Bringing over 18 years of Private Equity and Corporate Finance experience across Southeast
Asia, Nikhilesh’s expertise includes debt and equity financing across diverse sectors, as
well as portfolio management and value creation at SME companies. He founded the M&A
Advisory practice at Taipan Partners, focusing on consumer and tech sector deals across
South East Asia. Prior to Validus, he led M&A deals for Masan Group and developed key
experience in portfolio management and capital raising for various companies as an
Investment Manager at Avigo Capital Partners.
At Validus, Nikhilesh runs the overall business as Group CEO and he had led Validus to
become the largest SME financing player in SEA. He has led strategic initiatives for the
Group including fund raising, acquisitions (CitiBusiness portfolio in Singapore), JVs (with
Rachmat family, Siam Cement Group) and divestitures (sale of Singapore business to GXS
Bank).
