Tech - Enabled

23+ years experience in financial services in

• Establishing shared service organizations and creating centers of excellence
• Building transformative learning cultures and developing leaders
• Delivering large change programs across client , risk and efficiency parameters
• Driving emerging technology and intelligent automation agenda

Assignments in JP Morgan Chase & Co., Deutsche Bank Group, IBM, GE Capital and CRISIL(S&P India). Certified Six sigma blackbelt from GE. Machine learning certification from Stanford University / Coursera. MBA (Finance) & Bachelors in (Electronics) engineering.

3 Years and 8 Months with JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. Group ( Jan’16 – Aug’19)

Managing Director – Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Operations for Corporate Centres’, Philippines in Manila, Philippines

Accountable for operations delivery for global regions with emphasis on Asia Pacific. Team size 2000. Responsible for P&L, client metrices, talent management, continuous expense reduction through offshoring and efficiency , ensuring a strong control environment and business continuity, collaboration with client & client service, product, global operations & technology stakeholders. Member of global operations transformation steering committee and enterprise training governance group.

(Till Dec’17) : As Global Head of Reconciliations I was responsible for executing the reconciliations operating model that included partnership with technology to rollout an in-house developed enterprise wide platform, enhancement in straight through processing, reduction in breaks, and sharpening metrices analytics.

Raj Pai is a Founding Partner of GEF Capital Partners and co-head of the South Asia investment practice. He is based in Mumbai, India where he focuses on middle market growth equity opportunities in South Asia.

Mr. Pai joined Global Environment Fund as a Managing Director in 2008 before founding GEF Capital Partners in 2018. While at Global Environment Fund, Mr. Pai worked across multiple portfolios and was involved in the establishment of the South Asia investment program. In addition to overseeing guidance and operations of the South Asia program, including as ESG coordinator, Mr. Pai served as the nominee representative for several portfolio companies, including IEX (exited via IPO in 2017), iClean (sold to Takasago Thermal, Tokyo) and others. He participated in the exit of Reva Electric Car to Mahindra Electric.

Mr. Pai joined Global Environment Fund as a Managing Director in 2008 before founding GEF Capital Partners in 2018. While at Global Environment Fund, Mr. Pai worked across multiple portfolios and was involved in the establishment of the South Asia investment program. In addition to overseeing guidance and operations of the South Asia program, including as ESG coordinator, Mr. Pai served as the nominee representative for several portfolio companies, including IEX (exited via IPO in 2017), iClean (sold to Takasago Thermal, Tokyo) and others. He participated in the exit of Reva Electric Car to Mahindra Electric.

Mr. Pai currently serves on the board of directors of ESDS, Inc. and is also the nominee representative for Global Environment Fund for Concord Enviro, Rishabh Instruments and Prince Pipes.

Mr. Pai received a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of Bombay, a Master of Computer Science from Arizona State University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a dual US–India citizen and speaks three native Indian languages as well as English.

Krishnan Ganesan is a Managing Director at South Asia Advisors, a sub-advisor to GEF Capital Partners. He is based in Mumbai, India, and joined South Asia Advisors in 2019. Mr. Ganesan is responsible for sourcing, executing, and managing investments in South Asia. Additionally, he assists in various financial and administrative roles associated with the South Asia investment program.

Prior to joining South Asia Advisors, Mr. Ganesan was Director at Florintree Capital, an India focused alternate asset manager where he was responsible for private equity investments across several sectors and was also responsible for the finance function at the firm. Prior thereto, Mr. Ganesan was Vice President of the India investment team of Wayzata Investment Partners, a US-based private equity firm, and was also a member of the private equity team at ICICI Ventures. Mr. Ganesan has also worked as a strategic consultant for Stern Stewart & Co and as a member of the audit and assurance team at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Mr. Ganesan received a Bachelor of Commerce from University of Madras, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, where he was awarded the Gold Medal for graduating at the top of his class. He is a national rank holding Chartered Accountant and also a Company Secretary.