Sunil Kanoria

Sunil Kanoria
Born (1965-05-04) 4 May 1965
Residence Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality India
Occupation Vice Chairman of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited
Spouse(s) Sunita Kanoria
Website www.srei.com

Sunil Kanoria is a Kolkata-based Indian businessman with over 28 years of experience in infrastructure sector including infrastructure leasing & finance.[1] He is the co-founder and Vice Chairman of Srei Infrastructure Finance Limited.[2][3] Sunil is also a trustee of Kanoria Foundation, which has as asset base of USD 10 billion. [4]

Personal life

Sunil was born in Kolkata in an Indian Hindu Marwari family on 4 May 1965. He is the son of Hari Prasad Kanoria and Champa Devi Kanoria.[5] He is the third among five children. He has two older brothers, Hemant Kanoria and Sanjeev Kanoria, one younger brother Sujit Kanoria, and a sister Manisha Kanoria Lohia. Sunil is married to Sunita Kanoria and has two children, Anant Raj Kanoria and Avani Shree Kanoria.

Career

Sunil co-founded Srei Infrastructure Finance Ltd. which started its operations in 1989[6] along with his brother Hemant Kanoria.[7] Since then, it has gone on to emerge as India's number one infrastructure equipment finance company with over 30% market share over the years, as per MyDigitalFC.[7] He was also cited in an Economic Times report as being instrumental in bringing over USD 5 billion of consolidated assets under the company's management.[8]

His other ventures include Quippo, which was launched in 2002 as an equipment rental business.[9] He also formed a joint venture with Tata Teleservices in 2009 to form Viom Networks, a telecom tower company. [10] In 2016, Srei’s stake in Viom Networks was acquired by American Tower Corporation. [7]

Sunil’s career highlights include membership to the group involved in the development of the 10th Five Year Plan (2002-07) of the Planning Commission, Government of India.[8]

Membership

Sunil has held several important positions during his career.

Currently, he is serving as the Honorary Consul of Spain in Kolkata.[11] His other present-day professional commitments include:

·        Nominated membership to the Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India[12]

·        Independent Non-Executive Director at Upper Ganges Sugar & Industries Ltd since August 2014[3]

·        External Independent Director at Grupo Empresarial San Jose, S.A., since December 17, 2015[13]

In the past, he has been connected with the following associations:

·        The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) [14]

·        Hire Purchase & Lease Association, Kolkata (HPLA) [15]

·        Merchants’ Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata (MCC) [15]

·        Federation of Indian Hire Purchase Association (FIHPA) [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Sunil Kanoria: Executive Profile & Biography – Businessweek". Businessweek.com.
  2. ↑ How I Made It, The Daily Telegraph; February 01, 2005.
  3. 1 2 "Sunil Kanoria: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  4. ↑ "The Smart Investor". smartinvestor.business-standard.com. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  5. ↑ http://www.marwar.com/inner.aspx?ID=7137&CID=10
  6. ↑ "Market Experts Advice, Recommendations, Information & News by Sunil Kanoria at Moneycontrol.com". www.moneycontrol.com. Retrieved 2017-05-19.
  7. 1 2 3 "First-mover advantage". www.mydigitalfc.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  8. 1 2 "Sunil Kanoria takes over as Assocham president - The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  9. ↑ "Srei Infra goes Amazon way, takes iQuippo global | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 2016-11-02. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  10. ↑ India, Press Trust of (2016-04-21). "ATC concludes Viom purchase for Rs 7,635 crore". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  11. ↑ "Consular Corps of Kolkata - Membership List". www.consulkolkata.org. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  12. ↑ "ICAI - The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India". ICAI. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  13. ↑ "Grupo SANJOSE | Corporate Body". www.grupo-sanjose.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  14. ↑ "Assocham India :: Persons at the helm". www.assocham.org. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  15. 1 2 3 ANI (2015-11-25). "Sunil Kanoria is new ASSOCHAM President". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
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