<article>Private equity firm Everstone Group has roped in Suneel Kaji as a Managing Director in New York.</article>

Private equity firm Everstone Group has roped in Suneel Kaji as a Managing Director in New York.
He was a senior member of the private investments team at the University of Texas Investment Management Company (UTIMCO).
Kaji, who has over two decades of private markets experience in control and structured investing across the US and Asia, will work on developing strategic relationships with large institutional investors, sponsors, corporates and service providers in the current role, according to an announcement.
The appointment will enhance the firm’s private markets business in India and Southeast Asia through stronger investor connects, building an ecosystem for cross-border expansions and exit options for portfolio companies.
“Suneel brings a wealth of international investing and banking experience,” said Sameer Sain, CEO, The Everstone Group.
Prior to joining UTIMCO, Kaji, an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, had been a founding partner of Accordion Capital, the principal co-investment affiliate of Accordion Partners, a New York-based private equity consultancy. He has also had stints at DLJ in New York and Hong Kong and at Goldman Sachs in New York, among others.
The Everstone Group, founded in 2006 by Atul Kapur and Sameer Sain, is a leading private equity and real estate investment firm that has an asset over $5 billion. It has invested in more than 30 portfolio companies in the consumer and consumer-led sectors across India and Southeast Asia including Burger King, R&amp;R Salons Pvt. Ltd. (YLG), Modern Foods Industries (India) Ltd. (Modern), among others.
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The appointment will enhance the firm’s private markets business in India and Southeast Asia, thereby building an ecosystem for cross-border expansions.

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