India is one of the fastest-growing economic powers in the world today and it playing an increasingly important role in economic and political matters across the globe.
South Africa and India have long-enjoyed a tight bond across political, social and economic matters and our partners from Moodley Attorneys Inc. are passionate about forging strong economic ties.
To unpack this opportunity. our CEO Marc Ashton hosted an investment webinar unpacking some of these opportunities. He was joined by Ish Anand and Craig Beney to unpack this opportunity and how investors could participate in this opportunity.
The webinar playback is below:
Craig Beney (Helical Capital Partners)
Craig is the founding partner and CEO of Helical Capital Partners (“HCP”). HCP is a sustainability-focused private equity company advising on equity and debt raising for related transactions and fundraising for sustainability investment mandates. HCP also provides reporting and administrative ability for these transactions and funds. HCP previously has an affiliation with Partners Group, a Swiss-based and publicly listed private markets company with close to US$ 125Bn under management. HCP acted as principals on a conduit to their international private funds for the South African investment market.
Craig was previously Chief Operating Officer (“COO”) for Convergence Partners a private equity firm where he was responsible for investor reporting, governance and risk management. Prior to that Craig was COO for the Phatisa Group a pan-African private equity firm) where he was also responsible for financial reporting. Craig was involved in fundraising for first and subsequent closes of funds at both entities.
Craig served on the board of SAVCA from 2015 to 2018 and is currently a standing member of the regulation and transformation subcommittees. Craig further advises individuals who have a significant portion of their wealth tied up in their own private companies on generational wealth management and international private equity.
Ish Anand
Ish has 32 years of experience in industry and as an entrepreneur in 5 continents. He has worked with several Indian, Trans-National & Multi-National Businesses from inception to leadership roles.
He has had 2 successful stints as an entrepreneur with one of the companies he founded, being taken to a successful IPO in 2018.
Over the last 10 years he has continued to on the one side be involved in building success stories in the startup domain & on the other side build his own venture investment portfolio. During his corporate & entrepreneurial journey, Ish has worked in the areas of Private Equity, Real Estate & Infrastructure, Hospitality, Education, IT / ITES, e-Commerce, Co-Living & Student Housing, FinTech, Blockchain & the Startup Ecosystem delivering several landmark projects. Ish has delivered several landmark projects in India with Ascendas CapitaLand, Business Parks & Technology Parks – India, Singapore, Indiabulls Real Estate (a Blackstone Company), Leela Hotels, Palaces & Resorts (a Blackstone Company), Inno Group Private Equity – Residential Real Estate, Hotels & Infrastructure (Inno Group Belgium), Isthara Co-Living & Student Housing – Rental Housing Assets, The Choice Group – Landmark Educational Assets.
Ish has an excellent track record of having shown growth and consistent financial performance with ventures he has been involved with. He has recently incorporated a set of new ventures in the UAE which are a Boutique Advisory & Consulting Firm – ‘Relia Smart Global Advisory’ – ‘Global Solutions to Local Problems’ and a Fintech Platform – ‘Your Investment Story’ – a Global Demand & Supply Aggregation platform focusing on Financial Inclusion & Education, Community Building and aggregation of curated globally compliant Investment Opportunities across several traditional and new age asset classes. He is also in the process of incorporating a structure out of the UAE for investments in Asia, Middle East & Africa which would run in parallel with the growth & scale startup ecosystem that he is running for startups and sme’s.
Ish has also taken over as the Chairperson & CEO (UAE & India) of the French Social Impact Fintech www.eic-corporation.org and Board Member – iCapital Ventuers Global (Luxembourg).
To connect with any of the speakers or schedule follow-up discussions, please Contact Us or e-mail marc@decusatio.co.za