TiE Nairobi

Current Team

Meet the leadership team driving TiE Nairobi’s mission and activities.

Akshay Grover

Founder, AMADI; President, TiE Nairobi

Akshay Grover founded AMADI, an advisory firm working on special situations and investment across Africa and the Middle East.

Sandeep Khapre

Vice President, TiE Nairobi; CEO, BDO East Africa

Sandeep Khapre is CEO of BDO East Africa and Vice President of TiE Nairobi.

Nirmala Sankaran

Executive Director, TiE Nairobi

Nirmala Sankaran co-founded HeyMath!, a mathematics education platform used in over 1,000 schools worldwide, after eleven years at Citigroup in Mumbai, Bahrain and London.

Ananya Pal

Founder & CEO, Start Up Shujaa; Co-lead, TiE Women Nairobi Chapter

Ananya Pal is a Chartered Accountant who spent 12 years in accounting and industry before founding her Nairobi consultancy in 2023 and Start Up Shujaa, a platform supporting early-stage entrepreneurs, in 2024.

Ritu Bahal

CEO, KPM Tech Solutions Limited

After 37 years in corporate Kenya, Ritu Bahal founded KPM Tech Solutions, which built TrackRight, a logistics platform giving trucking businesses real-time visibility across every stage of a delivery.

Baljinder Sharma

Convenor, India Africa Business Network

Baljinder Sharma convenes the India Africa Business Network and organises the annual India Africa Entrepreneurship and Investment Summit, now in its sixth year.

Rajiv Sehgal

Director, DHABA Nairobi

Rajiv Sehgal is a director across several Nairobi restaurant brands, including DHABA, The Mayura and Tres Amigos, bringing Indian and Latin cuisines to the city's dining scene.

Sheena Raikundalia

Chief Growth Officer, Kuza One (Kuza Biashara)

Sheena Raikundalia is Chief Growth Officer at Kuza Biashara, an agri-tech operating across seven African countries that connects over a million farmers through a network of agripreneurs.

Emmanuel Okorwoit

Manager, TiE Nairobi