Akhil Gupta
General Management, Strategy & Finance
Mr. Akhil Gupta has played a pivotal role in Bharti’s phenomenal growth in Telecom Services since its inception, both organically & by way of various acquisitions.
He has led the formation of various partnerships for Bharti with leading international operators like British Telecom, Telecom Italia, Singapore Telecom and Vodafone in addition to induction of leading financial investors like Warburg Pincus, Temasek, KKR and Qatar Foundation Endowment.
He has been instrumental in raising several billion dollars by way of project finance for the Bharti Group over the years from global banks & bond markets.
Ashok Barat
Ashok retired in 2016 as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Forbes & Company Limited, a BSE listed company, having been earlier on the Board of Eureka Forbes Limited between 1997 and 2000.
He began his career with Hindustan Lever Limited (as it was then known), and thereafter in positions of increasing responsibility, with them and amongst others, Exide, RPG Group, Bahwan, Pepsi, Electrolux, Telstra and Heinz (now Kraft Heinz).