Anjali Bansal 

Founding Partner of Avaana Capital (India)

 Anjali Bansal is the Founding Partner of Avaana Capital investing in technology and innovation-led businesses across energy, advanced materials, mobility, supply chains, food and agriculture. 

Previously, Anjali was the Non-Executive Chairperson of Dena Bank, appointed by the Government of India to steer the stressed bank’s resolution and merger with Bank of Baroda. Prior to that, Anjali was a Global Partner and Managing Director with TPG Growth PE, responsible for India, SE Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and a strategy consultant with McKinsey in New York. 

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Anjali has invested in various successful start-ups including Nykaa, Delhivery, Urban Company, Darwinbox, Farmart, Eeki Foods, Amperehour. She serves as an independent director on leading boards including Tata Power, Nestle, and Maruti Suzuki. She has been appointed on the review committee for NITI Aayog chaired by Honorable PM, Advisory Council of ONDC (Open Network for Digital Commerce) and the board of GIFT City. 

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Anjali has previously chaired the India board of Women's World Banking and served on the boards of GSK Pharma, Siemens, and Delhivery. She co-founded and chaired the FICCI program for Women on Corporate Boards. 

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Anjali is a member of the YPO and a charter member of TiE. She has been listed as one of the “Most Powerful Women” by India’s leading publications, Business Today, Fortune India, and Forbes India. 

She has a bachelors in Computer Engineering from Gujarat University and a Masters from Columbia University