Bio

Debanshi joined Baring Private Equity Partners India in 2009 and is responsible for top-down sector analysis, investments, and overseeing portfolio companies in the BFSI, payments and specialty chemicals sectors. She also evaluates investment opportunities in various sectors on a bottom-up basis. Her role includes industry studies, business due diligence, financial modeling, and providing recommendations on investment structures and interfacing as required. She has prior experience investing in private companies, structured debt, PIPE, and listed companies. She was actively involved in investments such as Manappuram Finance, Muthoot Finance, and Sintex Industries. Debanshi is involved with strategy, operational reviews, supervising expansion plans, capital allocation, business expansion, diversification, and branding, among other portfolio monitoring areas. She is the junior portfolio supervisor for JRG Securities (now Inditrade Capital), Manappuram Finance, and Muthoot Finance. In her prior position, Debanshi was one of the original team members of Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking practice in Mumbai, where she spent five years working across general manufacturing, large industrial, information technology, commercial banks, and other sectors. She has worked on mid-market M&A deals in the media and outsourcing space such as Walt Disney-UTV’s acquisition of E-serve and other companies, and has helped with raising over US$ 1 billion capital for five large business conglomerates in India, including Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, and Infosys. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Debanshi spent four years with Ernst & Young audit practices, including a three year internship, and conducted statutory audits and internal control assessments for mid-cap listed and private companies, including Aurobindo Pharma, Kirby Billing Systems, Rasi Seeds, Pramati Technologies, Vanenburg Software, Juno Online and others. Debanshi is a qualified Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Osmania University. In addition, she completed the Level II CFA exam conducted by the CFA Institute, USA.