Gautam Banerjee

Mr Banerjee is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group and the Chairman of Blackstone Singapore. He was with professional services firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) Singapore for over 30 years, including as its Executive Chairman for Singapore and in various leadership positions within the firm in India and the Asia Pacific region. Mr Banerjee retired from PwC Singapore on 31 December 2012. Apart from his executive role in Blackstone, he serves as Chairman of raiSE and is a Board Member of Piramal Enterprises Limited, India; Singapore Telecommunications Limited and GIC Private Limited. He was the Chairman of the Listings Advisory Committee of the Singapore Exchange and served on the Board of The Indian Hotels Company Limited, Singapore Business Federation Council, Corporate Governance Council of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Companies Act Reform Steering Committee and the Economic Strategies Committee chaired by the Finance Minister of Singapore from 2009 to 2010. Mr Banerjee was a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore between 2007 and 2009. In 2014, Mr Banerjee was awarded the Public Service Medal by the Singapore Government and an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Warwick, England. Mr Banerjee holds a Bachelor of Science (Accounting and Financial Analysis) degree from the University of Warwick and is a Fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England and Wales and the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Singapore.