Abhay Havaldar is a Managing Director at General Atlantic, a global growth equity firm, where he has worked since 2002. Mr. Havaldar established General Atlantic's India office in 2002 and remains based in Mumbai, India where he leads General Atlantic's South East Asia investment initiatives with a focus on Financial Services and Enterprise Solutions. He currently serves as a Director on the board of Jubilant Organosys Ltd., IBS Software Services (P) Ltd and Patni Computer Systems.

Prior to this, Mr Havaldar started his career with TATA and has held operating management responsibilities at TATA Infotech and HCL Infosystems.

Mr Havaldar has been an investor in Indian businesses since 1996, as a partner at Draper International and Connect Capital. He is a Charter Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) and a Board member of Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE).

Mr. Havaldar holds a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bombay and a masters in management degree from the Sloan Fellow program at the London Business School.