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.
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Kiriga Kunyiha
Chief Executive Officer
Kiriga has over two decades of experience in private equity, focusing on origination, structuring, negotiating, execution and value creation in private equity transactions.
Kiriga has a deep knowledge of East Africa business environment, having worked extensively with various PE funds, impact investors, venture capitalist, DFIs, IFIs, HNIs, banks and other debt and equity holders in the region.
He previously worked with The Abraaj Group and Aureos Capital where he actively participated in a variety of investments in East Africa for the Acacia Fund, Aureos East Africa Fund and Aureos Africa Fund. He also led the East Africa practice for Meghraj Capital, a boutique Investment Banking and transaction advisory firm with core markets in East Africa, Japan and India.
Kiriga has sat on various private and voluntary sector boards, either on behalf of funds or in a personal capacity. Kiriga holds a BSc in Economics from the University of London.
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.
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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.
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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.