Management:

Rajan A. Uttamchandani, President and Chief Executive Officer
Rajan A. Uttamchandani, Filipino, is the Managing Director of Esquire International Financing Inc, a leading financing company with significant operations in the Philippines, India, Middle East and other parts of Asia. He founded HELP, a non-profit microfinancing company with over thirty branches across the Philippines.

Rajan is a member of the Rotary Club of Makati Central, Makati Business Club and the Management Association of the Philippines.

Rajan holds a Bachelors Degree from Bentley College, MA and an MBA from the Asian Insitute of Management.

Sandeep G. Chandiramani, Chief Finance Officer
Sandeep G. Chandiramani, American, brings to EFI over 20 years of financial leadership and operational experience including a decade supporting Red Hat Inc’s (NYSE:RHT) 100-fold growth worldwide. He was part of the team that took the company public in 1999 and expanded the company’s operations as Regional CFO in Europe and South Asia-Pacific. Prior to that, he spent 6 years in manufacturing and export companies in the Philippines.

Sandeep is a pioneer of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project in the Philippines and sits on the board of eKindling, Inc. a non-profit organization whose mission is to enhance educational and digital opportunities in underserved communities.

Sandeep passed the CPA Board examinations in the Philippines (12th Place, May 1990) and North Carolina (2001). He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Accountancy degree from the University of the Philippines (cum laude), an MBA from East Carolina University and completed an E-commerce management course at Harvard University.