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Nandini Sankar

Nandini Sankar

Nandini Sankar

Global Managing Partner and Lead GCC Operations – Capital Markets 

  • Over 25 years of experience in the asset management and GCC industry, Nandini and her team have proven capabilities in building, operating and scaling GCC.
  • Pertinent stints include:
  • MD, Russell Investments – 350 seater – 9 months
  • MD, SS&C Technologies: 5500+ seater 3 years inc

Global Managing Partner and Lead GCC Operations – Capital Markets 

  • Over 25 years of experience in the asset management and GCC industry, Nandini and her team have proven capabilities in building, operating and scaling GCC.
  • Pertinent stints include:
  • MD, Russell Investments – 350 seater – 9 months
  • MD, SS&C Technologies: 5500+ seater 3 years including M&A deals over 2 billion USD.
  • MD, GlobeOp: 2500 seater, exit to SS&C ~ 1 billion USD.
  • Education: BS Computer Science, BA Economics, University of Rochester

Jay Woldar

Nandini Sankar

Nandini Sankar

Managing Director – Banking and Financial Services and Americas

  • Over 30 years of experience in the Banking, Cash Management Treasury Services arena and all facets of lending services.
  • Pertinent stints include: Evalueserve,  ISG, Fiserv, ABN Amro - SVP Corporate Cash Management, SVP - Chase Manhattan Bank
  • Education: Colgate University, Fordham Gabelli School of Business.

Yadu Singh

Nandini Sankar

Ashish Jhajharia

Global Managing Partner and Global Lead Client Sourcing and Relationships 

  • Seasoned advisor in the captives (GCC) space having advised on over $7b of transactions since late 90s. 
  • Pertinent stints include: Assisting multiple fortune 2000 firms setup operations in India, Central Eastern Europe. Expert in helping clients navigate the impact o

Global Managing Partner and Global Lead Client Sourcing and Relationships 

  • Seasoned advisor in the captives (GCC) space having advised on over $7b of transactions since late 90s. 
  • Pertinent stints include: Assisting multiple fortune 2000 firms setup operations in India, Central Eastern Europe. Expert in helping clients navigate the impact of SaaS and AI on their operations, as well as, investor due diligence for potential buys in the tech space. 
  • Education: Masters- Rotterdam School of Management, Executive courses - Harvard Business School.

Ashish Jhajharia

Ramakrishnan (Ramki) Bellam

Ashish Jhajharia

Principal Advisor – Insurance and InsurTech  

  • Over 25 years of experience into Strategy, Transformation, Change and Technology insurance across the entire Insurance value chain  
  • Pertinent stints include: EY Parthenon, Accenture Strategy, iflexConsulting/Oracle FS, CGI Consulting and InsurTechStartups
  • Education: University of Calcutta, The i

Principal Advisor – Insurance and InsurTech  

  • Over 25 years of experience into Strategy, Transformation, Change and Technology insurance across the entire Insurance value chain  
  • Pertinent stints include: EY Parthenon, Accenture Strategy, iflexConsulting/Oracle FS, CGI Consulting and InsurTechStartups
  • Education: University of Calcutta, The institute of Cost Accountants of India, AICPCU, PRINCE2 Practitioner (APMG International)

Florian Scheibmayr

Ramakrishnan (Ramki) Bellam

Ramakrishnan (Ramki) Bellam

Principal Advisor – DACH 

  • Over 30 years of experience in leading  IT and Outsourcing/ Nearshore  companies. Skills:  GTM,  Business Development, Global Delivery, IT Strategy, CIO Advisory , complex global Projects
  • Pertinent stints include: ISG, Director; Cap Gemini, MD, ;EY and HP 
  • Education: Electrotechnical engineer - Hochschule München Un

Principal Advisor – DACH 

  • Over 30 years of experience in leading  IT and Outsourcing/ Nearshore  companies. Skills:  GTM,  Business Development, Global Delivery, IT Strategy, CIO Advisory , complex global Projects
  • Pertinent stints include: ISG, Director; Cap Gemini, MD, ;EY and HP 
  • Education: Electrotechnical engineer - Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences, MBA -  Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Executive courses: MIT, Wharton

