R S Prakash

Bio

Prior to joining Reliance Private Equity, Prakash worked with Actis for 2 years, where he primarily focused on investments in retail, consumer goods and logistics space. He led and executed the marquee control investment in Nilgiri's, a 100 year old leading heritage brand in food retail. He also played a key role in executing the Actis' investment in Sandhar, a leading auto ancillary company based in North India. Prior to Actis, Prakash was a part of the M&A & corporate finance team at Ernst & Young, for 4 years. Some of the key transactions executed by him included asset fund raising in Aban Loyd, acquisition of a controlling stake by Sibelco in Gimpex, sale of controlling stake in Lotus Labs to Actavis, restructuring Manipal group, a healthcare & education leader and of Sami Labs, a US leader in nutraceuticals. He was also a part of the corporate finance team at Arthur Andersen for 2 years and successfully executed some key transactions in the Sterlite group, Hutch, and Precision Wires amongst others. Before that he was a senior analyst at ICRA primarily focusing on ratings in banks & financial institutions and insurance sector. R S Prakash is a Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant.