Ankush Vij

Associate Consultant

ankush@totallyalignedorganization.com

Ankush is a seasoned M&A advisor with over two decades of experience in corporate advisory and consulting. He is a Chartered Accountant with a masters’ certificate in business finance (from ICAI). Ankush is passionately driven by the transformative power of business and human synergy. His professional journey has been marked by a steadfast commitment to excellence in managing M&A projects, where he specialized in business valuation, due diligence, corporate restructuring, foreign exchange regulations, and last-mile implementation support. He successfully led the maiden Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) process documentation project for Unilever Malaysia and US in 2004-05. He has restructured debt of over INR 100 Cr for his listed client companies (textile and ceramic manufacturers). He has managed various merger, demerger, and other corporate restructuring projects for multi-national clients and advised businesses, VC funds and family offices on valuation, acquisitions, and transaction structuring.

Ankush’s role goes beyond executing transactions. He is dedicated to ensuring seamless pre-merger fitment testing, post-merger integration and fostering organizational development that drives sustainable growth. Understanding that true success stems from aligning business objectives with the well-being and engagement of people, he delves deeply into the cultural and human aspects of business transformation. His clients are diverse, ranging from multinational corporations navigating complex restructurings to growing startups aiming to integrate new acquisitions smoothly. For each, he provides tailored solutions that address their unique challenges and aspirations. Some of his notable clients include, Dell Technologies, Opus Technologies, Unilever, Beenext VC, Canbank VC, Marubeni Japan, etc.

Ankush’s keen interest in making M&As meaningful and sustainable led him to learn more about organization development and culture studies. He recently completed an OD certification programme (ODCP)  by OD Alternatives in association with TISS. He is also a certified EUM Partner. Ankush firmly believes that the self emerges in a systemic context and therefore, a study of the system is intrinsic to knowing the self. It is what connects and aligns his inner purpose to other pursuits in life, his raison d’être.

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