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Rajeev Agrawal
 

rajeev@ambitpragma.com

Focus Sector: Healthcare & Wellness

Domain: Healthcare, Logistics, Education

Function: Finance, Corporate Governance

Experience:
13 years across Private Equity and Sales & Marketing
Was a Partner and Fund Manager at India Value Fund, a leading India-dedicated Private Equity fund, for the past 7 years.

Before that, Rajeev used to head the Telecom business in West India for 3Com, a global IT major.

He was also the Regional Sales Head for Wipro, India's largest IT Company. Had a short stint as a research engineer with BEL, India's largest defence electronics company.

Education:
Rajeev is a Masters in Management Studies (MMS) majoring in Marketing from University of Mumbai. He is also a B.Tech (Hons) with a Gold Medal in Electronics and Telecommunications from H. P. University

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Nirmesh Prakash

nirmesh@ambitpragma.com

Focus Sector: Brand plays in Food

Domain: Consumer Goods

Function: Sales & Marketing

Experience:
11 years across Private Equity and Sales, Marketing & Branding
For the past 2 years, Nirmesh was a Chief Manager at the Private Equity division of the Times Group

Before that, Nirmesh worked in sales and marketing roles across multiple international markets at Asian Paints, a Global Top 10 decorative paints company
Sales experience with Philips Consumer Electronics in rural & urban markets in India
He has worked as a Business Development Executive with Marubeni, a Top 5 Japanese business group

Education:
Nirmesh is a MBA majoring in Marketing from Jamnalal Bajaj, Mumbai. He is also a B.E. (Production) from University of Mumbai.

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Sidharth Kedia

sidharth@ambitpragma.com

Focus Sector: Entertainment & Leisure

Domain: Outsourcing

Function: Operations, Six-Sigma

Experience:
10 years across Operations, Six-Sigma & Finance
For the last 5 years, Sidharth worked with Transworks (India’s No. 3 BPO by revenue) and efunds as Head of Operations & Business Analytics. Before that, he was the Head - Special Projects at Venture Infotek Worked with General Electric (GE) for almost 4 years where he got trained as a Black Belt in Six Sigma

Education:
Sidharth is a Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent) and an Economics Graduate.

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Mangesh Pathak

mangesh@ambitpragma.com

Focus Sector: Logistics

Domain: Logistics

Function: Supply Chain Management

Experience:
13 years across the SCM value chain, starting from inbound logistics to reaching the end consumer.

For past 4½ years, Mangesh was General Manager, Supply Chain, at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Pharmaceuticals and was responsible for Planning, Logistics & Distribution, Cold Chain Management and Credit Management. Before that, Mangesh worked with Reliance Infocomm as a Senior Manager and played a key role in developing supply chain processes, setting up the warehouse management system & MIS during project phase. He has handled Asian Paints' complex distribution network comprising more than 20 plants and 70+ warehouses with over 1000 SKUs over a 5½ years period. He also has Sales & Service experience with Tata Telecom Ltd. in the western region of India.

Education:
Mangesh is a MBA majoring in Operations from S. P Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai. He is also a B.E. (Electronice & Telecom) from Govt. Engineering College, Jabalpur


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Amit Maloo


amit@ambitpragma.com

Chief Financial Officer

Function: Accounts & Compliance

Experience:
10 years in Finance, Accounts & Compliance
For the last 2 years, Amit was Finance Manager with India Value Fund and responsible for:

Portfolio Monitoring including tracking and review of MIS
Investor Reporting and Fund Accounting
Amit has worked in the areas of finance, accounting, tax and regulatory compliance across diverse companies:

Samsara Shipping - an international logistics company with a large presence in India
Shringar Cinemas - India's leading Film Distribution and Exhibition Company.
RSM & Co. – an Indian accounting and tax firm; now a part of PwC

Education:
Amit is a Chartered Accountant (CPA equivalent) and a Commerce Graduate.

 
 
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