LEADERSHIP TEAM

Brahm Pillai is the Founder and Executive Officer of Pillai Capital bringing over 20 years of financial services and investment management experience to the firm. 

Before his pivot into investment banking, Brahm was an investment management professional, serving as Managing Director at the global alternative investment firm SkyBridge Capital (2010 to 2022).  

Brahm held similar investment management roles within Citigroup Alternative Investments (CAI) Hedge Fund Management Group (HFMG) from October 2005 to July 2010.  SkyBridge acquired HFMG from CAI in July 2010.

Education:

• M.B.A. – Cornell University – The Johnson School of Management – May 2014
• B.A. – New York University – The Gallatin School – September 2001
• Certified Business Exit Consultant (CBEC) – International Exit Planning Association (IEPA) – Certificate issued June 2024 
• Certified Blockchain & Finance Professional (CBFP) – Blockchain Council – Certificate issued January 2022

Registrations: 

Securities Registrations – Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) – FINRA Registered since June 2007

• Series 7 (General Securities Representative)
• Series 24 (General Securities Principal)
• Series 63 (Uniform Securities Agent)
• Series 65 (NASAA Investment Adviser Representative)
• Series 79 (Investment Banking Representative)
• Series 99 (Operations Professional) 

NYS Department of State - Athlete Agent (Effective May-2024) State: NY Number: 67PI0000742 - Brahm Pillai - NYS Athlete Agent 

NYS Department of State - Notary Public (Effective Sep-2004)States: NY Number: 01PI6115817 

National Notary Association (NNA) Certified Notary Signing Agent (NSA) Certified - Brahm Pillai - Notary Signing Agent 

Sanjeev Srivastava is a consulting partner and brings over three decades of experience in capital markets, investments, entrepreneurship and as a corporate CFO. 

Sanjeev was a former partner and is currently an advisor to TLGY Holdings which has a permanent capital (PE style) investment platform and has also has a SPAC (TLGY) on NASDAQ. His focus was on leading the Capital Markets relationships and on investment due diligence for tech and clean energy investments. He was previously the strategic capital markets advisor to Innovate Biopharma raising over $5M dollars in pre-IPO funding and supporting the company to go public on NASDAQ at a $150M dollar valuation. He is also the founder and CEO OF BLF Advisors which advises institutions and family offices on investment strategies. He also founded Blue Lotus Financial, LLC which advises small to mid-size companies in the areas of corporate finance, CFO work and capital markets advisory. He spent the first decade of his career with J.P. Morgan Capital Markets based in New York City.

Education:

• M.B.A. – Finance and Marketing – New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business
• B.S. – Chemical Engineering – University of Rochester