Abhinav is passionate about discovering and developing leaders to positively impact the lives of individuals and organizations. He helps companies across the spectrum of financial services (including PE portfolio companies) recruit leaders who will have a lasting impact on their organizations. Abhinav is a core member of Spencer Stuart’s Financial Services and Private Equity practices and brings to his client work a decade of experience between executive search, banking, and tech services. He is a recipient of Spencer Stuart’s Lou Rieger Award for delivering the highest levels of quality work and excellent client service.

Industries served:

  • Asset and wealth management
  • Private equity (including portfolio companies)
  • NBFC / microfinance
  • Banking (retail, wholesale and investment banking)
  • Market infrastructure institutions
  • Fintech and payments

 

Roles / functional expertise:

  • CEO and deputy CEO
  • Chief business officer and business head
  • CFO / M&A / risk / tax
  • Investment professionals
  • Chief operating officer and chief technology officer

 

Previous experience

  • Standard Chartered Bank: commercial banking relationship management
  • Citi: early warning credit risk, commercial bank
  • Citi: stints in equity capital markets, instant personal loans, corporate credit risk, Operations
  • Infosys: systems engineer
  • Hindustan Times: business, education and sports bureaus

Education

  • Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies: M.B.A. in finance
  • NMIMS University: Bachelor of Technology in electronics and telecommunication
  • CFA Institute, USA: chartered financial analyst, Levels 1 & 2
  • Global Association of Risk Professionals: financial risk manager: Level 1

Practice Areas