Anantharaman has over 30 years of experience in the financial services sector, having led corporate and investment banking teams at Standard Chartered Bank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America, among others. He is a Senior Advisor in India to CDC Group, the UK Govt Development Finance Institution. He brings strong board-level advisory experience across mergers & acquisitions, capital markets and risk management. He also serves on the boards of Axis Asset Management Company and Ecom Express Pvt. Ltd. and is a Board Mentor with Critical Eye, a UK-based peer-to-peer board community. He holds a BE in metallurgy from Jadavpur University and a PGDBM from XLRI, Jamshedpur.