Mumbai - Piramal Enterprises Limited ('PEL', NSE: PEL, BSE: 500302, 912460) today announced the appointment of Kunal Bahl, CEO, Snapdeal and Suhail Nathani, Managing Partner, Economic Law Practice, as Independent Directors to its Board with effect from October 14, 2020.

Kunal Bahl, is the CEO & Co-Founder of Snapdeal.com, India's leading, value-focused e-commerce marketplace that has raised capital from leading global investors such as Temasek, BlackRock, Mr. Ratan Tata, Softbank, Premji Invest, among others. Kunal has been the recipient of various awards including: Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (start-up) (2014); Fortune Global 40 under 40 (2014); The Economic Times Entrepreneur of the Year (2015); The Joseph Wharton Award for Young Leadership (2018); The Economic Times Comeback Award (2019).

Kunal is also an active angel investor having invested in 120+ technology companies in India, US and South East Asia, across consumer internet, fintech, direct to consumer brands, AI and deep-tech. Some of his notable investments include Ola Cabs, Urban Company, Razorpay, Shadowfax, Mamaearth, among others. Kunal has also been serving on the Board of Governors of ICRIER, a leading economic think-tank based in New Delhi, since 2015. He is a member of the Nasscom Executive Committee since 2019 and the current Chairman of the CII National E-commerce Committee. Kunal is an engineer from UPenn, with a business degree from The Wharton School, where he was a part of the prestigious Management & Technology Program.

Suhail Nathani, Managing Partner, Economic Law Practice (ELP), well reputed for his expertise across M&A, regulatory, trade and competition laws. He has successfully represented India in WTO disputes before the Panel and Appellate Body in Geneva and was also part of the Competition Commission of India's Working Group on Competition Policy, Advocacy and Advisory Functions.

Suhail has widely been recognised as a leading lawyer in his areas of practice, and ranked in the top 30 International Trade practitioners in the world by the Best of the Best Expert Guides. He is also named in the India Business Law Journal's A List as India's Top 100 Lawyers. Suhail is an Honorary Adjunct Professor at Jindal Global Law School in India; serves on the Apex Advisory Board at Adani Institute of Infrastructure Law, and on Boards of Somaiya Vidyavihar and Salaam Bombay Foundation. He also serves as a Trustee for a leading Mutual Fund in India. Apart from India, he is also admitted to the State Bar of New York. Suhail earned his Master's Degree at Cambridge University, England and an LL.M. from Duke University, USA.

About Piramal Enterprises Ltd

Piramal Enterprises Limited (PEL), a publicly listed company in India, has diversified business interests in Financial Services and Pharmaceuticals. PEL's consolidated revenues were US$1.7 billion in FY2020, with 34% of revenues generated from outside India.

In Financial Services, the Company offers a wide range of financial products and solutions, with exposure across both wholesale and retail financing. The wholesale lending business provides financing to real estate developers, as well as corporate clients in non-real estate sectors. Within retail lending, the Company offers housing loans to individual customers and is building a multi-product retail lending platform. India Resurgence Fund (IndiaRF), the distressed asset investing platform in partnership with Bain Capital Credit, invests in equity and/or debt across non-real estate sectors. The Company has long-standing partnerships with leading institutional investors that include - CPPIB, APG, Bain Capital Credit, CDPQ, and Ivanhoe Cambridge. PEL also has equity investments in the Shriram Group, a leading financial conglomerate in India.

Piramal Pharma Limited (PPL), a subsidiary of PEL, offers a portfolio of differentiated products and services through end-to-end manufacturing capabilities across 14 global facilities and a global distribution network in over 100 countries. PPL includes: Pharma Solutions, an integrated contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) business; Critical Care, a complex hospital generics business and the Consumer Healthcare business, selling over-the-counter products in India. In addition, it has a joint venture with Allergan, a leader in ophthalmology in the Indian formulations market. In October 2020, PPL received 20% strategic growth investment from the Carlyle Group.

Contact:

Dimple Kapur

Email: Dimple.kapur@piramal.com

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