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Tarun Arora
DIRECTOR | ENCOURAGE CAPITAL

Mr. Tarun Arora is a Partner at Encourage Capital and specializes in private equity investments. He has been with the firm since 2011, when he started with Wolfensohn Fund Management (Encourage Capital's predecessor firm). He has been actively involved in the firm's clean energy and financial services and related investments.

Mr. Tarun has represented Encourage Capital and Wolfensohn Fund Management as a Board Observer (Ujjivan Financial Services, Electronica Finance and Annapurna Finance) and as a Nominee Director (Svakarma
Finance). Previously, Tarun worked in the corporate finance and investment banking team of PricewaterhouseCoopers India (2008 – 2011) where he advised clients on PE/M&A transactions across multiple sectors.

Mr. Tarun graduated with a Bachelors in Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (University of Delhi) and an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies (University of Delhi). Tarun is also a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) Charterholder.

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