Abhisheka brings to the table an unique experience of being the founding team member of a new generation Micro Finance Company and Small Finance Bank in India. He has proven expertise in funds planning & mobilisation, management reporting, business planning and managing investor relations.
Prior to Sindhuja he was the CFO of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Ltd. and the founding member of Utkarsh Micro Finance where he as part of leadership team steered the start-up to a major MFI & then to a SFB. Prior to his more than 8 years journey with Utkarsh Micro Finance and Utkarsh Small Finance Bank, he was with ICICI Bank for more than 4 years. He also had over a year’s stint at Friends of Women World Banking where he worked closely with more than 35 MFIs across India.
He is alumnus of St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata and Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA).
Abhishek Sharman is Founder and Managing Director at Carpediem Capital Partners , an SME focused private equity firm targeting investments in consumer and services focused themes. Mr Sharman was previously Principal at India Equity Partners, a $350Mn India focused private equity fund. During his tenure at IEP, he worked across diverse sectors such as Healthcare, Education, Managed Services, Consumer and Financial services. Mr. Sharman has served on the boards of Ikya Human Capital Solutions, ILFS Education, Sagar Ratna Restaurants, RG Stone Hospitals and Axiss Dental and also played key role in IEP's investments in Coldex and Manappuram. Prior to IEP, he was an investment professional with SUN Group, a private equity firm focused on emerging markets, primarily Russia and India, with $2Bn in investments.
Mr. Sharman has close a decade of experience in private equity and has played a key role in investing, portfolio management and exits across more than 15 companies. Mr. Sharman serves as a member of economic affairs sub-committee of the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII). Mr. Sharman received a management degree from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.
Mr. Ameet Goyall brings with him over 23 years of experience, of which ~17 years have been in PE/VC space across India, South Asia & South-East Asia, and earlier in Corporate Finance & Entrepreneurship.
Mr. Ameet Goyall has been involved in over USD 325 Mn of equity investments across sectors like Financial Services, Consumer, Healthcare, Agribusiness, Manufacturing, etc. He earlier had stints with Phi Capital, DEG (The German Development and Investment firm), Sun Group & J P Morgan. He has been involved in marquee transactions like Classic Legends (Jawa motorcycles), MAS financial, Equitas, J K Paper, among others and was active not just at board level but also at operational level across various portfolio companies.
Mr. Ameet Goyall is a Chartered Accountant and has a management degree from Indian School of Business (ISB, Hyderabad). He did his under graduation from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.
Diwakar Pundir has experience of more than 18 years in the Banking & NBFC industries with specialization in Risk Management & Underwriting in SME & Mid-Market Segments, across products like Working Capital & Term Loans, Business Loans, Home Loans, Loans Against Properties, Personal Loans, Construction Equipment Finance, Loans Against Liquid Securities, etc. He was the Chief Commercial Credit Officer and a Member of the Senior Management Team at Bajaj Finance Ltd (BFL). He has also worked in Citi Bank and ICICI Bank. In 2019 he founded STFT Finance Pvt Ltd - an NBFC engaged in Small Business Loans (LAP and Unsecured Business Loans) to Micro Enterprises. Mr. Pundir received a management degree from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, and an engineering degree from the University of Roorkee.
Malkit brings over 12 years of experience in banking and finance with reputed financial institutions like Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank and Utkarsh Small Finance Bank. His experience is steeped in business development roles across Microfinance, MSME Lending, Mortgage Lending and Institutional Lending.
In his last role he was the Business Head for MSME & Agri lending at Utkarsh Small Finance Bank. At Bajaj Finance he conceptualised and established the financial institutions lending business. He brings to the table hardcore business development & execution skills and an unique perspective on the rural economy having worked at AMUL & IWMI in his prior stints. He also has a keen interest in technological innovations impacting financial services and inclusive finance specifically and will drive adoptions of these at Sindhuja.
Malkit is an alumnus of Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar & Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA).
Sandeep is founder of ‘agileITvantages’ and advises enterprises, large consulting firms and PE/VC portfolio companies in digital business strategy, transformation and governance.
Sandeep was Group CIO at Access Bank, a dominant Nigerian and pan African bank. He was President & Chief Technology Officer for Reliance Capital Ltd. He led transformation in RCap in Virtualization, Mobility, Cloud Computing & Business Intelligence. Sandeep began his career with the State Bank of India. He then worked for Tata Unisys as consultant for banking technology for offshore development centers and product development. He later worked with Oracle Financial Software, a world leader in banking ERP systems as senior consultant for global pre-sales and implementations. Sandeep became Regional Technology Head of Deutsche Bank for Asia and saw the bank through its crucial Y2K phase and key implementation of cash management systems. He subsequently joined GE Capital as India CIO & took over as Global CIO of Genpact, India's largest BPO/ITES company. He led the critical IT Migration of Genpact from GE after its divestment.
Sandeep has an MBA in Finance from JBIMS, Mumbai University, a diploma in Digital Strategies for Business from Columbia Business School and certification in Artificial Intelligence, Design Thinking from MIT Sloan.
With over 3 years of experience in PE, M&A and Strategic Consulting projects, Ms. Bhandari has worked across transaction origination, execution and relationship management. Prior to joining NMI, Ms. Bhandari was a part of the Investment Banking team at ValPro with a focus on PE and M&A transactions across sectors. She also managed their private investment portfolio of early stage start-ups. Previously, she worked with TresVista, Mumbai. Ms. Bhandari holds a MBA degree (finance major) from NMIMS, Mumbai and B.Tech in Information Technology. She also holds a certification in Social Impact Analysis from Acumen.
Agustfn Vitorica is the Founder and Co-CEO of GAWA Capital, Spain's leading impact investing firm with over €200 million in Assets under Management or Advisory through four impact investing funds launched in the last 14 years. Agustfn has been instrumental in the introduction of Impact Investing as an asset class in Spain, having closed alliances with leading private banks, large wealth managers and traditional asset managers. GAWA Capital has completed over 70 investments worldwide in areas such as m icro finance, SME financing and smallholder agriculture finance having improved the lives of more than 800 thousand low income individuals in emerging markets.
Agustfn is Master of Business Administration by Kellogg School of Management and holds 23 years of private equity experience and is also a Founder and Member of the Executive Committee of SpainNAB, Spain's association for impact investi ng. He teaches at Universidad Autonoma's Impact Investing Course and he is also a teacher of impact investing at IE University.
Ms Counye is currently active as an independent advisor in the sector of impact investments. She has started her career in the banking sector within the investment management department of ING Belgium. Since 2007, she has been active as an investm ent professional within the sector of impact investments in developing countries worldwide. As a private equity investment officer, she has investigated and managed investment projects in Microfinance Institutions with lncofin (2007 to 2011). From 2012 to 2023, she held positions as a Senior Investment Officer and Manager within the investment department of the Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries (BIO). Her focus was mainl y on the private equity activities of BIO through investments in financial institutions and private equity funds active in Africa, Asia and Latin America. During those years, she was member of the Board of Directors of Annapurna Finance (between 2014 and 2021) and was part of the Board of Directors of Fusion Microfinance for a brief period before BIO sold its stake in the company in 2018.
