Arjun Gupta

President (Europe) at GIC

London Area, United Kingdom

About

Arjun Gupta is President of Europe at GIC. In this role, Arjun heads GIC’s London office, which covers Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Arjun is a member of the GIC Global Leadership Group, GIC Large Deal Committee and Global Leadership Group Nominating Committee. In addition, he is co‐chair of the GIC Healthcare Business Group and a member of the Integrated Strategies Group Investment Committee. Arjun also serves on the Board of Directors of Rothesay Life, UK’s largest Pension and Insurance specialist with over £70 billion in assets. He previously served as a Member of the UK Investment Council. Arjun joined GIC Private Equity in 2010 and subsequently held roles as Head, Portfolio within Private Equity and Head, Consumer and Healthcare for Private Equity. He also served on the Private Equity Management and Investment Committees. Prior to joining GIC, Arjun had over 20 years of extensive operating experience in the consumer goods industry with Kraft Foods, where his last two roles were as Managing Director, Greater China and President, Asia Pacific.

Experience

  • GIC (16 yrs 4 mos)
    • President (Europe)
      Jul 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 1 mo

      GIC is a global long-term investor with well over US$100 billion in assets in over 40 countries worldwide. It was established in 1981 to manage Singapore’s foreign reserves and works to secure Singapore’s financial future by investing across a range of asset classes in the public and private markets.

    • Managing Director & Private Equity Head, Portfolio and Head Consumer & Healthcare
      Jul 2017 - Jul 2019 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Portfolio Specialist, Private Equity & Infrastructure
      Apr 2010 - Jun 2017 · 7 yrs 3 mos

  • Independent Consultant at Independent Consultant
    2008 - Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 4 mos

    Providing advisory services to Companies, Consulting Firms and Private Equity Firms on strategy development, portfolio optimization, business expansion, growth plan development, investment target identification, due diligence support and acquisition integration

  • Kraft Foods (10 yrs 1 mo)
    • President, Asia Pacific
      2004 - 2008 · 4 yrs

    • Managing Director, Greater China
      2002 - 2004 · 2 yrs

    • Vice President Finance & Strategy, Asia Pacific
      2000 - 2002 · 2 yrs

  • Various Financial Roles in the US at Kraft Foods
    1987 - 1997 · 10 yrs