Sankar is leading Acuité's transformation from a full service credit rating agency to a technology and innovation driven knowledge company. Sankar has two & half decades of experience in developing and selling data, analytics, risk management, credit ratings, and financial research solutions. Sankar is an Independent Director on the Board of Indian Oil Corporation. He has been a member of the Working Group constituted by the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India for recommending the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. He is also a member of FICCI's Capital Markets Committee and IBA's Standing Committee on MSMEs. Sankar holds a Master’s in Business Management and has a Bachelor’s degree with Physics major.

Sankar's hobby is travelling & photography. He loves to read about science, psychology & the economic history of India.

As the Chief Analytical Officer (CAO), Suman is responsible for ratings execution, analytical quality and thought leadership at Acuité. With an aggregate experience well over two decades in credit ratings, research and risk, he has worked in leadership roles in ICRA and CRISIL (Indian subsidiaries of Moody’s and S&P) before joining Acuité. He has also worked in the banking sector as Group Head in Credit Risk Management Group of ICICI Bank. Suman’s past roles have given him a solid exposure to corporate and infrastructure, financial sector as well as structured finance ratings. Suman is an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta and a graduate in mechanical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur.

His hobbies include reading and travelling.

As the Chief Rating Officer, Antony is responsible for governance processes and adherence to extant regulatory guidelines. He is in charge of rating committees, rating administration and investor outreach. Antony has an overall work-experience of two decades, spanning roles in Business Development, Rating Operations, and Regulatory Compliance. Prior to Acuité, he worked with CRISIL, and edutech start-ups like iDiscoveri (XSEED). He is a Post Graduate in Business Management from S P Jain Institute of Management Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai.


Antony likes to read, watch movies and swim.

Gaurav leads the business development function across all verticals of the company. He has over 13 years of experience into Key Account Management and Business Development across credit rating, banking & IT consulting industries, and experience in team building, improving profitability and value proposition of a business. He holds an MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai, LLB from Government Law College, Mumbai and a B.E. – Information Science & Engineering degree from M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bengaluru.

Gaurav is an avid squash/badminton player and enjoys travelling.

Reshma Polasa leads the IT and Business Process Excellence functions at Acuité. She is leading the digital transformation of Acuité by re-engineering various processes to achieve greater efficiency and better quality. In last 8 years, Reshma has seen practically every function of a rating agency. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing Management from Mumbai University and a Post Graduate Certificate in Business Management from IIM – Calcutta.

Reshma loves to dance, travel to new places, and explore good food.

Karan Mehrishi is the Lead Economist at Acuité. He is the author of the business book, "The India Collective: What India is really all about”, published in the year 2014. His opinions have appeared in the Nikkei Asian Review, The Diplomat, The New Indian Express, Forbes among several other business publications. Karan was a Hearst Fellowship Fund Scholar as well as John Curley Annual Fund Scholar at the Columbia University. He received his MA in the Business and Economics concentration from Columbia University, New York. He also holds an MBA in International Management from the House of Finance (HoF) at Goethe University, Frankfurt, spending a semester at Tongji University, Shanghai.

Karan's hobby is reading about combustion engines and automotive engineering. 

Chitra Mohan has been with Acuité since its inception in 2005. An associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), she has over 15 years of experience in the field of secretarial, legal and corporate compliance. Apart from being a Key Managerial Personnel, she is primarily responsible for overseeing and managing corporate and regulatory compliance matters as well as internal policies and procedures.

Her hobbies include reading, listening to music and travelling.

Loretta Fernandes leads the Human Resources & Administration function. She has over 15 years of HR leadership and business partnership experience across retail and financial services industries. She holds a B.A. (Honours) degree and a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management & Development. This is Loretta’s second stint with Acuité and right now she is focused on the cultural transformation of the company.

Loretta likes listening to music, painting, travelling and exploring.