Swati Parashar

About

Senior strategic advisory professional with 18+ years of experience across the GCC and India, advising founders, promoters and senior management on growth, investment and business-planning decisions. Brings multi-sector perspective, strong financial judgement and a practical approach to converting business priorities into clear, executable actions.

Experience

• Director - Corporate & Transaction Advisory
  FinApt Group · UAE
  Nov 2023 – Present

  Established and led the advisory division, advising founders, promoters and management teams on strategy, growth, investment decisions and corporate priorities. Led assignments through market and financial assessment, recommendations and implementation support; developed business cases and investment assessments for new ventures and expansion opportunities.

• Senior Manager I - Transaction Advisory & Corporate Finance
  Baker Tilly Middle East · UAE
  2017 – Jul 2023

  Led strategic, commercial and financial advisory engagements across healthcare, education, hospitality, infrastructure and manufacturing. Managed concurrent assignments involving business planning, feasibility, expansion, investment assessment and strategic reviews; led or supervised 50+ business assessments and commercial reviews.

• Role
  Deem Finance / Dunia Finance · Dubai, UAE

  Contributed to process and turnaround-time improvements and customer-service tools, working across functions to support implementation.

• Role
  Arthur D. Little · India

  Worked on market assessment, growth strategy, industry analysis and government advisory. Drove an internet-readiness study for the Government of Qatar, coordinating inputs with Ericsson and supporting a leadership-facing sector report.

• Partner
  Xceed Advisors

  Co-built an advisory venture serving start-ups and SMEs across business planning, strategy and growth funding.

• Role
  Deloitte · India

  Built foundations across corporate finance, investment assessment, feasibility and complex corporate assignments during five years with Deloitte Financial Advisory.

• Role
  NCDEX · India

  Worked with institutional and corporate participants on commodity-market and hedging requirements.

Education

• IM
  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  International Management Institute

  Finance & Strategy

  Finance & Strategy
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  Semester Exchange Programme

  France

  France

Skills