Mr. Kec Raja Kumar
Non-Executive Director
Dermatology
Sequent
India
Biography
Mr. K E C Raja Kumar is the Founder and CEO of Ascent Capital Advisors, an India focused Private Equity firm. Raja has more than 15 years of investing experience in India spanning Venture Capital and Private/Public Equity. Raja is passionate about supporting entrepreneurs and is associated with several successful private equity backed companies in India. Previously, he has served as a senior officer of the Indian Civil Services, as Commissioner of Income Tax and as Regional Director of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), India’s capital markets regulator, and as Executive Director of UTI Mutual Fund. During his association with SEBI, he oversaw the launch of several IPOs, regulated market intermediaries and was also a member of the Advisory Committees. He has also served as a director of five Indian stock exchanges. Raja holds M.Sc. and M.Phil, and an AMP from the Harvard Business School.
Research Interest
Dermatology
