Team

Experienced professionals dedicated to investment activities and value creation

Rishaad Bilimoria

Ritesh Mandot

Moin Danawala

 
 
Rishaad Bilimoria
Partner, Tata Opportunities Fund

Rishaad Bilimoria is a Partner of the TOF team with eighteen years of experience spanning Private Equity and Investment Banking in India, the UK and the US.

Rishaad Bilimoria joined the TOF team since its inception 2011. Mr. Bilimoria has 18 years of work experience, including 13 years in Private Equity, in India, US and UK. Mr. Bilimoria has been involved in TOF’s investments in Varroc Engineering and TVS Supply Chain Solution. Mr. Bilimoria is highly experienced and has handle several critical aspects of the Fund, including origination and diligence, portfolio value creation, fundraising, fund governance, team building and investor relations. 

Prior to joining the TOF team, Mr. Bilimoria spent over 5 years in Indian private equity with the JM Financial Private Equity Fund in Mumbai as a founding member of the team, where he served as a Vice President and executed transactions in retail, offshore logistics, business outsourcing and consumer sectors.

Prior to that, Mr. Bilimoria was with NBGI Ventures in London and JP Morgan’s investment banking division in London and New York.

Mr Bilimoria graduated from the MBA program of London Business Schools and holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University.

 
 
Ritesh Mandot
Partner, Tata Opportunities Fund

Ritesh Mandot is a Principal within the TOF Team, with seven years of private equity experience in India.

In respect of TOF I, Mr. Mandot serves as board observer of Shriram Properties and provides portfolio management support in respect of Tata Sky and Uber. Prior to joining the TOF Team at Tata Capital in 2013, Mr. Mandot had 7 years of private equity experience in India at Gennext Ventures and Milestone Religare Private Equity. Mr. Mandot has also worked in investment banking with MAPE Advisory.

Mr. Mandot is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (MBA) and Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (BE Honors, Electrical and Electronics Engineering).

 
 
Moin Danawala
Vice President, Tata Opportunities Fund

Moin joined Tata Opportunities Fund in September 2014 having previously worked at J. P. Morgan's investment banking division where he was part of the Power and Utility - M&A and Capital markets advisory team in New York and Mumbai. While at J.P. Morgan he worked across segments of power, utility, and renewable energy industry. Moin graduated with a distinction from Jaihind College, Mumbai University, where he earned his Bachelors in Management Studies with a major in Finance.