Directors
Mr. Pratul H. Shah
Independent Chairman
Pratul is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. He is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Certified Public Secretaries of Kenya and was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kenya.
He holds various directorships in diverse companies in East Africa, in the financial, manufacturing and services sector.
Edward Burbidge
Chief Executive Officer
Edward founded Burbidge Capital (now I&M Burbidge Capital) in September 2010 and has run the businesses in Kenya and Uganda as Chief Executive Officer since then. Edward has led the execution of 50 Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Mezzanine, Debt and Capital Markets transactions in Eastern Africa.
Edward previously worked in the City of London for over 10 years, initially as a fund manager with Deutsche Bank Tilney Private Wealth and later as an investment banker with Arbuthnot Banking Group Plc, working with a number of corporate clients in developing markets. Edward is a CFA Charterholder.
Edward was formerly a member of President Kenyatta’s Taskforce for Parastatal Reforms and a member of the Nairobi Securities Exchange’s Board Finance Committee. Edward sits on the Red Cross Nairobi’s Resource Mobilization Board Committee and is a Goodwill Ambassador for Childline Kenya.
Gauri Gupta
Non-Executive Director
Gauri is a Non-Executive Director at I&M Burbidge Capital Limited. She is currently engaged as the General Manager – Corporate Advisory at I&M Bank Limited. She holds a B.Com degree and is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
She has over 22 years of experience in Finance, Banking Operations covering Credit, Risk Management, Product Development, Finance, and Strategic Planning. Under Corporate Finance, Gauri’s forte lies in M&A transactions including transaction structuring and negotiation of legal documentation.
She is a Director on the board for several companies under the I&M Bank Group including Bank One Limited, Mauritius
Arun Mathur
Director
Arun is a Non-Executive Director at I&M Burbidge Capital and has over 40 years of rich experience in the areas of Finance & Banking Operations and nearly 2 decades of international & board-level experience . He is the former CEO of I&M Bank Ltd for over 14 years until retirement.
Arun holds a B. Tech (Hons) Metallurgical Engineering from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India and has completed an executive program on, risk Management in Banking from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.
He holds various directorships in diverse companies in East Africa, in the financial, manufacturing and services sector.
Naval Sood
Independent Non-Executive Director
Naval is an Independent Non-Executive Director at I&M Burbidge Capital. He is an experienced corporate finance advisor with over 40 years experience in helping corporates complete mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions across the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
He recently retired after 12 years as the Standard Bank Group Head of corporate finance advisory for East Africa where he was responsible for helping clients complete many of the largest and most complex transactions in the region – particularly in financial services, manufacturing and oil & gas sectors. Before that, he led deals for Africa Central at PwC. He is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya.
He holds various directorships in diverse companies in East Africa, in the financial, manufacturing and services sector.