Meet the team
Girish Nadkarni
Founder & CEO
- Girish has over 33 years of investment banking and financial services experience, and founded Clair in 2021
- Girish has advised on 200+ transaction closures in equity capital markets, private equity raising and M&A, and has extensive experience in growth funding, capital market transactions and cross-border M&A
- Previously led teams at Motilal Oswal, Avendus, and IL&FS Investmart
- Girish is an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus
- Deepesh has more than 20 years of investment banking experience, having advised on more than 70 transactions
- Deepesh previously led teams at Motilal Oswal, Avendus and IL&FS
- He has extensive experience in raising private equity funding and capital market transactions
- Deepesh is a Chartered Accountant
Abhishek Pandit
Senior Associate
- Abhishek has more than 7 years of experience in Investment Banking and Consulting, having worked on transactions in the Consumer, Technology, Industrial and Healthcare spaces.
- Abhishek is a Chartered Accountant and has completed his graduation from the University of Mumbai
Mukund Ranganathan
Partner
- Mukund has more than 26 years of investment banking experience, having advised on more than 70 transactions
- Mukund previously led teams at Motilal Oswal, Edelweiss and Morgan Stanley
- He has extensive experience in raising private equity funding and M&A transactions
- Mukund is an IIM Ahmedabad alumnus and completed his B.Tech at IIT Madras
Ashish Patial
Vice President
- Ashish brings over 8 years of experience in Private Equity, Mergers & Acquisitions, and Equity Capital Markets, having successfully executed more than 10 transactions.
- Before joining Clair Advisors, he was part of the Investment Banking divisions at Motilal Oswal and SBI.
- Ashish holds an MBA from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and an engineering degree in Mechatronics and Industrial Automation.
