Bio

Mitali joined Baring Private Equity Partners India in 2007 and is the Chief Economist and Head of Deal Origination with respect to the investment banking community. In addition to this, she is also responsible for top-down analysis and investment opportunities in the oil & gas, building materials, power and capital goods sectors. She assists or has assisted in the supervision of TD Power Systems, NBCC, and Redington. Mitali's primary responsibilities as the Chief Economist include macro and micro economic research, forecasting economic trends, preparing a macro summary on a quarterly basis and assisting in sector allocations. As part of her deal origination role, she is in charge of sourcing deals across all industries from various intermediaries such as investment banks, audit firms, advisory firms, and consultants. In the last six years, the deal origination team has sourced investment opportunities worth US$ 56 billion. As a junior team member, she is actively involved in mapping global and local trends, technology evolution, tracking potential and current deals, as well as in evaluating investment opportunities in her sectors. In her prior position, Mitali worked with Portelet Management (now Moravia Capital AG) in Switzerland and India where she was involved in the distribution of private equity / venture / hedge funds and syndication of equity transactions for European funds and corporate clients. Mitali holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Electronics) from Mumbai University (First Class Honors), and an MBA from Cardiff Business School, UK. She has also completed a Diploma in Finance from the London School of Economics (LSE).