Ajay Garg

Ajay Garg is the founder of Equirus Capital. Ajay is a veteran investment banker, with over 22 years of experience in Investment Banking. He is acknowledged as being amongst the top deal makers in the country. He started his career with DSP Merrill Lynch where he was involved with several landmark deals during his stint there between 1996–2002. Prior to setting up Equirus in 2007, he was the group CEO of a leading investment bank which he co founded. Ajay holds a first degree in engineering and is a post graduate in management from IIM, Ahmedabad. Ajay can be reached at ajay@equirus.com

Donald D’Souza

Donald D'Souza is the Managing Director - New Initiatives at Equirus. He comes with more than 23 years of experience in Investment banking. Prior to Equirus he was associated with HDFC Bank as Head of Equity Capital Markets in its Investment Banking division. He had held key positions at IIFL, Kotak, CLSA and JM Financial. He has worked with some of India's leading corporates and private equity groups and has expertise in most equity products in Investment Banking. Donald is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad (1995) batch. He can be reached at donald.dsouza@equirus.com

Nirav Shah

Nirav has over 13 years of experience in Investment Banking, Capital Markets and Banking. He has experience of working on equity transactions in the Financial Services space across segments like Banks, NBFCs and HFCs. He is a CFA from ICFAI University and Commerce Graduate from N. M. College, Mumbai. Nirav can be reached at nirav.shah@equirus.com

Nirav Shah

Lokesh is an Associate Vice President in the Investment Banking division and part of the BFSI Team at Equirus. He has over 8 year of experience working on M&A and private equity transaction across the BFSI sector and advising senior management teams on investor strategy. Prior to Equirus, he had been associated with YES Securities and Reliance Capital. He has completed all three levels of the CFA program (AIMR, USA) and has done his graduation in Management Studies from University of Mumbai. Lokesh can be reached at lokesh.damani@equirus.com

Ajit Deshmukh

Ajit Deshmukh has over 25 years of management and leadership experience. He has been associated with Equirus in leading the technology space and had played a leadership role in cross border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and fund raising for technology companies in IT industry & Investment Banking industry. Prior to joining Equirus he was the founder of Wizarth Advisors, a boutique investment banking firm that offered financial advisory service to cross boarder M&A transactions.

Mr. Deshmukh has been working with founders of IT companies and CEOs of High growth companies in their Inorganic Initiatives. He brings in an unique combination of understanding of Technology, Business, Entrepreneurship allowing him to be an Advisor of choice for several companies. He has successfully handled Technology leadership positions at Citigroup and US Dept. of Defence. Ajit has nearly 15 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur in IT and Financial services. He is a Post Graduate from NCST and BE in Electronics from Mumbai University. Ajit can be reached at ajit.deshmukh@equirus.com

Munish Aggarwal

Munish Aggarwal has over 12 years of work experience in Capital markets across India and South East Asia. Prior to Equirus, he was working with JPMorgan India across the India and South East Asian region. He is a MBA finance from Symbiosis, Pune. Munish can be reached at munish@equirus.com

Vijay Agrawal

Ajit Deshmukh has over 25 years of management and leadership experience. He has been associated with Equirus in leading the technology space and had played a leadership role in cross border Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and fund raising for technology companies in IT industry & Investment Banking industry. Prior to joining Equirus he was the founder of Wizarth Advisors, a boutique investment banking firm that offered financial advisory service to cross boarder M&A transactions.

Mr. Deshmukh has been working with founders of IT companies and CEOs of High growth companies in their Inorganic Initiatives. He brings in an unique combination of understanding of Technology, Business, Entrepreneurship allowing him to be an Advisor of choice for several companies. He has successfully handled Technology leadership positions at Citigroup and US Dept. of Defence. Ajit has nearly 15 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur in IT and Financial services. He is a Post Graduate from NCST and BE in Electronics from Mumbai University. Ajit can be reached at ajit.deshmukh@equirus.com

Sandeep Gogia

Sandeep has over 15 years of Technology & Management experience across Investment banking, Manufacturing & Education. Prior to Equirus, he was associated with ICICI Corporate Business Group. Sandeep has successfully closed multiple cross border M&A transactions in the IT space. He is a B.Tech in Textile Technology from NIT and a MBA in Banking & Finance from Nanyang Business School, Singapore. Sandeep can be reached at sandeep.gogia@equirus.com