Santosh N — CEO

Santosh is the Managing Partner at D and P Advisory (‘D and P’). Santosh is a Registered Valuer and D and P is a Registered Valuer Entity. He has over 16 years of experience in valuation, transaction structuring, fairness opinions and disputes related mandates having advised clients across a wide range of industries including Real Estate, financial institutions, fund managers, Infrastructure, education & training, pharma and life sciences, internet and eCommerce, telecom, media and entertainment, IT/ ITES etc. He has provided valuation opinions for purposes as diverse as financial reporting, strategic decision making, tax planning, family disputes, transfer pricing, litigation and dispute resolution. Besides valuation of businesses in general, he specializes in valuation of complex financial instruments, early stage companies, intangible assets (e.g., brands, intellectual property, IPR&D, etc.), contingent consideration and ESOPs. He was the India head of valuation practice of Duff & Phelps. He was heading the Financial Instrument Valuation practice in American Appraisal India earlier and used to chair the Complex Financial Instruments Valuation committee in American Appraisal, a global initiative taken by the firm to grow this particular service line. He was South India Valuation leader in Deloitte and was part of the founding team in Grant Thornton Bangalore. He has been a speaker at several seminars/ workshops, including those organized by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). He was an International Keynote speaker in a conference on Business Valuation organized by RICS in London. Santosh’s prior work experience includes stints with Duff & Phelps, Grant Thornton and Deloitte.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned expert in financial valuation and advisory services across diverse industries.

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Experience: 21 yrs 11 mos