Anuj Poddar joins Carlyle as Co-Head of Global Portfolio Solutions

Carlyle, a global investment firm, has appointed Anuj Poddar as Co-Head of Global Portfolio Solutions (GPS) for Asia, with a focus on India and Southeast Asia. Based in Mumbai, Poddar will collaborate with Carlyle's Asia investment teams, Janine Feng, and Richard Elder to drive transformational change and performance in portfolio companies. He brings over 30 years of corporate leadership and management consulting experience, having successfully driven organizational transformation and business growth. Previously, Poddar served as CEO of Bajaj Electricals, leading the company's turnaround and transformation. His prior experience includes leadership roles at Viacom18 Media and consulting services with KPMG and Arthur Andersen.

In a Linkedin update, Carlyle posted : "We are excited to announce the appointment of Anuj Poddar as Co-Head of Global Portfolio Solutions (GPS) for Asia, focusing on hashtag#India and hashtag#SoutheastAsia.Anuj will work closely with Carlyle Asia’s country investment advisory teams and our global GPS team to help drive transformational change and performance with portfolio companies in Asia. Anuj’s new role dovetails with our increased focus on enhancing portfolio company value creation and as we look to increase the number of control buyout deals that we do in Asia.We look forward to working with Anuj and continuing to build on Carlyle’s GPS capabilities to help portfolio companies seek to optimize performance in today’s fast evolving business environment."