Smita Saran

Smita Saran
Class of 2018

Smita Saran

Associate Vice President, Corporate Finance
KPMG
Hometown
Mumbai, India
Education
  • MBA in Finance and International Business, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
  • BA in Mathematics, Delhi University

Smita has nine years of experience in business development, corporate finance, and strategy execution. Most recently, she was an associate vice president within KPMG’s corporate finance practice; she assisted renewable energy- and infrastructure-focused corporates and private equity funds across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe in raising capital and pursuing inorganic growth. At L&T Infrastructure Finance, which has over US $2.7 billion in assets, she was instrumental in incubating, operationalizing, and marketing its infrastructure debt fund. She was also nominated to represent industry bodies on government-led policy-formulation committees. Smita received KPMG’s Kudos award in 2015 and was amongst India’s top 100 in The Economic Times Young Leaders program in 2016.