Mr. Gajendra Nagpal is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Unicon Financial Intermediaries Pvt. Ltd. a financial services company which has emerged as a one-stop investment solutions provider. Under his dynamic leadership, Unicon has grown from strength to strength and he has helped shape the company into one of the most recognized names in the financial services space. With Unicon, Mr. Nagpal has brought to life his vision of a company that provides the most useful and ethical investment solutions and which will be guided by values driven approach to growth, client service and employee development. Mr. Nagpal brings with him over 16 years of experience in the stock market including the rich experience of building a retail broking network. He is well respected in the industry for his stock broking experience. Prior to founding Unicon, Mr. Nagpal has held senior positions at the regional and national levels with Kotak Securities and Indiabulls. At Indiabulls, Mr. Nagpal was a member of the core management team and played a leading role in the growth of the company’s network to 100 locations and employee strength of 1500. Mr. Nagpal is a management graduate by qualification. In his spare time he likes to swim and listen to old Hindi film music.

Mr. Ram M. Gupta is the President and Co-Founder, Unicon Group and a member of the core leadership team of the organisation.   Mr. Gupta’s key responsibility areas include driving sales for Equity (Online and Offline), Commodity, PCG and the Business Alliances divisions. He has over a decade of stock market experience behind him and has worked with some of the most prominent names in the financial services space. He started his career with Karvy Stock broking and went on to hold regional level positions with Indiabulls Securities. At UNICON, Mr. Gupta has been instrumental in building the sales team from scratch to its current strength of over 1000 relationship managers spread across 89 locations. With his aggression and dynamism, Mr. Gupta brings energy to the team and he believes in leading by example. He holds a Master’s Degree in Business Management with specialisation in Finance. In his spare time he enjoys swimming, playing cricket and spending time with his children.

Mr. Arora brings with him over 12 years of experience of managing operations of stock broking company.Mr. Arora before taking over as head of operations at Unicon was responsible for managing the operations of Indiabulls Securities Ltd. Mr. Arora is supported by his team of over 350 people helping him to give world class service to the clients.

Mr. Vikas Mallan is the Chief Financial Officer and Head - Distribution & Real Estate, Unicon Group. Mr. Mallan oversees all Finance and Accounting related aspects and also heads the Distribution of Life Insurance, General Insurance, Mutual Fund, IPO & Real Estate. He is supported by a team of around 1800 dedicated employees nationwide.   Mr. Mallan is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and Cost Accountant by profession. He has over 17 years of experience in the area of finance. Prior to joining Unicon, Mr. Mallan has held senior level positions with reputed companies like Rediff.com, Reliance Telecom and Koshika Telecom. His extensive experience also includes the NASDAQ listing of an Indian internet company and Head of Finance of a leading Law firm. Mr. Mallan is fond of sports and listening to music.

Mr. Y.P. Narang is the Head, Fixed Income (Debt) Group at UNICON. His areas of responsibility include looking after Money Market, Government Securities and Bond Market and Merchant Banking. Mr. Narang was instrumental in setting up and providing strategic direction to the Fixed Income Vertical at UNICON. Under his aegis, the vertical was converted into a profit centre within six months of its establishment. Mr. Narang, a qualified Cost Accountant and certified Financial Planner, has a rich and varied professional experience spanning over 36 years. His last assignment prior to joining the UNICON Group was as General Manager & CFO, Punjab National Bank where he provided leadership and direction for the overall financial management of the bank. Mr. Narang had headed the Treasury department of Punjab National Bank for almost two decades starting from 1986 and he pioneered the bank’s investment in new investment products such as Interest Rate Swaps, Floating Rate Notes, US Treasury Bonds etc. His areas of responsibility also included handling public issues of the bank. He was founder Managing Director of PNB Gilts Ltd. and held the position of Senior Executive Vice President, PNB Capital Services Ltd. where he handled Merchant Banking assignments, Inter-corporate Deposit & Investments. Mr. Narang possesses domain expertise in Dealing in Sovereign Paper, Money market/ Fixed Income instruments and Merchant banking. He has been a familiar presence at several prestigious Analysts’ meets both in India & Abroad. His expertise has also been utilized in his capacity as a member of various committees of IBA, NSE & FIMMDA. In recognition of his manifold contributions, the Association of Financial Planners (AFP) India awarded him CFP certification in February, 2004. In his spare time, Mr. Narang likes to read management books especially those pertaining to investing.

