Piramal Enterprises Limited (PEL), a publicly listed company in India, announced that Khushru Jijina, Managing Director, Piramal Capital, will join the Board of Piramal Enterprises Limited as Executive Director, Financial Services.
Since joining Piramal Group in 2001, Khushru has been instrumental in setting up the Group’s Financial Services business. Piramal’s journey in Financial Services started in 2010 and in 10 years, Piramal Capital is one of India’s largest & most respected NBFCs with a diversified wholesale and retail book of nearly INR 50,000 crores.
Khushru has also played an important role in setting up the Alternative Investments business which today has marquee global investors such as CDPQ, CPPIB and Bain Capital, the statement said.
“As Executive Director on the Board for Financial Services, Khushru will actively lead the wholesale business. He will also be closely involved across the financial services platforms in helping drive the transformation into a more diversified, sustainable, technology driven business in addition to helping develop and train the next generation of leaders to take on greater responsibilities, and to take the business to greater heights.” said Ajay Piramal, Chairman, Piramal Group.
Jijina has been recognized with several leadership accolades namely Asia One: Global India 2017, Business Leader of the Year: Global Real Estate Congress 2017, Visionary in Real Estate Financing – NDTV Property Awards 2017 and Entrepreneur of the Year in the financial services industry by Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards (APEA) in 2017.
Jijina started his career with Rallis, a TATA Group company, where over a span of more than a decade, he held several pivotal positions in corporate finance and treasury.
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