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The sponsor of the mutual fund is ING Group. The ING Group is a global financial institution of Dutch origin with 113,000 employees. ING Group offers banking, insurance and asset management to 60 million clients in 50 countries. The clients are individuals, families, small businesses, large corporations, institutions and governments. ING Group is one of Europe's largest financial institutions in terms of market capitalization and is one of the world's largest providers of integrated financial services to private, corporate and institutional clients through a variety of distribution channels, giving them the freedom to choose the option which best suits their individual needs.

ING Group comprises a broad spectrum of prominent businesses that increasingly serve their clients under the ING brand. Many of them operate under their own brand names. ING's strategy, which sets clear objectives, seeks to achieve sustainable growth while maintaining healthy profitability. The Group's financial strength, its broad range of products and services, the wide diversity of its profit sources and the good spread of risks form the basis for ING's continuity and growth potential. In all its operations, ING strikes a careful balance between the interest of its customers, its shareholders, its employees and society at large. It is conscious of its responsibilities in a changing society. It expects all its employees to act in accordance with the Group's Business Principles. These principles are based on ING's core values: responsiveness to the needs of its customers, entrepreneurship, professionalism, teamwork and integrity are paramount in all ING's activities.

ING Group is the

•  13th largest corporation in the Fortune 500 list
•  World's largest provider of financial services
•  2nd largest Fund Manager in Asia
•  Amongst Europes largest financial institutions in terms of market capitalization

ING Group, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Nationale Nederlanden Interfinance B.V., is the Sponsor of the Mutual Fund. The sponsor acts as Settlor to the Deed of the Trust between itself and the Board of Trustees.

Sponsor
ING Group N.V
Strawinskylaan 2631,Amsterdam,
P.O Box 810,1000 Amsterdam,
The Neteherlands

Asset Management Company
ING Investment Management(I) Pvt. Ltd
101, Windsor, Off CST Road
Vidyanagari Marg, Kalina
Santacruz(E), Mumbai 400 098

Board Of Trustees :
ING Mutual Fund
Office-101, Windsor, Off CST Road
Vidyanagari Marg, Kalina
Santacruz(E), Mumbai 400 098

1. Key employees of the AMC - Common for two divisions

Name

Age in Years

Educational Qualifications

Total no. of years experience

Type and nature of past experience (last 10 years)

Vineet K Vohra

42

CFA (CFA Institute, U.S.A.), PGDM (IIM Calcutta) & B.Sc Engg. (Mech.)

22

. CEO & MD, ING Investment Management (India) Pvt. Ltd (July 2007 – present).
. Regional Director, Business Development, Citibank N.A., Asia Pacific HQ, Singapore (2005 – 2007).
. Regional Director & Head, Consumer Investments, Citibank N.A., Asia Pacific HQ, Singapore (2003 – 2005)
. Regional Product Head, Consumer Investments, Citibank N.A., Asia Pacific HQ, Singapore (1998 – 2003)
. VP-Regional Sales, Asset Management (1997 – 1998)
. VP & Business Head – Treasury Services, Citibank N.A., Asia Pacific HQ, Singapore (1994-1997)
. AVP, Business Controller / NRI Business, Citibank N.A., Mumbai (1992-1994)
. Group Product Manager / NRI Business, Citibank N.A., Mumbai (1989-1992)
. Sales & Service Manager, Citibank N.A., Mumbai (1988-1989)
. Asst. Manager, Materials Management, TELCO (1985-1986)

Ms Jyothi Krishnan 26 B.Com, CS 3 . Manager - Compliance, ING Investment Management (I) Pvt. Ltd. (April 2005 - current)
. Officer & Management Trainee, Standard Chartered Asset Management Co. Pvt. Ltd. (June 2003 - April 2005)



2. Key employees of OptiMix Division

Name

Age in Years

Educational Qualifications

Total no. of years experience

Type and nature of past experience (last 10 years)

Mr. Rajeev Thakkar

34

B.Com., C.A., BGL

12

- COO, OptiMix Division, IIM (since April 2005)
- Head-Operations, Kotak Mahindra AMC Ltd (Dec 1998-Mar 2005)
- Internal audit, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd (Sept 1996-Dec 1998) - Manager-Audit, A.F.Ferguson & Co(June 1994-July 1995)

Mr. Arvind Bansal

31

B Tech, PGP in Management.

