Hariganesh M
Chartered accountant with over seven
years of experience in industry profile,
statutory audit and M&A practice of
Big four firms. Handled over 25 deal
advisory engagements in the past three
years for corporate and private equity
clients across various industries.
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Financial analysis
Audit/Accounting
M&A
Microsoft tools
Communication
Learning
Project mgt.
Decision making
Career summary
Key skills
Notable work milestones
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Education
200*-****-**** 2014 2015
Class X Class XII CA-Inter B.Com CA-Final
Work experience
Deal Advisory
Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Assistant
Manager
(Apr’17 – Nov’17)
- Senior Associate
(Sept’15 – Mar’17)
- Manager
(Oct’18 – Apr’19)
- Assistant
Manager
(Nov’17 – Sept’18)
Transaction Services
Chennai, India
Role mandate and learnings
- Buy side, sell side, closing diligences including model / business plan review for corporate / PE clients;
- M&A mandate in relation to managing the transaction process and negotiations;
- Computations of key valuation metrics including net debt, normalized working capital and earnings, identification of matters for transaction closure and validation of forecasts / financial models; Notable contributions
- Reported on various deals ranging from USD2.5mn to USD 1.5bn
- Supported a mid-size private equity in their divesting/investing mandate towards five of their portfolio entities including 3 niche pharma ventures;
- Identified various valuation adjustments for clients to enable them to negotiate appropriate value including net debt evaluation of an airport with 32 operating entities;
- Delivered projects in niche industries like medical centers/ laboratories, healthcare chains, O&G storage, restaurants, hospitality, airports, cement by quickly learning about the industries on the project
- Lead teams in various transactions and ensured delivery of quality work and received credible reviews from senior client personnel
- Delivered multiple assignments in parallel within strict timelines Feedback pointers
CBSE
91%
CBSE
92%
ICAI
First attempt
Madras University
First attempt
ICAI
First attempt
Asset to the firm
Technicalattitude and Microsoft expert Very positive Extremely fast in analyzing / reporting
Independent
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Forecast / model
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- SFA / Finance
Business Partner
(May19 – Current)
Corporate Finance
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Role mandate and learnings
- Engaged as part of the Corporate finance team with primary responsibility of assisting in modelling / evaluating internal projects and extend support on M&A initiatives;
- Involve in presentations to the Board of directors and Abu Dhabi Development Holding (ADDH);
Notable contributions
- Involved in various corporate finance and M&A engagements including four significant on-going acquisitions in Middle East, Asia and Europe offering inputs to financial model, valuation and documentation;
- Actively involved in guiding the external due diligence team with respect to key valuation metrics including net debt and EBITDA adjustments;
- Developed / assisted in mechanisms for structuring certain aspects of transactions (including earn out, put option etc.);
- Recommended some strategic targets to the Company which have been selected and negotiations are ongoing for establishing partnerships;
- Stepped up and assisted the financial performance team in monthly financial reporting and discussion on performance with business units;
- Generated over four significant cost saving and business ideas within the initial months of joining which are into evaluation by the review board; Personal dossier
25th May 1994
Married
- Rated as an “Outstanding performer”
in all feedbacks across all workplaces;
- One of the Youngest Manager across
the advisory practice of KPMG world-
wide;
- Provided various value add through
business ideas and M&A inputs to a key
Abu Dhabi government entity;
- Led various mid-size deal advisory
engagements from the initial quarter of
joining;
- Worked on 25+ deals ranging from
USD 2.5 million to USD 1.5 billion
Date of birth:
Status
Interests
Nationality Indian
Cricket, movies,
singing, dancing
Languages English, Tamil, Hindi
- Professional
Assistant
(Sept’12 – Sept’15)
Statutory Audit
Chennai, India
Work exposure brief
- Obtained exposure in various industries including oil storage & exploration, industrial manufacturing, and automobile components etc.
- Key achievement during articleship experience include:
- “Above & Beyond” award for exceptional performance at work
- “Beyond level” rating for all audits performed during the tenure
- Performed a detailed analysis of oil exploration accounting under Indian GAAP which resulted in issuing a qualified audit report to client. Hariganesh M
Chartered accountant with over seven
years of experience in industry profile,
statutory audit and M&A practice of
Big four firms. Handled over 25 deal
advisory engagements in the past three
years for corporate and private equity
clients across various industries.
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Financial analysis
Audit/Accounting
M&A
Microsoft tools
Communication
Learning
Project mgt.
Decision making
Career summary
Key skills
Notable work milestones
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Buy-side diligence and business
plan review assistance to True
North on their investment in
KIMS chain of hospitals across
India and GCC (USD200m)
Buy side advisory
on a Pan India
diagnostics chain
for Abraaj Group
(SD200m)
Financial advisors
on the merger of
ADCB, UNB and
Hilal bank
Vendor due diligence
for Manipal group of
hospital in relation to
their fund raise
evaluation (USD180m)
Buy side advisory assistance on
behalf of an Int’l airport
player in their investment
evaluation on two major
airports in India (USD1.5bn);
Due diligence for PE / investor
houses on some marquee F&B
chains in India including Adyar
Ananda Bhavan (largest Indian
restaurant chain) and Cream
Center franchises in Chennai
Worked with Fulcrum Venture India,
Chennai based PE in their divesting /
fund raising mandate for their portfolio
companies primarily involved in the
consumer and pharma segment
(Manna Foods, Specmakers, Brio Bliss)
Buy-side diligence
for Stakeboat
Capital towards
their investment in
Leixir Dental Chain
- Healthcare
- Pharmaceutical
- Laboratories –
Dental, Rad, Path
- Offshore services
(OSV)
- Consumer
- Hospitality
- Foods & Beverages
- Infrastructure
(ports, airports)
- Telecom
- Financial services
Audit and deal experience
Geographical experience
Africa
UAE
India
Japan
USA
Canada
UK
Industry experience Deal experience
Diligence on various
govt. entities as part
of the evaluation
undertaken by ADDH
Sell-side advisory to
Etisalat on their merger
of their Sri Lankan
operations with Hutch;
Vendor DD to Sequoia
backed India pharma
company, Curatio in
their fund raise from
Chryscap (USD20m);
Personal dossier
25th May 1994
Married
- Rated as an “Outstanding performer”
in all feedbacks across all workplaces;
- One of the Youngest Manager across
the advisory practice of KPMG world-
wide;
- Provided various value add through
business ideas and M&A inputs to a key
Abu Dhabi government entity;
- Led various mid-size deal advisory
engagements from the initial quarter of
joining;
- Worked on 25+ deals ranging from
USD 2.5 million to USD 1.5 billion
Date of birth:
Status
Interests
Nationality Indian
Cricket, movies,
singing, dancing
Languages English, Tamil, Hindi
Healthcare Clientele Other marquee clientele