EDUCATION

• MBA from Indiana University (Kelley School of Business)
• Masters in Commerce from Bangalore University
• B. Com from St. Joseph’s College of Commerce

Raman Mangalorkar

• Raman co-founded Highstreet Capital in 2008 which is a SEBI approved domestic venture capital fund focused on investing in mid-tier companies in India
• Worked with A.T. Kearney where he was the Head of the Consumer and Retail Practice for Asia Pacific
• Besides serving as an advisor to Maple Advisory, he is also an advisory board member of TVS Capital – a consumer focused private equity fund and Moksha Yug – a rural infrastructure and services company focused on addressing the rural supply chain challenges in India
• Worked on a wide range of strategic, operational and organization issues for clients generating significant top and bottom line impact
• His areas of expertise included formulating business strategies, transforming supply chains & managing large scale programs in the Retail and Consumer industries

EDUCATION

• MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad)
• First degree in Economics (H) from the University of Delhi

Taveesh Pandey

• Taveesh, is the founder Director of Black Diamond PE Advisors, a New Delhi based corporate venture and financial advisory firm with significant focus on assisting early stage, small and mid sized companies in creating value
• Has over 20 years of experience in the Indian financial sector. With over 12 years plus of “buy side” experience
• At Maple, Taveesh, advises on small cap - capital raise and M&A
• Prior to establishing BlackDiamond, Taveesh worked with SUN Group where he led investments in the mining, power and IT sectors and was the shareholder nominee on the Board of India’s leading mining exploration company
• He worked with the IFC, Washington (the private sector arm of the World Bank group) in New Delhi. and was involved with some of the largest transactions of IFC. Sector strengths include, TMT, Manufacturing, Infrastructure and IT services
• He started his career with CRISIL (India's leading credit rating agency and now part of Standard & Poor) where he developed CRISIL's analytical framework and business flow for project finance / cash flow based ratings and municipal bond ratings. He also created and commercially launched innovative rating products