Board and Committees

Deepak Kumar Bansal joined Black Box in 2019 as part of the acquisition of Black Box by AGC Networks. As our Global Chief Financial Officer, Deepak is responsible for leading financial operations and strategic initiatives globally including fund raising, business control, and corporate governance. He is a seasoned finance executive and business enabler with over 23 years of extensive experience across various industry verticals. Deepak holds a Bachelor of Commerce with honors in Accounting, Business and Statistics, as well as Chartered Accountant (CA) and Cost and Management Accountant (CMA) designations.

Mr. Dilip Thakkar is a practicing Chartered Accountant, with more than 62 years of experience in taxation and foreign exchange regulations. He is associated with several public and private companies as a Director. He is a Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. 

Mr. Munesh is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Ranked 13th All India) and has done his Bachelor of Commerce from DAV College, Amritsar.

Over the past thirty years, he has built a wealth of experience in corporate finance, restructuring, and strategic decision making through his involvement in numerous significant transactions spanning various industries. His engagements have not only provided him with substantial industry knowledge but also valuable insights in specific sectors. As a corporate advisory professional, he specializes in providing strategic advice to corporates, businesses, owners and seniors managers for enhancing the value of their businesses through initiatives such as, raising resources from Capital Markets and Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, divestitures and corporate restructuring. He has worked closely, both with large conglomerates, mid−sized companies as well as with start− ups. His extensive industry experience and knowledge spans Infrastructure, Energy, Telecom, Airline and Airports, Entertainment and Media, Pharma, Healthcare, Financial Services, Payments, and Fintech.

Mr. Munesh has served and advised as a member of the Boards of various renowned listed and unlisted Companies for over 2 decades which includes Hinduja Global, Gulf Oil, JSW Energy, JM Financial, Arvind group and Indofil Organic etc. He is also serving as a trustee for Balaji Medical and Diagnostic Research Centre (Society), which operates a 550−bed hospital at Patparganj, NCR.

He is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO). He has been a Member of CII, a member of the Executive Committee of FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) and served as Co− Chairman of the Finance & Capital Market committee of FICCI. He has also been a member of Business India’s Panel for selection of India’s Best Bank and Businessman of the Year as also a member of Business Today’s Panel for the Businessman of the Year.

Mr. Munesh currently runs his own corporate & strategic advisory and investment banking firm, Backbay Advisors Private Limited.

He reads voraciously, travels extensively and occasionally blogs in the business press about his travel experiences.

Naresh is a seasoned Indian financial services professional with over 25 years of experience in business building and capital markets. During his career, he has held various operating as well as management responsibilities.

 Naresh was one of the earliest Senior Partners at Edelweiss Financial Services, and was a key person involved in shaping it into one of the leading financial services firms of India. At Edelweiss, he led teams that built India’s largest domestic Institutional Brokerage business, a large coverage platform with some of the best corporate relationships in India, one of the most aggressive Equity Capital Markets platform and also a leading alternative asset management platform. During his 13-year tenure, he held various management roles including President of Edelweiss Capital, Senior member of Management Committee, Co-Head of Edelweiss Alternative Asset Advisors, Head of Coverage & ECM, and Co-Head of Institutional Equities. Naresh spent the initial years of his career in building and running an institutional equities sales & trading desk at ICICI Securities.

 Along with building various financial services businesses, Naresh has also played an active role in advising Corporate India on business and capital markets strategy. This active engagement approach also led to development of very strong relationships with corporate India over the years. He remains an active Board member on a few of these corporates.

 Naresh has also done extensive analytical work including identifying some of the most successful investment themes in India. His deep understanding of various asset classes and how they play out across business cycles is now being used in building out some of the most innovative strategies for alternative investing in India through his new firm Alpha Alternatives.

 Naresh is an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, which is the premier business school in India and Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Mumbai. He is an avid fitness enthusiast and has run marathons. He is also an ardent reader.  

Ms Neha Nagpal, is a graduate from the University of Warwick, England, where she studied BA [Hons] Law and Business Studies. From there she went on to do her LL.M in International Economic Law at the University of Warwick itself. Neha has a Diploma in the Law of Private Equity Investment in India from the online learning platform NotJustLEx. Being enrolled as a Lawyer in India for over a decade now, Neha has vast commercial- law and litigation experience at the Supreme Court of India, various High Courts, National Company Law Tribunal, National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Competition Commission of India.

 Neha has also advised Clients in transactions relating to re-structuring of Companies and Media/TV show productions. She has worked on several International Commercial Arbitrations representing Telecom Companies. Neha also represented various Telecom players as well as Coal companies, in the 2G cancellation and Coal block de-allocation case before the Supreme Court of India.

 Neha was a part of the team of Lawyers who worked on the challenge to homosexuality laws in India before the Supreme Court, which led to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India. She continues to actively focus on commercial law practice with a focus on white-collar crimes and represents various HNI[s] and erstwhile promoters of large companies in matters pertaining to PMLA, SFIO, CBI. She has represented various promoter[s]/companies in matters pertaining to the Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code.Neha was awarded the Forbes 'Tycoons of Tomorrow' Award in 2018.  

Sanjeev Verma is the Executive Director of Black Box Limited (formerly AGC Networks Ltd). He is also the President and CEO of Black Box Corporation (100% subsidiary of Black Box Ltd) since its acquisition by Black Box Ltd in 2019.

As Executive Director, he is focused on leading the organization toward its vision to be the leading global IT solutions provider known and trusted for our customer-centric approach, commitment to customer success, and continuous innovation.

Sanjeev strongly believes in the philosophy of think globally (as our clients do) but act locally where our relationships exist. He is focused on Black Box's philosophy of accelerating customer's business through a relentless focus on nurturing Relationships, continuing to stay Relevant in the marketplace, and delivering Results aligned to the client organization.

Over his successful 12-plus year stint at Black Box, Sanjeev has served as CEO (Americas) & President of International Operations where he led the worldwide business and P&L (except India); was earlier the President & Executive Director responsible for overall P&L & growth strategies; and Executive Vice President of Global Sales & Business Operations where he was responsible for global sales & business operations and instrumental in building the company's global expansion strategies.

Sanjeev is a seasoned technology veteran with more than two decades of extensive global experience in the Information Communications Technology (ICT) sector. He has a highly successful track record in the areas of business operations, sales & marketing, consulting, M&A and start-up operations. He is a visionary with a deep understanding of diverse global geographies and his resilient leadership has been a key contributor to the company's success and global expansion.

Prior to joining Black Box, Sanjeev held management positions at Wipro, 3D Networks (acquired by Wipro in 2006) & Global Tele Systems both in the United States & internationally. He is based in Dallas, Texas.