Sachin Mahajan

CEO & Managing Director
Investment Banking

Responsibilities

• Corporate Advisory and M&A
• Private Equity
• Debt Advisory

Career

• CGL
• Canaccord Genuity
• Genuity Capital Markets
• BMO Nesbitt Burns
• Credit Agricole Indosuez

Experience

Mr. Mahajan has been a career investment banker with over two decades of experience in advising large corporate clients in complex transactions in North America and Internationally. He has been involved on numerous transactions over the years across various sectors since 2001 including infrastructure, oil & gas, mining, consumer and industrial products, technology, media and telecommunications and real estate. Mr. Mahajan has advised on cross border transactions, hostile public take-over transactions, private acquisitions, going private transactions and restructuring transactions with deal value in excess of $100 billion.

Prior to starting Capital Generation Ltd, Mr. Mahajan was Managing Director with Canaccord Genuity in UAE and in Canada for about 20+ years. Mr. Mahajan worked for BMO Nesbitt Burns as a member of their Mergers & Acquisitions Group. Prior to joining BMO Nesbitt Burns, Mr. Mahajan worked for Credit Agricole Indosuez in their Asset Management and Private Banking Group in London, U.K.

Mr. Mahajan has been on the Board of Advisors of Canada India Foundation, board member of TiE Toronto, Co-Chair of CIF Gala for the Blind among other non-profit boards and charities. He has been actively involved in several philanthropic activities and camps over the years both in Canada and UAE.

Transactions include: Sale of minority stake in DP World Jebel Ali Port by CDPW and Hassana (US$23 billion), Acquisition of First Milling Company from Public Investment Fund (US$660m), DP World sale of 45% stake in Canadian ports and investment partnership with CDPQ (US$3.7 billion), Yellow Media recapitalization ($2.7 billion), OPTI sale to CNOOC ($2.1 billion), recapitalization of Abitibi-Bowater ($4 billion), ATI’s sale to AMD ($5.2 billion), recapitalization of Tembec ($1.2 billion), Mitel’s acquisition of Inter-Tel ($720 million), Essar Steel Algoma Refinancing ($1.2 billion), Molson’s merger with Coors ($5.7 billion), sale of Canico to CVRD ($970m), Rogers Wireless going private transaction ($720 million), Bain Capital’s acquisition of Bombardier Recreational Products ($1.2 billion), hostile defense and subsequent sale of Cognicase to CGI ($400 million), sale of Kraft Canada sale to Sun Capital (CanGro). Mr. Mahajan has relocated to UAE in 2016 from Toronto to establish Canaccord’s MENASA (Middle East, North Africa and South Asia) office with focus on Asia and Middle East opportunities for international investors.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
• MBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
• B.Comm (Honours), Delhi University

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