Vixar

Amol Jain is a Partner and founding member of the VIXAR (formerly Arpwood Partners) investment advisory team, with the firm since its establishment in 2014. He was previously a Managing Director with Texas Pacific Group (TPG) between 2005 and 2014, where he helped build the TPG India franchise and led investments in Shriram Transport, Shriram City Union Finance, and Vishal Retail — the first distressed buyout by a financial sponsor in India. Prior to TPG, he worked at DSP Merrill Lynch between 1999 and 2005, leading the Financial Sponsors group and overseeing PE transactions including ICICI Ventures' investment in Tata Infomedia and TPG's investment in Matrix Labs. He began his career at IL&FS in 1996. He holds a BE in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad.

Manoj Dengla is a Partner and member of the VIXAR investment advisory team, with the firm since 2017. He was a Director at The Carlyle Group between 2005 and 2017, setting up Carlyle's India franchise and leading investments in HDFC, India Infoline, PNB Housing Finance, and SBI Cards. He also set up the renewable energy investing franchise at Goldman Sachs' Special Situations Group (2004–2005), leading investments into SunEdison and Horizon Wind. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he worked with ICICI Bank's leveraged finance and structured finance division and Hindustan Unilever. He is an all-India rank Chartered Accountant and holds MBAs from IIM Ahmedabad and Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a Baker Scholar with High Distinction.

Kazi Arif Uz Zaman is a Whole-Time Director of Ascentios Advisors, the investment manager to funds sponsored by VIXAR. He is also a partner at GestAlt Network, a Bangalore-based investment partnership. Prior to co-founding GestAlt Network in 2017, he served as Managing Director at Everstone Capital for over 9 years and as Associate Director at ICICI Venture. Before private equity, he worked with ANZ Grindlays Bank / ANZ Investment Bank for about 9 years. He holds a BE in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad. He has been a CFA charterholder since 2001 and was a founder director of the CFA India Society.