Mr Mohinder Pal Bansal, Chartered Accountant, with an illustrious career spanning over three decades of experience in M&A, strategic advisory, capital markets, portfolio company integration in addition to post-acquisition performance management in India, Asia and Europe.

Mr Bansal has significant operational experience in managing corporate entities as well as advising private equity firms in India on improving the performance of their portfolio companies in multiple sectors including logistics, auto components, manufacturing, realty, banking, education and IT. He is on the board of multiple listed and unlisted companies such as Navneet Education Limited, Allcargo Logistics Limited, K12 Techno Services Private Limited (backed by Sequoia capital), Avvashya CCI Logistics Private Limited and Prince Pipes & Fitting Private Limited.

Mr Bansal founded Blacksoil Group in 2010 with the vision of providing financial consulting and strategic advisory to corporates. He has advised on more than 12 M&A transactions across sectors, negotiating on matters ranging from valuation, structuring and integration etc. and has completed more than 30 strategy consulting projects over a period of 7 years.

Mr Bansal is also the founding member, head of fund management team and Investment committee member for BlackSoil Realty Fund I (SEBI registered AIF Category II Fund). Under his leadership, BlackSoil Realty Fund – I has successfully established a strong track record of profitable exits.

He also founded BlackSoil Capital Private Limited, a RBI registered non-deposit accepting NBFC with a primary objective of lending to high growth companies and traditional businesses across pan India. He is the whole-time Director and is managing credit, operations, compliance and liability management for the Company.

Mr Bansal has successfully launched Walton Street Blacksoil Real Estate Debt Fund I, (SEBI registered Category II AIF).