Pranjal Kumar

In his 18 years+ of professional career, Pranjal has led multiple high-impact positions of responsibilities spreading across Investing, Transaction Advisory, Strategic Consulting and Operations. In his current role as Global CFO and Head of Corporate Development of Eruditus, Pranjal is responsible for spearheading strategic initiatives that drive Enterprise Value for the company, including Growth (in-organic and organic), Capital raise, Investor relations, Margin improvement etc.Prior to joining Eruditus, Pranjal was Principal and CFO with Bertelsmann India Investments (BII), a growth stage Corporate VC fund of Bertelsmann. At BII, he led investments in education & employability sector, media-tech and health-tech, where he executed multiple new / follow-on deals and led Board-level matters for portfolio companies. As CFO, he also steered strategic and financial assessment of the fund portfolio and exit strategy. Prior to Bertelsmann, Pranjal spent ~12 years in various strategy consulting firms: •A. T. Kearney: Member of the India leadership team, driving business development and client service for Communications, Media and Technology practice•KPMG: Built the strategic & commercial due diligence practice in Bangalore, India for the Transaction Advisory Practice •Accenture: Co-led a team driving EVA assessment for client teams in US and Europe; led teams on M&A and operational improvement assignments Pranjal has spearheaded several investing, strategic