Board approves new Company Secretary & Compliance Officer and a Chief Compliance Officer

The Board of Capital India Finance Ltd met on Monday, October 5, 2026 through video conferencing and approved senior compliance appointments, all effective October 5, 2026.

Mon 5 Oct 2026

Appointed as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer (KMP)

Mr. Hitesh Kumar

Appointed as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Senior Management…

Mr. Simarjeet Singh

Effective date of appointments

October 5, 2026

Experience of Company Secretary & Compliance Officer

~12 years

Experience of Chief Compliance Officer

over 11 years

Board approves two senior compliance appointments

The Board of Directors of the Company met on Monday, October 5, 2026, through video conferencing, and approved the appointments described below, all effective from October 5, 2026.

What was approved

• Mr. Hitesh Kumar appointed as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer of the Company and designated as Key Managerial Personnel (KMP), with effect from October 5, 2026.
• Mr. Simarjeet Singh appointed as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) of the Company for the purposes of compliance with applicable Reserve Bank of India regulations, including those governing NBFCs, and other regulatory requirements prescribed by the RBI, and designated as Senior Management Personnel (SMP), with effect from October 5, 2026.
• Both appointments were made pursuant to the recommendation of the Nomination & Remuneration Committee.

Who are the appointees

• Mr. Hitesh Kumar is a qualified Company Secretary, Law Graduate and holds an M.Com. degree, with ~12 years of experience across listed companies, NBFCs and large infrastructure organisations. His stated areas of expertise include corporate governance and restructuring, SEBI compliances, RBI/NBFC compliances, debt capital market transactions and Board & shareholders matters.
• Mr. Simarjeet Singh is a Company Secretary, Law Graduate and holds a postgraduate degree in Business Policy & Corporate Governance, with over 11 years of experience in regulatory compliance, corporate governance and financial-sector regulations. His stated areas include RBI Master Directions and inspections, NBFC compliance, SEBI Regulations, FEMA, Board governance, corporate restructuring and regulatory risk management.
• For both appointees, the disclosure of relationships between directors is marked Not Applicable.

What else the Board approved

• The Board authorised Key Managerial Personnel to determine the materiality of events or information and disclose the same to the stock exchanges within the prescribed timelines. The KMPs named for this purpose are Mr. Keshav Porwal, Managing Director, and Mr. Pinank Jayant Shah, Chief Executive Officer.
• In addition, Mr. Hitesh Kumar, as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer, is authorised by the Board to disclose material events or information upon identification to the stock exchanges within the prescribed timelines.

How to read this

• These are appointments to senior compliance and governance roles rather than changes to the Company's business or financials.
• The Company Secretary & Compliance Officer is the officer named for compliance under the listing regulations, and the Chief Compliance Officer role is described here as being for compliance with applicable RBI regulations, including those governing NBFCs.
• Both appointees are designated as KMP and SMP respectively, placing their roles within the Company's key management and senior management framework.
• The Board has also set out who within the Company is authorised to decide materiality of events and to make disclosures to the stock exchanges.

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