investor confidence and market reputation.
investor confidence and market reputation.
WHO WE ARE?
India’s #1 Investor Relations Consultancy
Strategic Growth Advisors (SGA) is a values-driven and values-led investor communication consultancy, providing an effective complement of Investor Relations, Public Relations, Brand & Design and Corporate Reporting under a single roof.
Our Offerings
- Building the “investment idea”
- Marketing idea through research coverage
- Investor base expansion
- Perception management
- Communication & messaging
- Integrated reports
- Annual reports
- Brochures
- Presentations
- Year-end stationeries
- Print/magazine ads
- Branding
- Digital
- Financial PR
- Media management
- Digital media campaigns
- Crisis management
- Reputation management
- Branding & Rebranding
- Photography
- Corporate AV
- Coffee Table Book
- Social Media Management
- Digital Marketing
- Website Design and development
We Build Trust
Team
- SUPERVISORY BOARD
- IR PRACTICE
- CR PRACTICE
- PR PRACTICE
- BRAND AND DESIGN PRACTICE
- UK PRACTICE
Founder & MD
Samir Shah
A Chartered Accountant by profession, Mr. Shah has more than 36 years of experience across diverse functions as corporate finance capital markets, investor relations, business strategy and planning. He founded SGA in 2010.
Prior engagements:
- Head – Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, Suzlon Energy Limited,
- Executive Vice President at a Private Equity Firm,
- Vice President at a Leading Stock Broking,
- Vice President at a NBFC
CEO, Brand & Design Practice
Dr. Namrata Rupani
Dr. Namrata Rupani is an accomplished dentist and commercial photographer. Four years ago, she set up an integrated company, Capture Life, which includes all her three business verticals: the dental clinic, photography service, and a fine art prints service. Her work includes photography, videos, 100+ coffee table albums, legacy books & flash books. Her work has been displayed at various exhibitions, including being commissioned by L&T to document the making of the Metro Rail in India, having exhibited on for FICCI on International Ladies Day, and more recently a Solo Photography exhibition by the Goethe Zentrum, Hyderabad, which was titled “Stories in Stone” – a depiction of old architecture from all over India. She ventured into the Fine Art Print business as well under the same name to make fine art prints and provide design and print solutions for various clients from all over India. Namrata as a speaker at TEDx Nalsar University in 2016 shared her views about just how far photography can travel from going beyond a passion to being able to connect with hundreds of people through a powerful form of art and expression.
Co-founder and ED
Kevin Shah
Kevin co-founded SGA and is focusing on developing the public relations practice of the firm. He also overlooks investor relations & corporate reporting business. His expertise is business development and he directly manages client relationships. Additionally, he manages Client Relations Management (CRM) and controls, systems & processes. In November 2020, he won the 40 under 40 Award for PR and Corp Comm by Business World. He has over 11 years of experience.
Prior engagements:
- Interned with S.R. Batliboi & Co., an associate member firm of Ernst & Young LLP
CEO, IR Practice
Shogun Jain
Shogun is Masters in Commerce with over 16 of experience in Capital Markets and Investor Relations. He has been with SGA since 2014.
Prior engagements:
- Associate, Investor Relations – Aarnine Financial Markets Advisory LLP,
- Associate, Investor Relations – Orbit Corporation Limited,
- Junior Associate – Edelweiss Securities Limited
COO, IR Practice
Jigar Kavaiya
Prior engagements:
Jigar is an MBA with over 16 years of experience in the areas of investor relations and corporate finance. He has been with SGA since 2011.
- Manager Investor Relations – Reliance Infrastructure,
- Assistant Manager Investor Relations – Suzlon Energy,
- Financial Analyst – Seagal Financial Services
Associate Director
RAHUL AGARWAL
Prior engagements:
Rahul is a qualified MBA (Finance) and BE (IT) with more than 12 years of experience He was with SGA from Jan 2017 to March 2019 and has re-joined after a stint of 1.5 years with TATA Steel where he also managed development of ‘Shareholder Analysis System’ and ‘IR Management’ at Group level.
- Manager Financial Strategy & IR – Tata Steel Ltd
- Associate – Value Vision Ltd
- Associate – Centrum Capital Ltd
- Manager Finance – Dighi Port Ltd
Group Account Head
SHIKHA PURI
Prior engagements:
Shikha is a qualified MBA (Finance) from ICFAI Business School with more than 12 years of experience in Investment Banking. She worked on execution of mandates for M&A and PE Advisory. She joined SGA in September 2021.
- Assistant Director – Lodha Capital Markets Ltd.
- Analyst – Credit Suisse Securities India Ltd.
