As a business leader with over 25 years of experience in financial services, banking and strategy consulting, Puneet Shivam is associated with Jade as a member of the Board of Directors, contributing to the strategic policies and governance. Additionally, Puneet is the CEO and Managing Director at Avendus Capital Inc. (ACI), where he co-leads the Enterprise Technology and Services (ET&S) vertical within Avendus's investment banking business. He also holds positions on the board of ACI, and serves as a member of the Global Executive Committee and Risk Management Committee for Avendus' Long Only fund. Prior to this Puneet was a cofounder, board member and head of management consulting division at Inductis – a pioneering data and analytics company. Earlier in his career Puneet worked in strategy consulting at Mitchell Madison Group and equity research at Morgan Stanley
Puneet's expertise spans a wide range of strategy, leadership and financial domains, including mergers and acquisitions, optimal capital structures, investments, strategies for value maximization, building resilient organizations, strategic vision especially in the emerging technology landscape and building global organizations.
He holds an Exec-MBA from Harvard Business School, an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad, a master's degree in engineering management and a BTech (EE) from IIT, Kanpur. Puneet is a renowned speaker on entrepreneurship and mergers and acquisitions (M&A) topics, often sharing his insights in multiple forums