Lekha Paranjape

Lekha Paranjape is a Senior Vice President at Macquarie Group since September 2019, specializing in sell-side M&A in the education, education technology, and business services sectors. Prior to this, Lekha served as Vice President and Associate at Lazard from June 2017 to September 2019, and as Senior Manager at Welspun Renewables, focusing on funding clean tech projects in India. Earlier experience includes a managerial role at SBI Capital Markets, where services ranged from government advisory to long capital raising, and as a Product Manager at Barclays Bank, responsible for formulating investment strategies. Lekha holds an MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Management Development Institute, along with a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology.