Gaurav Burman
Director
Dabour International & Burman Hospitality Pvt Ltd
Gaurav Burman is a Director of Dabur International, and a fifth generation member of the family that founded Dabur over 130 years ago. In this time Dabur has grown to become the largest Fast Moving Consumer Goods company in India, with US$3 billion and sales and US$9 billion in market capitalisation.
Dabur manufactures a range of over 400 products in Health Care, Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Packaged Foods, and Non-Carbonated Soft Drinks.
The brand became a listed business in 1995, at which time Gaurav Burman and his family started to invest in new businesses as India started to liberalise and de-regulate many industries. Today the Burman family have investments in Health Care, Media, Financial Services, Retail, and Education, and have multiple joint ventures with Global Fortune 100 businesses including Aviva for Life Insurance, Experian for Financial Information, Healthcare at Home for Home Healthcare, Yum Brands for Taco Bell, and previously with Fidelity and ABN Amro.
Gaurav Burman manages his family’s investment program and is responsible for many joint ventures and investments. He also sits on the Board of Dabur International, the holding company for Dabur’s international activities, which include FMCG manufacturing operations in Sri Lanka, the Middle East, Africa, and the US.
Dabur International recently acquired FMCG businesses in Turkey and the US and will look to grow globally over time.
Before joining the family business, Burman was founder partner, Elephant Capital, and prior to that, worked for Dresdner Kleinwort Capital, a global PE firm.
He is a board member of Dabur International, Experian India, Healthcare at Home India, Burman Hospitality, and Berkely Health EDU. Gaurav Burman is also a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO).
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