HANS U. BENZ, 73, has been a director at Ebix since 2005. From 2001 to 2005 Mr. Benz was President of the holding of the BISON GROUP, a Swiss corporation that develops and implements process-oriented business solution software in Europe. Prior to this position and from 1995 to 2001 he was President of a Swiss banking software development company belonging to the UBS Group. Previously Mr. Benz was with the private bank of Coutts & Co., Zürich as Senior Vice President and was also head of their global IT organization as a part of their larger worldwide NatWest IT organization.
Board of Directors
Hans U. Benz
Director
Rolf Herter
Director
ROLF HERTER, 55, has been a director since 2005. Mr. Herter is the managing partner of Streichenberg, Attorneys at Law in Zurich, Switzerland. Streichenberg is a mid-sized commercial law firm, and Mr. Herter has been managing partner since 2004. Mr. Herter’s practice consists, among others, of representation for information technology companies, both private and publicly held. He has served on the board of directors of several companies and is currently serving as a member of the board of directors of IC Company’s Switzerland AG and Roccam Rocca Asset Management AG. He also serves as a supervisor of investments for several Swiss and German companies. Mr. Herter’s law firm, Streichenberg, represents and Mr. Herter is a director of, the Rennes Foundation, a holder of 10.9% of Ebix’s outstanding common stock.
Neil D. Eckert
Director
NEIL D. ECKERT, 56, has been a director since 2005. Until April 2005, he served as Chief Executive Office of Brit and had been such since 1999. In 1995, he co-founded Brit as a listed investment trust company. In 2005, Mr. Eckert founded Climate Exchange PLC and was Chief Executive Officer until 2010 when the company was sold to InterContinental Exchange Inc. Mr. Eckert is Chairman of Micro Power Ltd, a business that specializes in developing and investing in small-scale alternative energy projects and technologies. He is a director of Evofem Inc. and is Non-Executive Chairman of Design Technology and Innovation Limited, a patenting and intellectual property company. He also served as a Non-Executive Director of Arthur J Gallagher (UK) Ltd until September 2015.
Pavan Bhalla
Director
PAVAN BHALLA, 56, has been a director since June 2004. He is currently a Partner with FCM LLC, a consulting firm that serves some of the largest private equity firms in the world and is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Before joining FCM, Pavan was President of the HR & Financial Solutions business at Alight, where he led the company’s cloud-based HR and financial services platform business. Previously, Pavan served in multiple leadership roles at Aon Hewitt, including Chief Executive Officer of Outsourcing (sold to private equity for $4.8B), Chief Financial Officer of Outsourcing and Corporate Controller. As Senior Vice President of Finance for global telecommunications giant MCI, he helped lead the company out of the largest fraud and bankruptcy in corporate history. Before that, he was a Chief Financial Officer and Controller of several BellSouth Corporation subsidiaries. Pavan has an MBA in Analytic Finance from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and an MBA in Management Science from Simon Fraser University, Canada. He is also a Certified Public Accountant from Illinois.
Hans U. Keller
Director
HANS UELI KELLER, 66, has been a director since 2004. Mr. Keller has spent over 20 years with Zurich-based Credit Suisse, a global financial services company, serving as Executive Board Member from 1997 to 2000, head of retail banking from 1993 to 1996, and head of marketing from 1985 to 1992. He is presently also serving as a member of the Board of Engel & Voelkers Commercial, Switzerland, a commercial real estate broker company. He serves as chairman of the board of Helvetica Property Investors AF, Zurich, a real estate fund and asset management company.
George W. Hebard III
Director
GEORGE W. HEBARD III, 45, has been a director since March 2015. Mr. Hebard was nominated pursuant to the Director Nomination Agreement. Mr. Hebard has served as a Managing Director of Barington Capital Group, a New York investment firm, since January 2014. Mr. Hebard also serves as Interim Principal Executive Officer and Interim Chief Operating Officer of Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a position he held as an employee from May 2012 to December 2013 and as a consultant since January 2014. From September 2011 to April 2012, Mr. Hebard was a Managing Director at Icahn Capital LP, the entity through which Carl C. Icahn manages investment funds. Prior to joining Icahn Capital, from January 2005 to September 2011, Mr. Hebard served as a Managing Director at Blue Harbour Group, an investment firm in Greenwich, Connecticut. Prior to Blue Harbour Group, Mr. Hebard served as a Managing Director at Ranger Partners from April 2002 to December 2003, and prior to Ranger Partners, Mr. Hebard was an Associate at Icahn Associates Corp. from August 1998 to April 2002. Mr. Hebard has been a director of Turning Point Brands, Inc. since May 2014 and is currently a member of its audit committee and is the chairman of its nominating and governance committee. Mr. Hebard was also a director of Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENZN) from February 2012 to November 2013. He has an MBA from INSEAD and an A.B. in Economics from Princeton University.
