Equity Funding and Strategic Update
Experienced Board Backed by Long Term Marquee Shareholders
Caisse de dépôt et placement
du Québec
• Increased stake in Azure Power to c.49.4% through multiple rounds &
open market purchase
.
2nd largest Canadian pension fund (Rated AAA)
US $310 bn assets, of which over c. US$ 4.5bn invested in India
Long term institutional investor: Investments in infrastructure globally
of c.US$ 23bn of which c.53% in Energy
IFC
International
Finance Corporation IFC Global
Infrastructure Fund
WORLD BANK GROUP
• Made its first investment in company in 2010 and increased stake
through multiple rounds with current holding of c.24.5%
• Arm of World Bank and largest global development institution
US$27bn+ investment since 2007 in Infra & Natural Resources
Long term institutional investor: Leading global investor in emerging
market renewable power with c.US$6.1 billion invested
Azure Power
Barney Rush
Chairman and Independent Director
■Serves on the board of ISO-New England,
the electric grid and wholesale market
operator for six U.S. states
■Served as Group CEO of Mirant Europe
and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
Bewag serving utility in Germany
Ranjit Gupta
Chief Executive Officer and Director
■Extensive experience in Renewable
Energy, Thermal Power and the O&G
industry
■Co-founded and served as the Chief
Executive Officer of Ostro Energy
H.S Wadhwa
COO and Director
■Heads Project development, Land strategy,
Regulatory and Utility operations
40+ years of experience in the financial
services industry in India
Arno Harris
Independent Director
Former founder and CEO of Recurrent
Energy and Prevalent Power
■Serves as a board member emeritus and
former board chair of the Solar Energy
Industry Association
Khalid Peyrye
Independent Director
■Heads the Corporate Secretarial and
Administrative cluster of AAA Global
Services
■Previously was a Money Laundering and
Compliance officer for a leading financial
services company
Cyril Cabanes
Independent Director
■Vice President, Head of Infrastructure
Transactions, Asia-Pacific at CDPQ
■20+ years of experience across all facets of
infrastructure transactions including
acquisitions, financing and fundraising
Deepak Malhotra
Independent Director
■Director, Infrastructure, South Asia at
CDPQ
■18+ years of experience in infrastructure
financing. He previously worked at
International Finance Corporation,
World Bank, at a leading credit agency
India and in the Merchant Navy
in
Sanjeev Aggarwal
Independent Director
■ Co-Founder of Helion Venture Partners
and IBM Daksh Business Process Services
■Served as a Director of ShopClues, Amba
Investment Services, Mindworks Global
Media Services, Global Talent Track and
9.9 Mediaworx
Dr. R.P. Singh
Independent Director
Former CMD of Power Grid
Corporation
Known for his contribution to the power
sector in generation, transmission, policy
and grid infrastructure and recipient of
awards from World Bank, Electric Power
Research Institute, USA and SCOPE
Excellence Award.
Yung Oy Pin (Jane) Lun Leung
Independent Director
Extensive experience in accounting,
auditing, taxation, corporate secretarial and
administration in the United Kingdom &
Mauritius.
Previously she has worked with Ascough
Ward Chartered Accountants, Kingston
Marks Chartered Certified Accountants and
Deloitte & Touche across various sectors
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