Shirish Saraf

Saraf is the Founder and Executive Vice Chairman of Samena Capital. He oversees all investment and divestment decisions made at Samena Capital, as well as its strategic direction. Mr. Saraf founded Samena Capital in 2008 as a unique principal investing firm to collectively invest with highly pedigreed families from the Asian, Indian and Middle-Eastern regions, to create the new ‘Asia Inc.’. He remains the Investment Manager and Director of the Samena Special Situations Funds and Samena Limestone Holdings. Mr. Saraf holds numerous directorship and leadership positions across Samena’s portfolio companies. In November 2016, Mr Saraf was appointed to the Board of Directors of Dynamatic Technologies Limited, a global business which designs and builds highly engineered products for Automotive, Aeronautic, Hydraulic and Security applications. Since August 2016, Mr. Saraf is on the Board of Directors of Tejas Networks, an India-based optical and data networking products business with clients in over 60 countries. In June 2014, Mr. Saraf led the acquisition of a significant stake in RAK Ceramics PSC, a company listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and one of the world’s largest ceramics manufacturers with annual revenues of approximately US$1 billion. He is currently the Vice Chairman of its Board of Directors and Chairman of its Executive Committee. Since September 2014, Mr Saraf has been on the Board of Directors of RAK Logistics (previously Alliance Global Logistics), a cross-regional platform for an integrated, ASEAN-headquartered logistics company. He has previously held numerous directorships including Aramex Holdings, Commercial Bank of Oman SAOG, EFG Hermes and Amwal Capital (Qatar).