NSEL appoints new independent directors
Beleaguered bourse National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) has appointed five new independent directors and a non-executive director to its board.
The new members - Uttam Prakash Agarwal, Amarendra Sahoo, Niraj Gupta, Subramanya Kusnur and Varghese Jacob - and non-executive director Ashok Nag have experience of over two decades in their respective fields.
"We believe that their background and expertise will add great value to the company and enable it to sail through the present crisis," NSEL chief executive Saji Cherian said in a statement on Wednesday.
The spot commodity bourse, promoted by Jignesh Shah-led Financial Technologies India Ltd, has been facing problems in settling Rs 5,600 crore in dues to 148 member brokers representing 13,000 investor clients after it suspended trading on July 31 on government direction.
