LEADERSHIP TEAM
Hormazd Charna
Founder, CEO & The Eternal Dreamer
Hormazd is a Corporate and Investment Banking professional with 16+ years of experience in M&A/private equity & stressed asset advisory. He has worked with reputed organisations such as Deloitte, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Yes Bank and Tata Capital. He is an avid swimmer, a diehard F1 aficionado and an anti single use plastic crusader. He did his PGDBM & MS Finance from ICFAI Business School, Gurgaon.
Manoj Mishra
Co- Founder & The Wise Shaman
Manoj specializes in Innovation, Corporate & Strategy Planning, M&A, Procurement Strategy and Entrepreneurship. He has over 30 years of professional experience with Indian and Global companies in Auto (OEM Vehicles and Component Manufacturers), IT-E commerce and Service industries.
Amit Gupta
Global Head & All Things Business Guy
Amit is the Quintessential Business man and Consummate deal maker with a demonstrated history of over 23 years of multi sector entrepreneurial and professional experience in areas of sales, gtm strategy, strategic alliances, product, ideation, e-commerce and thought leadership. More recently since 2014, he has been involved with the startup and VC ecosystem at large having scaled up many ventures by multi folds and exiting them. A management graduate from Univ of North London, he has grown up in, lived and worked across geographies from Western Europe, N America, Africa to Asia. A minimalist by choice, he is an avid traveller, gourmet foodie and a compulsive reader.
INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES
Dilip Rajani
London, UK Country Representative
Since 1981, Dilip Rajani has been helping companies in the UK & India for Mergers and Acquisitions, Outsourcing and helping Indian Companies setting up business in the UK. On the Humanitarian side, he served as president of Lions club twice and had an opportunity in serving elderly and disabled children.
ADVISORY TEAM
N K Taneja
A Strategy and Marketing Professional
A strategy and marketing professional, Mr. N.K. Taneja is able to go in depth and identify customer and market insights. He has vast and diversified experience of more than 41 years wherein he has managed various senior profiles and played a major role in undertaking the vast gamut of activities encompassing general management, finance, strategy, corporate projects, business turnarounds, technology, strategic business development, mergers & acquisitions, cross border joint ventures, running and managing overseas operations and turnaround as well as brand strengthening. He has many achievements in his career trajectory including several joint ventures and acquisitions of many companies in Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Mexico, Japan, USA, China, Italy, Switzerland etc.
Prof. Samir Barua
Former Director- IIM Ahmedabad
Prof. Samir Kumar Barua, MTech, serves as an Advisor of Reserve Bank at India, FICCI and the Mumbai and National Stock Exchanges. Prof. Barua serves as a Visiting Professor to academic institutions in USA, Netherlands, Singapore & Cyprus. He has been a Professor of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmadabad since 1980. He is a Consultant to many public and private organizations in the manufacturing, banking and financial services sectors. He served as a Director of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad as well as on the board of many reputed Indian corporates.
Kishor Karnataki
Director & CEO, MACJ
Kishor Offers international experience in strategy building & implementation with milestones across M&A/ JV, P&L, Operations, Business Development & CRM & Business Mapping Processes for Global Auto OEM & components companies. Currently he is India MD&CEO of an European Auto components organisation.
Jamshed K Daboo
Corporate Veteran & Independent Advisor
Jamshed is an Independent Advisor working closely with the start-up ecosystem. He is a partner at TenX2, Strategic Advisor at MergerDomo and is an advisor to various companies in the consumer space. Jamshed has 34 years of experience with the Tata group, India’s most respected business house. He is the former Managing Director of Trent Hypermarket Pvt. Ltd – A Tata and Tesco enterprise, and continues to be on the board of the company. Prior to this, he was the Chief Operating Officer of various divisions of the Taj Group of hotels and has performed a variety of roles at Titan Company Ltd. He has headed businesses for over 22 years and has experience and expertise in crafting out clear business and brand strategies, developing network operating models and driving execution and success through processes and people. He is passionate about adopting a collaborative approach with customers, colleagues and other stakeholders. For a significant part of his career Jamshed was involved with the Tata Business Excellence Model; a process-driven assessment model that provides feedback on the overall health of the company and on future courses of action. He has mentored teams that have assessed a wide variety of Tata companies across industries. Jamshed started his career with the Tata Administrative Service ( TAS) and has a degree in mechanical engineering and a post-graduate in business management from XLRI. He is member of the executive committee of a parent support group, VConnect, an NGO for parents of children with hearing loss.
