Manvinder "Vindi" Singh Banga is an Indian businessman who had executive roles at

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. He now holds non-executive positions, and since 2021 has been chair of UK Government Investments.

Early life

Vindi was born in 1954 in

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(then in the state of

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), the son of Lt.Gen. Harbhajan Singh Banga, of the

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, and his wife, Jaswant.. His younger brother Ajay Banga is also a business executive. Banga graduated with a B.Tech degree in mechanical engineering from

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in 1975 and was gold medalist of his batch. He holds an

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from IIM Ahmedabad. He worked at

for 33 years, where was on the Unilever Executive Board and he held roles including chairman and CEO of

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and President of the Global Foods, Home and Personal Care businesses. He subsequently became a partner at private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier, & Rice. He has served as a senior non-executive director at

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and at

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. He serves as the Chairman of

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and as a non-executive director of The Economist Group. In September 2021 he was appointed as chair of UK Government Investments, the governance and corporate finance arm of the UK Government.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Banga, M 1954 births Living people People from Shimla Businesspeople from Punjab, India Businesspeople from Himachal Pradesh Unilever people yes

Early life

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