Punita Kumar-Sinha

Punita Kumar-Sinha has a career spanning over 25 years focused on investment management and corporate governance. She maintains broad relationships in Asia, particularly in India where she led some of the first foreign investments into the local market. She is the founder of Pacific Paradigm Advisors (PPA), an independent investment advisory and management firm focused on Asia. She is also a Senior Advisor and serves as an independent director on boards of public and private companies in India. Prior to PPA, she was a Senior Managing Director at the Blackstone Group, leading Blackstone Asia Advisors and serving as the CIO for The India Fund (NYSE:IFN), the largest India Fund in the US for almost 15 years, The Asia Tigers Fund (NYSE:GRR), and The Asia Opportunities Fund.

Prior to Blackstone she was a managing director and senior portfolio manager at Oppenheimer Asset Management and CIBC World Markets, where she helped open one of the first India advisory offices for a foreign firm. She also worked at Batterymarch (Legg Mason), Standish Ayer & Wood (BNY Mellon), J.P. Morgan and IFC/World Bank.

She has been featured in the media, including: Financial Times, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes, CNN, CNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg and The Economic Times. She has anchored the Indian TV series on ET NOW on various global markets and key Indian policy issues. She has a Ph.D. and a Masters in Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She received her undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and was awarded the prestigious “Distinguished Alumni Award” from IIT. She has an MBA from Drexel University and is a CFA Charterholder. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an enthusiast of Indian dance and culture as well as women in business issues.