Anjali Bansal

Anjali Bansal is the Founder and Chairperson of Avaana Group which invests in and provides scaling up support to technology and innovation companies to deliver impact at scale. A former Non-Executive Chairperson of Dena Bank, Anjali was earlier a Global Partner and Managing Director with TPG Growth Capital. Prior to TPG, she was Global Partner and India CEO with Spencer Stuart and co-led their Asia Boards practice. She started her career as a strategy consultant with McKinsey and Co. in New York. Anjali has rich knowledge of new economy companies, and has been supporting them to leverage opportunities ahead of them while overcoming the challenges in their path to success.

Anjali serves as an Independent Non-Executive Director on several leading boards including Siemens Ltd, Tata Power, Voltas and Delhivery. She has invested in and mentored various successful start-ups including Delhivery, UrbanClap, Darwinbox, Nykaa, and Lenskart. She is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization, Charter Member of TiE, and is associated with NITI Aayog’s Women Entrepreneurship Platform, Digital Solutions, and Atal Innovation Mission.