10

.Chief Investment Officer - Optimix Division, IIM India (Nov 07- Till date)
.Product Manager – OptiMix Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Aug 06-Nov 07)
.Product Manager – OptiMix Division, IIM India (July 05-July 06)
.Senior Manager - ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited (April 03- June 05)
.Co-founder - e2e Technologies Ltd. (Sept 00-March 02)
.Consultant-KPMG (July 97- Aug 00)



3. Key employees of the AMC - IIM Division

Name

Age in Years

Educational Qualifications

Total no. of years experience

Type and nature of past experience (last 10 years)

Ramanathan K

33

B.E(Mechanical),PGPM(Finance),CFA

11

.Head – Fixed Income, ING Investment Management (I) Pvt. Ltd (March 2006 – current)
. Vice President – Fixed Income, Lehman Brothers (Sep 2005 – Feb 2006)
. Fund Manager, Birla Sunlife AMC Ltd (Jan 1998 – Sep 2005)
. Manager – Ratings, CARE (June 1995 – Jan 1998)

Paras Adenwalla

38

ACA Grad.,CWA,LLB. (Gen)

16

. Chief Investment Officer - Equity, ING Investment Management (I) Pvt. Ltd. (July 2005 - Current)
. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer - Noettic Portfolio Management (Proposed) (April 2005 - June 2005)
. Head - Equities, Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co. Ltd. (October 1994 - September 2004)

Yogish Arora

32

BA, MBA

8

. Head - Human Resources - ING Investment Management (India) Private Limited (Jan 2004 - Current)
. Senior Manager Human Resources - Tracmail (India) Private Limited (July 2003 - Jan 2004)
. Manager Human Resources - Zurich Asset Management (India) Private Limited (July 2001 - June 2003)
. Senior Officer Human Resources - Essar Group (June 1998 - June 2001)

Vandana Vangani

36

Bcom, C.A

12

. Head - Fund Accounting - ING Investment Management (India) Private Limited (Oct 2004 - Current)
. Assistant Vice President - UTI Asset Management Pvt. Ltd. (July 2004-Oct 2004)
. Head - Operations - IL & FS Asset Management Pvt. Ltd-(Feb 2000-July 2004)
. Manager - Accounts - JM Capital Management Ltd. (Sep 1995-Feb 2004)
. Consulatant - N.M. Raiji & Co. (April 1994-Aug 1995)

Ashutosh Bhondele

35

M.B.A., Cornell University,
B. Tech, IIT Kharagpur

14

. CFO, I NG Investment Management (I) Pvt. Ltd(January 08 till date)
. Vice President, Strategic Business Development, ING Asia Pacific(June 05- December 07)
. Associate, Leveraged Finance, GE Commercial Finance, London (July 04 – May 05)
. Manager, Fredell & Co Structured Finance, Brussels ( August 01 – December 02)
. Consultant, The Capital Markets Company, Antwerp(October 98 – February 01)
. Analyst, JP Morgan, Brussels(April 96 – September 98)



4. Fund Manager

Name

Age in Years

Educational Qualifications

Total no. of years experience

Type and nature of past experience (last 10 years)

Mr. Arvind Bansal

31

B Tech, PGP in Management.

10

• Chief Investment Officer - Optimix Division, IIM India (Nov 07- Till date)
• Product Manager – OptiMix Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Aug 06-Nov 07)
• Product Manager – OptiMix Division, IIM India (July 05-July 06)
• Senior Manager - ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company Limited (April 03- June 05)
• Co-founder - e2e Technologies Ltd. (Sept 00-March 02)
• Consultant-KPMG (July 97- Aug 00)

 
 
 

 
 
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