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The leadership team at CleanMax is comprised of highly qualified professionals with strong experience in the consulting, renewable energy, investment banking, engineering and technology industries. With over 50% of employees below the age of 30, our leadership aims to groom the next generation of business leaders and guide the company as it navigates the waters of a dynamic renewable energy industry
Co-founder and CEO (MENA)
Country CEO, UAE
Sushant has been with CleanMax for almost a decade and is the company’s youngest co-founder. He currently serves as CEO of our Middle East and North Africa (MENA) operations, based out of Dubai. Prior to that, Sushant was the Business Development Head for our West India operations, where he successfully set up more than 100 MWp of solar power plants across numerous Fortune 500 companies, including the Tata Group, Mahindra Group Company and many others.
Before joining CleanMax, he worked with Milestone Ecofirst, a clean-tech firm specializing in environmental solutions.
Sushant holds a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay.
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.
Founder and Managing Director
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Operating Officer (Rooftop)
Chief Human Resource Officer
Founder and Managing Director
Chief Financial Officer
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 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.
Pramod comes with a rich experience of around 17 years in Project Asset Management, System Analytics, Customer Experience, Operational Excellence, Engineering Procurement & Construction (EPC) of Small, Medium & Large-Scale Solar Power Projects. Prior to CleanMax, Pramod was associated with Mahindra Susten Pvt. Ltd as COO.
Pramod is an Electricial Engineering graduate from VJTI, Mumbai and a gold medallist. He has done his Master’s in Marketing Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Electricity Regulation (PGDER).
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
Mr. Somak Ghosh is the Managing Partner at Contrarian Capital. He earlier served as Co-CEO of Motiwal Oswal and Group President of Corporate Finance at Yes Bank.
Prior to YES Bank, Mr. Somak Ghosh was the Director of Infrastructure and Sustainable Finance at Rabo Bank. In the early stages of his professional career, Mr. Ghosh worked with Reliance, ICICI and Peregrine Ltd.
Mr. Somak Ghosh is an alumnus of Faculty Management School Delhi.
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.
Mr. Christoph Wolff is the Managing Director of European Climate Foundation and heads the power sector de-carbonization, low-carbon transport and energy efficiency programmes.
He was senior partner at McKinsey and a Board member for DB Schenker. He has been the CEO of Novatec Solar GmbH and Solar Millennium AG.
Mr. Christoph Wolff is on the board of several new energy start-ups and is also faculty at the Institute for Energy Economics in Cologne.
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.
Mr. Viktor Kars 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). Mr. Viktor Kats prior career involves roles as a sale-side equity analyst at Sector Capital (Russia) and Creditanstalt Investment Bank (Russia)
He has an MBA from INSEAD; MSc from Moscow Institute of Electronics.
Mr. Nikita Baryshnikov is a Principal with Augment Infrastructure focused on investing and corporate development.
He brings more than a decade of investing and financing experience in fast growing emerging markets.
He holds a BSc in Economics with First Class Honors from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
Mr. Richard Abel is the Managing Director of UK Climate Investments (UKCI), which is managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) in partnership with the UK Government.
Richard’s career in MIRA has included global and pan-European COO roles and asset management and transaction activity.
Before joining MIRA, Richard was a UK Senior Civil Servant.
Deepa Hingorani is Vice President for Asia at IFU, The Danish Investment Fund for developing countries. She leads a team that manages IFU’s activities in the region with offices in New Delhi, Singapore, Shanghai and HCMC. IFU invests equity and debt for impact in emerging markets.
She has 25+ years of investment experience with transactions in Climate, Financial Inclusion, Agri business and Healthcares.
Deepa holds a Masters in Finance from University of Delhi and an Executive MBA from SIMI Copenhagen.