Ravi Udeshi

20+ years experience in Investor Relations, Fund raising, strategy and structured finance | Career graph of fund raising of over US$ 300 million across equity and debt transactions

Vice President, Investor Relations, Capital Markets - Ernst and Young India - Mumbai, India

(2022-02)

Playing a pivotal role in elevating organisational visibility and engagement with a diverse network of institutional investors across India and overseas. Proven expertise in stakeholder engagement, fundraising strategies, investor reporting and leading teams.

• Advised a US$ 1 Billion Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing company on their pre-IPO and post IPO investor relations strategy, brought in 6 sell side coverages and brought in investors of US$ 15M
• Advised a US$ 600M IT company on their pre and post demerger strategy resulting in value unlocking and brought in new investors amounting to US$ 10M post demerger
• Explained transition of a pharma client business model and brought 4 sell side coverages and institutional investors of US$ 20 million resulting in 10x market cap increase to US$ 2 billion in 3 years
• Advised 2 pharma clients basis investor feedback post which market cap increased by 2x and 2.5x respectively in 2 years
• Advised an US$ 5 billion NBFC company on its disclosures and brought in institutional investors of US$ 10 million
• Advised a consumer company on its Buyback plan
• Pitched a consumer company and brought in institutional investors of US$ 6M
• Outreach to institutions and family offices on explaining company stance on AGM resolution on which proxy advisors had negative recommendation resulted in 86% voting in favour
• Enabled sell side coverage for clients including with Tier 1 sell side including Goldman Sachs, Investec, Phillip Capital, Macquarie
• Raised US$ 40M debt for a telecom company and US$ 56M debt for a warehousing company and oversaw debt due diligence
• Raised US$ 140M in Telecom IPO

Deputy Vice President - Christensen Investor Relations merged with EY - Mumbai, India

(2020-05 - 2022-02)

Deputy Vice President - Corporate Banking - IndusInd Bank - Mumbai, India

(2018-01 - 2020-04)

Strong sourcing, relationship management, regulatory and execution expertise across multiple corporate and investment banking transactions including acquisition finance, PE buyout financing, recapitalization financing, cross border financing, conducting open offers for takeover, and oversaw debt due diligence

• Structured a JDA real estate waterfall financing structure between a local developer and a Tier 1 developer for US$8M
• Structured and closed an international offshore inventory and receivable deal of US$50M for a Luxembourg SPV of a US$2.5B group within Indian and European legal frameworks
• Structured promoter funding of US$5M for a US$150M textile and real estate company
• Structured promoter funding for a PE buyout of US$10M debt of a US$100M pharma company
• Conducted the appraisal, sanction, documentation of a steel Acquisition financing in the nature of sale and leaseback transaction for US$ 42 million of a US$ 3.9 billion group of a stressed asset

Chief Manager - Corporate Banking - ICICI Bank - Mumbai, India

(2015-02 - 2017-12)

Senior Manager, Corporate Lending - Tata Capital Financial Services - Mumbai, India

(2010-10 - 2015-02)

Manager, Manager, Corporate Finance - Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd - Mumbai, India

(2009-02 - 2010-10)

Assistant Manager, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations - MCX India Ltd - Mumbai, India

(2007-02 - 2009-01)

Assistant Manager, Investment Banking - ASK Securities Pvt Ltd - Mumbai, India

(2006-06 - 2006-12)

Associate, Investment Banking - Meghraj Finance - Mumbai, India

(2005-07 - 2006-05)

Chartered Accountant - Accounting - Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (2005-05)

Bachelor of Commerce - Commerce - KC College, Mumbai University (1999-03)