NARASIMHAN VARADHARAJAN

Chief Financial Officer

Narasimhan has a proven track record of 22 years of progressive and diverse F&A accomplishments in various industries. Having rich experience in Accounting, Costing, Budget & MIS, Audit. Deliver to the expectations of the Board under pressure.

He served KEF Holdings Group alone for more than a decade and part of core management team at the Board level. He is very instrumental for their large dis-investment of steel foundry division valued USD 1 Billion which is recognized as one of the largest private equity dis-investment in the history of UAE.

SHEENA SAMUEL

Executive Assistant

Sheena joined DSA in 2015 to provide administrative support working alongside with the Founders to coordinate strategy development and implementation. A highly organized and result-oriented Executive/ Personal Assistant with over 8 years’ experience providing thorough and skillful administrative support to Senior Executives. Dedicated and focused; able to prioritize and complete multiple tasks and follow through to achieve goals. An independent and self-motivated professional with excellent communication skills; able to grow positive relationships with clients and colleagues at all organizational levels.

NADEEM NAVAB

Office assistant

Nadeem Navab joined the team in 2011. Nadeem assists in the office administration and PRO work.

Technology

Food & Water

Healthcare

Infrastructure

RAHUL GROVER

Project Manager

Rahul has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Bristol focusing primarily on Renewable Energy Solutions.

He started his first business in MEP maintenance and civil contracting before developing his own sustainable energy solutions business, Blue Star MENA in 2012 which became one of the primary installers of Solar Water Heater Solutions in the UAE market.

Rahul initiated and completed a 100-square meter portrait of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum entirely Solar (Building Integrated Photovoltaic) in early 2016. The project is the first of its kind and will feature in the Guinness book of world records.

SHEETAL BHAMBLANI

Legal Associate

Sheetal holds a Master’s degree in Law with specialization in Intellectual Property Rights; dissertation submitted on Protection of Trade Secrets under Indian and Overseas Law before Gujarat National Law University. She is also pursuing Masters in Business Law from National Law University, Bengaluru.

Enrolled with Bar Council of Gujarat (India); Sheetal started her career as a Legal Associate for Y.J Trivedi & Company; one of the major IP Law Firms of Gujarat, India. Sheetal has closely worked on matters involving IP (Trade Marks, Copyright, and Designs) Prosecution and Litigation.

Sheetal had been appointed as Trade Marks Examiner at Trade Marks Registry, Mumbai (Ministry of Commerce & Industries, Government of India) in the year 2016 which she relinquished in the year 2017.

DR. MANIKANDA ARUNACHALAM MD

Healthcare & Technology Partner

Dr. Mani a multi-disciplinary professional with expertise in corporate strategy and planning, venture capital and private equity financing.

Dr. Mani also serves as a board member in The KEF Company, a multi-million-dollar private investment firm in Dubai, and has advised a number of provider, biotech and medical devices firms on portfolio management. Dr. Mani started his career as a cardiologist at the Apollo hospitals group in Chennai, India where he was trained in interventional cardiology. He received an M.B.A. from Wharton.

SATISH GROVER

Chief Operating Officer

Satish has an extensive track record in operating and effectively managing projects and businesses in the Oil & Gas space. At Petrochem, he headed all the relevant administrative and financial departments. He has had an illustrious career in the oil and gas business for nearly thirty-five years, having set up operations and managed the business for Atkins, a FTSE 250 company, in Sharjah, for just over two decades. He has also worked for KBR (a former subsidiary of Halliburton), where he worked on various projects, including projects for the likes of BP, in the UK and Norway. Following Petrochem, he became a shareholder MD at Litwin PEL, an engineering company he helped acquire from Lamprell, for nearly 2 years.

He is currently a shareholder CFO at Beinit DMCC, a company which acquires distressed O&G assets then deploys them to operators on a lease to own basis. He remains a mentor at Litwin PEL.

JOHN ORAM

Chief Investment Officer

12 years in oil and gas advisory and principal investment including 8 years at Kulczyk Investments (KI) in London where he led analysis of several of KI’s major external and internal transactions and managed investment banking relationships and advisors. Selected transactions include the internal financial analysis on KI’s swap of its stake in Kompania Piworwarska into $1.1bn of SABMiller shares (May 2009). He also led the analysis of the sale to VW of KI’s import trade licenses and associated infrastructure in a €200mn deal. Additionally, he was involved in the acquisition and exit of Neconde. His total transaction list to date totals $5bn.

He has strong technical skills and has served as an alternate director for various portfolio companies with an emphasis on capital structure optimization and reporting. Prior to KI, John was a consultant with clients including Shell and BP. He is a graduate of the University of Surrey, UK and completed a one-year internship at Her Majesty’s Treasury.

MANOJ NARENDER MADNANI

Chief Executive Officer

A well rounded alternative asset manager with a proven combination of business development, deal creation/deal origination, human resource optimization, marketing, operations, due diligence, legal, P&L management, conflict resolution and public speaking domain expertise. Able to operate in multi-cultural environments, and has strategic skills both on an origination level and a portfolio level which ensure efficient management of the portfolio monitoring team. Significant M&A experience with income, market and asset approaches and has experience integrating companies globally. Successful business development track record and has built strong relationships in global growth markets. Successfully been involved directly in transactions totaling US$ 5.0 billion. In addition, capital markets experience in Canada, Poland, UK and the USA. Well versed in external affairs and maintaining commercial joint-venture and government relationships. In country efforts have always been focused on adding value back to the society through sustainable philanthropy.

Manoj has a strong background in origination, corporate finance, international transactions and corporate strategy. Has led global transactions from origination to exit with a stellar record covering the automotive, energy, FMCG, infrastructure, logistics, mining and technology sectors. Prior to founding The DSA Group, he was the Managing Director for 8 years with the Kulczyk family (2007 to 2015) focusing on developing their international footprint. As a Board Member of Kulczyk Investments SA (Luxembourg) directly responsible for their investment portfolio in global growth markets which resulted in significant gains for the family globally with significant increase in the portfolio NAV during his tenure.

Energy & Natural Resources

Education