Team
Eshwara Venkatesam
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22 years experience in industry, company and equity research and portfolio management |
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Integral part of three successful start-ups |
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Head of research with Trisys Communications, India’s only focused financial research and communications company. Clients include Ispat International, Dun and Bradstreet, Essel Propack, HCL Technologies, Mahindra British Telecom, among others |
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Founded Equisearch, a research and fund management venture |
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Bachelors of commerce from St. Xaviers College, Calcutta |
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Manish Chandra
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20 years experience in private equity, investment banking, business advisory and start-ups |
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Former ‘Key Director’ of US $ 60 million HSBC Private Equity (South Asia) Fund; instrumental in setting up HSBC’s Private Equity operations in India; headed Portfolio Management, Investor Relations, Compliance and Finance |
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CFO responsibilities at Nokia Mobile Phones (South Asia) |
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Senior positions at Arthur Andersen, India and Pearl Group, UK; Internet entrepreneur |
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Bachelor of Commerce, SRCC, Delhi University; Chartered Accountant |
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Shiv Kumar
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22 years experience in merchant banking, capital markets, wealth management across India and the Middle-East |
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Significant experience in securities trading, private placement, debt restructuring, disinvestments and privatization |
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Prior work experience with Bank of America and Merrill Lynch International, Dubai |
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Co-founder of Prime Securities, Hinduja Finance and Genesis International, Dubai |
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Bachelors of commerce from HR College of Commerce (Bombay University) and MBA from International Management Institute, New Delhi |
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Vikram Jhunjhunwala
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20 years of experience in investment banking covering M&A, capital markets, restructuring and business advisory for MNC and Indian corporates |
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35+ M&A transactions executed of value exceeding US $ 250 million |
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Senior positions at Coca Cola, Reliance, Ernst & Young, Star TV and ANZ Grindlays Bank |
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Bachelors in Engineering (Bangalore University); MBA from Stern School, New York |
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Henrik Gustafsson
Head of Group M&A, Kaupthing Bank
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Henrik graduated with a BSc in Management from London School of Economics. He joined Credit Suisse First Boston as a Generalist in M&A in 1998 and in 1999 moved to Nordic M&A at Lehman Brothers until 2003. In 2003 Henrik joined Kaupthing Bank in Investment Banking and is now in charge of Kaupthing Bank's internal M&A function. |
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