Management

 
 

 

Prateek Roongta
- Vice President


  Prateek joined IVF Advisors as the first Associate in 2005. In this role, Prateek has the responsibility of implementing the Fund’s business philosophy of “invest and build” by helping portfolio companies realize their true potential and build strong, world-class businesses. To this end, he leverages his prior experience of providing consulting to some of the biggest Indian corporates. He works with the CEOs of the Fund's portfolio companies and helps them finalize their business strategy, develop practical, on-the-ground action plans, and implement the same.

  Prateek is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary,and has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Prior to joining IVF Advisors, he worked with A.T. Kearney in India and South East Asia for four and a half years, where he was a core member of the Financial Services consulting practice, and worked with several companies in the Financial Services, Energy, Automotive and Retail industries.

He can be contacted at prateek@ivfa.com
 


Srikrishna Dwaram
- Vice President


  Srikrishna joined IVF Advisors in January 2006 as an Associate in Fund Management. In this role, Sri has the responsibility of identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, assisting in the exit process of portfolio companies and in raising debt for portfolio companies. To this end, he leverages his network of bankers, his prior M&A and Capital Market exposure in the banking industry and his experience in strategic business and financial planning and analysis.

Sri secured a gold medal in Bachelor’s Degree in Technology, Mechanical
  Engineering and has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Prior to joining IVF Advisors, he has nearly 6 years of work experience in Manufacturing, Automobile and Financial Services sectors. Having worked with Maruti Udyog Limited, Kirloskar Oil Engines before an exciting stint in the Planning & Strategy division of ICICI Bank, he was part of the core team that set up India’s newest private sector bank, YES Bank.

He can be contacted at srikrishna@ivfa.com


Satish Chander
- Vice President


  Satish joined IVF Advisors as an Associate in 2005. His key role is in implementing the Fund's business philosophy of "invest and build" by helping portfolio companies build strong, world-class businesses and realize their true potential. For this role, Satish leverages his prior experience of analyzing companies both from the inside in his management consulting role and from the outside in his equity research role. He works with the management of the Fund's portfolio companies and helps them develop business strategy, finalize implementation roadmap, and execute the same.
  Satish is a Mechanical Engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras and has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. Satish's prior work experience includes stints in Tata Motors, Jamshedpur, Accenture, India and JPMorgan, India. In Accenture, Satish has worked with Indian pharmaceutical and consumer goods companies in areas of post merger integration, growth strategy and supply chain integration. Satish has also worked in JPMorgan equity research as a part of the Metals & Mining and Oil & Gas team.

He can be contacted at
satish@ivfa.com



Siddharth Dhondiyal
- Vice President


  Siddharth joined IVF Advisors in February 2006 as an Associate in Fund Management. Siddharth has the responsibility of identifying emerging industry sectors, evaluating investment opportunities and assisting in the exit process of portfolio companies. In this role he is able to leverage his prior experience as a management consultant advising Indian companies on a wide range of strategic issues.

Siddharth has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and an MBA from INSEAD, France
  Prior to joining IVF Advisors, he worked for nearly 6 years with Accenture in the strategy consulting practice. Siddharth was a manager in the Products Industry practice at Accenture and has consulted with companies in the Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods, Industrial products and Telecom industries. He has had significant experience in advising Indian companies on their growth strategies, international expansion plans and alliances, with on the ground experience in Mexico, Brazil, Russia & South East Asia.

He can be contacted at siddharth@ivfa.com




Ashish Bhargava
- Vice President


  Ashish joined IVF Advisors in July 2008 as a Vice President in the Business Management team. His key role is in implementing the Fund's business philosophy of "invest and build" by helping portfolio companies build strong, world-class businesses and realize their true potential. In this role, Mr Bhargava leverages his prior operational experience of 12 years across top companies in manufacturing, sales and marketing. He works with the functional teams of the Fund’s portfolio companies and helps them develop and implement the business strategy
  Mr Bhargava has a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from S P Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. Mr Bhargava’s prior work experience includes stints at Marico Ltd., and Coats Viyella. At Marico marketing, he helped build some of the most admired and innovative brand equities in India. At Coats he helped implement new age systems and processes to achieve one of the best process control systems in the industry.


Amit Hirawat
- Vice President


  Amit joined India Value Fund Advisors in September 2008 as a Vice President in the Fund Management Team. In this role, Mr Hirawat is responsible for identifying and evaluating investment opportunities, raising debt for portfolio companies and in assisting with the exit process of portfolio companies.

Prior to joining India Value Fund Advisors, Mr Hirawat has nearly 9 years of experience in the Financial Services with DSP Merrill Lynch in Mumbai and Deutsche Bank in Singapore.
  At DSP Merrill Lynch (6 years), Mr Hirawat was part of the corporate finance team working on India focussed M&A and private equity deals. At Deutsche Bank (3 years), Mr Hirawat was part of the Financial Institutions Group working with clients in South-South East Asia on advisory and capital raising.

Mr Hirawat holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is a qualified Chartered Accountant