Gautam is a seasoned Investment Banker with a 25-year career across APAC and North America. He has been a senior trusted advisor to large and medium size corporates, private equity/infrastructure funds, family-owned conglomerates and early-stage businesses.

Gautam has spent most of his career in the TMT/Digital Infrastructure ecosystem and now covers clients across multiple sectors. He has established long term meaningful relationships and driven stakeholder value creation. He has worked closely with CEOs, company boards, and investment institutions on their strategic priorities driven by his extensive deal experience across Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestments, Growth Capital investments, Equity & Debt Capital Markets, Capital Structuring, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Impact Investing.

Gautam’s was previously at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) as the Head of Telecom, Media and Technology Investment Banking for APAC. He was with Merrill Lynch/BAML for over 15 years and had held Investment Banking roles at HSBC, ABN AMRO and Lazard. He has worked across Singapore, Hong Kong, New York and India.

He forayed into the investment world (2018-24) and founded Pegasus 7 Ventures, a venture capital fund that invests in technology enabled impact businesses in Asia and Africa with a focus on sustainability.