Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Prior to co-founding the Investment Advisor and serving as its Managing Partner till December 2015, Mr. Relan was the head of CVCI in India, a position that he held since the inception of that business in India in 1995. Prior to this, Mr. Relan worked with several financial firms in multiple geographies, starting with Citi in 1976 and eventually becoming the CEO of a Citi-affiliated brokerage firm, Citicorp Securities & Investments Limited. Mr. Relan has served on the boards of the following Fund 1 portfolio companies — Thyrocare, Nueclear, SIS, Monnet and NTL. Previously, Mr. Relan served on the boards of several CVCI portfolio companies, such as Suzlon, HT Media, Yes Bank, i-FLEX and Progeon, among others. Mr. Relan earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and a B.A. degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, where he achieved the top rank in the University.