Mukesh Mehta is a Senior Managing Director in the Private Equity Group of Blackstone Advisors India Private Limited (“Blackstone”) and is based in Mumbai. He has spent two decades in Indian Private Equity and has been awarded 40 under 40 award by Economic Times. At Blackstone, he is involved in several transactions including acquisition of International Gemmological Institute, VFS Global, R Systems International, Xpressbees, Simplilearn Solutions, Piramal Glass Division, Aadhar Housing Finance and TaskUS. He is on the board of these companies.

Before joining Blackstone, Mr. Mehta worked as an Associate Director with The Carlyle Group in their Private Equity division, where he was involved in several transactions including HDFC, SBI cards, PBHF, IIFL.

Prior to Carlyle, he worked in the Investment Banking Division at Citigroup and the Assurance & Business Advisory Group at PWC.

Mr. Mehta is a Chartered Accountant, with a Master’s Degree in Commerce from Mumbai University. He has also completed CFA (AIMR-USA).