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Manu Kumar Jain Unveils Core Team Of G42

While Aakriti Gupta will be the Finance Director, Reema Dash will be Legal Director. Sanuj Shah has been appointed as the Program Director and Rahul Pal will be spearheading the AI efforts

Manu Kumar Jain, who was earlier the global vice president at Xiaomi, has recently announced the founding team of an AI tech company called G42. Jain joined G42 as the India CEO in October. Jain stated that starting a new venture brings a mix of excitement and challenges. The biggest challenge is convincing the first 5-10 team members to join since no one knows about the company. Jain has experienced this multiple times, from starting Jabong to launching Xiaomi India, and now diving into the world of AI and Supercomputing with G42.

Aakriti Gupta is going to be Finance Director, while Reema Dash will lead the legal team as a Legal Director. The Program Director will be Sanuj Shah and AI Lead will Rahul Pal, have been appointed to their respective roles.

Aakriti Gupta is a Chartered Accountant with nine years of experience in handling multi-dimensional roles across diversified Industries. She is Experienced in handling key internal and external stakeholder management.
Sanuj Shah has experience across top-tier investment banking, private equity and management consulting firms to help with everything related to business strategy, growth, profit-loss optimisation and financial analysis.
Rahul Pal has a solid foundation in Al as an Applied Scientist-NLP and a strategic edge honed through an MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sirmaur and brings a dynamic blend of technical prowess and business acumen to drive innovation and results.