Padmanabh (Paddy) is a veteran of the Indian investing ecosystem with over 28 years of work experience, primarily in private equity investments since 2002, and also as an early tech entrepreneur in India. His investment experience spans across several sectors, including industrial, technology, consumer, business services, infrastructure and financial services. He joined NIIF in 2021 as an Executive Director and CIO – Private Equity and is based in Mumbai.

Prior to joining NIIF, he was with Tata Group’s flagship private equity fund, the Tata Opportunities Fund, as its Managing Partner and co-founder. He was instrumental in raising the then largest India focussed private equity fund in 2013 with investments from marqueeglobal investors. Padmanabh was the Managing Director – India for Temasek where he co- founded and co-led the India office during its successful build-out phase in India. In his stint with Temasek from 2004 onwards Paddy consummated several investments in India and also successfully exited many of these. He additionally led large international projects, including Temasek’s entry into life insurance investments globally.

Padmanabh was an early tech entrepreneur in India and prior to that started his professional career journey with a JP Morgan-ICICI investment banking joint venture in 1995.

Padmanabh holds a Bachelor in Engineering degree in Computer Science from BITS, Pilani, and is an MBA from IIM, Calcutta. He completed an Executive Development Course in Late Stage Private Equity from Harvard Business School in 2003.