Sudhir Maheshwari is the Founder and Managing Partner of Synergy Capital Corp. LLP.

Over a 30 year career, Sudhir has had a varied and extensive experience in multiple areas, geographies and sectors and has lived and worked globally.

Sudhir was a leading and integral part in the creation of ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel company. He spent 27 years with ArcelorMittal,  where he was a member of the Group Management Board, Alternate Chairman of the Corporate Finance & Tax Committee and the Chairman of the Risk Management Committee. On the Group Management Board, his responsibility included corporate finance; mergers, acquisitions and divestments; risk management; and India and China operations. He led most acquisitions, divestments and growth plans of the Group. Since the Global Economic Crisis of 2008, he was also responsible for certain restructuring and special situations. Sudhir played a key role in all financing and tax structuring activities of the company. His experience extends to almost all types of financing including debt, equity and equity linked products. Many of the acquisitions and financings have won awards for being ground breaking and innovative. The IPO in 1997, the 2006 financing to acquire Arcelor, the refinancing post the 2008 global economic crisis including equity raises in 2009 and 2013 are some key award-winning accomplishments.

Sudhir also managed Mittal Investments from 2008 until 2015. In this role he structured equity investments of $ 1.5bn in assets of $ 8bn in natural resources, cement and infrastructure. His responsibilities included all aspects of investment process including deal sourcing, analysis, negotiation, execution, management, joint venture management and exits.

Sudhir is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, and an Honours Graduate in Accounting and Commerce from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. Sudhir is a British citizen of Indian origin living in London with his wife and two children and speaks English, Hindi, Bengali and basic German.

For more information, please contact sudhir@synergycapital.co.uk

Over a 30 year career, Sudhir has had a varied and extensive experience in multiple areas, geographies and sectors and has lived and worked globally.