General Atlantic names former Union Bank chief M V Nair chairman of KFin

General Atlantic (GA) Monday announced the appointment of Mavila Vishwanathan Nair as the non-executive chairman of the board of KFin Technologies (earlier Karvy Fintech) effective immediately.

Nair is the current chairman of TransUnion CIBIL and also an advisor to a few private equities- and venture capital-funded companies in India. Nair most recently served as chairman and managing director of Union Bank of India and as chairman of SWIFT and Indian Banks' Association.

Last year General Atlantic had acquired KFin Technologies, a registrar and transferee services company, from Hyderabad-based Karvy Group. It owns an 83 per cent stake in KFin while the Karvy