Rating Committee

Rating Committee

CARE Ratings (Africa) Pvt. Ltd. is committed to the establishment of the highest standards of professional quality and integrity. In line with this, CRAF has constituted its Rating Committee with members comprising officials from CARE Ratings Limited, India (CARE Ratings) and panel of experts from Mauritius  to ensure valuable inputs about the economy, industry and corporate environment in Mauritius are available to the Rating Committee. The Rating Committee members of CRAF are as under:

  • Mr. Sachin Gupta – Executive Director and Chief Rating Officer of CARE Ratings Limited
  • Mr. Milind Gadkari, Chief Compliance officer and Senior Director of CARE Ratings Limited
  • Mr. Ranjan Sharma – Senior Director of CARE Ratings Limited
  • Ms.Rajashree Murkute– Senior Director of CARE Ratings Limited
  • Ms.Smita Rajpurkar– Director of CARE Ratings Limited
  • Mr. Mahendra Vikramdass Punchoo – Former Second Deputy Governor of Bank of Mauritius
  • Ms. Aruna Radhakeesoon - Chairman of National Committee of Corporate Governance
  • Mr. Vipin Mahabirsingh-Managing Director in Central Depository & Settlement Co Ltd.
  • Dr. Soumendra K. Dash-Vice President, Risk Management, The African Private Capital Association
  • Mr. Saurav Chatterjee – CEO, CRAF

In case any of the panel of experts from Mauritius is associated with the rated entity, leading to conflict of interest, the member will not participate in the rating process and in the Rating Committee meeting.