Mr. Shailendra Narain Roy is an Independent Director of the Investment Manager. He holds B. Tech degree from IIT (BHU) and is a graduate of the Wharton Advanced Management Program, started his career in 1975 and spent 25 years in Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited He had also served as MD & CEO of a Government of India Undertaking - Bharat Heavy Plates and Vessels Limited that manufactures power and refinery equipment on turnkey basis. He had worked in Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T)for more than 17 years and was responsible for business operations of its Power sector(coal, nuclear and gas-based), and Corporate Affairs.

Mr. M.P. Sharma is an Independent Director of the Investment Manager. He graduated in Engineering and Law. His professional carrier started in 1985, when he joined Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) (the then Ministry of Surface Transport, Govt. of India). He worked at various positions in the MoRTH and National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).

Debapratim joined Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in 2021 and is currently a Managing Director in the Asia Infrastructure and Natural Resources team. Prior to that, Debapratim had 12 years of experience in infrastructure investing in India, where he was responsible for both acquisitions and asset management with a focus on the transport sector.

Debapratim is currently a non-executive director of Mahindra Susten Private Limited and National Investment and Infrastructure Fund.

Debapratim holds a postgraduate diploma in management from Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar and a Masters of Science degree in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. Debapratim is 39 years old. He is an Indian citizen and currently resides in Singapore.

Pushkar Kulkarni is an Electronics Engineer from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI) by profession with a Management degree from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai. Pushkar’s prior experience has been in Infrastructure broadly covering toll roads and traffic systems both from a technology and operations perspective. Before joining CPPIB, Pushkar was the Managing Director of Serco India with a board position. Serco was the 100% subsidiary of the British services firm Serco PLC which was at that time a FTSE 100 company. Prior to Serco, Pushkar worked for 12+ years as the CEO & Member of the Board for an Infrastructure Technology company, Efkon, (100% Indian subsidiary of Strabag, a major European Construction & Infrastructure company). During his time at Efkon, Pushkar represented India at the International Standards Org (ISO) on several technical committees responsible for standards in road & transport infrastructure. During his tenure he was involved in several M&A transactions including the disposal of Serco India post the parent company decided to exit India.

Post joining CPPIB in April 2016, Pushkar was responsible for leading the India Infrastructure team in investments and commitments in India, including investments in IndInfravit, PowerGrid InvIT and NHAI InvIT and commitment to National Investment & Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) - Master Fund. Pushkar has also been involved in furthering/supporting advocacy critical to CPPIB’s pursuits (in collaboration with PAC) and representing CPPIB at various industry forums and industry associations such as Indian Venture Capital Association and APREA.

Pushkar is currently a CPPIB nominee director on the Board of our two portfolio companies - L&T Infrastructure Development Projects Limited (L&T IDPL) and Rewin Infrastructure Limited.

Ms. Usha Rao-Monari is an Independent Director on the Board of the Investment Manager.

Until July 2023, Usha Rao-Monari was the Under-Secretary General of the United Nations and Associate Administrator of UNDP. Ms. Rao-Monari has over 30 years of investment experience and has held several senior positions, particularly in the infrastructure area. She previously served as Senior Adviser to Blackstone’s Infrastructure Group, as Chief Executive Officer of Global Water Development Partners, a Blackstone portfolio company, and held several senior positions, notably as Director of the Sustainable Business Advisory Group at the International Finance Corporation, part of the World Bank Group.

She has until recently served on the Boards of a number of organisations in the field of sustainable development and has held a number of Board and advisory positions in the areas of water, natural capital, biodiversity and environment.

Ms. Rao-Monari holds a Master’s degree in International Affairs and Finance, School of International and Public Affairs/School of Business, Columbia University, New York, Master ’s degree in Management Studies, Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management, Mumbai, India and a B.A. Honors Economics, Delhi University, New Delhi.

Mr. N R V V M K Rajendra Kumar is the NHAI Nominee Director on the Board of the Investment Manager. He is Member (Finance) of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Mr. Rajendra Kumar was Chief General Manager in Reserve Bank of India. He joined Reserve Bank in 1997 and worked in areas of public debt management, payment systems, currency management, bank supervision, foreign exchange reserve management and financial markets policy. During 2005-07, he was associated with Governance Reforms Programme in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India focusing on reforms in public financial management. He holds Ph. D. in Economics from Hyderabad Central University; master’s degrees in Business Administration (from Osmania University) and Public Management (from Harvard Kennedy School and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy).

Mr. Mathew George is the Chief Financial Officer of the Investment Manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electronics and Communication) from the University of Mysore and an executive postgraduate diploma in general management from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has also completed a global leadership development program from the Michigan Ross School of Business, and participated in a program on infrastructure development and financing at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Ms. Gunjan Singh is the Company Secretary and Compliance Officer of the Investment Manager. She is a fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and also holds a bachelor’s degree in law. She has 18 years of experience in secretarial, legal and compliance functions as well as strategies to drive business growth, protect rights, minimize risk and assure compliance to changing laws and regulations. She has previously been associated with RHC Holding Private Limited, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, International Panacea Limited and Era Constructions (India) Limited.

