Board Of Directors
Mihir Nerurkar
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Mihir Nerurkar is the Managing Director and COO of Brookfield Infrastructure Group at Brookfield Asset Management, India. He has more than 18 years of global experience across Real Estate and Professional Services. Prior to his current role, he served as the Senior Vice President and COO India for Brookfield Infrastructure Group. His career has been diverse, where he has held the positions of both entrepreneur and corporate professional. He kickstarted his career as a Management Consultant in New York with Deloitte, managing business process and IT transformation projects, followed by ten years as an entrepreneur involved in multiple Real Estate and Financial Services-focused ventures. He is also an alumnus of Bharati Vidhyapeeth and Syracuse University, where he pursued his Bachelor of Engineering in Industrial Electronics and Master’s in Information Resources Management, respectively.
Mr. Dhananjay Joshi
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Dhananjay Joshi is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer. An able demonstration of leadership precedes his ongoing stint through the roles of Chief Executive Officer for QuadGen Wireless Solutions Ltd. and Chief Operating Officer at Bharti Infratel Limited. He is an experienced professional who has a history of working with Ericsson India Private Ltd. and BPL mobile. He has deep experience in the telecom industry and is skilled in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), Code Division Multiple Access Method (CDMA), Pre-sales, Business Development, and Wireless Technologies. He is an alumnus of the University of Mysore, where he pursued his Engineering degree.
Mr. Jeffrey Kendrew
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Jeffrey Kendrew is Vice Chairman, Brookfield Infrastructure Group (Australia) and the Senior Advisor to Brookfield Infrastructure (Asia-Pacific) responsible for the infrastructure asset management functions. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Prime Infrastructure since 2007, before its merger with Brookfield. Previously, he was the General Manager of Corporate Development at a New Zealand-based utility. Mr. Kendrew holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and an MBA from Deakin University. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and Electrical Engineers, New Zealand.
Mr. Arpit Agrawal
Non-Executive Director
Mr. Arpit Agrawal is the Managing Director and Head of Investments for India and Middle East in Brookfield’s Infrastructure Group, where he is responsible for all Infrastructure Investment activities. His career trajectory with Brookfield began from the role of a Senior Associate, from which he rose the ranks to become the Vice President and Senior Vice President. Before joining Brookfield in 2016, he was also associated with Morgan Stanley Infrastructure as the Vice President. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and a Bachelor’s degree from the National Institute of Technology Allahabad.
Ms. Pooja Aggarwal
Non-Executive Director
Ms. Pooja Aggarwal is a Chartered accountant by profession with 23+ years of diversified experience across industries such as Power and energy, infrastructure, IT, ITES across various countries and cultures (US, Latin America, UK, Japan, India and Australia). Her experience includes managing Board relationship, fund raising, equity raise, mergers and acquisitions, business partnering, finance, accounting, reporting, procurement and legal and secretarial.
Mr. Jagdish Kini
Additional Independent Director
Mr. Jagdish Kini has a deep understanding of the telecom, FMCG & Retail business, combined with vast leadership experience in managing and motivating large teams. He was the Executive Director & CEO of Airtel and MD & CEO of Gillette India. His areas of special interest lie in developing organizational long term strategy, developing Go-to-Market strategies and plans, developing and managing new territories, people management, sales processes and decision making.
Jagdish’s focus is on business strategy and execution, coaching and motivational talks for clients. He is also a trained Executive Coach and mentor to young entrepreneurs.
Mr. Sunil Srivastav
Additional Independent Director
Mr. Sunil Srivastav is a Banker and retired as Deputy Managing Director of the Corporate Accounts Group at the State Bank of India, where he served for 38 years having joined as a Probationer in 1980.
During his last assignment, Mr. Srivastav was heading the Corporate Banking vertical for the bank responsible for meeting the credit and banking requirements of large corporate customers and also spearheaded on behalf of the banking industry, the resolution and recovery process, both pre and post National Company Law Tribunal.
He has spent a major part of his career in Corporate Banking at State Bank of India (“SBI”), Investment Banking at SBI Capital Markets Ltd., besides a five year stint at the New York Bank which afforded him an exposure in International Banking.
Mr. Srivastav is a graduate of the Delhi University and a Master of Business Administration from Faculty of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University