Plymouth, Mass., April 22, 2024 -- Global supply chain and operations implementation consulting firm SGS Maine Pointe, a member of the SGS Group, announced today that industry veteran and private equity expert Neel Malkani has taken the position of Managing Director, Private Equity & Industrials.
With 20 years of global experience helping organizations improve financial and operational performance, Malkani partners with investors to drive value throughout the deal life cycle while also helping chief executives accelerate performance improvement initiatives across their companies. In this shifting macroeconomic landscape, Malkani is especially focused on helping clients anticipate market pressures while identifying and developing new avenues for value creation.
“Joining SGS Maine Pointe provides me with an even greater opportunity to work with private equity firms and industrial organizations, leveraging not only my own background, but also the expertise of my colleagues and SGS Maine Pointe’s own total value optimization methodology,” said Malkani. “I am very pleased to be a part of an organization that supports a mission of delivering compelling and sustainable economic returns to all of our clients.”
Over the course of his career, Malkani has been exposed to more than 250 unique operations in 100 different cities across 14 countries, a slate of global experience that gives him diverse insights into extended global supply chains. Armed with that knowledge, Malkani has helped drive hundreds of millions in financial improvements and increased valuations.
“With Neel assuming this important role in our private equity and industrials organization, we are confident in continuing our outstanding record of delivering guaranteed improvements to our clients,” said Joseph Esteves, SGS Maine Pointe’s CEO. “We have seen first-hand how Neel works with clients to identify and drive performance improvement, and his expertise across the entire value chain matches well with the ongoing needs and desires of our client base.”
Prior to joining SGS Maine Pointe, Malkani led sales for a boutique operations consultancy, directed analysis for an operational improvement firm, and guided multiple client delivery and internal teams across finance, strategy, operations, and emerging technologies.
Malkani received his MBA from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and his BA in Finance and Economics from George Mason University’s Costello College of Business. He also studied abroad at University of Oxford, Pembroke College.