Biography
Pramod’s career spans a professional and entrepreneurial journey in Financial Services and Business Process Management across the globe.
He built Genpact, a global leader in Business Process Management from the start in 1997 and was its President & CEO till 2011. The company was listed on NYSE in 2007 and is the leader in its industry with over 75,000 employees, operating in 17 countries. Pramod is considered the pioneer of the BPM Industry in India. Genpact, under his leadership also pioneered this industry in China, Eastern Europe, and Latin America.
Before Genpact, his career with GE spanned 25 years across the US, UK, and Asia. He was earlier the CEO of GE Capital in India & Asia and before that worked with GE Capital in Stamford, CT in the Leveraged Buy Out group.
In September 2016, Pramod along with partners acquired the businesses of GE Capital – India, now known as Clix Capital. He is the Chairman of Clix Capital, which is a broad-based NBFC, focused on providing digital platforms and financial services to commercial companies and consumers across India.
Pramod is the co-founder of Asha Impact, Virtual Fund focused on Social Impact Investments and Advocacy. He is an active investor in different companies, from start-ups to ongoing businesses. He has also co-founded the Skills Academy which focuses on providing vocational skills training to lower-income youth in villages across the country. The Skills Academy has trained over 50,000 students and placed the majority in jobs, post training.
Pramod serves on the Boards of DLF Ltd, SRF Ltd, and NDTV. He is also on the governing Board of ICRIER, Help Age, and The Shri Ram School. He has been the Chairman of Nasscom and was noted as “ IT Man of the Year” by Dataquest.
Pramod is a strategic advisor to Kedaara, a leading Private Equity firm in India. He is a member of TIE-NCR, and is currently its President. He is also a member of the Advisory Board for Cisco in India.
Themes
Globalizing Businesses
Scaling Start Ups
Taking Risks