About
A Father-Son duo
Beginning of the 19th Century
By the early 20th century
Post Independence
The Fifth Generation
1970’s-80’s
JP Goenka
Investment Committee
Arvind Goenka
Arvind is an inspiring leader who has successfully led OCCL in its journey to becoming a global supplier and a domestic leader in its category. An alum of the prestigious Calcutta University, Arvind graduated in commerce. He has shown great entrepreneurial spirit and bold decision making while building his company with pride, passion and perseverance. A strong believer in the startup industry, Arvind is committed to accelerating the growth of young founders. He is a known philanthropist and has a keen interest in Art and Food. You can usually find him in the early hours playing golf while discussing business ideas with his friends.
Akshat Goenka
Akshat is young, aspiring and brings a dynamic energy to the team. He started his career at OCCL in 2010 and is a new generation leader who is spearheading the company into a future-ready high-performance organization. In addition, Akshat is the MD of Duncan Engineering Limited, a subsidiary of OCCL. Through his intensive approach and bold initiatives, he has successfully turned around the subsidiary and made it profitable. He takes keen interest in different companies and startups. His passion is to continuously learn something new through them as well as to help them with his own operational expertise. Akshat is a graduate in Economics and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, USA and has completed the Owners/President Management program at the Harvard Business School. When not working, he can be found hunting new investments, traveling different places, reading the Economist and watching Liverpool’s football games!
Raj Jain
Raj Jain is an inspiration- a “Street CEO”. With 40 years in the field of multinationals- his career began with Unilever. He is a 3-time CEO across 4 countries leading large companies like BCCL, Walmart India and Whirlpool. He is a humble servant leader and advisor to CEOs across different sectors. His work motto is fuelled by his belief in the power of people, relationships and simple consumer truths. You can often hear him say, “The beauty of a business is in its simplicity, and I have learnt these simple truths from the streets of country, working with my teams, sleeves rolled and mind open.” Raj wants to accelerate businesses in India either as new players or seasoned players looking to diversify. He is energised by young businesses and you can often find him talking to ‘youngsters’ about their ideas and their future plans!
Nitin Kaul
A strategic mind with an infectious personality- Nitin is currently a partner with Helios Investments. His expertise lies in strategic consulting, M&A, restructuring and business transformations across multiple segments. With 20 years of experience, he co-founded Syndeo Capital, a boutique advisory firm. An MBA from Warwick Business School and a MSc in Investment and Portfolio Management from City University Business School, Nitin worked at Gates Corporation as President for Oil and Gas/Marine business, as well as the Automotive and Industrial businesses across emerging markets. He was a member of the senior management team that led the sale of Gates Corporation to Blackstone for $5.4 billion in 2014. Prior to Gates, Nitin has worked at Tomkins and Arthur Andersen. Nitin also serves on the Boards of Directors of Axxela, OVH Energy, TPAY Mobile FZ-LLC and Misr Hytech. He also obtained a BSc in Business Management from King’s College, University of London