Mr. Subhash Nagpal is the Director, Strategic Planning and Implementation, Unicon Group. An engineer by profession, Mr. Nagpal brings with him more than 18 years of experience in Sales & Marketing in the automobile industry. He has worked with some of the most respected names in the automobile sector including Honda, Yamaha and New Holland. During his tenure in Honda and New Holland, he was a member of the core management team and played a pivotal role in establishing the company’s growth in its early years in India. His last assignment was with Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India, where he was a Divisional Head of profit centre in Sales & Marketing Division for more than eight years. Mr. Nagpal believes in the power of teamwork towards achieving goals. He also believes in fostering a democratic culture within teams wherein everyone has the freedom to express their opinions in the spirit of promoting healthy discussion before taking strategic decisions. Mr. Nagpal is fond of singing, listening to old Hindi songs and watching movies. Kishore Kumar and Dev Anand are amongst his favourite singers and actors respectively. He likes to wind up his day by watching “Mr. Beans” and “WWF-Smack down” with his son.

Mr. Vijay Chopra is the National Head Business Alliances, UNICON Group. Mr. Chopra along with his team handles a network of over 1000 business partners spread across the length and the breadth of the country. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, specializing in International business, Mr. Chopra brings with him over thirteen years of experience spanning a cross section of industries including the FMCG, Pharma and Consulting space. He has held senior level positions with some of the most respected brands across these industries including Johnson and Johnson Ltd., Dr. Reddy's Labs & U.S Vitamins Ltd. Mr. Chopra has been associated with UNICON almost since the inception and has been instrumental in developing a meticulous franchisee network along with his team. Today, apart from the 600 franchisee locations, the company also boasts of 2500 remisers across India. Apart from being a core member of the management team, Mr. Chopra is also a key member of the UNICON Group’s Marketing and Communications group which actively focuses on the enrichment of Brand Unicon and various marketing initiatives. Mr. Chopra’s areas of expertise include Supply Chain Management, Distribution, Sales & Marketing, New Product Launches & Product Management. Additionally he is also an astute trainer. Mr. Chopra has versatile interests and has won accolades in diverse areas ranging from sports and outdoor activities to elocutions and dramatics. His first love however is his family followed by traveling & photography.

Mr. Manmohan Tiwari is the Country Head, Equity Sales. With more than 17 years of experience in various areas of banking and investment advisory, Mr. Tiwari has played instrumental role in his previous organizations. In his past assignment with India Infoline, prior to joining Unicon Financial Intermediaries, Mr. Tiwari is credited with setting up the India Infoline Wealth Management operations in North India. Mr. Tiwari brings on board added proficiency and expertise in managing HNI relationships. During his 7 years at HSBC, he managed the operations and sales for high profile Private Banking Clients in Delhi and NCR. He has also had extremely successful stints with JM Morgan Stanley (Debt Division) and Kotak Mahindra Bank Wealth Management on the client advisory and relationship front. Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Gajendra Nagpal, CEO and Founder of Unicon Financial Intermediaries Pvt. Ltd. said, “I am delighted with Mr. Tiwari’s appointment as the Country Head of Equity Sales. Mr. Tiwari has strong leadership abilities and proven experience in driving success in a complex and challenging market, which we can leverage across our area of operations.” A vast experience in sales, equity advisory, client servicing and operations makes Mr. Tiwari an industry veteran who has seen various market cycles previously.

