Dr. Punita Kumar-Sinha

Dr. Punita Kumar-Sinha, Ph.D, CFA, has focused on investment management and financial markets during her 30-year career. She has significant governance and Board experience across India and North America, having served on Boards for more than a decade. She serves as an Independent Director for many companies and chairs committees on several Boards. Dr. Kumar-Sinha has been investing in emerging markets since the late 1980s and pioneered some of the first foreign investments in the Indian subcontinent in the early 1990s. Formerly, Dr. Kumar-Sinha was a Senior Managing Director, Blackstone. Dr. KumarSinha was the Chairperson of the Investment Subcommittee of the CFA Institute and is also the Chair of the Investment Advisory Board of IIT Delhi. Dr. Kumar-Sinha has a Ph.D and a Master’s in Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering with Distinction from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. She has an MBA and is a CFA charter holder. Dr. Kumar-Sinha is a member of the CFA Institute, a member of the CFA Society Boston, a TiE Charter Member, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Dr. Kumar-Sinha has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award from IIT Delhi.