Anand Piramal
Executive Director, Piramal Group
Anand Piramal heads the financial services businesses of the Piramal Group, which is one of India’s largest and most diversified NBFCs. With robust expertise in affordable home lending, SME lending, construction finance, and mid-market corporate lending, Piramal’s financial services division stands out in the industry. Additionally, Anand oversees Piramal’s Alternatives business, which has partnerships with prominent entities such as CDPQ, Bain Capital, CPPIB, IFC, and Apollo.
In addition to his role in financial services, Anand leads Piramal Realty, the real estate arm of the group. Piramal Realty is esteemed as one of Mumbai’s premier developers, renowned for its prime residential and commercial developments across Mahalaxmi, Byculla, Thane, Mulund, Kurla, Lower Parel, and Worli. Supported by investments from Warburg Pincus and Goldman Sachs, Piramal Realty has solidified its position in the market. In 2024, Anand was recognized as one of India’s leading business leaders in the ’40 Under 40’ lists curated by The Economic Times and Fortune India magazine. Anand’s contributions have also been acknowledged through accolades such as the Hurun Real Estate Unicorn of the Year Award (2017) by Hurun India and the Young Business Leader Award by Hello! Magazine (2018).
Anand also founded a rural healthcare start-up called ‘Piramal eSwasthya’, Today ‘Piramal Swasthya’ is India’s largest private primary healthcare initiative. Its 2,260 plus employees and over 140 doctors serve around 25,000 patients daily across 28 states with the help of health hotlines, mobile medical units and telemedicine centres. Piramal Swasthya has impacted over 129.5 million lives since inception.
Anand holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He was also the youngest President of the Youth Wing of the 100-year-old Indian Merchant Chambers.
