Bain & Company appoints Karan Singh as APAC head of Sustainability and Responsibility practice
Bain & Company has appointed Karan Singh as Asia Pacific (APAC) head of Sustainability and Responsibility (S&R) practice effective April 1.
He succeeds Brian Murphy who continues to lead the Energy and Natural Resources practice in APAC.
Based in New Delhi, Singh was one of the founding partners who helped establish Bain's India business in 2006 and has more than 20 years of management consulting experience across Asia, Europe and the United States.
He was most recently managing partner for Bain India. Under his leadership, Bain India has grown at over 20 per cent CAGR over the last eight years with a focus on transformation for marquee clients, the company said in a statement.
Prior to that, Singh was leader of Bain's Healthcare practice in Asia Pacific. He also serves on the boards of Bridgespan, Kailash Satyarthi and ALVL foundations. Karan was also recently appointed chairman of Bain India.
“I am confident that Karan will continue to bring his trademark boldness to this business-building mission. With his leadership, we aspire to build on the strong start in S&R and create many more client and people success stories in the ESG space,” said Satish Shankar, Bain & Company’s Asia Pacific regional managing partner.
Singh’s expertise includes transformation, turnaround and growth/engine 2 strategies, mergers and acquisitions and change management. He is passionate about supporting his clients to develop and implement environment, sustainability and governance (ESG) strategies with a focus on decarbonisation and circularity.
“Sustainability is one of the most important themes of our time and no doubt Karan will be at the front and center leading our Asia Pacific clients to define bold ambitions and achieve extraordinary results that redefine industries in the energy transition. His strong leadership experience, entrepreneurial mindset and camaraderie with colleagues and clients make him a solid candidate for this role,” said François Faelli, global managing partner of ESG.
“S&R is a very important and rapidly evolving topic. I am honored at this opportunity and look forward to working with companies to embed ESG in their strategic priorities, and scaling Bain’s S&R practice in Asia Pacific,” added Singh.