Hetal Dalal

Hetal is the President & Chief Operating Officer of Institutional Investor Advisory Services India Limited. Institutional Investor Advisory Services India Limited (IiAS) is India’s foremost SEBI-registered India-based proxy advisory firm. IiAS publishes voting recommendations on over 1100 Indian listed companies annually that represent over 96% of the total market capitalization on Indian exchanges. IiAS’ equity is held by some of India’s largest and most established financial institutions.Hetal led IiAS’ team that worked with IFC and BSE Limited on the development of the Indian Corporate Governance Scorecard, which bases itself on the G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance. IiAS publishes the scores of the top 100 companies annually, which helps benchmark governance practices. Hetal provides oversight to IiAS’ advocacy of ESG in India. IiAS is the first domestic agency to develop an ESG scorecard for India. In 2024, IiAS was licenced by SEBI as an ESG Ratings Provider. Hetal is on the global board of StePs Stewardship Professionals Foundation, which is non-for-profit corporation in the education space, attempting to create a certification programme for stewardship professionals worldwide.Prior to joining IiAS, Hetal worked for about 13 years with CRISIL Limited – a Standard & Poor’s company. Hetal is a Chartered Accountant and holds a management degree with a specialization in finance from the Mumbai University.