CleanMax's Our Leadership Team

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CleanMax's Our Leadership Team

The leadership team at CleanMax includes highly qualified and experienced professionals from sectors like consulting, renewable energy, investment banking, engineering and technology. With this deep and diverse experience, the leadership team guides CleanMax as it navigates the waters of a dynamic renewable energy industry and a rapidly growing organisation.

With over 50% of employees below the age of 30, the vision of the leadership team is to groom the next line of business leaders in the renewable sector and our organizational structure reflects this vision.

Kuldeep Jain Managing Director at CleanMax
Kuldeep Jain

Founder and Managing Director

Mr. Kuldeep Jain is the Managing Director of CleanMax.

Kuldeep was previously working as a global partner at McKinsey & Company and headed the Energy and Corporate Finance division for McKinsey & Company in India.

Kuldeep has an MBA from IIM – Ahmedabad, holds a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant degree.

Nikunj Ghodawat
Nikunj Ghodawat

Chief Financial Officer

Nikunj is Chief Financial Officer at CleanMax and is responsible for project investment, fund raising, project down sale, corporate finance and investor relationships.

Prior to joining CleanMax, Nikunj was leading renewable energy transactions for YES Bank Investment Banking function. At the beginning of his career, Nikunj successfully built his investment advisory business. He is a PGDBA, M.S. (Finance) and Level III CFA candidate.

Tejus AV
Tejus AV

Chief Commercial Officer

Tejus is chief commercial officer at CleanMax and has a total of 15+ years of multidisciplinary management experience. He handles various responsibilities including business development, Wind Solar Hybrid projects, as well Capex sales. Before joining CleanMax, he worked with Atria Power and GE.

He holds Bachelor's degree from RVCE, Bangalore, Diploma in Renewable Energy from Teri University, Delhi, Diploma in Business Administration from Symbiosis, Pune and has completed a Management Program with Harvard Business School, Boston.

Ravindra Vipra
Ravindra Vipra

Head - Farm Infra Development

Ravindra brings with him about 3 decades of experience in project planning & implementation, liaising, land acquisition in the renewable energy sector.

Prior to joining CleanMax, he was associated with Aeolus Green Tech Pvt. Ltd. as Director & CEO. He has completed his Bachelor’s in Electro-Mechanical Engineering and BSL LLB from Pune University.

Pramod Deore
Pramod Deore

Chief Operating Officer (Rooftop Global)

Pramod comes with a rich experience of around 21 years in Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Operations, Asset Management, Business Excellence, Sustainability (ESG), etc. Prior to CleanMax, Pramod was associated with Mahindra Susten Pvt. Ltd as COO.

Pramod is an Electrical Engineering graduate from VJTI, Mumbai. He has done his Master’s in Marketing Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Electricity Regulation (PGDER). He is an Alum of Harvard Business School. Pramod is certified Independent Director from Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and certified ESG Expert from World Development Corporation (WDC). He is Master Black Belt in Lean & Business Excellence.

Pramod is Corporate Member of Executive Committee for Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC). He is also Member of Task Force on Embracing Energy Transition by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) SR.

Sweta Sajnani
Sweta Sajnani

Chief Human Resource Officer

Sweta is the Chief Human Resource Officer at CleanMax.

Sweta joined CleanMax from JSW Energy Ltd, where she was working as Head – Talent Acquisition, taking care of PAN India hiring.

She holds an MBA degree in Human Resources from International School of Business & Media, Pune.

Amit Jain
Amit Jain

Chief Procurement Officer

Amit is Chief procurement officer at CleanMax and previously has worked with Mahindra Susten, BORL (A subsidiary of BPCL) and Vedanta Group.

Amit is a B.Tech(Electrical) from National Institute of Technology, Shilchar with additional qualification in Foreign Trade from Indian Institute of Material Management.

Chintan Chandrakant Shah
Chintan Shah

Head - Engineering and Design

Chintan is Head (Engineering and Design) at CleanMax and his core competency includes product engineering, project management, techno-commercial due diligence & risk mitigation plan. He has 18+ years of experience working across the complete value chain of Wind and Solar projects.

Before joining Cleanmax, Chintan was associated with Torrent power, Black & Veatch, GE, and Suzlon. He has also designed global projects compliant to IEC & NEC standards. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Power Electronics and PGDBM in finance.

Harsh Dash
Harsh Dash

Country CEO, Thailand

Harsh is our Country CEO for Thailand. While he is one of the first few members of the CleanMax team and was handling the Business Development in Karnataka. During his tenure in Karnataka he closed a number of big deals for CleanMax. Looking at his performance, he was moved to Bangkok in 2019 to head Business Development for Thailand.

Harsh is a graduate of IIT Madras.

Shivani Agrawal
Shivani Agrawal

Country CEO, UAE

Shivani is our Country CEO for UAE. She joined us in 2017 and was a high performing Manager in our Business Development team in UAE. She has worked with clients across the educational, commercial, industrial and governmental sectors and has successfully helped expand our presence in Middle East.

She is a graduate of IIT Bombay and completed her B.Tech in Chemical Engineering in 2017.

Kuldeep Jain Managing Director at CleanMax
Kuldeep Jain

Mr. Kuldeep Jain is the Managing Director of CleanMax.

Kuldeep was previously working as a global partner at McKinsey & Company and headed the Energy and Corporate Finance division for McKinsey & Company in India.

Kuldeep has an MBA from IIM – Ahmedabad, holds a Chartered Accountant and a Cost Accountant degree.

