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Our clients are afforded a team that uniquely combines the extensive industry experience of the high octane professionals with the financial expertise and personal attention of senior management. The breadth and depth of industry relationships the team possesses, provides clients with unique benefits including round the clock solutions for business issues. Whether you are a start-up or a seasoned entrepreneur, Archis has the people, capabilities, infrastructure and network to advise, support and succeed together to attain the ultimate goal of value creation. Our team has hands-on experience in closing deals and has been involved in a number of transactions valued more than USD 1billion. |
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Devarajan Venkat (Dev) is the founding Chief Executive Officer of Archis Management Advisors LLP apart from being mentor and investor to select companies across the globe. Dev brings in a rich experience of over 20 years in corporate finance and operational management in leading companies. He was the Chief Financial Officer at Reliance Group for the entire global operations of their media arm where he had the opportunity to oversee, supervise and monitor the operations of 17 investments across multiple verticals and geographies in India and abroad.His areas of expertise include raising capital – debt and private equity, mergers and acquisitions, operational management support- as well as identification of investment opportunities,managing investments |
and relationships thereon. He has personally handled high profile promoter and celebrity relationships at a confidential level bringing in lot of value to the alliances and investments.One of the marquee investments of Dev has been the acquisition of Synergy - the company which shot to fame with the winner show ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ anchored by Amitabh Bachchan.He was on their Board for six years during which the top line grew from INR 100 mn to INR 800 mn. Being on the Board of over 10 companies gave him an insight to manage companies at the Board level while adhering to corporate governance. Prior to that, he has worked in Balaji Telefilms as Chief Financial Officer. Dev started his career with Raymond Ltd after a short stint with PWC. Dev was accredited with the nomination for CNBC CFO of the year in 2006 and successfully got featured on the cover of the CFO Asia magazine in the same year. He holds the distinction of implementing 24X7 audit systems in the entertainment industry for the first time in the country. |
Dev has a sound operational experience in various sectors like Textiles, Retail, Garments, Steel, Education and Media. Having closely worked with family managed companies, he has a deep understanding of the mind set of entrepreneurs and promoters which enables him to work out efficient and practical solutions of operational management and growth. |
He is a chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from Mumbai University. |
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