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Manoj Malhotra
(Chief Executive Officer)
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Manoj Malhotra
joined the erstwhile Thapar Group (now Avantha
Group) in 2003 as Vice President - Strategy
Planning and Business Development in New
Initiatives. One of his key mandates was to
identify new avenues of growth in the IT &
ITES segment. Salient Business Solutions is the
first step towards that direction. Manoj also
brings with him over a dozen years of relevant
multinational consulting experience in Corporate
Finance, Strategy Building and Investment Banking.
As the Chief Executive Officer of Salient
Business Solutions, the new foray of the Avantha
Group, Manoj leads a team of young, like-minded
professions who are working together to make
Salient one of the leading BPO companies in India.
Prior to his joining the Avantha Group, Manoj
was with PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) as Associate
Director for Investment Banking (Technology - IT
& BPO) in India. At PWC, Manoj was responsible
for initiating the Technology Investment Banking
Group in India and was instrumental in advising a
host of IT companies in cross-border acquisition
and investment opportunities in Europe and the
U.S.A. He was actively involved in advising a
number of large BPO companies for
acquisition/investment opportunities in Europe and
the U.S.A, and also led consulting teams at PWC
for strategizing BPO sector entry/ consolidation
plays for large corporates and MNCs in India.
In another of his previous assignments, Manoj
helped set up private equity syndication services
and equity research businesses at a leading
Northern Indian NBFC and for the merchant banking
arm of one of the largest Indian industrial
houses.
Manoj is a chartered accountant and a cost
accountant by qualification. He is a history buff,
loves spending time amidst old forts and castles,
and has a keen interest in art.
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