Instructors

Instructors

Shoumitro Goswami
Chief Executive Officer

Shoumitro founded AustalGroup in 2004 and currently spends his time advising companies on M&A (AustalCapital) and teaching (AustalEducation). He spends part of his time teaching at various business schools around Bangalore and giving corporate lectures. Prior to this, Shoumitro worked in Investment Banking at Banc of America Securities in San Francisco in their Technology Group. Shoumitro also worked with Morgan Stanley where he spent his time in corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and equity research. Shoumitro began his career in investment banking at Salomon Brothers in their Global Energy Corporate Finance Group. He was involved in mentoring incoming Financial Analysts at his previous companies and providing them with hands-on guidance.

Shoumitro graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Economics and East Asian Studies.

Ronald I. S. Tellis
Chief Financial Officer

Ronnie spent most of his career with the Indian subsidiaries of Imperial Chemical Industries Plc (ICI), U.K. He retired in 1993 as an Executive Director of a Public Limited Company promoted by ICI India Limited and NALCO Chemical Company, U.S.A., a Fortune 500 Company. He has over 30 years of exposure in India and overseas and has consulted companies on numerous financial issues such as joint ventures, restructurings and bankruptcies.

Ronnie is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Sridhar N.
Director

Sridhar joined AustalGroup as a Director for AustalEducation. He spends time as an instructor at AustalEducation and Head of Research at AustalCapital. Prior to joining AustalGroup, Sridhar worked at a Long-Short Equity Hedge Fund based out of Hong Kong with US$500MM Assets Under Management. He spent his time there as an Investment Advisor with investments focused in Transport, Power and Retail. Sridhar began his career with GRO India Private Limited where he spent his time in the Capital Markets Group and Strategic Management Group. Sridhar worked closely with the top management to identify companies for a possible acquisition by GRO US.

Sridhar graduated from SDM Institute for Management and Development with a MBA in Finance. Sridhar also holds a Mechanical Engineering degree from Karnataka University.