Priyanka Kaul
Director
Priyanka Kaul, has been a director since May 2021. In a career spanning 22 years, Priyanka has held various leadership positions including being the CEO of Forbes India and Division President of Network 18 Group. She has also been the Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer at one of India’s leading media groups - NDTV.
An environmentalist to the core, she has pioneered and conceptualized India’s best known and award-winning environment campaigns for brands like Toyota, Aircel, Coca-Cola, Reckitt Benckiser, and the Gates Foundation. She has been widely recognized for her work in India and at various international platforms. Priyanka has won several awards, including the CBA (Commonwealth Broadcasting Association) and the One World Media Award for the best Brand Campaign with a Social Message (Toyota).
Priyanka is an alumni Welham Girls’ School. She later obtained her degree in Economics from the University of Mumbai and studied Advanced Management at Harvard Business School in Boston.
Senior Management
Amit K. Garg
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Garg, age 53, joined EbixCash Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in March 2022 as the Chief Strategy Officer. Prior to joining EbixCash, Ltd., and since May 2021, Mr. Garg served as the Chief Financial Officer at SJS Enterprise Limited, a provider of diverse products for the automotive and consumer appliance industries. Prior to this position, Mr. Garg co-founded Winpe (Women in PEVC), a not for profit to enhance gender diversity in the investing ecosystem that launched in February of 2020. From August 2019 to May 2021, Mr. Garg was a consultant who advised young companies in growth phase in the fintech, B2B and B2C Healthtech, E-Mobility, hydrogen energy, Oil & Gas OEM, IT Services and Auto components on matters such as strategy, growth, business plan, finance. From August 2018 to July 2019, Mr. Garg served as the Chief Financial Officer at Marketsandmarkets Research PVT, LTD a B2B research company. From December 2015 to July 2018, Mr. Garg served as the Chief Financial Officer (including Head of M&A, Legal and Investor Relations) for NIIT Technologies Ltd, a global IT solutions company (now Coforge Ltd, listed on the National Stock Exchange of India). Mr. Garg was Regional Chief Financial Officer at Intertek India, an Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification (ATIC) services company, supporting operations and supply chains from 2011-2015. Intertek India is a subsidiary of Intertek Group plc, a London Stock Exchange listed company. His earlier work experience also includes working with American Express, Fidelity International and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Garg holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the MIT Sloan School of Management, has advanced education from Harvard Business School, and is a Chartered Accountant from India.
Tony Wisniewski
Managing Director - Ebix New Zealand
Tony Wisniewski has been employed in the insurance & computer software industries for over 20 years. His insurance experience includes working in both broking and insurer offices. Since 1990, Tony has specialised in providing software and consulting services to the insurance broking and Underwriting Agency market in New Zealand. He has been working with the Ebix group for over 10 years.
Jim Senge
Senior Vice President EbixHealth
Jim serves as the Company’s Senior Vice President EbixHealth. Mr. Senge has been employed with Ebix (as a result of the business acquisition of Acclamation Systems, Inc. in 2008) since 1979. During his over 32 years with Acclamation/Ebix, Mr. Senge has been involved with all facets of the EbixHealth division, including being responsible for the strategic direction and day- to-day operations of the divisions. Mr. Senge’s focus is on expanding the Company’s reach into the on-demand, end-to-end technology solutions for the health insurance and healthcare markets. Mr. Senge works from Ebix’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania office.
Leon d'Apice
Managing Director - Ebix Australia Group Head
Leon serves as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Managing Director - Ebix Australia Group Head. Mr. d’Apice has been employed with Ebix since 1996 when the Company acquired Complete Broking Systems Ltd. for which Mr. d’Apice was also a part owner. Mr. d’Apice has been in the information technology field since 1977 and is currently responsible for all of the operations of Ebix’s Australian business units. Mr. d’Apice holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree with a major in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of New South Wales, Australia.