Account Manager
PARIN NARICHANIA
Prior engagements:
Parin is MBA in Finance. He has over 12 years of experience in Investor Relations. He has been at SGA since March 2019.
- Associate Director (IR) – Gutenberg Communications Ltd.
- Manager (IR) – Jindal Worldwide Ltd.
- Account Director – Concept Investor Relations Pvt. Ltd.
- Senior Account Executive – Adfactors PR Pvt. Ltd.
Account Manager
SAGAR SHROFF
Prior engagements:
Sagar is a Chartered Accountant and MBA with 12 years of experience of Investor Relations, Transaction Advisory Services & External Audit. He was in SGA from January 2018 to November 2020 and after a stint of 1 year with Oriental Capital (IR Firm), has re-joined SGA in November 2021.
- Senior Associate – Radisson Consulting & Co. LLP
- Assistant Manager – D.Kothary & Co, Chartered Accountants
Account Manager
SHRIKANT SANGANI
Prior engagements:
Shrikant has cleared CFA level 1 exam from CFAI and Diploma in Business Finance from ICFAI. He has over 11 years of experience in Corporate Finance, Treasury & Investor Relations. He has been at SGA since March 2017.
- Executive – Treasury & Corporate Finance – Siemens Ltd.
- Manager – NSP Forex
- Team Member – JP Morgan
Account Manager
DEVEN DHRUVA
Prior engagements:
Deven is a Chartered Accountant with over 8 years of experience & expertise in the field of investor relations, client engagement, equity research & capital markets. He was in SGA from August 2016 to November 2020 and after a stint of 1 year with Oriental Capital (IR Firm), has re-joined SGA in November 2021.
- Research Analyst – Beehive Capital Advisors
- Associate – Revalation Portfolio Management
Account Manager
AMI PAREKH
Prior engagements:
Ami is BAFM & CFA Level II cleared. She has over 8 years experience as an Analyst. She joined SGA in December 2017.
- Equity Research Analyst – Fiduciary Euromax Capital
- Analyst – Nomura Securities India Pvt. Ltd
Account Manager
AAKASH MEHTA
Prior engagements:
Aakash is a MBA in Finance with over 8 years experience in capital markets. He joined SGA in May 2021.
- Senior Consultant – Dickenson World
- Credit Analyst – Reliance Capital
- Associate – Karvy Private Wealth
Over 35 member team comprising of account managers, business analysts & associates
CEO, Corporate Reporting Practice
Chintan Kotak
Prior engagements:
Chintan is a qualified MBA with specialization in finance and marketing. He has over 16 years of experience in the field of annual report positioning and communications. He is also officially certified for from KPMG. He also has knowhow on interactive web solutions and digital marketing.
- Business Analyst and Development Manager at one of the leading IT Company
- Research Associate and Senior Research Consultant at two of the India’s leading AR agencies
COO, Corporate Reporting Practice
Debabrata Dutta
Debabrata possesses over 30 years of experience as a graphic designer and production manager. His innovative graphic artistry combined with out-of-box design concepts and methodology allows him to deliver a perfect amalgamation between the content and creatives. He has successfully handled big ticket clients across varied industries and has detailed production knowhow. He has successfully exhibited projects like annual reports, brochures, coffee table books, flyers ads, hoardings and many more projects across range of communications like annual reports, brochures, coffee table books, flyers, ads hoardings and many more.
Prior engagements:
- Senior Graphic Designer and Production Manager at a leading PR Company
- Senior Production Manager at two of the India’s leading AR agencies
- System Operator and Graphic Designer at various designing agencies
Over 35 member team comprising content strategists, editors, brand visualizers, client relationship managers typesetters
Partner & Joint CEO
Sudhir Shetty
Sudhir, an industry veteran, has over 16 years of experience working at Adfactors PR, prior to which he has also been a financial journalist for nine years across leading wire agencies and a financial daily.
As a Senior Vice President at Adfactors PR, he had fostered Public Relations (PR) & Investor Relations (IR) practices that served clients across sectors. He has overseen the communication strategies for complex M&A transactions, crises, corporate activities, Public Offerings for some of the big Indian as well as multinational companies over the years. Sudhir has a deep understanding about Corporate PR, Financial PR, Capital Markets PR, Investor Relations and Media. His key responsibilities comprised providing strategic board-level counsel to clients, building, and managing relations with key stake holders, developing client base and managing relationship with clients.
Sudhir has a degree from Mumbai University and has done his Masters’ in Business Administration. He is also a certified financial planner (CFP).
Partner & Joint CEO
Rahul Jain
Rahul has over 20 years of experience in the communications and PR space. In his last stint of almost a decade with Adfactors PR, he was instrumental in building the Fintech and New Economy space from ground zero.
