Abhinav Wadhawan
Summary
12 Years experience across private equity, investment banking, business finance and corporate development
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Vice President
Gulf Islamic Investments
2024.05 - Current
- Setting up the India office (Team of 6 people): Recruiting, Administrative Policies
- Deal Origination: Originated / Evaluated 100+ opportunities across sectors - Consumer, Healthcare, Digital / Tech
- Follow-on Investments: Nysaa (US$2m); GreenSoul (US$7m, Ongoing)
- Portfolio Management of 6 companies: Encube Ethicals, Bombay Shaving Company, Soothe Healthcare, Nysaa Retail, Hero Electric, GreenSoul
Vice President
FidelisWorld
2021.05 - 2024.05
- Portfolio Management of investee companies in Digital /Tech, and Consumer sectors, especially to improve business operations post Covid-19
- Sector analysis for potential bolt-on investments across geographies
- Define strategy and creation of marketing materials for the next fund raise of~US$350m
Consultant
Xynteo
2020.03 - 2020.10
- Responsible for creating a detailed financial and business plan to establish a vibrant and sustainable social enterprise with significant impact to the mining community
Investment Banking Associate
William Blair / BDA Partners
2019.04 - 2020.01
- Sell – Side Advisory: Led the growth equity capital raise for the largest dining out and restaurant tech company in India. Developed deal specific documents such as information memorandums, financial models and led investor discussions
Assistant Manager, Deal Advisory
Grant Thornton
2018.10 - 2019.04
- Sell – Side Advisory: Advised a leading bridge - to - luxury leather products brand for growth equity capital raise. Developed deal specific documents such as information memorandums, and financial models
Investment Banking Analyst
India Infoline (IIFL)
2017.06 - 2018.02
- Buy – Side Advisory: Advised Carlyle to acquire the second largest Indian medical consumables company through leveraged buyout. Profiled and analyzed 100+ global M&A transactions and did LBO analysis to maximize IRR
Associate Manager
HCL Technologies
2011.09 - 2016.04
- Structured and negotiated a US$409m business deal for the management of cloud – based IT infrastructure for the largest bank of Norway
- Constructed an ‘application – wise pricing’ contract worth US$100m with the largest Australian government council - an ‘as-used’ model to minimize the risk of variability between costs and revenues
Education
MBA - Finance And Strategy & Leadership
Indian School of Business (ISB)
Hyderabad, India2017-04
B.Tech - Information Technology
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT)
Noida, India2011-05
Skills
- Deal Origination
- Financial Modeling
- Due Diligence
- Negotiations
- Portfolio Management
- Exit Planning
Accomplishments
Consistently ranked among top 10 in financial modeling at global level (2021- #3; 2020 - #10)
Certification
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- International Certificate in Corporate
Finance (ICCF) , Columbia Business School - Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA)
- HBX Alternatives – Harvard Business School
- Advanced Valuation (Honors) – NYU Stern
Timeline
Vice President
Gulf Islamic Investments
2024.05 - Current
Vice President
FidelisWorld
2021.05 - 2024.05
Consultant
Xynteo
2020.03 - 2020.10
Investment Banking Associate
William Blair / BDA Partners
2019.04 - 2020.01
Assistant Manager, Deal Advisory
Grant Thornton
2018.10 - 2019.04
Investment Banking Analyst
India Infoline (IIFL)
2017.06 - 2018.02
Associate Manager
HCL Technologies
2011.09 - 2016.04
MBA - Finance And Strategy & Leadership
Indian School of Business (ISB)
B.Tech - Information Technology
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT)