Mukesh Mehta

Sr. Managing Director & CIO of India, Blackstone Advisors

Mukesh Mehta is a Senior Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer (India) 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 the 40 under 40 award by Economic Times. At Blackstone, he is involved in several transactions including the acquisition of AGS Health, International Gemological 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 and 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).