Ashutosh is the founder and CEO of IMAP India, which he established in 2016. He has 25 years of experience in corporate finance and investment banking in India, and has been involved in a large number of complex international and domestic M&A transactions, private equity placements, capital market offerings, restructurings and structured finance deals. His pioneering transactional work has contributed to the overall development of the financial market in India. Ashutosh and his work have been recognized on several occasions by the Asia Pacific M&A Atlas Awards over the past ten years, including “India M&A Deal Maker of the Year” and “Emerging Corporate M&A Deal of the Year” for India.

Previously, Ashutosh co-founded the investment banking business at Motilal Oswal and served as its CEO for ten years (2006–2016), helping Motilal Oswal, a domestic equities broking firm, evolve and establish a leading position across a range of investment banking services. Before that, he spent six years (2000–2006) with the NBFC arm of Rabobank International, where he contributed to the firm’s coverage of the life sciences sector and established its leveraged finance, syndication and distressed debt resolution offerings.

Ashutosh began his career at CRISIL (1994–2000) as a credit rating analyst and later as business development manager for select geographies and industry verticals in India.

Ashutosh is a member of the IMAP Board of Directors.