Shri Sameer is the Chief Business Officer at BSE, where he spearheads the entire BSE group’s Business Development and Marketing function, which includes trading and distribution segments, as well as the strategic ventures of the exchange. He is instrumental in BSE’s business expansion and leadership in newer areas such as interest rate options, and commodity derivatives markets. He played a key role in conceptualization and setting up of India’s first International Exchange in GIFT CITY IFSC – “INDIA International Exchange “– where he is responsible for Business Development and Marketing. HE is also credited with the launch of first of its kind outbound trading platform – ‘India INX GA’ in GIFT CITY IFSC, for Indian Investors to access Global Exchanges like CME, LME, ICE etc. He has played a key role in the conceptualizing Spot Exchange for Gold in both GIFT city and India Domestic Zone and launch of World’s first ‘Options in Goods’ contract in commodity segment.
He was earlier associated with MCX as one of the core founding team members responsible for the setup of the commodity exchange in India. He is credited for successful launch of the flagship contracts - Gold, Silver, WTI Crude Oil and Copper contracts at MCX. During his tenure at MCX, he was also instrumental in successfully launching and heading business functions at domestic exchanges like MCX and MCX-SX, and International Exchanges including Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, Singapore Mercantile Exchange, Bahrain Financial Exchange, Global Board of Trade, and Bourse Africa (Botswana). He began his career with K J Investors Services (I) PVT LTD, an affiliate of Cargill Investors Services, Illinois, Chicago, USA as Senior Financial Analyst.
He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of India International Exchange, India International Clearing Corporation, India INX Global Access, Indian Clearing Corporation Limited, BSE E-Agricultural Markets and CDSL Commodity Repository Limited
He is considered a credible and trusted domain expert in diverse areas ranging from commodities trading, Index development, hedging strategies, financial product design & launch, and physical market outreach. He was awarded the “India UAE business Ambassador of the year 2018” at Abu Dhabi for his achievements in financial markets globally. He is Science Graduate and MBA in Finance from Mumbai University.