Nandakumar Ranganathan has a demonstrated track record of Setting up & Leading reputed International Investment Banking & Investment Management Platforms with over 30 years of experience spanning different geographies and cultures. He has experience dealing with clients and investors across cultures and enjoys a successful track record as a consummate dealmaker. In the course of his dynamic career, he has led a multitude of domestic & cross border M&A (both buy and sell side), Advisory, Capital Access and Structured Finance transactions aggregating over USD 4.0 billion and brings with him the expertise of partnering “anchor clients” in the entire life cycle of their businesses.

His transaction road map spans across sectors and geographies. He has worked on marquee M&A transactions for leading Technology players (in their American & European acquisitions) and Telecom companies in Asia Pacific. These include marquee transactions that have featured in M&A and Capital Access League Tables in Consumer (incl Alcohol), Telecom, Real Estate(incl REITS), Technology and Metals. Delivered India's' First REITs and other marquee Structure Capital issuances and Convertible Bond League Tables and Euromoney Deal of the Year. He has built and managed capital market investment banking & structured products platforms at ING Barings & DBS Bank. As the Managing Director & Country Head of Cushman & Wakefield Capital Asia, he was instrumental in creating an Integrated investment banking & investment management platform. He has to his credit several “firsts” including India’s first Rupee Indexed Note, first Non-Recourse Steel Securitization, and the first REITS Issuance out of India etc. He has extensive experience in Building the M&A/Cap markets/SF platforms.

He has the experience of partnering with many of today's conglomerates from their early days and enjoys a huge amount of client capital. He is transmigrating this two-and-a-half decade-old experience of mentoring and partnering small caps through the journey of conglomerates. He is currently engaged in advising many growth companies in the process of value creation and subsequent monetization. He is one of the early proponents of Mezzanine financing in the Indian market and continues to work on structured transactions in this space. He has worked predominantly in Asia Pacific with transactional stints in USA and Europe as well.

Murthy holds a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He further enhanced his expertise by attending the PEVC program at Harvard Business School (Boston) and the PE program at Said Business School (Oxford, UK). He is also a CFA Charter holder.

Murthy founded the Springboard Harper Technology Fund, a private equity fund backed by sponsor investments from TIF Ventures (a unit of Singapore’s Economic Development Board) for early-stage technology investments. In 1996, he established Marshal Funds and currently directs the enterprise, focusing on equity research and the management of specialized investment mandates in both Private Equity (Technology, Renewable Energy, Life Sciences) and Public Markets. The firm operates in London, Mauritius and Singapore.

With a career spanning over two decades, Darin has collaborated with some of the world's largest investment banks and law firms, including GE Capital, Lehman Brothers, and Sullivan & Cromwell. His expertise has led to successful transactions worth billions of dollars across more than 20 countries, including the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, and Chile. Darin is also a prolific author, with over 30 publications to his name, including books such as Managing BRIC Real Estate Investment Risk and Managing European Real Estate Investment Risk. Currently based in Chile he advises Funds and Agritech, Real Estate and Gaming companies. He has a critically acclaimed blog (http://businesswarriorsdojo.com).

Having begun his working career in 2007 with JPMorgan, Pranam has developed a niche for himself at the intersection of technology, design and business. His core competency lies in using design thinking to solve business problems that range from formulating the go-to-market strategy of anEduTech startup to addressing the human capital needs of a financial services firm. At Blu Oak Capital, Pranam manages early-stage deals with a focus on the consumer Internet, education and hospitality sectors. As part of the firm's investment committee, he offers the strategic marketing, design and technology perspective to complement the team’s core investment management capabilities.
Pranam holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai. He is a certified user experience designer (CXA,CUA) and advises several start-up companies on building customer-centric operations. He is also actively involved with non-profit groups focusing on education and healthcare.