Mr. Murthy is a globally-respected entrepreneur and founder of Infosys Limited (NYSE: INFY). He founded Infosys in 1981. Infosys is, today, a highly-innovative software services global company listed on NYSE in the US and on the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai with US$ 14 billion in revenue and about US$ 95 billion in market capitalization.
In 2014, Mr. Murthy was ranked 13th among CNBC’s 25 global business leaders and was listed among the ‘12 greatest entrepreneurs of our time’ by Fortune magazine in 2012. He received the Legion d’honneur from France, CBE from Britain and Padma Vibhushan from India. The Economist ranked him among the 10 most-admired global business leaders in 2005. He is the first Indian winner of Ernst and Young’s World Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Currently, Mr. Murthy serves on the boards of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, New Jersey and the United Nations Foundation. He has served on the boards of Ford Foundation in New York, HSBC and Unilever in London.
Mr. Ranganath has over 32 years of experience in the Global IT services and financial services industry. He is currently Chairman of Catamaran Ventures, a global investment management firm which plays a key role as a catalyst in venture capital, private equity and public markets. As Chairman, Ranga oversees the effectiveness of the firm’s investment strategy, governance processes and alignment with the firm’s vision. He was Chief Financial Officer of Infosys Limited, a globally listed corporation, till November 2018.
During his tenure of 18 years at Infosys, he was an integral part of the growth and transformation of Infosys and effectively played leadership roles in a wide spectrum of areas such as Strategy, Finance, M&A, Consulting, Risk Management and Corporate Planning culminating in the role of Chief Financial Officer and worked closely with the Board of Infosys and its Committees in formulating and executing its strategic priorities. In the years 2017 and 2018, Mr. Ranganath was the recipient of the Best CFO Asia award in the technology sector, by Institutional Investor publication, based on a poll of buy side and sell side investor community.
Prior to Infosys, he worked at ICICI Limited and executed responsibilities in corporate credit, treasury, equity portfolio management and corporate planning.
Mr. Ranganath is a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad. He holds a Master's degree in Technology from IIT Madras and a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Mysore. He is a member of CPA, Australia.
Mr. Ranganath is an independent director on the board of HDFC Bank and on the board of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. He is a member of CII corporate governance council and GIFT city’s advisory committee on funds management.
As President of Catamaran, Deepak is responsible for driving the overall performance of the firm’s portfolio by formulating and executing its investment strategy, asset allocation, operational and risk management policies and processes.
Deepak has over 30 years of experience in the global IT services and software product industry. He was Executive Vice President, Group Head of Strategy, and Chief Risk Officer at Infosys Limited (NYSE: INFY) until June 2022. He played various roles at Infosys – including strategy, M&A, venture funding, risk management, business development, software engineering, and project management.
Deepak was a member of the board of Infosys’ software subsidiaries in Israel, the Netherlands, USA, Japan, and India. He was the Vice President of the Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce, a lead member of the start-up and knowledge management councils of the Confederation of Indian Industry, and a member of the strategy and risk officers’ councils of the World Economic Forum.
In his spare time, he is active in community theatre. Deepak holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Mysore, India.
Rounak joined Catamaran in 2012 and leads the firm's public markets portfolio.
He has worked as an analyst across all asset classes at Catamaran. As part of a secondment, Rounak played a leading role in the sales organisation of an associate company that provides automation products and services to Fortune 500 companies.
Before joining Catamaran, Rounak was a sell-side analyst tracking the banking, financial services and insurance sector for CRISIL (Irevna) and Standard Chartered. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Sheetal joined Catamaran in 2011 and works closely with the firm’s strategic partnerships and private equity portfolio, participating in key investment, strategic and operational decisions. She also oversees the finance and compliance function at the firm.
Before joining Catamaran, Sheetal was a research analyst at Goldman Sachs covering the India banking, financial services and insurance sector. She also completed a brief stint as a research consultant at Song Fund.
Sheetal is a Chartered Accountant rank holder and a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Karthik joined Catamaran in 2016 and works on investment opportunities across all asset classes.
Before joining Catamaran, Karthik worked at MXV Consulting and HSBC’s investment banking division.
Karthik completed his MBA from IIM Indore, where he was a gold medalist, and holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from BITS Pilani, Goa.
Jennifer joined Catamaran in 2020 and works on global investment opportunities across asset classes.
Before joining Catamaran, Jennifer led business development at Soroco, a Boston-based enterprise AI company, and co-founded Scroll.in, one of India’s largest digital-only media companies.
Jennifer holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge.
Udit joined Catamaran in 2016 and works on investment opportunities across asset classes. Udit has also worked as Head of Operations as part of a secondment to a Catamaran portfolio company.
Before joining Catamaran, Udit worked as a high-yield and junk bond analyst at Goldman Sachs. Udit completed his MBA from IIM Indore and holds a bachelor’s degree in technology from IIT Kharagpur.
Chirag joined Catamaran in 2020 and works on investment opportunities across asset classes.
Before joining Catamaran, Chirag worked as an equity analyst at Goldman Sachs.
Chirag completed his MBA from IIM Calcutta and holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics from BITS Pilani, where he was honoured as the top graduating student in his batch.
Suraj joined Catamaran in 2022 and works on investment opportunities across asset classes.
Before joining Catamaran, Suraj worked as an analyst at Kotak Investment Bank (Technology, Media and Telecommunications division) and Data Scientist at Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Suraj holds his Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay where he was a department rank holder. He has cleared CFA level 2
Hetvee joined Catamaran in 2023 and works on investment opportunities across asset classes.
Before joining Catamaran, Hetvee worked as an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley.
Hetvee holds a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from IIT Bombay, where she was among the top 10 graduating students in her batch. She is an avid swimmer and always up for hitting the dance floor.
Gerin joined Catamaran in early 2020 and leads finance, compliance and internal reporting. He is also actively involved in portfolio monitoring and analysing investment performance.
Before joining Catamaran, Gerin worked at Infosys for over 11 years where he steered a team of 30 chartered accountants managing the finance operations of a FTSE 100 private equity client with an AUM of £13bn.
Gerin is a Fellow Member of ACCA, UK.
Lokamba joined Catamaran in 2022 and is responsible for accounting and finance.. She is actively involved in audit, statutory compliance and monthly reporting.
Lokamba holds a masters degree in business administration and has work experience in finance for about 15 years.
She is a singer and has previously worked as a RJ.
Panduranga, or Pandu, has been working with Infosys since 1990. At Infosys, he served as Mr. Murthy’s secretary from 1994 to 2014. He continues to directly support Mr. Murthy at Catamaran.
Further, Pandu oversees all operational activities at Catamaran including facilities, infrastructure, systems and processes.