Dr. Kamal Sharma is currently the Non-Executive Vice-Chairman of Lupin and has over 48 years of professional experience in executive positions in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical industries and has essayed a wide variety of roles in operations, corporate development and executive management. As the Managing Director of Lupin for a decade between 2003-13, he was instrumental in Lupin achieving leadership position in key markets and businesses, transforming it into one of the largest and fastest growing pharmaceutical companies globally. Previously, he also served as President & Chief Executive of the Life Sciences and speciality group and Member of the Management Board at RPG Enterprises. Mr. Sharma received a Bachelors Degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, a post graduate diploma in Industrial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and a PhD in Economics from IIT, Mumbai. He has also attended Advanced Management Program (AMP) at Harvard Business School, Boston.

Mr. Rahul Mukim is a Director focused on India buyout opportunities and is based in Mumbai. Prior to joining Carlyle, Mr. Rahul was a Director at Olympus Capital, where he looked at India focused growth investments in healthcare and financial services. Prior to that, Rahul worked at Morgan Stanley's hedge fund called Frontpoint and at ICICI venture (an India focused Private Equity Fund). Mr. Rahul has received an MBA degree from IIM Lucknow and a degree in computer engineering from VJTI Mumbai.

With over 25 years of experience, Mr. Narayanan has a strong track record of leading revenue and profitability growth across multiple industries including pharmaceuticals. He joins from Sanofi India Limited, where he was the Managing Director and Country Chair for India. At Sanofi, he led the strategic reorientation of its India business operations, resulting in accelerated growth in key therapies and significant transformation of Sanofi’s market operations. Before this, he was Chief Marketing Officer at Airtel, India’s leading telecommunications company. Mr. Narayanan started his career at Hindustan Unilever Ltd., where he held various leadership roles in India and other Asian markets for over 18 years, building and managing many iconic consumer brands. Mr. Narayanan holds a Degree of BE (Hons)-Electrical & Electronics from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and MBA from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. He has completed the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School, USA.

Mr. Sharat Narasapur holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Institute of Chemical Technology – Mumbai, with experience spanning over two decades in Chemical, Agrochemical and Pharmaceutical industry in various roles starting from design and development to managing business operations. He has depth of experience in Techno-commercial operations involving management of large multi-location chemical/ API manufacturing operations, Supply chain management, procurement, planning, manufacturing, QMS/RA, New Product development, Projects & Engineering, Global project /program management and tech transfers. His exposure to product development, process engineering and innovation has resulted in creation of valuable IP. His career spanning over two and a half decades comes with global exposure to customers across big pharma, biotech start-ups and multicultural trans-national work force.