As Managing Director, Saurabh Agarwal has been in charge of CDPQ’s infrastructure activities in South Asia since March 2017. His role involves supporting the organization in developing its strategy in the region. He collaborates with CDPQ’s global investment teams to seize high-quality investment opportunities and build first-class investment partnerships and platforms for the long term across various infra sectors, such as renewables, utilities, roads & highways, telecom, railways, airports, urban mobility, etc. He also supports the infrastructure team’s business development, branding and advocacy activities.
Mr. Agarwal has over 21 years of experience in the investment and technology sectors. Before joining CDPQ in 2017, he spent over 10 years at Morgan Stanley, most recently as Executive Director at Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), a global infrastructure fund, playing a key role in acquiring and managing fund investments in various types of infrastructure, including thermal, gas, wind, hydroelectricity and roads. He also spent two years in Corporate Finance and Investment Banking Services at Morgan Stanley in Singapore, where he provided expert advice to large clients in the energy sector. Prior to this, he was a scientific researcher in supercomputer technology at IBM Research Labs and the Wipro Global R&D Center.
Mr. Agarwal holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan, a Master of Computer Science from Pennsylvania State University and a Bachelor of Computer Science and Engineering from India’s National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He serves as a non-executive director (NED) on the boards of directors of CLP India, a company in the utilities sector, as well as Maple Infra InvIT Investment Manager Private Limited and Maple Highway Project Management Private Limited, companies active in India’s road and highway sectors. He previously served as NED on the boards of directors of several of MSIP’s investee companies.