M. S. Banga
Template:Short description Template:BLP sources Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox person Manvinder "Vindi" Singh Banga is an Indian-British businessman who had executive roles at Unilever. He now holds non-executive positions, and since 2021 has been chair of UK Government Investments.
Early life
Vindi was born in 1954 in Simla (then in the state of Punjab), the son of Lt.Gen. Harbhajan Singh Banga, of the Indian Army, and his wife, Jaswant.<ref name="forbes">.Template:Cite web</ref> His younger brother Ajay Banga is also a business executive.
Banga graduated with a B.Tech degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Delhi in 1975 and was gold medalist of his batch.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.<ref name="bloombergbio">Template:Cite web</ref>
He worked at Unilever for 33 years, where was on the Unilever Executive Board and he held roles including chairman and CEO of Hindustan Unilever and President of the Global Foods, Home and Personal Care businesses.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
He subsequently became a partner at private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier, & Rice. He has served as a senior non-executive director at Marks & Spencer and at GlaxoSmithKline. He serves as the Chairman of Marie Curie and as a non-executive director of The Economist Group.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In September 2021 he was appointed as chair of UK Government Investments, the governance and corporate finance arm of the UK Government.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>