Mr. Nand is responsible for leading the global governance functions including company secretarial, internal audit, risk management, corporate & commercial compliance, internal investigations, while he also leads legal for corporate & emerging markets.

Mr. Nand is an accomplished legal expert with 25 years of multi-industry experience in handling legal affairs, large M&A transactions, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Strategic commercial transactions, Anti-trust, Intellectual property, Integration & transformation planning & driving institutionalisation of ethics and compliance programs. He has extensive global experience in negotiating complex deals and legal disputes.

Mr. Nand joined our Company in 2015 and has played a critical role in providing strategic advice to the board, management, and our company on unsettled or complex legal issues, and he assists them in efficiently solving problems and minimizing risk. He has leveraged his expertise to strengthen and institutionalise the global legal and governance framework for the Company. He demonstrates expertise and ability in aligning legal strategies with business objectives.

He has been instrumental in two of the largest M&A deals in the Indian pharma market, the first was the successful merger of Ranbaxy Laboratories with Sun Pharmaceuticals, the second is Biocon’s acquisition of the global biosimilars business of Viatris.

He is a law graduate from the Delhi University and is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).