Markets to policy: 11 challenges for new Sebi chief Tuhin Kanta Pandey

The regulator's 11th chairman will have to balance the interest of investors and policy changes

Tuhin Kanta Pandey, the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), will take over from Madhabi Puri Buch, whose three-year tenure was marked by significant events. Pandey, a 1987-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Odisha cadre, will face numerous challenges that will test his leadership and regulatory expertise. Here are the 11 key challenges ahead for Sebi’s 11th chairman.

 

Maintaining momentum: Pandey will have the hard task of deciding whether to continue or moderate the pace of regulatory changes implemented by his predecessor. Buch's sweeping changes, which transformed Sebi’s work culture to resemble that