Board of Directors
Mr. Arun Duggal
Chairman and Independent Director
Mr. Arun Duggal is an experienced international banker with expertise in Financial Strategy, M&A and capital raising. He has 26 years career with Bank of America, mostly based out of New York, San-Francisco, Hong-Kong and Japan. His last assignment was as Chief Executive of Bank of America in India.
A Mechanical Engineer from the prestigious IIT – Delhi, he also holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.
He is also a director on the Boards of ASK Automotive Limited, Dr. Lal PathLabs Limited, Techno Electric and Engineering Company Limited and Davenport Management Consultants Services Private Limited.
Mr. Sumit Bose
Independent Director
Mr. Sumit Bose was a member of the Indian Administrative Services. He served the Government of India in several capacities such as Union Finance Secretary (as Secretary, Department of Revenue), Secretary (Expenditure), Secretary (Disinvestment) as well as Secretary in the Thirteenth Finance Commission.
Mr. Bose holds a Master of Science (Social Policy and Planning) from the London School of Economics, a Master of Arts (History) from St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, and an Indian school certificate from the doon school, Dehradun.
He is also a director on the Boards of HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited, JM Financial Limited, HDFC Pension Fund Management Limited, The Peerless General Finance & Investment Co. Ltd., Peerless Hospitex Hospital and Research Centre Ltd., Madhya Pradesh Jal Nigam Maryadit, National Highways Infra Investment Managers Private Limited, Foundation To Educate Girls Globally, Jal Seva Charitable Foundation, Vidhi Centre For Legal Policy and Forum for Health Systems Design and Transformation.
Ms. Padmini Khare Kaicker
Independent Director
Ms. Padmini Khare Kaicker is the Managing Partner of B.K. Khare & Co. Chartered Accountants, one of the leading & reputed accounting firms in India.
Ms. Kaicker has over 25 years of wide and varied experience serving large and mid-sized clients in variety of businesses such as Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Banking and Financial Services, Insurance, IT, Hospitality, Real Estate, and Retail Sectors. She holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics. Apart from being a Chartered Accountant from ICAI, she is also a Certified Public Accountant (USA) and a Diploma in Business Finance from the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India.
She is also a director on the Boards of Tata Chemicals Limited, Rallis India, Limited, Bosch Limited, Kotak Mahindra Investments Limited, National Payments Corporation of India Limited and Franklin Templeton Asset Management (IFSC) Limited, and Trustee of M&M ESOP Trust, Kashinath Charitable Trust and Adhyatmik Pratishthan.
Mr. Nikhil Chopra
CEO & Whole Time Director
Mr. Nikhil Chopra is a business leader with over twenty years of experience with a consistent record of sustainable growth and shareholder value creation.
For over two decades, he has spearheaded breakthrough ideas focused on creating greater access to high quality treatment and medicines, and gained a significant competitive advantage over peers, especially in therapies such as Respiratory, Urology, HIV, and Paediatric Care. He previously worked as CEO-India Business for Cipla Ltd. He holds an M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from Gujarat University.
He is also on the Board of Unique Pharmaceutical Laboratories FZE, OOO Unique Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Biotech Laboratories (Pty.) Ltd., and JBCPL Philippines Inc.
Mr. Gaurav Trehan
Non-executive Director
Mr. Gaurav Trehan is Partner and Head of the Private Equity business for KKR India. Prior to joining KKR, he spent more than 15 years with TPG Capital Asia and was a partner in its India office.
Mr. Trehan acquired a BS in mathematics/applied science and economics from UCLA.
He is also a director on the Boards of Advanta Enterprises Limited, Baby Memorial Hospital Limited and Advanta Mauritius Limited.
Mr. Prashant Kumar
Non-executive Director
Mr. Prashant Kumar is a Managing Director at KKR private equity team. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Kumar was a Director and Member of the Investment Committee at Chrys Capital, a leading India focused private equity fund.
Prior to ChrysCapital, he has worked at Warburg Pincus where he led investments in various sectors, Karsch Capital Management, a New York-based hedge fund and SUN Capital, an emerging markets focused private equity firm. Mr. Kumar holds a B. Tech. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata, and a Masters in Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
He is also a director of KKR Singapore Pte. Ltd., Metro Pacific Health Corporation, Maya Philippines Inc., PropertyGuru Group Limited and Goodpack Pte. Ltd.
Mr. Akshay Tanna
Non- Executive Director
Mr. Akshay Tanna joined KKR Mumbai office in 2023 as Partner & Head of India Private Equity. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Akshay spent more than 13 years with TPG and was most recently a Partner in its India office. He led TPG’s Growth and Rise investment activities in consumer, technology and financial services in India.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Akshay worked as an Associate in Investment Banking in the Financial Institutions Group with Deutsche Bank, New York. Mr. Akshay started his career as an Associate in Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch, New York & London. Mr. Tanna earned a BS in Economics, Magna Cum Laude from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
He is also a director on the Boards of Dodla Dairy Limited, Baby Memorial Hospital Limited, Healthium Medtech Limited, Swastik Hospitality Products Private Limited, Vini Cosmetics Private Limited, Avendus Capital Private Limited, Infinx Services Private Limited, Rebel Foods Private Limited, Darwinbox Digital Solutions Private Limited and an Individual Partner of LOGX Venture Partners LLP, Makaan Ressturants LLP.