Bio

Mr. Baijal is a Partner at AION India Investment Advisors Private Limited, which provides advice with respect to India-focused investments. AION was established through a strategic arrangement between affiliates of [AGM] and ICICI Venture. He joined Apollo’s New York office in 2008 and has worked actively on private equity, mezzanine and credit investments across the US and Asian markets. In 2012, he helped Apollo establish a joint venture with ICICI Bank and helped raise one of the largest India dedicated funds, AION. Prior to Apollo, Mr. Baijal was with the private equity team at Bain Capital in Boston, where he worked extensively on consumer and retail opportunities. Mr. Baijal spent five years as a consultant with McKinsey & Company across the New Delhi and Hong Kong offices and was one of the founding members of the firm’s corporate finance practice in India. During his tenure at Mckinsey, he also completed a secondment at the Indian School of Business working for the Dean’s office and assisting in several aspects of institution building. He has served on the Board of several companies, including Welspun Corp, Welspun Enterprises, DishTV and Embrace Cinema. Mr. Baijal graduated summa cum laude from St. Stephen’s College/University of Delhi with a bachelors in economics. He also completed his MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), where he was an Industry Scholar. He is the recipient of IIMA’s Young Alumni Achiever Award for 2018. He is a Fellow of the Kamalnayan Bajaj Fellowship and member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.