Ramakrishnan (Ramki) Bellam

Ramakrishnan (Ramki) Bellam

Ramakrishnan (Ramki) Bellam

Principal Advisor and Lead GCC operations – Smart Manufacturing

  • Over 30 years of experience in leading the smart manufacturing and infrastructure projects. Co-Founder of  constructionstore.in, an online ecommerce marketplace for all construction materials. 
  • Pertinent stints include: VA Global Strategy, Global Telesystems
  • Education: BE Mech - Osmania University, MBA- Indian School of Business

Roberto Capodieci

Roberto Capodieci

Roberto Capodieci

Principal Advisor - Decentralized Architecture and Compliance Solutions 

  • Over 30 years of experience as an IT Manager.
  • 13+ years in architecting pioneering blockchain solutions.  
  • Pertinent stints include: Advancing AI decentralization with Jada AI, developing blockchain-based Play-to-Earn platforms with SimFly,
  • Consulting on compliance-orien

Principal Advisor - Decentralized Architecture and Compliance Solutions 

  • Over 30 years of experience as an IT Manager.
  • 13+ years in architecting pioneering blockchain solutions.  
  • Pertinent stints include: Advancing AI decentralization with Jada AI, developing blockchain-based Play-to-Earn platforms with SimFly,
  • Consulting on compliance-oriented blockchain solutions that emphasize security and scalability.
  • Designed and implemented system architectures that incorporate rigorous KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) protocols. 
  • Developed frameworks for managing digital documents on private and semi-private blockchain networks, ensuring enhanced data security and traceability. 
  • Education:  Istituto Meccanografico Veneto: IBM Mainframe Administration (1991),  Lecturer, Singapore University of Social Sciences  

Tim Morley

Roberto Capodieci

Roberto Capodieci

Lead GCC Client Acquisition – Banking and Financial Services, UKINL

  • Over 25 years of experience in the Banking and Financial Services industry, Tim and his team have proven capabilities in designing, automating and scaling GCCs.
  • Pertinent stints include: Advisor UK Government GCC. Global Head of Fintech, Banking and Insurance ELEKS
  • Third Par

Lead GCC Client Acquisition – Banking and Financial Services, UKINL

  • Over 25 years of experience in the Banking and Financial Services industry, Tim and his team have proven capabilities in designing, automating and scaling GCCs.
  • Pertinent stints include: Advisor UK Government GCC. Global Head of Fintech, Banking and Insurance ELEKS
  • Third Party Advisory for Insourcing Sourcing Strategy and Assurance
  • Managing Partner – Gartner Consulting
  • Education: University of Oxford, University of Trier

Ranveer Sharma

Roberto Capodieci

Ranveer Sharma

External Advisor – M&A Transactions, GCC Monetization, GCC Purchase 

  • Over 20 years of experience in private equity and M&A advisory. Founder of Valliant Capital Partners, a specialist India focused advisory platform across infrastructure and technology sectors.
  • Pertinent stints include: Eredene Capital, Oracle Financial Services
  • Education: MBA - London Business School.

Himanshu Vyas

Himanshu Vyas

Ranveer Sharma

Director 

  • Over 25 Years of experience in Corporate Strategy (AI) and Outsourcing, partnerships and M&A led growth.
  • Pertinent stints include: Chief Strategy Office - Atos
  • Large deal business development and offshore direct deals - CSC
  • Nordics market leader - HCL
  • Silicon valley startup sales and delivery lead - Hughes Software Systems
  • Founder Coa

Director 

  • Over 25 Years of experience in Corporate Strategy (AI) and Outsourcing, partnerships and M&A led growth.
  • Pertinent stints include: Chief Strategy Office - Atos
  • Large deal business development and offshore direct deals - CSC
  • Nordics market leader - HCL
  • Silicon valley startup sales and delivery lead - Hughes Software Systems
  • Founder Coach - Zinc VC
  • Education: MBA - Harvard Business School, Indian School of Business, BTech - Computer Science, IIT BHU

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