Nikhil Khattau is an experienced banker, entrepreneur and private equity investor who has built and invested in companies in India for the last 12 years. At Mayfield, Nikhil focuses on the financial services, retail and consumer services, discrete manufacturing, business services, power ancillary, and media sectors in India.
He sits on the boards of Marico Industries (a publicly-held packaged consumer goods company), the MidDay group (a publicly-held media group), Nagpur Power & Industries (a ferro-manganese company), and Indo Schottle Auto Components (a privately-held auto components manufacturer).
Nikhil was the founding CEO of SUN F&C Asset Management, one of the first private sector asset managers in India. At its peak as the fastest-growing asset manager, the firm had over $350 million under management and over 100,000 investors. Under his leadership, the firm successfully acquired two other funds, and built one of the top-ranked India funds. Nikhil successfully sold the business to the Principal Financial Group, USA in 2004.
Nikhil's prior experience includes working for Ernst & Young's Corporate Finance and Audit practices in New York and London from 1986-1995, where he successfully advised a number of mid-market companies on their acquisition and divestment strategies. He also helped set up the firm's investment banking advisory operation in Russia.
Nikhil received his Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Bombay University and is an associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Nikhil is on the national board of advisors of AIESEC in India. His other interests include swimming, where he competed at the national level, and scuba diving, where he is a certified dive master.
