KN 'Vaidy' Vaidyanathan is the EVP & Chief Risk Officer of the Mahindra Group since Dec 2011. Immediately prior to the Mahindra Group, Vaidy was the Executive Director at the Securities and Exchange Board (SEBI) of India, in charge of institutional investors portfolio, including domestic (MF) and foreign (FII).
Vaidy has over 25 years experience in financial services, primarily in the realm of asset management. He is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and holds a Bachelors's Degree in Commerce from the University of Madras.
Vaidy is on the Finance Board of IIM Ahmedabad and on the Board of Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship of IIMA. He is the Chairman of RMNext, an association of Risk Management Professionals in India. He has been appointed as a member of Mutual Fund Advisory Committee of SEBI.
Education
MBA, Indian Institute Of Management, Ahmedabad
Expertise
international economics, international financial regulation
In a policy brief for Japan's G20 Presidency in 2019, Purvaja Modak, Akshay Mathur and K.N. Vaidyanathan discuss the need to encourage the development and adoption of processes and methods that can quantify the costs of using natural resources
In a policy brief for Argentina's G20 Presidency in 2018, K.N. Vaidyanathan, Akshay Mathur and Purvaja Modak discuss the challenge and propose policy recommendations for transparency in cross-border financial transactions
India’s equity markets are a success story in the country’s 70th year of independence, and there are two prominent state institutions responsible for this, the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the National Stock Exchange. SEBI has played an extraordinary role in bringing in market efficiency, but as the equity market regulator, it must have the corporate surveillance function as well
Regulations are the new focus of economic statecraft. Their increasing importance is reflected in the negotiations on global financial standards, plurilateral trading rules, and regional economic unions.
A Google Hangout Panel Discussion on the views on India's elections from ASEAN and a foreign policy agenda for the next government's engagement with ASEAN
The foreign exchange market is considered the most liquid and transparent in the world. However, recent investigations into alleged manipulation of the foreign exchange rates is a reminder that transparent exchange-based systems alone are not enough to ensure fairness
Global institutions responsible for price discovery and speculation in commodities are suspected of fuelling price hikes. With the world experiencing turmoil in the food and energy markets, fixing the global pricing architecture for commodities should be the priority for the G20
There is an immediate need for observance of good governance in regulation and a restructuring of the regulatory architecture. Key to this is the recovery of ground lost by the regulator in ensuring market integrity
G-20 leaders meet this week to try and stave off Europe's projected financial annihilation. The key question: can they think creatively and strategically to establish a robust and fair economic governance framework?
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