Manoj is a Partner in the Arpwood Partners investment advisory team. He has been with the Firm since 2017.

Manoj was a Director at The Carlyle Group between 2005 and 2017. He worked with Rajeev to set up Carlyle’s India franchise, and led their investments in HDFC, India Infoline, PNB Housing Finance, and SBI Cards. Manoj also helped set up the renewable energy investing franchise at Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group between 2004 and 2005, where he led investments into SunEdison and Horizon Wind.

Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Manoj worked with ICICI Bank’s leveraged finance and structured finance division and Hindustan Unilever.

Manoj is an all-India rank holding Chartered Accountant, and holds graduate degrees in Management from IIM Ahmedabad and Harvard Business School, where he graduated with High Distinction as a Baker Scholar.

Pratima Garg is an Analyst in the Arpwood Partners investment advisory team. She has been with the Firm since 2024.

Pratima worked with Kotak Alternate Asset Managers between 2022 and 2023, where she was part of the investments team in their commercial real estate fund.

Prior to Kotak, Pratima worked with Vedanta Resources' forex and commodity hedging division between 2021 and 2022.

Pratima is an all-India rank holding Chartered Accountant, and holds an undergraduate degree in commerce from Delhi University.

Mayank is a Director in the Arpwood Partners investment advisory team. He has been with the Firm since 2017.

Mayank worked with the Boston Consulting Group as a senior associate between 2015 and 2017, where he advised clients in the consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and energy sectors on growth strategy, cost optimization, and process redesign.

Prior to BCG, Mayank worked with Deloitte India’s strategy and operations practice.

Mayank holds an undergraduate degree in Production and Industrial Engineering from IIT Delhi and a graduate degree in Management from IIM Calcutta, where he ranked second in his cohort.

Rajeev chairs the Arpwood Partners Investment Committee. He has been with the Firm since its establishment in 2014.

Rajeev was the founding country head for The Carlyle Group’s India franchise between 2005 and 2015 and led their investment into HDFC. Between 1990 and 2005, Rajeev also set up and led the M&A franchise at DSP Merrill Lynch. Under his leadership, DSP Merrill Lynch was consistently ranked as the #1 M&A advisor in India.

Prior to joining DSP Merrill Lynch, Rajeev held senior leadership roles at the Indian subsidiary of St Gobain and Cosmo Ferrites, where he was Chief Executive Officer.

Rajeev holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from IIT-BHU and a graduate degree in Management from IIM Ahmedabad.

Amol is a Partner and member of the Arpwood Partners investment advisory team. He has been with the Firm since its establishment in 2014.

Amol was a Managing Director with the Texas Pacific Group between 2005 and 2014 and helped build the TPG India franchise. At TPG, he led investments into Shriram Transport, Shriram City Union Finance, and Vishal Retail, which was the first distressed buyout transaction executed by a financial sponsor in India.

Prior to joining TPG, Amol worked with Rajeev at DSP Merrill Lynch between 1999 and 2005, where he led the Financial Sponsors group and oversaw marquee private equity transactions including ICICI Ventures’ investment in Tata Infomedia and TPG’s investment in Matrix Labs. Amol began his career at IL&FS in 1996.

Amol holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay and a graduate degree in Management from IIM Ahmedabad.

Adesh is Vice President and leads ESG monitoring and compliance efforts at Arpwood Partners. He has been with the Firm since 2023.

Adesh worked with CBRE-ExxonMobil between 2020 and 2023, where he managed risks for the operations & projects across ExxonMobil sites in India. He also advised on matters related to statutory compliances, environmental strategy, corporate governance and outsourcing operations.

Prior to CBRE, Adesh worked with GE Healthcare across manufacturing, supply chain sourcing, and sales & services divisions.

Adesh has conducted more than 90 comprehensive audits in environmental, health and safety, labour, and supply chain security, across the oil & gas, power, healthcare, and consulting sectors in India.

Adesh holds an undergraduate degree in Biotechnology Engineering from MSRIT Bangalore and a graduate degree in Environmental Engineering from NITK Surathkal.

Akul is an Analyst in the Arpwood Partners investment advisory team. He has been with the Firm since 2022.

Akul worked with Bain & Company as an Analyst between 2021 and 2022, where he advised clients in the financial services, consumer goods and IT sectors on commercial due diligences and value creation.

Akul holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce.

Harshit Shrivastava is an Analyst in the Arpwood Partners investment advisory team. He has been with the Firm since 2023.

Harshit was an Investment Banking Analyst with Arpwood Capital.

Harshit holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay

Ishaan is a Vice President in the Arpwood Partners investment team. He has been with the Firm since 2021.

Ishaan worked with McKinsey & Company between 2019 and 2021, where he advised clients on organization restructuring, capital project execution and optimization, and growth strategy.

Ishaan holds an undergraduate degree in History from Yale College.

Vishal is a Director and member of the Arpwood Partners investment advisory team. He has been with the Firm since 2016.

Vishal worked with the Boston Consulting Group between 2014 and 2016, where he advised clients in the financial services and IT services industries on growth strategy, performance improvement, and post-merger integration.

Prior to BCG, Vishal worked with Nomura Securities’ fixed income division between 2010 and 2012.

Vishal holds an undergraduate degree in Electronics and Telecommunication from VESIT Mumbai, where he ranked first in his department, and a graduate degree in Management from IIM Calcutta, where he ranked fifth in his cohort.