Managing Partner & CEO
One Planet Partners
Bobby is a Founder and Managing Partner of One Planet Partners, a for-profit, alpha-seeking private equity manager with a climate DNA. One Planet aims to be India's pre-eminent climate-focused Investment Manager targeting businesses that address climate change and mid-market companies with material climate transition opportunities (grey to green).
Previously, Bobby co-founded the private equity business at Tata, (India's largest business group with a market capitalization of USD 400 billion) establishing a successful PE platform across multiple strategies. Most recently, he was the Managing Partner of the Tata Opportunities Fund (TOF), a middle-market growth equity PE fund he co-founded in 2010. TOF raised 3rd party capital from select, sophisticated global investors (average LP commitment of USD75mn), making it the largest first-time fund in India at the time. Bobby led some of the most successful investments by TOF across industrials, engineering, logistics, hospitality, and auto-parts where he also served as the Fund's nominee on portfolio Boards. Previously (’01-07), Bobby was a strategy consultant at Tata Strategic Management Group, Tata’s strategy consulting organization. Bobby is a member of the Regulatory Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) since 2016 where he champions matters relevant to the private equity industry in India. Bobby graduated from the management program of IIM Calcutta and is a Mechanical Engineer from the College of Engineering, Guindy, Anna University.