Vipul Bhargava

Partner and Education Lead at Novistra Capital, a boutique M&A advisory firm with offices in New York, London and New Delhi. Founder and CEO of GILT (Global Innovators in Learning and Teaching) Education. GILT Education provides advisory and consulting services to education companies from across the globe. As Vice President at EF Englishtown, I was part of the senior leadership team responsible for delivering profitable growth globally. I worked with leadership teams to define strategy and business plans across Latin America (Brazil, Mexico), US, Europe and Asia ( Japan, China, Taiwan). I was also responsible for presenting quarterly and annual plans and results to the board Prior to Englishtown, I was at RM Education (a FTSE listed UK education technology company) where I worked directly for the CEO and was responsible for Strategy and Corporate Development. Some of my successes at RM were: • Successfully led the divestiture of Group’s US and Australian businesses. • Led the turn-around strategy for an unprofitable business unit • Led a group wide international growth strategy project identifying key markets, products and channels Prior to RM, I worked as a strategy consultant at Marakon Associates focusing mostly on the insurance and telecommunications industry. I worked on a Group strategy project for the CEO of a FTSE 100 insurance company, a African market entry strategy project for another FTSE 100 insurance company and a customer segmentation and portfolio project for the largest telecommunications company in UK My other experiences include working as a research analyst for IDC where I provided research and consulting services to CIOs across different verticals. I was also responsible for presenting latest IT industry trends at large technology events