Amit Hirawat has 19 years of Investment Banking and Private Equity experience with Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and India Value Fund based in Mumbai and Singapore.
He last served as Managing Director – Investments, at India Value Fund (now, True North).
He was involved in several M&A and financial sponsor deals across India, North & South East Asia.
Has full cycle private equity experience investing in excess of Rs. 10 bn or >$150 mn (at current $ rates).
During his stints, he has worked with management teams on business build, on public and private equity, on different stages of the capital structure, on Fx hedges among other aspects.
He serves on the boards of Hyper Chain Private Limited (a blockchain company), Parity TrustOne Solutions Private Limited (a Fintech company) and SmartReactive Solutions Private Limited (a energy grid stabilisation company).
Amit has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from St.Xavier’s College, Kolkata and is a Chartered Accountant.
He writes a blog on global politics and economics (poleconomyindia.blogspot.in) and enjoys swimming and reading.