Pravin L. — CEO

Pravin Rajendran is a seasoned investment banker with ~19 years investment banking / management experience.Pravin has an MBA in Finance from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and is an Engineer in Computer Science from the College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University. He is a CFA Charterholder (CFA Institute USA). Pravin is a certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM) - Global Association of Risk Professionals. He is also a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA).Pravin is Director - investment banking at RBSA Advisors. He was director - investment banking at TH Global Capital, a leading UK headquartered midmarket investment bank; focused on M&A advisory and PE advisory. TH Global Capital is the winner of the 'Boutique Investment Bank of the Year 2023' award by The M&A Advisor & M&A Atlas Awards.Pravin was founder and managing partner at Doyen Advisory, a boutique investment advisory focused on private equity advisory, structured debt advisory, M&A advisory and real estate advisory.Pravin was Vice President at MAPE Advisory Group - focused on structured debt, private equity and M&A. Earlier Pravin was at the investment banking arm of a leading bank in the Middle East, formerly in affiliation with Goldman Sachs. Prior to that, he worked on the buyside at a global hedge fund, invested in 27 geographies globally. He oversaw the management of the team, and built the organization from 10 to 100 highly qualified personnel in India.Specialties: technology, IT services, finance, financial services, insurance, real estate, IT, cement, advisory, fund management, investment banking, private equity, engineeringVIEWS ARE PERSONAL.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned investment banking professional with expertise in M&A and private equity advisory.

Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Experience: 18 yrs 9 mos

Skills

Investment Banking
Financial Advisory
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Equity Research
Financial Analysis
Investment Analysis

Career Highlights

19 years of investment banking experience
CFA, FRM, and CAIA certified
Led successful M&A transactions across multiple sectors

Work Experience

RBSA Advisors

Director Investment Banking (2 mos)

TH Global Capital

Director Investment Banking (6 mos)

Investment Banker (9 mos)

Doyen Advisory

Founder and Managing Partner (5 yrs 5 mos)

MAPE Advisory Group

Vice President Investment Banking (8 yrs 10 mos)

NCB Capital

Senior Analyst - Equity Research (1 yr)

Roulac Global Funds, LLC

Investment Analysis Manager (1 yr)

Investment Analyst (2 yrs)

Education

MBA at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

CAIA at CAIA Association, USA

CFA at CFA Institute USA

FRM at GARP

Engineering at College of Engineering Guindy, Chennai

at Don Bosco Egmore Chennai

Pravin L.

CEO

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India18 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

19 years of investment banking experience
CFA, FRM, and CAIA certified
Led successful M&A transactions across multiple sectors

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned investment banking professional with expertise in M&A and private equity advisory.

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Skills

Core Skills

Investment BankingFinancial AdvisoryMergers & AcquisitionsPrivate EquityEquity ResearchFinancial AnalysisInvestment Analysis

Other Skills

ValuationM&A advisoryStructured Debt AdvisoryM&ADebt AdvisoryStock SelectionOpportunity IdentificationAsset ManagementReal EstateFinancial ModelingCorporate FinanceInvestmentsPortfolio ManagementStrategyVenture Capital

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Experience

Rbsa advisors

Director Investment Banking

Jan 2026 – Present · 2 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

RBSA Advisors, founded in 1971, is a leading independent Transaction Advisory firm with service offerings including Valuation, Investment Banking, Restructuring, Transaction Services, Transaction Tax, Risk Consulting and Dispute & Litigation Support. With a team of more than 250+ professionals, we are spread across 9 offices in India, Dubai and Singapore. RBSA has been consistently ranked amongst the top 5 M&A advisory firms by Bloomberg, MergerMarket and Venture Intelligence.
We are a firm with a global reach. We have worked with Clients across more than 30 Countries. We also have trusted afﬁliates across USA, UK, Canada, Europe, Australia, China, Africa and Brazil who, alongside us, provide Clients with seamless advisory services across the world.

ValuationInvestment BankingMergers & AcquisitionsFinancial Advisory

Th global capital

2 roles

Director Investment Banking

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Jul 2025 · 6 mos

Investment Banker

Apr 2024 – Jan 2025 · 9 mos

M&A / PE advisory for tech and tech services companies. TH global formerly Technology Holdings is a global M&A advisory firm with a focus on working with technology companies. We have strong domain experience and a proven track record of closing deals across multiple geographies within the technology space.

M&A advisoryPrivate EquityFinancial AnalysisMergers & Acquisitions

Doyen advisory

Founder and Managing Partner

Nov 2018 – Apr 2024 · 5 yrs 5 mos · Greater Chennai Area

Doyen Advisory is a boutique investment advisory focused on M&A advisory, VC / PE advisory, structured debt advisory and real estate advisory.

M&A advisoryPrivate EquityStructured Debt AdvisoryInvestment Banking

Mape advisory group

Vice President Investment Banking

Jan 2010 – Nov 2018 · 8 yrs 10 mos · Greater Chennai Area

MAPE Advisory is a leading Indian investment bank focused on M&A, debt and private equity advisory. The firm has been consistently ranked in the top 10 in the Bloomberg league tables in India yearly over the last 15 years.
Pravin Rajendran has worked on several transactions across sectors - financial services, information technology, real estate, HR, infrastructure, engineering.
Responsible for managing the entire life cycle of a deal - from business development, deal origination and pitch-book preparation to firming up investor interest and diligence and deal closure.

M&ADebt AdvisoryPrivate EquityMergers & Acquisitions

Ncb capital

Senior Analyst - Equity Research

Jan 2008 – Jan 2009 · 1 yr · Bahrain

Pravin Rajendran was a top ranked equity research analyst in the Euromoney Poll for Middle Eastern Research across Middle Eastern equity research desks.
NCB Capital is the investment banking arm of the Saudi NCB, one of the largest banks across the Middle East. NCB Capital had signed a MoU with Goldman Sachs.

Equity ResearchFinancial Analysis

Roulac global funds, llc

2 roles

Investment Analysis Manager

Jan 2006 – Jan 2007 · 1 yr

Roulac Global Funds - a top performing global long short hedge fund invested in 27 countries globally across 30 sectors. Pravin Rajendran managed the investment analysis process - selection of stocks - listed equities into the funds.

Investment AnalysisStock Selection

Investment Analyst

Jan 2005 – Jan 2007 · 2 yrs

Identified and analysed investment opportunities for the Global and India Funds. Recognised for performance. Made a member of the Global Investment Committee.

Investment AnalysisOpportunity Identification