HEADWAY RESOLUTION AND INSOLVENCY SERVICES - Key Persons


Akhil Kanoongo

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member

Anuj Bajpai

Job Titles:
  • Whole Time Director
  • Whole Time Director & Insolvency Professional
Mr. Bajpai has nearly 20 years of professional experience in the areas of Financial Services and Business Development. He has hands on experience in business operations of large corporations and has worked extensively in the areas of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Start-Up Investments. A large part of his professional experience carries assignments on arranging Private Equity, Structured Finance, Debt Syndication and Restructuring of mid-size companies. In the course of his profession, he has interacted with a number of Banks, NBFCs, Mutual Funds, Private Equity Funds and Family Offices to identify potential investment opportunities in Debt and Equity. Mr. Bajpai was associated with many a reputed industrial conglomerates like TATA, Godrej and Lalbhai and has an excellent understanding of the processes of professionally managed companies.He is an MBA from ICFAI Business School, Kolkata and also a B.E. in Electronics and Power Engg.

Dhananjay Wanare

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member
He has done a Post Graduate Diploma in Management and has 2 years of experience in Financial Service Sector

Hari Das Khunteta

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director & Insolvency Professional
Mr. Hari Das Khunteta, CA, retired as Director (Finance and Accounts), on Board of Rural Electrification Corporation Limited, New Delhi after serving as board member from May 2004 to July2012. Earlier, he also held additional charge as Chairman & Managing Director of the company from April 16, 2011 to November 29, 2011. He had also served as Executive Director (Finance) in NHPC Ltd., Sr. position in Renusagar Power Co. unit of Hindalco, Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. etc. Mr. Khunteta is a veteran professional of the power sector and has remarkable experience in Financial Planning, Business Analysis, Strategic Planning, Human Resources, treasury Management, Raising of resources including Hedging / Swap transaction to reduce cost of borrowing. At present, he is a Director with Headway Resolution and Insolvency Services Pvt Ltd and in-charge of our New Delhi Office.

Jayanti Lal Jain

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director & Insolvency Professional
Mr. Jain has more than 25 years of experience in Legal and Compliance areas. He has tremendous experience understanding legal issues in restructuring of non-viable and financially weak companies. He also understands the Regulatory issues relating to reverse mergers and re-listing. He is a graduate in Commerce.

Mr. Anjan Ghosh

Job Titles:
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Supporting Team Member
Mr. Anjan Ghosh is a Chartered Accountant with more than 30 years experience in various functional areas such as Project Finance, Debt Syndication, M&A and Restructuring. He has immense experience in the Real Estate and Infrastructure sectors as well as in basic industries like Leather, Steel and Petrochemicals. He is based at Kolkata.

Mr. Jason Beckwith

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member
Mr. Jason Beckwith worked as an Executive Director in Ernst & Young's People Advisory practice from January 1999 through March 2017.Mr. Beckwith worked primarily on corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions projects and his experience includes over 500 due diligence projects. He has led due diligence projects in many industries including insurance, banking, technology, manufacturing, autos, professional services, consumer products, restaurants, hotels, media, chemicals, shipping and transportation, construction, healthcare, life sciences, energy, public utilities, advertising and mining. He has a broad skill set in project management, pensions, employee benefits, accounting and taxation.

Mr. Puneet Goel

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member
Mr. Puneet Goel has more than 20 years of experience in Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities. He was the Director, Energy and Natural Resources at KPMG Advisory Services Pvt Ltd. In his professional career, he has worked with many reputed Companies like PFC, GE, KPMG and Greenko. He is well versed with the conventional and renewable energy sector. He has authored various Articles in the field of Infrastructure & Energy sector. Mr. Goel has done B.Tech from IIT - BHU and MBA from IIM Lucknow. He is based at New Delhi.

Mr. Ramesh Nagori

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member
Mr. Ramesh Nagori is a dynamic professional with more than 35 years of post qualification diverse experience in the field of Real Estate, Project finance, Procurement, Administration, Taxation, Legal, Liasoning, Accounts and Financial sector. He was the Vice President - Real Estate of Reliance Industries Ltd where he was known for his Liasoning with Govt and Local Bodies. He is an Associate Partner and Consultant with A&O Reality Mumbai, one of the Top Ten Developers in The Mumbai city.

Mr. S. Udhayakumaran

Job Titles:
  • Audit Inspector in the Govt. of Tamil Nadu
  • Supporting Team Member
Mr. S. Udhayakumaran has worked as Audit Inspector in the Govt. of Tamil Nadu. He has also worked as Assistant Director in the Ministry of Works & Housing, Govt. of India in New Delhi and joined the Indian Revenue Service in 1982.

Mr. Surya Pratap Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director & Insolvency Professional
Mr. Surya Pratap Gupta is a 1984 batch Maharashtra Cadre Indian Police Service Officer, with more than three and a half decades in leadership roles, strategizing law and order policies, controlling crime (including economic offences), leading fraud and misconduct investigations, collection and collation of intelligence, dispute advisory and resolution, advisory and resolution of anti-bribery and corruption cases. He contributed extensively to the development of SOPs and guidelines for fraud prevention and excellence in ethics management. He retired on 31st July 2016 as Addl. Director General of Police & Director, MSEB Holding Co. Ltd. Maharashtra State. Mr. Gupta has received extensive formal training in Police Administration, Fraud Management, Business and Financial Management including at the London Business School, U.K. He was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award 2007 - 08 by the Maharashtra State Minorities Commission, Government of Maharashtra for professional excellence

