Naresh Malhotra

Naresh Malhotra is an Operating Partner with Sequoia Capital India. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital India, Naresh was the CEO of Café Coffee Day.Earlier, Naresh worked with ICI, Unilever Group, and Colgate Palmolive in India and overseas. He was a President and a member of the Supervisory Board of the UB Group, Bangalore. Naresh was a Founding Partner of KPMG, India and was also a Managing Director of Corporate Finance and a Practice Leader of the Real Estate, Hospitality and Retail businesses. In addition to Finance, Naresh worked in marketing and numerous start-up operations. In early 2000, he joined GIV Management, a U.S. private equity firm, as General Partner and Managing Director in Bangalore. Naresh holds a B. Com. from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata University.