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  • About Us

  • Advisory firm with a difference

    Delivering comprehensive, authentic & reliable solutions to help you grow and thrive.

    We are a boutique Investment banking and Management Consulting firm working with a single minded focus to help Corporate, entrepreneurial & family businesses execute their growth strategies either organically or inorganically. Using our trusted network of proven experts in different fields and using best-in-class process and methods, we enhance the execution capabilities to our customers as a ‘One stop shop’ advisory firm

    • Successful track record of handling a variety of assignments for Corporate, entrepreneurial and family businesses.
    • Proven experience in doing domestic and cross border M&A transactions dealing with many reputed companies in India and overseas
    • Excellent in-house expertise in core deal making and transaction execution support.
    • Seasoned network of tax consultants, company law experts, due diligence experts, M&A lawyers and other qualified professionals.
    • Excellence in service quality comparable to international advisors.
  • where we can help

  • Our specialised Transaction Advisory and Consulting services are very focused in helping clients achieve their transaction and growth objectives. We have hands-on experience in assisting Indian businesses in both domestic and cross border deals, valuation, deal structuring, due-diligence, M&A taxation, legal documentation and more. Listed below are our core areas where we can help.

    • Vision

      We help companies envision a bold future by guiding them through a VISION DEVELOPMENT framework and giving them winning strategies and operational road-map to realise that vision.

    • Growth Strategy

      Every company aspires to grow. Some want to grow organically and some by acquisitions. We help companies realise their growth aspiration by evaluating and validating their growth plans and aligning them with winning strategies.

    • Mergers & Acquisition

      We help companies with M&A deals both on the sell side and buy side. We have proven experience and strengths in identifying good acquisition targets, helping in valuations, deal structuring, due diligence support and all related work around M&A

    • Corporate Planning

      Corporate planning is our special forte & strength. A good planning exercise must support flexible execution strategies so that planned results can be achieved no matter what. We help companies figure the right way to do Corporate planning.

    • Funding Strategies

      Raising funds should be an act done with deliberation and not desperation. We help companies plan their funding needs with care and help them with the right strategy and timing to get funds on favourable terms.

    • Private Equity & debt

      We provide advice on the appropriate debt-equity structuring and facilitate securing of funds leveraging the connections we have built with an extensive network of trusted PE and debt funds in the market.

    • Risk Assurance

      With regulatory environments getting tougher, companies need to protect themselves better than before. We look at risk from a regulation, finance and business process perspective. We give insights on risk exposure and guidance on improved risk management and controls.

    • Restructuring

      We help companies plan, validate and execute restructuring decisions like demergers, spin-offs, subsidiarisation and enhance shareholder value

  • 3 pillars of our advisory service structure

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  • Our Services

  • Popular Questions
    Why should we engage you?

    We are a team with multiple vertical and domain expertise with 25 years+ hands-on experience in Industry, Investment banking and Consulting. We take a mature 360 Degree approach when advising and that helps clients take optimal decisions. We advise based on “what is best for the client?” rather than “what is convenient for the client” and “What is best for the Advisor?” Also we offer a broad range of services- from M&A to Optimisation of Supply-chain to Family Governance.

    How do you select your experts?

    We have a core team of expert professionals who partner with us on many assignments. These are reputed professionals with proven experience and expertise in their fields and selected through years of interaction and work assessment. Depending on complexity of assignment “we field the best talent available for solving a business or financial problem”

    How long is a typical engagement we need to commit?

    Generally we work with a client on a long-term relationship basis and form part of the “think-tank” of the client on a continuous basis. Quick and short term assignments are also undertaken depending on do-ability of the assignment.

    How affordable are your services?

    Our pricing philosophy is “Client should see value in engaging you” and the “pricing is secondary to the value delivered”. Pricing would be more affordable and competitive due to the networked business model and low fixed costs.

    Which are the large assignments you have undertaken?

    We have done a variety of assignments and quite a few large transactions with 25M$ plus ticket size. Our family business clients have all worked exclusively with us for more than 5 years on an average on a variety of engagements.

  • Why choose us?
    • Experienced & mature professionals

      The core team members have proven expertise in their specific fields with 20+ years of Consulting and Industry experience.

    • Execution excellence comparable to the best International firms

      We are committed to delivering best advice that is mature and practical based on highest work standards and work ethics.

    • Personalised service with fanatical focus on positive customer outcomes

      Our team members work with customers at a personal level and hand hold them all they way until positive outcomes are achieved.

  • Our service philosophy

    We are deeply committed to providing high quality advisory services that delivers exceptional value for our customers.

