{"id":810563,"date":"2026-07-18T18:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810563\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T18:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T18:05:49","slug":"letterone-taps-rahul-mukim-to-spearhead-2-billion-india-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/810563\/","title":{"rendered":"LetterOne taps Rahul Mukim to spearhead $2 billion India push"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi: Luxembourg-headquartered <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/letterone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LetterOne<\/a> has hired <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/rahul-mukim\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Rahul Mukim<\/a>, the former India <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#News#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/private-equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">private equity<\/a> head at Ontario Teachers&#8217; Pension Plan, to lead its planned $2 billion investment programme in India, according to people familiar with the matter.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment will give LetterOne an on-ground presence in India, a move the firm has been planning for more than a year, they said.<br \/>LetterOne primarily invests in Europe and the US. It owns British nutraceuticals retailer Holland &amp; Barrett and holds a significant minority stake in Turkcell, Turkey&#8217;s largest telecom operator.<\/p>\n<p>The firm is chaired by former Standard Chartered chairman Lord Mervyn Davies.<\/p>\n<p>Mukim led private equity investments in India for Ontario Teachers, the Canadian pension fund that manages retirement assets for teachers in Ontario. During his tenure, the fund acquired a stake in Omega Healthcare alongside Goldman Sachs and invested in Sahyadri Hospitals, the people said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/118783427.cms.png\" width=\"90%\"\/>Live Events<br \/>\u201cHis move has been in the works since February,\u201d one of the people said.<br \/>LetterOne confirmed Mukim&#8217;s appointment when contacted. Ontario Teachers did not respond to ET&#8217;s queries until press time. Mukim also did not respond to queries.&#8221;In India, LetterOne will focus on investments in healthcare and energy. A strategy is being created for these sectors,\u201d one of the people said.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, LetterOne announced plans to invest $325 million in Indian venture capital and private equity funds as a limited partner (LP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommitments were made to healthcare specialist funds with a focus on North America and also India. The Indian commitments form part of the first stage of L1\u2019s India market entry strategy, whereby L1 intends to build a portfolio of LP commitments focused on India with a view to driving local coinvestment and eventually establishing a presence in the country,\u201d the company&#8217;s 2024 annual report said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Delhi: Luxembourg-headquartered LetterOne has hired Rahul Mukim, the former India private equity head at Ontario Teachers&#8217; Pension&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":810564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[284463,45,49,48,46,284464,284461,5671,284462],"class_list":["post-810563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-2-billion-investment","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-economy","tag-india-investment-strategy","tag-letterone","tag-private-equity","tag-rahul-mukim"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=810563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/810563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/810564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=810563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=810563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=810563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}