Akhilesh Nand

Global Head – GRC (Governance, Risk, Compliance), Biocon

Akhilesh leads the global governance functions, including corporate secretarial, internal audit, risk management, corporate & commercial compliance, and internal investigations, at Biocon. Considering his roles and responsibilities, Akhilesh has also been designated as Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) of Biocon.

Before taking over his current role at Biocon, Akhilesh served as the Global Head of GRC & Company Secretary at Biocon Biologics from August 2024 to March 2026.

Having joined Biocon in July 2015, Akhilesh has played an invaluable role in building a strong Legal, Risk, Compliance, Audit and Secretarial function from the bottoms-up in-line with evolving business needs.

Akhilesh is an accomplished legal expert with 25 years of multi-industry experience in managing legal affairs, large M&A transactions, internal audits, risk management, strategic commercial transactions, antitrust issues, intellectual property, and integration and transformation planning, apart from driving the institutionalization of ethics and compliance programs.

He has been instrumental in two of the largest M&A deals in the Indian pharma market: the first was the successful merger of Ranbaxy Laboratories with Sun Pharmaceuticals, and the second was Biocon’s acquisition of the global biosimilars business of Viatris.

Akhilesh has extensive global experience in negotiating complex deals and resolving legal disputes. He has expertise in aligning legal strategies with business objectives.

He has been a champion of corporate governance and has put in place a robust infrastructure for Risk, Audit and Compliance management working closely with the CEO and the Board of Directors at Biocon Biologics.

Akhilesh is a law graduate from the Delhi University and is a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI).