Syntel Inc.

Bharat Desai is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Syntel (NASDAQ: SYNT), a global provider of integrated Information Technology and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions. Bharat co-founded Syntel in 1980 and today, it is a "Partner of Choice" to some of the world's best known brands. Syntel currently employs more than 9,200 people globally and has a market capitalization in excess of $1.6 billion.

Arvind Godbole was appointed Chief Financial Officer in December 2006 after being appointed Interim Chief Financial Officer in June 2006. Mr. Godbole was appointed the Company’s Chief Information Security Officer in June 2006. He has been with the Company as Corporate Controller since March 2001 and had also been a member of the Procurement Team along with his usual functions as a controller.

Anil Jain was appointed as Business Unit Head and Senior Vice President, Insurance Vertical in February 2006. Mr. Jain has been with Syntel since 1993 serving in a number of client relationship and IT service delivery capacities.

R.S. Ramdas was appointed as Senior Vice President, Finance and Corporate Services in July 2006 and became a member of the leadership team in February 2006. Mr. Ramdas served as Vice President of Syntel from March 2004 to January 2006.

Murlidhar Reddy was appointed as Vice President and Operations Head, Healthcare and Life Sciences Vertical in July 2006 and has been with Syntel since November 2003 serving in various IT service delivery capacities.

Neerja Sethi, age 52, is a co-founder of Syntel and has served as a Vice President and a director since Syntel's formation in 1980. Ms. Sethi is the spouse of Mr. Desai.

Srikanth Karra was appointed as Syntel’s Vice-President—Global Human Resources in March 2005. Prior to joining Syntel, Mr. Karra served as HR Head for India and Global Leader for Staffing and Relationship Development at GE Capital International Services, a global diversified financial services company, from 2001 to 2005.

Paul Donovan, age 60, served most recently as Executive Vice President and CIO for ING Americas, a subsidiary of financial services giant ING serving the US, Canada, and Latin America. Prior to that, he held several CIO and executive positions at Fidelity Investments, led a consulting practice at Coopers and Lybrand, and was the founder and principal for a software and services company, Advanced Information Management Inc. Mr. Donovan is a sought-after speaker for technology and financial services events, and led seminars at the undergraduate and graduate level. He received the Insurance and Technology Elite 2002 award and was recognized by the CIO Forum as one of the top Financial Services IT Executives. Mr. Donovan holds a Bachelor's in Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts and is a former U.S. Army officer.

Prashant Ranade, age 54, served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Siemens Group Logistics and Assembly Systems, NA (currently Dematic GmbH & Co. KG), a company that is principally involved in material handling logistics and automation, from May 2003 to November 2006. Mr. Ranade continues to serve on the board of directors at Dematic. From January 1999 to May 2003, Mr. Ranade was Senior Vice President of the Service group of Siemens Medical, which is principally involved in designing tic imaging equipment and hospital information systems. He was elected to the Syntel board in 2007.