Sachindra Rudra

Sachindra ‘Sachin’ Rudra is an experienced investor and has substantial experience in running and scaling organizations.

Currently Sachin, through his firm Crest Spring Advisory LLP, advises funders and early-stage enterprises on solving some of the world’s toughest problems using the enterprise model. In this he focuses on fund-deployment for financial and impact returns and, importantly, works with potential funders and the enterprise management to clarify strategy, design organization structure and key operational processes to deliver on the strategy and helps with key management decisions making. Sachin also makes angel investments in his personal capacity, serves as an Investment Committee member on 3 funds and works actively with the management teams of 3 early-stage enterprises looking to scale.

Prior to this role, Sachin worked for Acumen Fund as Chief Investment Officer, responsible for Acumen’s entire pioneer portfolio and investing activities working through teams in 5 regional offices (India, Pakistan, East Africa, West Africa, Latin America) besides the ‘central’ team in New York and London. As part of his role, he also led the conceptualization and raising of 3 returnable capital funds (targeted size: ~USD 150 M, cumulative). Sachin also served as Country Director and CEO of Acumen’s operations in India where he was responsible for the full gamut of Acumen’s activities, and represented Acumen on the boards of Ziqitza Healthcare, Orb Energy, Lifespring Hospitals and PVRI.

Prior to joining Acumen, Sachin was a Director in the India office of Navis Capital, an Asia-focused and sector agnostic private equity firm where he managed investments in the range of $15-50M through the full lifecycle of sourcing, due diligence, deal structuring, portfolio management and exit. He brings over 15 years of experience, working in private equity, consulting and operations. Sachin began his career at Hindustan Unilever Ltd (the Indian subsidiary of Unilever) in Calcutta as an Area Sales Manager, where he did considerable work in rural markets and he then moved into consulting at McKinsey in Delhi, which included an assignment working for the American India Foundation. Sachin then spent a number of years at Piramal Healthcare, one of the leading pharmaceuticals companies in India, where he held various positions of increasing responsibility, including President – Strategy and Business Development and Business Head – Orthopedics. He has wide-ranging sector exposure in the investing space with a high degree of focus on healthcare, consumer products and processed foods.

Sachin holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics from St Stephen’s College in Delhi, a Masters Degree in Economics from Cambridge University and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics. He has MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.