Puneet Sehgal

I am a results-driven nascent Head Company Secretary, Corporate, Regulatory, and Legal professional recognized for sound decision-making and analytical abilities, business acuity, ongoing education, and problem-solving skill, strategic, methodical, and dependable; pursues innovative solutions to same-old problems through strategic information gathering, data collection, and comprehensive study and analytical thinking persuasive and concise communicator with overall 24+ Years of experience and over 21+ years in LISTED COMPANY and over 12+ years in Listed NBFC, over 15+ years in LISTED Manufacturing Company.

• A highly experienced Company Secretary, Compliance, Regulatory, and Legal Professional with Overall +24 years of experience managing LISTED (BSE, NSE, SEBI, MCA), Secretarial Operations, Advisory, Business Analyst, and Compliance for the LISTED COMPANY and its associate/sister Unlisted Companies.
• LISTED COMPANY: Overall + 21 Years of experience in LISTED COMPANY in sectors viz.

  Manufacturing

  Sector i.e. Chemicals, Oils, Cotton Fabrics, Glass, Bricks, Blocks, Bath Fittings, Faucets, Taps, Chandeliers, Whirlpools, Shower Enclosures &

  • Service Sector (NBFC, BFSI, Leasing, Travel &

  • Tourism), Retail Sector.

• LISTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES: Overall + 14 Years of experience in LISTED Manufacturing COMPANY handling and spearheaded the LISTED COMPLIANCES of Equity, NCD, Open Offer, etc. with BSE, NSE, SEBI, MCA, IEPF, NSDL, CDSL, RTA, Shareholder, Directors, Website, etc. managing Legal, Secretarial, ROC, MCA, Labour Laws, Audit Compliances &

  • Filings, Setting-up of over +15 Joint Ventures, FDI &

  • Business Setup Approvals, Licences, Setting-up of over +15 Manufacturing Units / EOU / EPCG / SEZ involving TAX Holidays and ensuring obtaining all Licences and Approvals, Product and Process Costing, Costing Software with In-house IT Team.

• LISTED NBFC COMPANIES (Loan Product, SME Finance, Systematically Important Non-Deposit AFC Company – NDSI-AFC) : Overall + 12 Years of experience in LISTED NBFC COMPANIES (most recently from 2013-2020), handling and spearheaded the LISTED COMPLIANCES of Equity, Preference, NCD, Dividend, Open Offer, etc. with BSE, NSE, SEBI, MCA, IEPF, NSDL, CDSL, , RTA, Shareholder, Directors, Website, etc. managing Legal, Secretarial, Regulatory NBFC / RBI, Audit Compliances, RBI Inspection, NBFC / RBI Filings (with RBI, FIU, CERSAI), Constitution of Statutory Committees (i.e., RMC, NRC, NC, TC, ALCO, GRC, etc.) and its framework and contributed being member in accordance with the requirements of the RBI / NBFC Laws, imparted Statutory Trainings (AML/KYC, Product etc.), Statutory Registration with CERSAI, Information Utility (IU), FIU-IND, CKYC Registration, etc. to lower the likelihood of fraud and money laundering.

  Lawful

  Procedures, prepared, implemented and monitoring the Statutory Policy for NBFC: Know Your Customer (KYC) & Anti Money Laundering (AML), Provisioning Policy, NPA Policy & dozens of policies. 

• GLOBAL COMPLIANCES: Over + 3 years of experience in handling GLOBAL Compliances (Statutory, Legal, Secretarial, Agreements, Business Advisory, Joint Venture, FDI, Tender) in in over + 35 Countries of Africa / Europe / UK/ USA (viz. USA, UK, UAE, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Congo, DRC, Benin, South Africa, Kenya, Angola, Egypt, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Burundi, etc.) 
• AUDITS: Extensive background in conducting Statutory Audits, Internal Audits, Secretarial Audits and inspections for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) along with expertise in conducting due diligence audits as mandated by RBI, Banks, etc.
• Advisory: Providing comprehensive advisory services spanning compliance, legal matters, managing mergers and acquisitions and demergers, IPOs, business acquisitions, private equity, transaction advisory, tax planning, JV, FDI, risk assessment, changing laws impact analysis, AML, SEBI, IPR/Trademark/Branding protection, business process automation, risk mitigation, complex decision matrix, arm's length transaction structuring, DT benefits, and cross-border transactions. 
• Proficient in Corporate Law, Regulatory, LISTED Compliance, ensuring robust corporate governance practices, demonstrated capability in resolving investor complaints, managing company secretarial duties, IPO, SEBI.
• Profound legal expertise in drafting, reviewing, and interpreting legal documents, including negotiations and collaboration with legal counsel.
• Competent in financial management, working capital management, insurance of assets, Risk Management, Costing Systems / Software.
• Consistently enhancing knowledge by actively participating in seminars, webinars, conferences organized by ICSI, MCA, RBI, SEBI, etc.
• Throughout my +24-year professional journey, I have held a number of Statutory Positions, such as Principal Officer under RBI, Key Managerial Personal (KMP) under CA, 2013; Company Secretary under CA, 1956/CA 2013, and Compliance Officer under SEBI, RBI, and Stock Exchanges.
• I was proclaimed the youngest Company Secretary at the age of 22, having PASSED CS intermediate & final BOTH GROUPS on my very FIRST ATTEMPT.

LL.B. from Mewar Law Institute, Sector 4-C, Vasundhra, Ghaziabad (CCS University)

Dip. Corporate Finance from LGFC Business Academy, New Delhi affiliated to Woodstock University, Texas, USA

ICWA (Finalist) from Institute of Cost & Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), New Delhi

Company Secretary (CS) from The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI), New Delhi (Adjudged Youngest CS at the age of 22 years)

B. Com. (H) from Dr. Zakir Husain College (ZHC), Delhi University