Arvinder Singh

Ever smiling and accommodating, he reminds you of the confident India foot soldier who will brave all odds and emerge victorious! A distinguished career of 21 years in the Indian Army and United Nations and till recently the commanding officer of an Armoured Regiment, he now holds fort for the Kings XI from Mohali. From operating in strife torn countries like Ethiopia and Eritrea, this able and respected colonel is a soft cookie with a tough heart. Meet Arvinder Singh, winner of President of India’s Bronze Medal for standing merit in NDA and Thimmaya Medal winner as best all round student at the prestigious Staff College, who heads Kings XI, Punjab as COO.

Anant Sarkaria

Anant Sarkaria started his career as an Operations Executive with a leading aviation services provider in Canada. He has had a wide ranging career spanning 14 years in which he has worked in the Aviation, Automobile and Telecom industry as Head Of Sales for Matrix Cellular Services in India being his last assignment. He is an out of the Box Thinker with a proven track record of streamlining operations, planning campaigns geared towards Increasing revenues, decreasing costs, establishing franchise networks, streamlining work flow, planning and creating a team work environment to enhance productivity. He is a skilled communicator with skills and abilities in forging business partnerships in Global and Local markets, lead cross functional teams and establish beneficial relationships with key players in the industry not only in India, but across the globe.

With a Masters in Business from Oxford Brookes in UK, Anant heads Operations team for Kings Xi Punjab wherein he is responsible for all venue operations.

LC Gupta

LC Gupta, commonly called as LC, is a Chartered Accountant and bring with him 14 + years of overall experience in all areas of the finance function in top corporates like Bharti Airtel, Dabur, Sandoz-Novartis and Cadila. His last assignment was with S Tel (JV of BATELCO, Bahrain and SIVA,India), a new telecom operator in the lndian market, operating in “C” category circles where he was heading Finance Function of the company for Himachal and J&K circles. LC has been very instrumental during his previous assignments in formation of SOPs, Streamlining Key Business Areas and Processes, Statutory Compliances and Assessments, Rolling out Telecom Services, Implementation of SAP (ERP software), Centralization etc and popularly known among his seniors and colleagues for his dedication, commitment and loyalty hence a great asset to any organization. In his free times, LC likes to enjoy with his family, listen music, watching cricket matches, making more and more friends and travelling to the new places. He has been trekking for many places in Himalayan beauty for last 2 years.

Rohan Pathare

With over 7 years of experience, primarily in major advertising agencies, Rohan brings his expertise in branding and marketing to the table. Having worked on brands like Cadburys, Nestle, Barclays and many other international brands he has the right experience to take the brand KXIP truly global. This MMS graduate from the University of Mumbai loves listening to music, writing and is a photography enthusiast who can be seen toting his DSLR at the matches.

Rajiv Bose

Rajiv Bose, with an experience of over 17 years across various media in sports and entertainment, heads both Sales and Marketing functions for Kings XI. He has an in depth knowledge of sports marketing with strong experience in brand building, concept selling, key account management, account development, relationship building, revenue increase. He has been associated with the business of sports for about 10 years, adding distinctive value to the commercial partnerships. Rajiv has brought together fans and brands to consume sports in an arena of shared passion. He has created ‘money can’t buy experiences’ across a spectrum of world class sports events in cricket, football, hockey and other mass participation events. Rajiv is always excited to bring his learnings to build a robust sports ecosystem in India, create sustainable initiatives and enriching engagements for all stakeholders. His last assignment was with Nimbus / Neo Sports where he spent almost a decade overlooking Sports Marketing, Sponsorship Sales and Airtime Sales. He has been passionate about football right from his childhood and has dreams to see India in the world stage. He is also passionate about traveling, photography and internet surfing in his leisure time.