Strong, Focused & Proficient Management with Experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Venture, Strategic Alliance, Technical Collaboration, Funding And So On

Nikhil Deshpande- Managing Partner & CEO

Nikhil is a Graduate in Science (Physics) and Post Graduate in Management Studies from Pune University-one of the top-most Universities in the world. He is also a Google certified Digital Marketing Expert and currently persuing Ph. D. in Mergers and Acquisitions from Amity University.

Nikhil has acquired an experience of over 20 years in the field of Banking & Investment Banking and carries some of the top brands in his career including HDFC Bank Ltd, ICICI Group, Citi Group, and so on. With the experience of mobilizing over 50 cross-border transactions, he has achieved a high level of proficiency in structuring transactions for the companies from US, Europe, the UK & India.

Nikhil heads the M&A function in ASPERA International and takes care of the complete deal cycle- right from Deal Origination to Deal Execution.

Vibha Joshi- Vice President (Corporate Communications, HR & Admin)

Vibha is a seasoned professional in the industry with a strong education in commerce; she also possesses extraordinary excellence in International Communication. She has proven and diversified experience of over 15 years in the fields of Software, Financial Services, and Real Estate. She has been recognized with various awards during her career.

In ASPERA, Vibha takes care of Global Networking, Corporate Communication, Human Resource Management, and General Administration.

Geoff Hancock – M&A Partner & Consultant- UK Business

Geoff is a seasoned Automotive Industry professional carrying over 40 years of experience. He carries wide, diversified and impressive skill-sets including Quality, Sales & Marketing, Key Account Management and so on. While working as Managing Director, he successfully implemented various growth strategies for many companies.

Having achieved a Masters Degree back in 2003, he has since worked with brands such as JCB, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar, Bentley, Land Rover and Aston Martin.

Geoff has remarkable and strong business network in all the five continents of the world. His impeccable connections has helped many firms to expand their business in China, India and other Asian Region.

Currently Geoff is running his own consulting firm where he helps companies in the area of:

1. Personal Development & Training

2. Business & Commercial Development

3. Performance Management

4. International Liaison & Introduction

Geoff is associated with ASPERA and participates in Cross-Border M&A deals between India-UK.

John Hannah

John Hannah MPhys, DipIoD, MIoD is a highly respected Non-Executive Director and Chair with more than 15 years of senior executive leadership, governance and strategic advisory experience. He combines deep technical understanding (born of his MPhys qualification) with certified director training (DipIoD) and membership of the Institute of Directors (MIoD). John has a proven track record of working collaboratively across corporate governance, financial planning and transformation programmes. His expertise spans advisory roles within SMEs, rail and infrastructure sectors, where he has often acted as a board-level ambassador and facilitator of innovation. At ASPERA, John brings his strategic mindset and governance credentials to underpin our efforts in sourcing and integrating high-performance technology partnerships. His guidance helps ensure that our partner selection, project structuring and risk governance adhere to the highest standards.

Harald J. Tomaselli- M&A Partner (Germany)

Harald studied Industrial Engineering (Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing.) at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany and Production Engineering (MSc) at the University of Birmingham in the UK.

After completing his studies, he worked on lean production processes for several years within Daimler AG Human Resources Division before joining Oliver Wyman/Mercer Management Consulting, a renowned international management consulting firm, in the mid-1990s. In his ten-year career there, he was responsible for national and international strategy as well as restructuring and advisory projects, most recently in the role of Automative Practice Partner.

Since 2004, he has been a partner at investment banking consultancies with a focus on German SMEs, responsible for the successful implementation of many M&A and corporate finance projects.

Harald is a founding partner of benten capital and author of various publications such as “Unternehmenstransaktionen im Mittelstand in Baden-Württemberg”.

Dr. Florian Eisele M&A Partner (Germany)

Florian studied Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) majoring in finance, accounting, business taxation and controlling at the University of Tübingen, Texas A&M University and the University of Saarland. Following his studies, he returned to the University of Tübingen, where, as a research associate, he gained a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) focused on the finance sector.

He then moved to the Finance Division of Daimler AG. There, most recently as a manager, he dealt primarily with matters relating to value-oriented management and valuation. He subsequently held roles heading up the finance divisions of stock-market listed SMEs. The first of these was as Head of Finance and Controlling at a plant engineering company, while the second was as Finance Director at a TecDAX-listed mechanical engineering company.

Florian has many years of broad experience in the fields of M&A and corporate finance as well as restructuring and reorganisation in both managerial and advisory positions within SMEs and international corporations.

He is also a partner at benten capital since 2014, he has been responsible for the successful implementation of a variety of M&A and corporate finance projects. He is also the author of a number of research-focused and applied publications in the area of finance and accounting.

Ali Taşbaşı- M&A Partner (Germany)

Ali is the M&A Partner at ASPERA & also a founding partner and managing director of ROOTS Advisory.

Ali has over 20 years of experience in corporate finance advisory and has executed a large number of transactions for family owned businesses, corporations and private equity with an focus on cross-border transactions.

Ali has built up special expertise in the service, pharmaceutical, fashion, industrial goods, consumer goods, telecommunications and financial services (banks / insurance companies) sectors.

Previously, he gained experience as an Executive Board Member of a mid cap corporate finance house in Germany. Furthermore Ali was an Managing Partner of the M&A Advisory House, M&A International GmbH.

Ali studied political science with a major in economics and international relations at the “Johann Wolfgang Goethe University” in Frankfurt am Main.

He is the author of various publications / specialist papers and a speaker at conferences and events. Ali is a member of the board of the charitable Peter Ustinov Foundation, Frankfurt.