Meet The Lead Angels Team
CEO and Founder
- First CEO – Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE–IIT B)
- Previously Director at Hyderabad Angels
- TiE Charter Member
- Member of Mozilla Open Software Support –India & NASSCOM10K
- Over 20+ years of experience in Financial Services and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
Director
- Partner at Aavishkaar Frontier Fund.
- PGDM from IIM-Ahmedabad & BE in Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani.
- 25+ years of experience in BFSI, media, logistics in India, Middle East and Hong Kong.
Director
- Prof Dhruv Nath is a former Professor at MDI, Gurgaon.
- B Tech in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science, both from IIT Delhi.
- Mentored over twenty five Digital Business Start-ups and has been a Consultant to the Top Management of several organisations such as Glaxo, Apollo Hospitals, Gillette, Nestle, IndianOil Corporation, Bajaj Auto, etc., in the Strategic use of IT for Business.
Head - Professional Services
- Chartered Accountant and Economics graduate with 20 years of finance, strategic planning and treasury experience in the industrial, telecom and IT industries
Head - Investments
- Masters in Banking and Finance from the University of Mumbai
- 4 years of experience in Financial Services and Investment Banking focusing on sectors such as Fin-tech, Food & Beverages, Consumer and Technology.
Head - Advisory and Portfolio Services
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of Pennsylvania and MBA from Babson College
- Several years of experience in Consulting, Angel Investing, Venture Capital and Fund raising
Manager - Lead Angels Fund
- B.E. Chemical Engineering and M.Sc. Biological Sciences from BITS Pilani
- Experience in Biosimilar research, real-estate and start-up ecosystem
Manager - Investments
- Over 4+ years of experience working with Startups, Incubators, Accelerators and Startup Ecosystem Players.
- B.Voc Retail Management from St. Francis College
- Community Building, Research on I&A’s and mentoring are other areas of experience
Portfolio Manager
- Bachelors in Management Studies from Lala Lajpat Rai College.
- 2 years of experience in Finance, Venture Capital and Investments working in different sectors.
- Worked at Venture Catalyst in their Investment Team in Early Stage Investments and managing Investor Relations at the firm.
Associate - Lead Angels Network
- Worked with Emirates airlines dealing with reservation and ticketing for 4 years .
- Worked with JP Morgan services Pvt Ltd with equity capital markets team as a consultant in investment banking department dealing with expense management
Associate - Growth & Investor Management
- B.A. (H) Economics from Hansraj College, Delhi University
- Experience in marketing, advertising and production.
- Hobbies include Theatre, stood All India Rank 1 in Theatre at Delhi University ECA trials.
Investment Associate - Lead Angels Fund
- Masters in Management from University of Mumbai Cleared 2 levels of CFA.
- Previously worked as a Treasury Product Controller for hedged financial instruments at Morgan Stanley.
Manager - Investor Relations
- Post Graduate in Advertising & Communication.
- 7+ years of experience in the Advertising Agency, Ed tech Startup, Financial Services.
- Enterpreneur, Startup Enthusiast.
Investment Manager
- MSc Finance from Lancaster University Management School.
- Previously worked as CFO at Agri-tech company and as part of the Transfer Pricing team at Ernst & Young.
Manager - Complaince, Accounts & finance
- Studied at Institute of Chartered Accountant of India.
- Company Secretary from ICSI.
- 7 years of working experience in Auditing Finance and complaince.
