Rajeev Kakar

Rajeev Kakar is an Independent Director of our Company. He holds a B. Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He currently serves on the board of directors of various banks and financial institutions such as, Eurobank Ergasias SA (Greece), Gulf International Bank (GIB Bahrain), Gulf International Bank (GIB Saudi Arabia) and Commercial International Bank (Egypt). He started his career in 1988 at Citibank NA where he worked for 18 years and in his last role he was the managing director and division head for Turkey, Middle East and Africa region. In 2006, he moved to become the Global co-founder of Fullerton Financial Holdings Pte. Ltd., headquartered in Singapore (a wholly owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., Singapore) where he served for 11 years in various roles including serving on its Global Management Board, as its executive vice president, head of consumer banking and head of Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa region. Simultaneously, he also was the founder of Dunia Finance LLC in UAE, where he operated as its managing director and chief executive officer. He was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company with effect from December 16, 2019.