Mr. Anurag has diversified experience of 20 years in the areas of Financial Advisory, Project Finance and Infrastructure Asset development. He has worked with Kotak Investment Banking, IDFC Limited, ICICI Bank and L&T IDPL in the past. He founded Agile Vibes (a startup in experiential learning) and Yogyata (non-profit in education) before taking up the current role.

Mr. Anurag is serving NHIT as Chief Investment Officer and is responsible for acquisition of new assets, equity fund raising and investor relations.

Mr. Anurag is an Engineering graduate in Computer Science from Harcourt Butler Technical University. He also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Finance & Operations) from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Mr. Rajesh has 20 years of experience leading HR functions in big Indian conglomerates and MNCs in India, Africa and Asia continents and has worked with global brands like Caterpillar Rail, TATA Projects and Ray-Ban Sun Optics India. He has extensive experience in managing multi-cultural, multi-disciplinary and multi-location-based organizations within Asia and Africa regions. He specializes in Organization Design, HR Strategies, HR Transformation, HR Automation, HR Analytics, Talent Management and Compensation & Benefits Plans. He was instrumental in setting up of Power Distribution and Power Substation business units from their inception in TATA Projects and facilitated its expansion globally. He had also successfully completed setting up of a brown-field manufacturing unit project in Caterpillar Rail at Raipur for producing flash-butt welded crossings for supply to Indian Railways. Prior to his current role, he held a global leadership role in Caterpillar Rail based in Noida, India and Pretoria, South Africa.
Mr. Rajesh is currently serving NHIT as Chief Human Resources Officer and is responsible for the entire gamut of Human Resources, Administration and CSR activities.
Mr. Rajesh holds a Master of Business Administration in Human Resources Management and Organization Behaviour from Guru Jambheshwar University, Haryana and One-Year Post Graduate Diploma in Labour Laws and Administrative Laws from Madurai Kamaraj University. He has also completed a One-Year Executive Program in Leadership and Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta which was sponsored by Caterpillar Rail.

Sh. Ashish Kumar Singh has around 20 years of experience in Public Finance. He also possesses in depth experience relating to various infra project finance, New Chart of Accounts, Performance Review Management System and Electronic Revenue Accounting package etc. He started his career from September 2002 as Civil Servant in (2002 Batch). Over the last 20 years, he has been in asset management of finance sector including Roads, Buildings, Budgeting Expenditure Monitoring, Technical Issues etc. At present, he is holding the post of CGM (F) in NHAI as well as Director in NHIPMPL.

Ashish Kumar Singh is an ICAS, 2002 (IAS Examination 2001) Batch graduate in Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from Lucknow University of History, Political Science, and Anthropology. MBA in Finance from National Institute of Finance Management, Faridabad and Post graduate Diploma in year 2007-08 in Development Studies from “Institute of Developing Economies Advance School”, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), Chiba, Japan.

He has served as CAO in Uttar Pradesh Rakiya Nirman Nigam (UPRNN), as Deputy CGA in Ministry of Finance, CA/CCA in CBDT, Petroleum Chemical Fertilizer, National Pharmaceutical in Govt. of India before join as CGM (F), NHAI in November 2022.

Sh. Rajiv Nayanam is the Head-Toll Operations at National Highways InvIT Project Managers Private Limited. He has more than 40 years of experience in Technical and Managerial positions in the road and financial sectors, has served the government of India and several financial institutions, and has handled more than 4000 crore of Road Infrastructure Projects. Prior to his current role, he held leadership roles in various regions of India as Project Director at the National Highways Authority of India.

He has expertise in the fields of Civil Engineering, Contract Management, Toll Management and Legal Matters.

Sh. Sandeep Khare is the Head of Technical, Commercial and Contracts Management at National Highways InvIT Project Managers Private Limited. He is a graduate in Civil Engineering with an additional qualification in General Management duly certified by IMT Ghaziabad.

He has been associated with various Highways and Railways Infrastructure Sector Companies serving them for the last 36 years. He has been holding various key positions in various Managerial and Consultancy services for both the Government of India and in the private/PSU’s sector, such as IRCON International Limited, RITES, NHAI, Isolux-Corsan, KEC International, Consulting Engineers Group (CEG), MSV International, etc. He has expertise in the role of Road safety as well.

Sh. Saurabh Vijay is the Manager- (Secretarial & Legal) and Company Secretary of the National Highways InvIT Project Managers Private Limited. He is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and a Master's Degree in Commerce. He has 8 years of experience in Secretarial and Legal Matters. He has previously been associated with Saurabh Vijay & Associates, Jaipuria Silk Mills Private Limited and Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, GOI, New Delhi.