He is well-known in the startup space for curating award winning communication campaigns and building industry first categories such as ‘School EdTech’, ‘Rural Fintech’ ‘Treasury Tech’ etc. He has closely worked with 100+ internet economy brands and thoroughly understands the intricacies of the startup ecosystem.
Rahul has been awarded with Reputation Today 40 Young Turks and BW 40U40 PR Professional for building robust business practice and bespoke solutions for clients
VP
Sanket Rege
Sanket is a multi-skilled professional with 15+ years of experience in the field of Corporate Communications, Public Relations (PR), Investor Relations (IR) and Financial Research.
His extensive experience has been well developed over the past with a career which has spanned in a wide range of companies like Adfactors PR, Sharaf Group (UAE), The Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd, L&T Finance and Morgan Stanley.
He holds a Masters of Business Administration in Finance, Masters of Commerce and Bachelors of Commerce from University of Mumbai, India.
VP
Priyal Dave
Priyal has over 14 years of experience in Public Relations and Media Communication. She has several clients across B2B, SaaS, Fintech, Edtech, Cryptocurrency, MSME, Tourism, Philanthropy and many more.
Her experience spans across Adfactors, Indian Express and Afternoon Dispatch and Courier.
She holds a PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication and Bachelor’s in Arts degree from University of Mumbai, India. She has undergone an Advanced Programme in FinTech and Financial Blockchain from IIM, Calcutta and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Digital Marketing and Communication from MICA.
VP
Debdoot Majumder
Debdoot is a PR professional with over 10+ years of experience and expertise in managing both startup & internet economy clients across early-age to soonicorns and traditional businesses in aviation, tourism, banking etc.
He joined SGA after a 10 year stint at India’s largest public relations consultancy wherein he was a part of the team that built the startup and fintech practice from ground zero. Debdoot comes with an experience of managing communications for some of India’s / world’s leading fintech conferences.
He has also received global accolades for successfully leading communication campaigns for brands across aviation and fintech.
An Economics graduate, Debdoot holds an MBA in Marketing. He has undergone an Advanced Programme in FinTech and Financial Blockchain from IIM, Calcutta and holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Digital Marketing and Communication from MICA.
Over 25 member team comprising PR, social media and content expertise
CEO, Brand & Design Practice
Dr. Namrata Rupani
Dr. Namrata Rupani is an accomplished dentist and commercial photographer. Four years ago, she set up an integrated company, Capture Life, which includes all her three business verticals: the dental clinic, photography service, and a fine art prints service. Her work includes photography, videos, 100+ coffee table albums, legacy books & flash books. Her work has been displayed at various exhibitions, including being commissioned by L&T to document the making of the Metro Rail in India, having exhibited on for FICCI on International Ladies Day, and more recently a Solo Photography exhibition by the Goethe Zentrum, Hyderabad, which was titled “Stories in Stone” – a depiction of old architecture from all over India. She ventured into the Fine Art Print business as well under the same name to make fine art prints and provide design and print solutions for various clients from all over India. Namrata as a speaker at TEDx Nalsar University in 2016 shared her views about just how far photography can travel from going beyond a passion to being able to connect with hundreds of people through a powerful form of art and expression.
Over 10 member team comprising graphic designer & social media experts
Director, Strategic Growth Advisors (UK) Ltd.
Dhaval Vakil
Dhaval joined SGA team in January 2020 and will lead our expansion in the International market. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and CFA holder (ICFAI) with over 15 years of all-round experience in investor relations, fundraising, M&A and corporate finance. He comes on board with a proven track record of leading IPO processes, setting highly adaptive IR strategies, increasing research coverage, building credibility and investor pipeline for businesses worth up to €10bn.
In his previous roles, he has spearheaded multiple global debt and equity offerings for Indian and European publicly listed and private equity owned businesses and also led many global M&A activities.
Dhaval joined SGA team in January 2020 and will lead our expansion in the International market. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and CFA holder (ICFAI) with over 15 years of all-round experience in investor relations, fundraising, M&A and corporate finance. He comes on board with a proven track record of leading IPO processes, setting highly adaptive IR strategies, increasing research coverage, building credibility and investor pipeline for businesses worth up to €10bn. In his previous roles, he has spearheaded multiple global debt and equity offerings for Indian and European publicly listed and private equity owned businesses and also led many global M&A activities.
Prior engagements:
- Vice President – Capital Markets and M&A, Senvion SA
- General Manager – Corporate Finance and Investor Relations, Suzlon Energy Ltd.
- Head – Investor Relations, Adani Enterprises Ltd.