strategy and Innovations
With over 10 years of experience in
financial services for low-income
households, Nitin has worked with VISA,
Micro Pension Foundation and IFMR. At
Samunnati, he manages internal
strategic initiatives and pilot projects
related to scaling the business. He is
also involved in overseeing the Capital
Markets team and the business of
Samunnati Agro Solutions.
Sridhar Easwaran
Sr. Vice President - FPO
With 35 years of experience across
operations, project management and
risk management in the banking
industry, Sridhar has worked at
PricewaterhouseCoopers and HDFC
Bank. As the Senior Vice President of
FPOs at Samunnati, he leads capacity
development building for FPOs aligned
to Samunnati’s AMLA approach. The
capacity development team focuses on
market linkages, access to finance,
technology and advisory aspects.
Our
Team
Pravesh Sharma
Director - Samunnati Agro
Pravesh, the founder-CEO of
Kamatan, an agri-tech start-up
launched in 2018 to create an inclusive
supply chain by integrating farmers
with markets joined the Board of
Samunnati Agro in May 2021. Kamatan
is now a group company of
Samunnati. Backed by 34 years of
experience in the IAS, Pravesh is the
Chair of the Steering Group of the
National Association of Farmer
Producer Organisations (NAFPO), a
platform created to build awareness
of issues related to FPOs.
Suresh Venkatesan
Head - Technology
With over 29 years of experience in
managing large programs in IT
services and banking captives, Suresh
is responsible for leveraging
technology at Samunnati. He is keen
to bring smart technologies and
sustainable practices to the farming
community to help them get the best
output and the right price for their
produce. Prior to Samunnati, Suresh
has been associated with EY, HSBC,
and the Royal Bank of Scotland.