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Rakesh Kishore Thakrar is Group Finance Director & Director at Phoenix Group Holdings Plc and on the board of 19 other companies.

Hitesh is a Partner of Syncona Investment Management Ltd.
He has 24 years’ experience of global public equities.
He managed Innovation funds for several asset management companies including Aviva and ADIA, where he was a top-rated portfolio manager.
He has an interest in the convergence of life science with other innovationled sectors such as data sciences and the application of industrial technology in medical diagnostics.
He has a degree in Chemistry from King’s College London and is a CFA.

Vijaykumar Champaklal Thakrar is currently serving as the Independent Non-Executive Chairman at Alumasc Group Plc since 2019.
He is also the Chairman at Treatt Plc since 2020.
Additionally, he holds the position of Non-Executive Director at RSM UK NLT Ltd., RSM Group (UK) Ltd., and Alpha Group International Plc.
In his former roles, Mr. Thakrar served as a Non-Executive Director at The Quoted Cos.
Alliance from 2012 to 2018.
He was also an Independent Non-Executive Director at Sanderson Design Group Plc from 2018 to 2021.
Furthermore, he held the position of Non-Executive Director at Marlow Foods Ltd., Quorn Foods Ltd, Monde Nissin (UK) Ltd., and Ernst & Young LLP (United Kingdom).
He was a Partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP UK and a Trustee at Milton Keynes Dons Football Club Sports & Education Trust.