IndiGrid, India’s first power sector Infrastructure Investment Trust, announced the appointments of Jayashree Vaidhyanathan as an Independent Director and Hardik Shah as Non-executive Director to the Board, effective November 30, 2021.
Vaidhyanathan has decades of experience in driving product strategy in the Digital Transformation space, product innovation, risk management, M&A, technology delivery and execution. She is currently the CEO of BCT Digital – a global technology company specializing in innovation in predictive analytics, AI and IOT.
She also serves as the Independent Director on Board of UTI Asset Management Company as the Chairwoman of the Digital Transformation Committee and serves on the risk and stakeholder management committees.
Vaidhyanathan is a three-time winner of the prestigious Stevie Award, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in addition to being Databird Female Executive of the Year, CEO of the year 2020 by Fintech Futures, Top 10 Influential Woman in Technology 2020 by Analyst Insights and has also been listed amongst Fortune’s Most Inspiring Women.
Vaidhyanathan holds a MBA in Finance & Strategy from Cornell University and a BE in Computer Science & Engineering from Madras University, India. She is also a CFA Charter Holder.
Shah is a member of the Asia-Pacific Infrastructure team of KKR since 2018 responsible for Infrastructure investments in India. Shah began his career at Macquarie Group in Sydney where he spent over 10 years across their Sydney and Mumbai offices and was involved in building their India Infrastructure business.
More recently, he led Brookfield’s India business in India and was responsible for building Brookfield’s team and presence. Shah has led ~USD4bn of transactions in India across various infrastructure sectors such as Telecom Towers, Toll Roads, Airports, Energy transportation and Renewable Energy.
Shah holds a post graduate degree from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (Mumbai) and is a CFA Charter holder.
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