Portrait of Pratap Jain, team member at Cleanmax
Pratap Jain

Mr. Pratap Jain was the CEO of Raymond’s Apparel and has worked at various senior-level positions at Raymond Group.

Mr. Jain holds a Chartered Accountant degree.

Sumit Banerjee, Cleanmax team member
Sumit Banerjee

Mr. Sumit Banerjee has worked with various large corporates in India at a senior position and is currently an invited member of the managing committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

He has served as the Vice Chairman at Reliance Cement, Managing Director at ACC Limited and at Tube Investments of India Ltd as well.

Mr. Sumit Banerjee is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

Darius Lilaoonwala Partner at Augment Infrastructure
Darius Lilaoonwala

Mr. Darius Lilaoonwala is a Founding Partner at Augment Infrastructure

He has 20+ years of investing in infrastructure globally and was the Co-head, US$1.2 billion IFC Global Infrastructure Fund (2012- 2019). He was the Co-author of IFC’s ESG guidelines for power (2007-2008) and is a Member of EMPEA’s Infrastructure and Energy Council.

He is an alumnus of St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and has an MBA from Wharton.

Deepali Bahl
Deepali Bahl

Deepali Bahl is a Managing Director at Augment Infrastructure. She has 20+ years of investment experience in infrastructure and private equity.

Prior to joining Augment in 2021, Deepali held senior positions at the International Finance Corporation, PineBridge Investments and AIG Global Investments in Washington DC, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Deepali started her career with Peregrine Capital in Mumbai. She has an MBA from IIM Bangalore.

Ruthvic Prabhala
Ruthvic Prabhala

Vice President, Investments, Renewable Power & Transition, Brookfield Asset Management

Ruthvic Prabhala is a Vice President within BAM India Group responsible for Renewable Power investments in India.

Ruthvic Prabhala joined Brookfield India in 2019 and has over 12 years of investing and financial services experience. Prior to joining Brookfield, Ruthvic worked briefly with The Rohatyn Group and for over 7 years across various divisions of JP Morgan, including within its Asian Infrastructure Fund (overseeing investments & asset management in the infrastructure and power space) and the Investment Banking group (focusing on transactions in the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology and Healthcare space).

He completed his MBA from Symbiosis Centre for Management & HRD, Pune, and holds and Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Nawal Saini
Nawal Saini

Managing Director, Investments, Renewable Power & Transition

Nawal Saini is the Managing Director within Brookfield Asset Management India Group. In this role he is responsible for all Renewable Power investments in the region.

Mr. Saini has over 18 years of investing and financial services experience. Prior to joining Brookfield, Mr. Saini worked briefly with CDPQ and with JP Morgan’s Asian Infrastructure Fund for over 6 years, overseeing investments and asset management in the infrastructure, and power space. Prior to JP Morgan, he was part of Jacob Ballas, A New York Life sponsored sector agnostic private equity fund. Mr. Saini started his career as a banker with SBI Capital Markets and ABN Amro Bank.

Mr. Saini holds a BSc (H) Mathematics degree from University of Delhi, and completed his MBA from Management Development Institute, Gurgaon

Krishna Iyer
Krishna Iyer

Senior Vice President, Investments, Renewable Power & Transition, Brookfield

Krishna Iyer is the Senior Vice President within BAM India Group responsible for investment for Renewable Power and Transition investments in India.

Krishna Iyer joined Brookfield in 2018 and has around 13 years of experience working in the Renewables sector. Prior to joining Brookfield, Krishna worked previously with SunEdison and TerraForm Global where he was responsible for Corporate Development and Project Financing across multiple markets in India, South East Asia and Australia.

He holds a B. Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Trichy and completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

Sridhar Rengan
Sridhar-Rengan

Senior Vice President

Sridhar Rengan is a Senior Vice President within BAM India Group responsible for Corporate Finance activities including financing requirements for investments across platforms.

Sridhar Rengan joined Brookfield India in 2014, and has held various positions within the Company and its affiliates. Prior to joining Brookfield, Mr. Rengan has held various senior level positions over the last two decades in various business groups spanning from Real estate, infrastructure to consumer goods products.

He is a Commerce graduate from the University of Calcutta and is also completed his post-graduation in Law from the same University. He is also a Member of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

Tanya Mehta
Tanya Mehta

Senior Vice President, Investments (Renewable Energy and Transition)

Tanya Mehta joined Brookfield in 2019, prior to which she was with Trilegal, Delhi (a leading law firm) in their general corporate and M&A practice for over 8 years. Tanya has over 15 years of experience working on transactions in the power, hospitality, roads, real estate sectors, among others.

Tanya holds a B.A. (Hons.) from Lady Shri Ram College for Women (Delhi University) and LL.B from Campus Law Centre (Delhi University)

Murzash Manekshana
Murzash Manekshana

Managing Director – Head of Asset Management- Renewable Power & Transition Group

Mr. Murzash Manekshana has been with Brookfield Asset Management for the past two years (i.e. since 15th June 2021). During this period, he has operated in the Infrastructure Group as 'Business Head -Transport' and 'CEO -Indian Roads Assets' and currently stands as the Managing Director – Head of Asset Management- Renewable Power & Transition Group, leading the business plans and returns across all operating platforms and investments in the renewable and energy transition space.

Having over 25 years of work experience, including key leadership and entrepreneur roles across different industries, Mr. Manekshana has seen many successes in significantly growing existing business platforms and building out new businesses.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Mumbai.