Serial Entrepreneur · Ex-Nomura Strategy
Three ventures founded and scaled across fortified nutrition, healthy foods and sustainable materials — after building strategy for Nomura's Wholesale division and closing $300M+ of M&A at o3 Capital. Now available for select consulting, advisory and expert engagements.
3
Companies founded
₹100M
Annual turnover scaled
$300M+
Deal value advised
5+
Live M&A mandates
01
Three ventures founded end-to-end — greenfield plants, product formulation, supplier qualification, and go-to-market. From a blank page to ₹100M turnover in year two.
02
Full P&L ownership as a founder, and board-grade financial rigour from a decade across CA, CFA and IIM-L. Forecasts, unit economics and closes that hold up to scrutiny.
03
5+ sell-side and buy-side mandates at o3 Capital totalling over $300M in the IT services space — valuation, diligence, buyer management and closing.
04
Wholesale strategy at Nomura: US expansion modelling, an M&A alliance that delivered large revenue growth, and risk mitigation of ~50% back to pre-Covid levels.
Fortified Foods · Founder & CEO
Conceived and built a fortified rice kernel plant from the ground up — greenfield design, equipment procurement, full value chain — supplying the Government of India's national rice fortification programme. Scaled to ~₹100M turnover at ~90% plant efficiency by year two.
Investment Banking Strategy · Nomura
Formulated and implemented strategy for Nomura's Wholesale division through the Covid crisis — revenue optimisation, financial models behind the US expansion plan, and an M&A alliance that drove large revenue growth. Strongest IB performance despite the slowdown.
M&A Advisory · o3 Capital
Associate on 5+ sell-side and buy-side mandates totalling $300M+ — including a ~$100M cloud services provider sold to an international buyer at an optimum valuation. Deal collaterals, valuation notes, pitches and counterparty management end-to-end.
About
My career runs both sides of the table: strategy for one of the world's largest investment banks at Nomura, live M&A transactions at o3 Capital, and then three companies of my own built from zero — a fortified rice kernel plant supplying the Government of India's fortification programme, a healthy foods venture, and a plant-based leather startup.
I'm a Chartered Accountant (All India Rank 48), CFA Level 3, and a PGDM from IIM Lucknow — and I actively invest a personal portfolio of ₹60M+ using the same fundamental analysis I bring to engagements. I take on a small number of consulting and advisory mandates each year so each one gets real attention.
Current ventures
Life Agro
Fortified rice kernels · est. 2023
MLK Industries
Healthy & functional foods · est. 2025
Jiva Leathers
Plant-based leather · est. 2026
Earlier
Nomura — Senior Associate, IB Strategy · o3 Capital — Associate, Investment Banking · Accenture Strategy · Yes Bank
The process
A short call. If I can't genuinely help, I'll tell you and point you elsewhere.
A written diagnostic: where the numbers leak, what to fix first, and what it should be worth.
Hands-on execution — models, negotiations, plant floors, board decks — not advice left on the table.
Systems and habits your team keeps running after I leave. No dependency on me.
Ways to engage
Project
A defined problem — a raise, a transaction, a plant, an expansion plan — with a clear scope and end date.
Retainer
Ongoing fractional CXO or strategy capacity: a fixed number of days a month, board-grade output.
Advisory
A sounding board for founders and promoters — regular sessions, direct answers, no decks unless needed.
A small number of mandates at a time, in India or remote — so each one gets real attention.
Qualified Chartered Accountant with cross-sector experience; available for accountancy consulting, financial controls and closes. DCF, comparables and transaction valuation; M&A diligence and deal structuring; fundraising, investor decks and capital allocation across $300M+ of live transactions. Financial modelling in Excel at board grade.
Division-level strategy at Nomura, customer strategy with Accenture, and hands-on market entry: new segments, new products, supplier negotiation and distribution build-outs. Greenfield plant design and commissioning, machinery selection, process engineering, supplier qualification and quality systems. Data and tools that support this: SQL for analytics, survey design and segmentation analysis.
Sector research and fundamental analysis — winner of a sectoral research competition at IIFT Delhi, published in their magazine. NCFM-certified in capital markets; CFA curriculum through Level 3; active manager of a personal ₹60M+ portfolio.
A fast learner, on record
At Accenture Strategy, senior management specifically called out my rapid learning — including picking up SQL on the fly to run survey analytics, and becoming the single point of contact for the client and analytics team within weeks of joining.
Building Life Agro, I went from founder to fluent in the technicalities of every machine and part on the fortified rice kernel line — equipment selection, process parameters, and maintenance — because the plant couldn't afford me not to be.
In the ecosystem
I'm regularly invited by schools and institutions to judge Shark Tank–style entrepreneurship events — evaluating student and founder pitches on the same criteria I've been on both sides of: the numbers, the moat, and whether the plan survives contact with reality.
Earlier, I competed on the other side of the table: CFA Global Research Challenge zonal winner, Bloomberg Internship Challenge national finalist, and campus winner of Reliance's Ultimate Pitch — seven competition finals in all.
Manufacturing · Fortified Foods
Greenfield plants don't fail on engineering. They fail on working capital, supplier discipline, and the gap between a spreadsheet and a factory floor.
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M&A · o3 Capital
Deals die in diligence, not negotiation. What actually moves a mid-market transaction from teaser to close — seen from the advisory seat.
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Founder Finance
A CA who has also run a P&L as a founder on the financial habits that separate companies that survive from companies that merely grow.
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Let's talk
Consulting engagements, expert advisory, or a senior finance and strategy hire — tell me what's on the table.