    Build long term trust

    We believe in working with clients for the long term and strive to create long-term positive relationships.

    Deliver value

    When we take on any engagement, we are obsessed with delivering value.

    Be hands on

    We are very hands-on and our seasoned senior professionals are actively involved in an engagement from the start to finish.

    Communicate pro-actively

    Good ongoing communication is vital in advisory assignments. We discuss scope, risks, deliverables and fees upfront and provide regular ongoing updates to keep surprises to the minimum.

  • Some clients we have worked with

  • What Clients have to say

    • We have worked with Mr. Ravi Shankar for several  years in the past​ and we find that he easily translates his knowledge and wide experience to solutions that suit clients’ business

      Indira Sundarajan
      Entrpreuner
    • Ravi and his team really go the extra mile and that is what sets him apart. He is easy to reach and willing to talk through a situation—even if it’s simply ideating and not related to a current engagement

      V. Shankar
      Director, Acsys Investments and CAMS
    • Constant perfect diligent application of reliable – expert knowledge and intelligence and wisdom to clients’ projects

      V. Balaraman
      Former Director, Hindustan Unilever
    • We have always managed to get  value added & professional advice from Mr. Ravi Shankar, CEO of Connect2Expert, every single time. We look forward to our continued interactions

      Amit Nanavati
      Director, Raj Petro
    • It’s been an honor working with Mr. Ravi Shankar. His listening ear, sharp business acumen & suggestions are our very source of reassurance and confidence

      Anusha Shetty
      Founder, Autumn Worldwide
  • Team

    • Ravi Shankar
      Founder & CEO

      Ravi Shankar

      Founder & CEO

      Connect2Expert is founded by Ravi Shankar, a seasoned Corporate professional with 20+ years of industry experience and 10 years Investment Banking and Business Advisory experience. Prior to starting Connect2Expert, he was a Senior Partner with Ernst & Young, in their Transaction Advisory services business and Strategic Financial consulting division. Prior to E&Y, he headed the Personal Products Global Sourcing Team in Unilever PLC. UK and thereafter lead the M&A division for Hindustan Lever in Mumbai as their GM. Before stint with Unilever, he was the CFO at Ponds India Ltd.

      Ravi Shankar is a qualified Chartered Accountant. He has also completed Management Education program [MEP] conducted by Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and EY-Kellogg Management educaction Programme in Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Chicago.

      Other positions currently held:

      • Independent Director and Audit Committee Chairman of a large Chemicals manufacturing company listed in BSE.

      Key strengths:

      • Integrated M&A expertise (Deal structuring, Tax, Legal, Commercial Negotiations, Financial)
      • Strategy Advice
      • Valuation and deal structuring
  • Assignments Done

    Worked on a financial restructuring transaction involving India’s pioneering technology company (in Financial services industry) and a leading IT enabled financial services business.

    Cross-border transaction involving e4e a leading IT Enabled Services and Business Process Outsourcing Company, with Mind Tree, a leading Software services business with regard to divestment of its holding in outsourced product development (OPD) and testing Company Aztec Software.

    Corporate restructuring projects involving US and Indian subsidiaries of e4e Inc. USA.

    Family and Corporate Governance initiative and Performance management and control systems for a leading specialty and industrial lubricant businesses in India.

    Debt raising project for the largest private sector dairy company in India

    A leading IT enabled services business which is part of a technology-driven industrial group, with publishing and healthcare support services as its main businesses looked at overseas acquisition strategies. C2e was part of the acquisition team of the Company evaluation and decision making in respect of potential transactions.

    Performance improvement and value creation for a leading industrial chemicals company

    Investor Roadshow for a growth oriented electronics manufacturing company for potential listing in the AIM market in London Stock Exchange.

    Merger and Restructuring valuation for Infrastructure Management Services and Warranty Management Company Accel Limited.

    Merger swap ratio for internal group restructuring project of one of India’s leading conglomerates with wide range of products from batteries, power solutions to electronics and fruit juices.

    Valuation and transaction support for acquisition of the No.1 Cosmetics brand in India for a Fortune 500 global MNC.

    Developed and executed Global sourcing and supply chain strategy involving Americas for a leading Fortune 500 FMCG global conglomerate based in Europe.

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    • Connect2Expert Consultants Private Ltd.

      6/13, Ganapathy Colony 2nd street,
      near Cenotaph road, Teynampet,
      Chennai – 600 018. India

    • Phone & Fax

      Mobile: +91-98400 61548
      Email: ravishankar@connect2expert.com
      Email: ravishankar.fca@gmail.com
      Website: www.connect2expert.com

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