MD & CEO of National Highways Authority of India’s Infrastructure Investment Trust (NHAI InvIT)
Suresh Goyal has around 28 years of experience in financial services industry, across project finance, investment banking and asset management. Over the last 15 years, he has been in asset management of infrastructure sectors including Roads, Power, Renewables, Telecom Towers and Airports. Prior to his current role, he held leadership role in Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets based at Singapore covering South-East Asia and India regions. He has led some transformational investments, including acquisition of first brownfield road by a financial sponsor in India, which led to opening up of the sector for institutional investors and creation of professional platforms. He was also instrumental in winning the first Toll Operate Transfer (TOT) road project in India. He has been member of several boards and has extensive experience of working with boards across various strategies, including growth, Dispute Resolution and Health & Safety etc. Suresh is currently MD & CEO of National Highways Authority of India’s Infrastructure Investment Trust (NHAI InvIT), which has been set up to monetize operational highway projects under Government of India’s National Monetization Pipeline. NHAI InvIT has successfully raised funds from marquee international and domestic institutional investors and lenders in November 2021, with an Enterprise Value of above USD 1 billion. Suresh is an Electrical Engineering graduate from Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science, Indore. He also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.