About the Authors

Aman Chugh, one of the youngest chartered accountants of India, has vast experience and expertise in currency and interest rates derivative markets. His expertise comes from working as Regional Head (North Region) of FX Channels in Global Markets Group of ICICI Bank. He is one of the youngest advisors to the Capital Markets Study Group of Northern India Regional Council of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and is also on the panel of trainers providing training in the domain of derivative markets on behalf of ICICI Group. In the past, he has been associated with PriceWaterHouse Coopers, Ernst & Young and General Electric (India and USA). Having worked in industry, consulting and banking, he possesses experience in the fields of auditing, business valuation, corporate restructuring (including mergers and acquisitions), corporate finance, foreign exchange and risk management.

He conducts and provides consultancy/corporate trainings in Fortune 500 companies and other reputed organizations/associations such as LIC, Punjab National Bank, Alcatel Lucent, Telmar (a Jabil group company), Ascendas, Aricent, Apparel Export Promotion Council, Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT), Ministry of Labor and Employment, and study circles of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

He has also been associated in the capacity of visiting faculty/guest speaker with many highly rated B-Schools, institutes and universities such as Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, Sri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and Indian Institute of Planning and Management. He has been awarded with the “Best Faculty Awards” and “Outstanding Contribution to the Cause of Education Awards” by various Institutes and Universities.

Born in the year 1981, Aman Chugh resides at Delhi with his family. Readers can reach him at [email protected] or https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000356345144.

Divik Maheshwari is presently Vice President in Fixed Income Division within Investment Banking vertical of Credit Suisse AG (a top-tier Global Investment Bank) in Mumbai dealing across vanilla and hybrid product suites comprising foreign exchange, interest rate, credit, commodity and equity markets. He has been advising and executing risk management and derivative solutions for large capital and mid-capital corporates and MNCs.

Prior to this, he has worked with Deutsche Bank which is an another top-tier Global Investment Bank. He also had stints with Kotak Mahindra Bank, ICICI Bank and Tata Consultancy Services which are among the renowned and top notch Indian companies.

Divik possesses a decade of experience in Financial Markets and is a specialist in currency and interest-rate derivatives, and technical charting. He has also conducted training programs at various forums across the country.

Divik is a qualified Chartered Accountant, Company Secretary and Financial Risk Manager (FRM, USA). He has been honored with Gold Medal and Scholarships by The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) for securing All India Ranks (First in CS Foundation and Second in CS Final). He has also been awarded with ‘Preeti Puraskar’ and ‘Sultan Chand Trust Prize’ by the ICSI.

Born in Jaipur in December 1980, Divik Maheshwari currently resides at Mumbai with his family. Readers can reach him at [email protected].