Category: Board of Directors

Anurag Sud is a Managing Director in the Tech team and Head of India at Apax. He joined Apax in 2022 and is currently based in Mumbai, India.

Prior to joining Apax, Anurag was a Principal at Baring Private Equity Asia (now part of EQT), where he focused on buyouts in the technology and healthcare sectors, completing eight investments during his tenure. Before pursuing his MBA, Anurag was part of the growth equity investment team at Fidelity and the investment banking practice at Rothschild India.

Anurag holds an MBA with Honors from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

Janaki currently serves as an Independent Director (Chair, Business Security and Resilience committee and audit committee) on the Board of Directors of Southern Company, a public Gas and Electric Utility company and as an Independent Director (Operational risk compliance and audit committees) on the Board of Directors of Sallie Mae, a company, offering private education loans & Education Services.

She previously held key executive roles at Google, McKinsey & Company, and Hewlett Packard. Her background includes digital transformation, strategy and operations, cloud and AI/ML based solutions and business security and sustainability. She has also been recognized as one of the Top 100 AAPI Board Members Making a Difference (Board Prospects).

Her appointment underscores Fractal’s commitment to leveraging top-tier talent to drive innovation and growth.Janaki holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, an M.S. from Boston University, and a B.E. (Honors) from the College of Engineering, Guindy (India).

Karenann Terrell is the former Chief Digital and Technology Officer for GlaxoSmithKline. Her responsibilities at GSK included leadership for all information technology as well as Data, Analytics and Digital Transformation (GSK split into 2 legal entities- a BioPharma company and a separate Consumer Health Company which went public as Haleon in July of 2022) Karenann was previously the chief information officer for Walmart from 2010 to March 2017. Her responsibility for the global Walmart Technology portfolio included both Information Systems Division(ISD) and Global Back Office Solutions. Terrell previously served as chief information officer of Baxter International, Inc., where she was responsible for the company’s global IT function, supporting businesses worldwide in bio-tech, medical devices and pharmaceuticals and was chief information officer in Daimler Chrysler where she had total technology responsibility for the Chrysler Group and Mercedes-Benz Americas. She began her career with General Motors as an electrical engineer, where her responsibilities included manufacturing and product engineering for the Chevrolet and Cadillac brands as well as the Onstar division.

Karenann has been a transformational technology leader in the Automotive, Pharma, and Retail industries where she drove technology modernization and transformed technology stacks which allowed business model transformation for the companies in which she worked. Her technology remit included responsibility for all cyber security efforts globally.

Her capabilities include deep knowledge regarding technology engineering and support for global supply chains, merchandising, finance, cyber security and enterprise infrastructure. Karenann’s domain knowledge led to innovative technology solutions that were integrating the digital and physical shopping experiences so customers get the products they want, in the way they choose, whether it be in stores and clubs, online or via mobile devices. Expertise in data platforms and analytics led to unique capabilities for retail in the areas of customer insights, Pharma Genetics/functional genomics analytics which made research discovery and clinical development possible within a significant digital augmentation, as well as broad based use of IoT data for manufacturing and security operational excellence.
Read More

Neelam is currently a Non-Executive Director at ICICI Bank Limited, Capita PLC and Yatra Online Inc. She is also the Chairperson of Capillary Technologies, a young startup. She is on the Governing Board of IIIT, Delhi. She also advises and mentors various organizations on business transformation.

She was on the Supervisory Board of Royal Philips, Netherlands (2012 to 2022) and the Head of IBM India Advisory board from December 2018 till August 2020.

Over several years, leading business journals such as Fortune, Forbes and Business Today have recognized her as one of the Most Powerful Women in Business.

Her main area of expertise is managing complex technology businesses in highly matrixed organizations. She has experience of IT transformation across multiple industries: banking and finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, health care and government.
Read More

Pranay has led Fractal in powering every human decision in the enterprise through data and analytics. Pranay has led Fractal to be one of the most respected analytics companies in the world. Fractal is working with over 50 Fortune 500 companies helping them drive better business outcomes by embedding analytics in their decisions and processes.

Fractal is well recognized for its client-centricity with a Net Promoter Score of over 70%. Forbes recently ranked Fractal as the 7th best-funded analytics company in the world, the Great Place to Work Institute rated them as the “Best Company to work” for in the analytics industry, Fractal was also called out as a “Cool vendor in analytics” by Gartner, Forrester rated them as a “Top provider for Text analytics” for their product dCrypt.

He has an MBA from the India Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, Bachelors in Accounting from Bangalore University, and a Certified Financial Risk Manager from GARP.

Rohan Haldea is a Partner in the Tech team and his responsibilities also include the Apax Foundation and overseeing Apax India. Rohan joined Apax in 2007 and is based in the London office. He has both led and participated in a number of key deals including Infogain, Cyderes, Coalfire Systems, Fractal Analytics, ThoughtWorks, Grupo Engineering, EVRY, GlobalLogic, iGATE, Tivit S.A., NXP and Orange Switzerland.

Prior to joining Apax, Rohan was an Associate at Bain Capital in their North American private equity division. Prior to that, Rohan was a consultant at McKinsey and Co.

Rohan holds a Bachelor of Technology in Manufacturing Sciences and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Srikanth Velamakanni is the Co-founder, Group Chief Executive, and Executive Vice Chairman of Fractal, one of the leading players in artificial intelligence and digital transformation. Fractal’s mission is to power every human decision in the enterprise and to use the power of AI to help the world’s most admired Fortune 100 companies. Since Srikanth co-founded Fractal in 2000, the company has raised more than $300 million USD from private equity investors and has empowered more than 100 Fortune 500 companies with its AI, data, and analytics-driven business strategies. Under his leadership, Fractal has developed several product lines within the company, including Cuddle.ai, Eugenie.ai, and Qure.ai. Srikanth serves on the board of Qure.ai – which has recently received 16MM USD in funding less than three years after incubation.

Srikanth is also a Co-founder and Trustee of Plaksha University, which focuses on core engineering, AIML, and mathematics, and promotes interdisciplinary learning by bringing together science and liberal arts. In addition, Srikanth is a member of the NASSCOM Executive Council, where he serves as a subject matter expert on data and AI. Prior to co-founding Fractal, he was an investment banker, working on structured debt and CDOs.

Srikanth’s passion for AI and analytics has made him a thought leader in the space and an admired public speaker. He considers himself a lifelong student of mathematics, behavioral economics, neuroscience, and consumer behavior. In his free time, Srikanth reads an average of 40 non-fiction books a year on these subjects, as well as memoirs, biographies, and books on leadership. He also actively follows US politics and American late-night talk shows, such as Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, Hassan Minhaj, and Jimmy Kimmel.

Srikanth completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, and holds an MBA in Management, Finance and Marketing degree from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad.