Girish Paranjpe

Mr Girish Paranjpe is a co-promoter ofExfinity Venture Partners, a venture fund which invests in tech start-ups. He is a General Partner at Exfinity and a member of the Investment Committee.

Mr Paranjpe served as the Co-CEO of Wipro’s information technology (IT) business during 2008-2011 and was a member of the Board of Directors of Wipro Limited. Mr Paranjpe had a two decade-long tenure at Wipro Limited, where he led the IT business and held other senior positions, as President, Financial Services Consulting and Marketing; Head, Financial Services; and CFO, IT business.

More recently, Mr Paranjpe was the MD of Bloom Energy International, a Silicon Valley-based alternative energy company.

Mr Paranjpe is an Operating Partner in Advent International, a Boston-headquartered private equity firm. He is also on Advent’s advisory board and serves on the boards of two Advent-invested companies – Dixcy Textiles and ASK Investment Managers. He also serves as an Independent Director on the Board of Axis Bank.

Mr Paranjpe is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.