Shumeet

Shumeet Banerji was CEO of  management consultancy Booz & Company till 2012 before which he held a number of senior management positions at the firm and its predecessor Booz Allen Hamilton. (Companies House notes that DII Capital Holdings (previously Booz Capital Holdings) accepted the resignation of Mr Banerji as a Director on 4th August 2011; Richard Sharp was appointed a director the following day.)  He is the founder of Condorcet LP, an advisory and investment firm focused on early stage technology companies. Mr. Banerji is on the board of HP Inc. and of India’s most highly valued company, Reliance Industries Limited, one of the largest oil-to-petrochemical companies in the world, and on the board of its subsidiary Jio, India's biggest mobile phone network.  

Shumeet, 60 (St Stephen's College, Delhi; BA and MBA, University of Delhi, PhD Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Illinois) has a London home in St John's Wood, not far from Abbey Road. 

Reliance recently branched out and bought Stoke Park which boasts a 27-hole Harry Colt designed golf course, a 49-room five-star hotel, a spa and leisure centre, three restaurants, bars and lounges, 13 tennis courts and 14 acres of private gardens. Mr Banerji is a director.  Could be handy for BBC Board awaydays.