Mr. V. Swaminathan

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member
Mr. V. Swaminathan in his professional career of over 26 years, has handled multiple assignments in the field of Capital Market, Corporate Finance, Turnaround/ re-structuring, Debt Syndication, Portfolio Management, Corporate Laws etc. With his wide experience in the area of financial services such as Investment Banking, Merchant Banking and Wealth Management, he has developed a unique insight on the critical aspects of Indian businesses. His longstanding experience and functional knowledge has provided him exposure to both old economy sectors like, Infrastructure, Power, Steel, Textiles, Cement and Pharma and new age industries like Telecom, IT and ITES. He is based at New Delhi

Nandkishor V Deshpande

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Director & Insolvency Professional
Mr. Deshpande, BSc, DBM, CAIIB, is an ex-Assistant General Manager, at SBI. He has over 30 years of experience in banking industry. He has wide experience ranging in loan processing & sanctioning which included risk analysis and financial due diligence. He was posted in SAM Branch for the last 7 years wherein he was actively involved in resolution and recovery of the high value stressed assets (NPA accounts). He has acquired expertise in handling of high value stressed assets and has vide experience of management, resolution, settlements , recovery of accounts in various industries.

Purusottam Behera

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Ex - General Manager of SBI
Mr. Behera, is an ex-General Manager of SBI having 36 years of experience in banking industry. He has extensive exposure in Corporate Banking, Credit Operations, Stressed Assets Management, Restructuring & Rehabilitation, Risk Management and Internal Audit functions. His last posting was in the Credit Monitoring Department where he worked as General Manager & Chief Credit Officer of National Banking Group with overall responsibilities of looking after the entire spectrum of NPA recovery and all post sanction monitoring activities. He also oversaw the collection related functions for all the four business units - home loans, personal banking, agriculture and SME loans of all the 17 circles of State Bank of India. He successfully planned and established war rooms in all 500 plus Regional Business offices of SBI for NPA control and recovery. He was also a member of FIC (Fraud Identification Committee) at the Corporate Centre for examining fraud angles in large value advances.

Ram Kanoongo - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Managing Director & Insolvency Professional
Mr. Kanoongo, is a Chartered Accountant, has a professional career of more than 35 years and has handled multiple assignments in the field of Management, Finance, Turnaround / Re-structuring, Capital Market, Debt Syndication, Corporate Laws, Taxation, Auditing, Risk Assessment & Management Consultancy. Mr. Kanoongo has gathered an invaluable blend of board-level and senior management level operational expertise in Businesses, Strategic Finance, Corporate Law & Governance, and an in-depth understanding the Legal and Ethical implications of corporate financial decisions. He is at present Insolvency Professional and Managing Director of Headway Resolution and Insolvency Services Pvt Ltd an Insolvency Professional Entity, recognized by IBBI. He is empanelled with the State Bank of India to act as an IRP/ RP. He is also a Member of INSOL India.

Roger Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member
Mr. Phillips is a Seasoned finance professional (BS, MS, MBA) with leadership and experience in Turnarounds, Restructuring & Distressed Situations which encompasses financial services, insurance, automotive and technology industries. He has worked d with some of the most reputed global corporations like J.P. Morgan, AIG, General Motors etc. Mr. Phillips was a critical member of AIG's (NYSE: AIG) $185 billion rescue during the 2008 Global Economic Crisis. He helped formulate the recapitalization and restructuring of AIG's global franchises working rigorously with various corporate functions including Enterprise Risk Management, Taxation, Legal, Accounting & Compliance departments. Mr. Phillips was also involved in Board-level strategic turnaround efforts at General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM). He managed GM's Liquidity & Capital Plans, Credit Rating Agency and other external relationships and oversaw several key transactions as part of GM's North American Turnaround, including the $14.3 billion divestiture of GMAC (automotive financing arm) to Cerberus Capital. Mr. Phillips is an MBA from Columbia University, US and a Masters in Chemical Engg. from University of Saskatchewan.

S. C. Tandan

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member
He is qulified as B.Tech (Textile Engg- IIT Delhi) with 40 years of Experience as Textile Engineer in India & Abroad.

Sanjay Gupta

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member
He is a Chartered Accountant with 32 years of experience in the field of Management and Finance. He is based at Indore.

Shailesh Desai

Job Titles:
  • Whole Time Director
  • Whole Time Director & Insolvency Professional
Mr. Desai has more than two decades of experience in Financial Services, especially in the field of Litigations, Due Diligence, Arbitration and Compliance. He has wide experience in Investment Banking, Manufacturing, Stock and Insurance Broking Industry. He has wealth of understanding in Courts/Arbitration process and successfully handled number of cases independently. He has handled issues and cases related to HR such as recruitment, pay roll and Labour laws. He has developed a keen sense in understanding the Corporate Legal Framework of the country. He is graduate in Law from Mumbai University and has a Masters in Business Administration in Human Resources.

Shankar Dokania

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member

Shubham Kanoongo

Job Titles:
  • Director
Mr. Shubham Kanoongo has a professional career of 6 years and has handled various assignments in the field of Private Equity, Financial Management, Turnaround / Re-structuring and Debt Syndication. He has also been involved in advisory and consulting roles to technology start-ups. He holds a Bachelors Degree (BSc.) in Accounting & Finance from London School of Economics & Political Science and a Postgraduate degree (MSc.) in Financial Management from Newcastle Business School, UK. He also has a sound understanding of Corporate Laws and has attended the Postgraduate Diploma in Securities Law Programme from GLC, Mumbai.

Suneel Sharma

Job Titles:
  • Supporting Team Member
He is B. Tech with 40 years of rich experience in Banking and Textile Sector