Ajit Kumar

Ajit Kumar leads Evolvence India Fund, an India focused niche and differentiated PE Fund sponsored by New York Life Insurance/Gold Point Partners and Evolvence Asset Management. He is responsible for the core operations of the fund, from deal originations to exit as well as investor relations and regulatory compliance. During his investment career spread over 25 years he has been involved in Private Equity investments in more than 175 funds, direct and co-investments across various themes and strategies, sectors and geographies. He represents EIF on the Advisory Boards, Investment Committees and board of the various investments. He holds a MBA from London Business School.

Gaurav Dalmia

Gaurav Dalmia is the Chairman of Dalmia Group Holdings, a holding company for business and financial assets. It invests in private equity, real estate, public markets, structured debt and fixed income.

He is an early investor in and a Board member of True North, a leading Indian private equity fund, which manages approximately $3.5billion. He is also the founder and Chairman of Landmark Holdings, a real estate investment firm. He co-founded GTI, a long term investment vehicle for India focused investments.

He is a member of the Governing Board of The Institute for New Economic Thinking in New York. He is Chairman of the Indian Advisory Board of Room to Read, a global education charity. He is a Board member of the Centre for Social and Economic Progress. He is an op-ed contributor to The Economic Times, The Times of India and The Financial Times.

Gaurav Dalmia was selected as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 2000. Gaurav Dalmia received an MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma honors from Columbia Business School.

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Rajesh Ranavat

Rajesh is an accomplished senior executive who has worked with multi-billion dollar corporations in leadership positions working in several countries across diverse businesses and nationalities with a successful track record. He has more than 30 years of experience in the retail, distribution and logistics of fast-moving consumer goods, fashion and beauty products covering Asia, Middle East, Europe and the US.

Rajesh is currently a Director of Fung Strategic Holdings, the private investment arm of the families of Dr. Victor Fung and Dr. William Fung, the controlling shareholders of the Fung Group. In addition, he is the CEO of FSX Pte Ltd which is the holding company for the Fung family’s investments in India and South-East Asia as well as CEO of Fung Management MENA DMCC based out of Dubai. Rajesh was also a Non-executive Director on the Board of LF Logistics Ltd, which is a multinational logistics company and subsidiary of Li & Fung Group, which was acquired by Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company, for a multi-billion dollar consideration.

Rajesh has been with the Fung Group for the last 25 years in various leadership positions covering operations, strategy, finance and M&A. He was recently the COO and Executive Director of LF Logistics and also Head of Global Freight Management from 2014 to 2019. Prior to this he was based in London as Managing Director – Strategy and M&A for LF Europe, where he completed several strategic deals in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and the US to build a multi-billion on-shore distribution platform for LF Europe and expand the LF Beauty business in the US.

Rajesh joined IDS Group, the logistics and distribution arm of Fung Group, in 1999 as Group Development Director and subsequently as Chief Financial Officer in 2003 where he led the IPO initiative for a successful public listing of IDS in Hong Kong in 2004 as well as completing several M&A deals to grow the global footprint of IDS in Asia, Europe and the US.

Prior to joining the Fung Group Rajesh worked with Inchcape plc a global multinational in various management roles based in the Middle East, UK, Japan and Singapore. Prior to this he worked with PwC, the Big4 global accounting firm in the Middle East and India.

Rajesh holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from India and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant.

Rajesh is an accomplished senior executive who has worked with multi-billion dollar corporations in leadership positions working in several countries across diverse businesses and nationalities with a successful track record. He has more than 30 years of experience in the retail, distribution and logistics of fast-moving consumer goods, fashion and beauty products covering Asia, Middle East, Europe and the US.

Rajesh is currently a Director of Fung Strategic Holdings, the private investment arm of the families of Dr. Victor Fung and Dr. William Fung, the controlling shareholders of the Fung Group. In addition, he is the CEO of FSX Pte Ltd which is the holding company for the Fung family’s investments in India and South-East Asia as well as CEO of Fung Management MENA DMCC based out of Dubai. Rajesh was also a Non-executive Director on the Board of LF Logistics Ltd, which is a multinational logistics company and subsidiary of Li & Fung Group, which was acquired by Maersk, the world’s largest shipping company, for a multi-billion dollar consideration.

Rajesh has been with the Fung Group for the last 25 years in various leadership positions covering operations, strategy, finance and M&A. He was recently the COO and Executive Director of LF Logistics and also Head of Global Freight Management from 2014 to 2019. Prior to this he was based in London as Managing Director – Strategy and M&A for LF Europe, where he completed several strategic deals in the UK, Germany, France, Italy and the US to build a multi-billion on-shore distribution platform for LF Europe and expand the LF Beauty business in the US.

Rajesh joined IDS Group, the logistics and distribution arm of Fung Group, in 1999 as Group Development Director and subsequently as Chief Financial Officer in 2003 where he led the IPO initiative for a successful public listing of IDS in Hong Kong in 2004 as well as completing several M&A deals to grow the global footprint of IDS in Asia, Europe and the US.

Prior to joining the Fung Group Rajesh worked with Inchcape plc a global multinational in various management roles based in the Middle East, UK, Japan and Singapore. Prior to this he worked with PwC, the Big4 global accounting firm in the Middle East and India.

Rajesh holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from India and is a Fellow Chartered Accountant.

 

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Harsh Mariwala

Mr. Mariwala is the Chairman of Marico and Kaya Limited.

He established the Marico Innovation Foundation in 2003 which works towards nurturing innovations in India and started ASCENT Foundation in 2012, a peer-learning entrepreneurial platform.

Mr. Mariwala founded the Mariwala Health Initiative (MHI), with the philanthropic aim of giving back to society. Sharrp Ventures is their Family Office.

He was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Mint India Investment Summit 2024. In the recent past, he received the All India Management Association (AIMA) Life Time Achievement Award 2021 and the EY Entrepreneur of the year award 2020 for India.