OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Meet our board of directors. IndiGrid’s board panel comprises of a diverse, experienced group of global business, and academic leaders.

Tarun Kataria

Independent Director - Chairman of the Board

Tarun Kataria

Independent Director - Chairman of the Board

Mr. Tarun Kataria has over 30 years of rich experience in banking and capital markets, working across New York, Singapore, Hong Kong and Mumbai. He was appointed as an Additional Independent Director on the board of the Investment Manager on October 29, 2016 and has been serving as an Independent Director since September 22, 2017. Currently, he serves as an independent non-executive director (and Chairman of the nomination and remuneration committee) of Mapletree Logistics Trust Ltd. He is an independent director of Westlife Development Limited, Jubilant Pharma Limited and Global Moats Fund (Mauritius). Additionally he also supports World Wildlife Fund, Singapore as Non-Executive, Senior Advisor, Advisory Council. Previously, he was CEO of Religare Capital Markets Limited, Managing Director and Head of Global Banking and Markets at HSBC India and Vice Chairman of HSBC Securities and Capital Markets Private Limited. He has a Master’s degree in Business Administration in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a Chartered Accountant.

Ashok Sethi

Independent Director

Ashok Sethi

Independent Director

Mr. Ashok Sethi has over four decades of experience in the power sector with significant knowledge in project execution, operations, commercial, regulatory, advocacy and policy making. He was appointed as an Independent Director on the board of the Investment Manager on October 20, 2020. A B.Tech from IIT Kharagpur, he also did advance management at Ashridge, UK. He currently serves as Non-Executive Chairman of Tata Consulting Engineers Limited. In his last executive role, he served as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director of Tata Power (2014 to 2019). He was also the chairman of various subsidiary companies of Tata Power. He holds a bachelor’s degree of technology in Metallurgical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Engineering at Kharagpur. He was awarded CBIP Award 2019 for ‘Excellent Contribution in Power Sector and is also a Member of the Institute of Directors.

Jayashree Vaidhyanathan

Independent Director

Jayashree Vaidhyanathan

Independent Director

Ms. Vaidhyanathan has decades of experience in driving product strategy in the Digital Transformation space, product innovation, risk management, M&A, technology delivery and execution. She is currently the CEO of BCT Digital – a global technology company specializing in innovation in predictive analytics, AI and IOT. She also serves as the Independent Director on Board of UTI Asset Management Company as the Chairwoman of the Digital Transformation Committee and serves on the risk and stakeholder management committees. Ms. Vaidhyanathan is a three-time winner of the prestigious Stevie Award, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in addition to being Databird Female Executive of the Year, CEO of the year 2020 by Fintech Futures, Top 10 Influential Woman in Technology 2020 by Analyst Insights and has also been listed amongst Fortune’s Most Inspiring Women. Ms. Vaidhyanathan holds a MBA in Finance & Strategy from Cornell University and a BE in Computer Science & Engineering from Madras University, India. She is also a CFA Charter Holder

Hardik Shah

Non-Executive Director

Hardik Shah

Non-Executive Director

Mr. Shah is a member of the Asia-Pacific Infrastructure team of KKR since 2018 responsible for Infrastructure investments in India. Mr. Shah began his career at Macquarie Group in Sydney where he spent over 10 years across their Sydney and Mumbai offices and was involved in building their India Infrastructure business. More recently, he led Brookfield’s India business in India and was responsible for building Brookfield’s team and presence. Mr. Shah has led ~USD4bn of transactions in India across various infrastructure sectors such as Telecom Towers, Toll Roads, Airports, Energy transportation and Renewable Energy. Mr. Shah holds a post graduate degree from S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research (Mumbai) and is a CFA Charter holder.

Harsh Shah

Chief Executive Officer and Whole-time Director

Harsh Shah

Chief Executive Officer and Whole-time Director

Mr. Harsh Shah has extensive experience in infrastructure sector across bidding, financing, operations, mergers and acquisitions and regulatory policy. He was the Chief Executive Officer and Whole-time Director from August 2018 till June 2022. He was instrumental in setting up IndiGrid, India’s first infrastructure investment trust in the power transmission sector. He is also a member of the SEBI Advisory Committee for InvITs and REITs. Previously, he has worked with Azure Power, Sterlite Power Transmission Limited, Larsen & Toubro Limited, L&T Infrastructure Finance Company Limited and Procter & Gamble International Operations Pte. Limited. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from National University of Singapore and a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Nirma Institute of Technology, Gujarat University.

Ms. Ami Momaya

Non-Executive Director

Ms. Ami Momaya

Non-Executive Director

Ms. Ami Momaya joined KKR in 2022 and is a member of the Asia-Pacific Infrastructure team. Ms. Momaya is responsible for infrastructure investments in India. Ms. Momaya began her career at Morgan Stanley where she spent 17 years across their India and New York offices and was instrumental in building their India infrastructure business. As a part of Morgan Stanley’s infrastructure business, Ms. Momaya led transactions across transportation, logistics and renewable energy. Prior to joining the Infrastructure Fund in 2008, Ms. Momaya worked at Morgan Stanley’s Investment Banking Division in New York where she focused on buyouts, mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings and financings in services, outsourcing and payment processing sectors. Ms. Momaya holds a Bachelors in Commerce from Mumbai University and a post graduate degree from the Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (Mumbai).