GLOBAL ADVISORY TEAM
Moshe Porat
Founder & CEO, MESH Innovation Labs
High tech guy with more than 25 years of experience in Israel high tech executive positions. 15 years as entrepreneur (established 4 companies). Established MESH as the 1st tech co working space and innovation centers (3 centers in Israel, 1 in China, 111IC in India). Board member at Presentence for 8 years, and IAF (Israeli Airforce) alumni & Number of startups, Managing 3 accelerators (Modiin, JLM, Beit Shemesh) Involves in establishing tech centers and new education programs in the south and in the north of Israel Created more than 200 events, 4 tech employment fairs, 20 hackatons for teenagers and 1st datathon for based on data ( personalization of school) Lecturing about innovation, establishing ecosystem, culture differences, Israel know how and more.
Varad Krishna
Global Innovation Expert
Varad Krishna is an executive turned serial tech entrepreneur with 5 exits including two IPOs. Presently, an angel investor and involved in the Global Startups Movement - The 100 Open Startups. As a cofounder of this global movement, he is offering this program to all the stakeholders in the innovation ecosystem worldwide so that they can leverage it fro meet their goals and objectives. We are running several Grand Challenges that all the startups can apply and source business and investments.
OUR CREW
Sarita Srivastava
Product Manager & Chief Bug Squasher
Sarita Srivastava is a Product Manager with 10 years of experience. Possessing strong analytical skills along with pronounced business knowledge, she is an adept problem solver. An MBA-IT qualified, she has worked for various organizations. Being an inquisitive learner, she is always keen to know about new things both professionally and personally. For her creative self, reading and adoring nature are prime diversions.
Aman Kukreja
Operations Manager & Happy Multitasker
Aman is a Operation & Marketing Manager at MergerDomo where he closely works with Sales and Tech team to manage business operations efficiently and effectively. He also works closely on strategizing SEO and Digital marketing strategies. His attention to detail helps in enhancing the UI/UX for better user experience. He is an observant and enterprising chef. He completed his bachelor of management from Amity University. He is an achiever award winner for Best in Technical Innovation.
Rosy Fernandes
Relationship Manager
Rosy believes in the power of tailored user experience and leveraging inbound methodologies to achieve optimal results and loves reporting transformative results to her clients. Her previous roles and background, specifically with OYO has led her to be more passionate about Sales and Marketing, but is very eager to learn more. She is a St. Xavier's College, Goa alumni, with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, along with 4+ years of experience in Customer Engagement and Sales. When not working, you can find her referring to a cook book, petting stray animals, engaging herself in DIY art projects or having long chats with her folks.
Piyush Sharma
Senior Analyst & The Fun Startup Guy
Piyush Sharma is an Analyst at MergerDomo. He graduated from the University of Delhi and went on to work at Ernst & Young as an Assurance Associate. At MergerDomo, Piyush looks at Startups & Investment Analysis. He is excited by how entrepreneurship is changing the world. He is always up to offer a helping hand to founders on their Investment Strategy. He also caters to Financial Investors by mapping their Investment thesis to the right set of opportunities. He is currently pursuing the CFA charter to continuously strengthen his business acumen. When not at work, you can find him playing Cricket or in a movie theatre.
Ayushi Garg
Marketing Manager & Expert Negotiator
Ayushi Garg is an ambitious and agile member of our team and handling Social Media like live-wire. An alumni of ICFAI Business School, she is sharpening her Marketing skills and Financial acumen with us after a short stint of ICICI Securities. An explorer, traveller and a foodie, she enjoys cycling to shake off the load of cuisines.
Riddhish Panchigar
Institutional Sales Manager & Corporate Buzz Guy
Riddhish is a Sales and Marketing professional with 5+ years of experience in B2B sales. He has worked with companies like Oyo and Alien Technology Transfer. He has also worked as a Line Producer in the Animation Industry. He is an avid trekker, enjoys cooking and loves football as have played the game at the professional level. He has completed his graduation in BBA from St. Xavier's College, Goa.
Radhika Sharma
Analyst & Content Queen
Radhika is an Analyst who holds a Bachelor's degree in commerce from University of Delhi. She is a passionate & self- motivated individual who likes to exceed targets she sets for herself. Having interned at a top consulting firm she has interests in the field of Finance, market research and consulting. She also has a proclivity for writing. Besides work she can be found beguiling scads of time glass painting and espousing animal welfare.
Taran Bedi
Senior Analyst
Taran Bedi is the senior analyst in the Investment Banking division of the MergerDomo. He has a master’s degree in management and finance from Melbourne Business School and also a CFA level 3 candidate. He helps investment bankers by finding the right counterparties for their clients. He has interned at different companies including YES BANK and NITI AAYOG. Besides this, he’s a first degree black belt and loves playing different sports.