Mr. Anurag Nayar is the Chief Technology Officer, UNICON Group. His key areas of responsibility include heading and overseeing all the IT operations and innovations of the organization. Mr. Nayar possesses over 10 years of experience in diverse fields of application software development, maintenance, support & re-engineering projects in client server environment. Prior to joining the UNICON Group, Mr. Nayar has worked with leading corporates across a cross section of industries. These include American Express, WNS Trinity and NIIT Technologies Ltd. During his tenure at American Express, Mr. Nayar’s considerable contributions towards streamlining the Project Office and Financial Analysis processes and tools were recognized and awarded. Additionally he was also the recipient of awards for developing the Process Database and for supporting TAPS Application implementation across Japan and Asia Pacific region. Mr. Nayar’s manifold contributions at NIIT were also recognised through the prestigious Excellence and US Business Unit Mercury Awards. Mr. Nayar has an open and engaging style of leadership. He believes in the importance of honesty, commitment, continuous learning and teamwork in achieving goals. In his spare time he likes to watch Hollywood movies, socialize with family and friends and spend time with his pets.

Mr. Rajev B Sharma is a noted Management professional and a technocrat with 16 plus years of experience in Strategy planning, Business Development, Operations, Man Management and Profit Centre Management. He has worked in diverse industries like Manufacturing, Consumer Durables, Consultancy, Education & Training, HR and Financial Services. He is currently with Unicon Financial Intermediaries P Ltd as Country Head – Wealth Management, Investment Banking & Business Strategy. He is spearheading the Wealth Management, Investment Banking, Corporate services, NRI and PMS businesses. He also oversee the Research, Product Development, Equity advisory, Investment Advisory and Business Strategy for the Unicon India group of companies. He was earlier associated with Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. as Sr. Vice President & Head-BAG. Here he was spearheading the Business and Strategy of the Business Associate group (BAG). BAG constituted the business and distribution of all the financial products of the company i.e. Equity, Derivatives, Portfolio Management Services, Mutual Fund, IPO, Commodity through four distribution channel - Franchisee, e Franchisee, Remiser and IFAs. Under his leadership Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd has been awarded the ‘Best Franchise In financial service sector ‘for 2 consecutive years – 2007 & 2008. Till early 2006, he was associated with Adecco India Limited as VP-Operations heading the SBU of Enterprise Learning business. Rajev has done some serious work in retail business, franchising and Institutional business for Aptech for 10 years. Here he was instrumental in developing & nurturing well known brands like Aptech Computer education, Asset International, Aptech Corporate training, Aptech Plus and Aptech University & Distance education. His earlier assignments include Mirc Electronics (Brand ONIDA), Crompton Greaves Ltd. and FAG Precision Bearings Ltd where he performed key roles at middle management positions. Rajev has been awarded the “Best Franchise Professional of the year “by Franchise World magazine and Indian franchise association in 2008.

Ms. Divya Varma Kaur is Country Head - HR and Training. Ms. Divya brings with her 17.5 years of experience in Human Resource and Training and her core expertise are designing and implementing innovative HR strategies for employee’s retention, establishing & stabilizing processes and handling effective appraisal process linked with rewards & recognitions. Ms. Divya is an effective communicator with strong leadership acumen. Her skill set includes manpower budgeting, talent hiring’s, succession planning, competency mapping, training/development planning, formulating employee welfare programs and compensation benchmarking. Prior to joining Unicon she was Vice President – HR with Zee News for almost 15 years. Ms. Divya is B.Com (Hons.) from Delhi University, PGDM in Human Resource Management – AIMA – CME, Diploma in training & development - ISTD and pursuing Masters in Psychology from ICFAI. She is also a member of NHRD and certified on job evaluation methodology by Hay Group which is a Global management consultancy.

Mr. Puneet Gupt is the Head of Internet Broking at Unicon. He has over 11 years of experience across business strategy, product management and internet marketing. Prior to joining Unicon, Puneet was the Head of India Operations for hCentive Inc., a US based health insurance broker where he was instrumental in creating go to market strategy, launching a health insurance comparison shopping portal and customer acquisition through internet marketing. Prior to hCentive, Puneet was the Product Head at magicbricks.com, India’s leading real estate portal and a Times Group venture where he created new revenue streams, grew leads delivery to customers by 50% and organic traffic to the portal by 30%. Puneet is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.