Sharad Ladha has over 20 years of experience, in private equity and corporate strategy. He focuses on fund raising, deal sourcing, evaluation, structuring, monitoring and exit planning.

He has previously worked with private equity fund Subhkam Ventures where he led the investment team in making investments in Financial Services, IT, Healthcare, Consumer, etc. segments.

Prior to Subhkam, he was associated with the Times Group as an advisor on strategy for their vocational education business. He also led the strategy & planning team at Birla Sunlife Insurance where he helped the company to acquire distribution network and grow organically by introducing new product/business lines. He also led assignments at A F Ferguson (Deloitte) and helped clients carry out financial restructuring, & feasibility studies. He assisted them in formulating entry strategies, mergers & acquisitions, business process reviews and improvements. Previously, at TCS he was involved in carrying out Business Process Reengineering and post-merger integration assignments for clients.

He is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.