Sid Chitnis

Overview

Sid is a Managing Director and Partner in the firm’s Advisory Services practice where he leads the M&A Advisory team. He brings over 17 years of experience advising private equity sponsors and private and publicly held companies on matters pertaining to mergers and acquisitions.

Sid and the M&A Advisory team guide clients through the intricacies of sell-side and buy-side transactions to achieve optimal outcomes. Their collective experience performing valuations, modeling, financial due diligence, tax, and accounting helps our team add value at each step of the process—pre and post-deal.

Sid has experience working across a wide range of industries, including consumer, food and beverage, retail, manufacturing, business services, and industrial. He also specializes in advising companies on brand intellectual property matters related to transactions and valuation.

Prior to joining HCVT, Sid served as a director at Houlihan Lokey, a publicly traded global investment bank where he was a member of the Financial and Valuation Advisory practice which provides valuations and transactions advice to its clients. Earlier in his career, Sid held senior roles in corporate finance and advisory with Deloitte and Duff & Phelps, which is now Kroll.

Sid earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting and Finance from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholder and a member of the CFA Institute. He is also a Chartered Accountant (CA) and a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia.