Rishikesh started his career as a consultant with Ernt & Young Corporate Finance in India. After working with E&Y for nearly 5 years, he co-founded a boutique Corporate Finance and Business Consultancy Company “Mindspring Advisors’ in 2004 at the young age of 28. About two years ago, Mindspring entered into a joint venture with an Italian advisory group and launched Agre, a specialized Indo-Italian consulting firm.

He has advised a number of corporates on M&A transactions (domestic and cross-border), private equity deals, corporate restructuring, debt restructuring, debt financing and feasibility studies. A few recent examples of strategic equity transactions include the amalgamation of Datar Switchgear with Larsen & Toubro, private equity transaction for the ‘Meru’ taxi service and divestment of a leading printing materials business to Saati SpA of Italy. A few examples of debt transactions include the debt raising for ‘Meru’ taxi service and Vanity Case Group of companies. He has also advised clients on new alliances, examples being Fami-Godrej and H-Farm-Times of India Group.

Rishikesh is an independent Director on the Boards of mid-sized companies and advises them on their business strategy in India, internal systems development, etc.

As a philosophy, he believes in not only working with clients as an advisor, but truly integrating with the client’s organizations and indeed becoming part of them as an integral member of their Management.