Dr. Puneet Gupta has over three two decades of experience in strategy consulting, M&A, and investment advisory and board advisory roles. Over the last few years after relocating to India, he has been working closely with various institutional investors and mid-market ventures.

He has an extensive Governance and Advisory experience. With a primary focus on supporting management with strategic growth, human/financial capital, and corporate governance, he has served on the boards of major national institutions including UTI Pension Fund (~US$30B+ Pension fund asset manager in India) and NCDEX e Markets Ltd. He currently sits on the Board of Fusion Finance and also advises the Startup Fund of ONGC,

Mr. Gupta started his career as a consultant with Ernst & Young in Chicago providing strategic and transaction advisory services.

He then went on to hold leadership roles at SAP and ACL Services responsible for strategic planning, M&A and fundraising.

He has also advised various pooled investment vehicles, private equity/ venture capital funds, conglomerates, and family offices on their Indian and global investment strategy.

He is a TIE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) charter member and actively mentors entrepreneurs, delivers lectures on Private Equity & Venture Capital at leading academic institutions.

Dr. Gupta holds a PhD from IIT (Delhi) and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.