General Manager Corporate Development

• May 2023 - Present

Senior Manager Corporate Development

• Jun 2021 - May 2023

For any investment / acquisition opportunities, please feel free to mail at praneet.s@zetwerk.comSome achievements at Zetwerk: Closed majority stake acquisition of Oil & Gas Vessel Manufacturing Company (Zetwerk’s first acquisition) Closed investment for 51% stake in Audio Electronics Manufacturing Company ZetTown Closed slump sale acquisition of Fabrication facility of a Listed Indian Company Closed acqui-hire of US-based Injection Moulding Instant Pricing Start-up Closed majority stake acquisition of Indian Defence Strategic Electronics company Show less

Investment Banking Senior Associate

• May 2020 - May 2021

Core Responsibilities: Financial Modelling & Analysis, Thesis Building, Pitchdeck & Information Memorandum Creation, Industry Analysis & Benchmarking, Due-Diligence Co-ordinationCoverage: Started coverage of chemicals sectors (with a focus on Agrochemicals & Seeds)Closed Deals:  Assisted Prolec-GE in divesting its shareholding in Indo Tech Transformers for USD ~10 Mn Assisted C&S Electric in divesting its shareholding to Siemens for USD ~300 Mn Industry thesis for QIP in SRF Limited and IPO of Anupam Rasayan Show less

Investment Banking Associate

• Apr 2018 - May 2020

 Assisted a B2B Industrial Ecommerce client in raising USD 20+ Mn (Series C Round) Assisted a Private Equity client in thesis building and bidding for 6 Indian Airports’ Privatization Process Assisted a Consumer Brand in the Hospitality Segment in raising USD 20+ Mn (Series B Round) Assisted a Consumer Brand in the Apparels Segment in sale of majority stake Assisted a Hotel Asset Management Company in bidding for 2 Indian Hotels’ NCLT / IBBI Process

Summer Intern

• Apr 2017 - May 2017

Management Trainee Intern Spearheaded pilot launch of VIVO Vodafone tie-up in Delhi to drive 4G SIM Sales. Identified potential opportunity loss of ~20,000 SIMs due to coverage gap between Vodafone & its competitors. Converted 300 VIVO Outlets(60% increase) to Vodafone retailers within 2 weeks. Achieved 5.3X increase in mapping accuracy over Vodafone's mapping algorithm. Designed novel process flow at Circle level to provide new customers with special plans at VIVO outlet without reliance on Center. Achieved 3-4% increase in SIM sales within 2 weeks of campaign launch. Pilot scaled up to national level due to encouraging results in Delhi circle. Show less

Business Analyst

• Jul 2014 - May 2016

Created predictive models for a Global Telecom Company using machine learning algorithms like kNN, SVM, Bayesian & Artificial Neural Networks with the help of R & Excel. Model predicted €3.3 B worth of Telecom recommendations for sales reps contributing to 67% of clients new sales. Created tool for sales reps to use the recommendations to know which account they can go after next. Achieved 84% reduction in project time by further optimizing the model time. Replicated the models for other countries inside the Telecom firm. Worked on Social Media Analytics for an e-commerce business to see the impact of buzz on sales. Created model to predict whether campaign will be successful or not based on social media response. Worked on sales force effectiveness analysis for an agrochemicals firm based on survey analysis of 200+ sales reps to identify scope of improvement. Benchmarked sales force against industry averages based on historical data & comprehensive study. Show less