Vijay Chakravarthi

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Biography

Mr. Vijay Chakravarthi serves as Partner, India at Affirma Capital. He is based in Mumbai. He has over 20 years of relevant experience, including 11 years of Indian private equity experience. Before Affirma Capital, he was with Standard Chartered Private Equity since 2012 and has a strong track record of investing and generating exits at attractive returns. During his tenure with SCPE, he has been involved with several of the fund's investments including Northern Arc, Varun Beverages, Fortis Healthcare, Cafe Coffee Day, and Devadarshini. Before SCPE, he worked in private equity, strategy consulting, and operations management across various locations including Mumbai and Chennai in India and Chicago and Milwaukee in the United States. His roles have included Vice President at Bain Capital where he concluded and managed multiple private equity investments of over USD 650 million, Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group focused on private equity and M&A, and Six Sigma Black Belt and Operations Leader at General Electric Company. He has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, an MS from Ohio State University, and a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Madras.