New Delhi: Senior IFC official Sujoy Bose was appointed CEO of India’s maiden Rs 40,000 crore sovereign wealth fund NIIF. He is Director and Global Co-Head of Infrastructure and Natural Resources at Washington-based International Finance Corporation. IFC is the private sector lending arm of the World Bank.
An official statement today said Bose “has been appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Ltd”, adding that he has “extensive international experience in the infrastructure sector including experience in raising funds from international investors”.
A search-cum-selection committee was constituted under the chairmanship of economic affairs secretary Shaktikanta Das for the selection of CEO of NIIF Ltd.
The government set up NIIF to attract investment from both domestic and international sources for infrastructure development in commercially viable projects. While the Centre will invest Rs 20,000 crore in NIIF, the rest will come from private domestic and foreign investors who can invest in the umbrella fund or smaller sector or project-specific funds within it.