Chandra Sekhar Kartha is a Principal at Demopolis Equity Partners. He is an experienced M&A professional with over 10 years of experience in Investment Banking, Strategy and Corporate M&A across a wide range of industries. Prior to joining Demopolis, Chandra worked with members of the Demopolis team in a prior fund throughout the majority of its cycle, leading portfolio company sourcing, due diligence, and financial analysis. Previously, he worked in Corporate Development at IGATE, an NYSE listed IT services company, and was also a part of the Aerospace M&A team at Honeywell. He began his post MBA career in the Investment Banking division of HSBC.

Chandrasekhar holds an MBA in Finance & Strategy from Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar, India and a BSc in Engineering from Calicut University, India in Electronics and Communications.

First job: Compiled software code for a living.