Anush Newman

Anush is CEO and Co-Founder of JMAN Group, leading the business across the UK, North America and Europe.

Having driven their entry into Private Equity, Anush holds many of JMAN’s relationships with funds and operating partners, leveraging commercial data analytics and engineering to enable value creation across portfolios. In 2023, he successfully led the business through a minority investment from Baird Capital.

Following a Master’s in Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, Anush began his career in the strategy team at BT OneIT before moving to Arthur D. Little. He worked across Europe and Asia on strategy, due diligence and process/organizational redesign projects before founding JMAN in 2010.

Michael Leovalan

Leo is a seasoned technology leader with over 30 years of experience driving innovation and building high-performing teams. As CTO and Co-Founder of JMAN, he spearheads the company’s technology strategy and oversees the JMAN India office.

Leo leverages his extensive experience in product development, professional services, consulting, and global delivery to craft creative solutions that solve complex business challenges. He has a proven track record in building and leading teams across various software domains, including ERP, CRM, and performance analytics.

Prior to JMAN, Leo’s career encompassed work with Silicon Valley startups and industry giants like Informix, Vantive CRM, PeopleSoft, and Oracle. He has expertise in building and managing delivery teams for Big Data and Analytics solutions, empowering businesses worldwide to optimize performance.

Leo holds an MSc in Computer Science from St. Joseph’s College.

Richard Cowen

Richard is the Chief Financial Officer at JMAN.

Having previously advised JMAN on the May 2023 investment by Baird, Richard rejoined as Group CFO in August 2024.

Prior to JMAN, Richard spent 6 years as CFO at the financial consultancy Sionic. A main board member, Richard helped to build the business from a New York start up to a global consultancy with 6 international offices. As well as the finance function, Richard ran the financial work streams of the 2019 Livingbridge investment and the eventual exit to BC partners in 2021.

A Chartered Accountant, Richard has a degree in Political Science from the University of Leeds.

Christina Angello

Christina is Chief Marketing Officer and leads all marketing and communications functions, having joined JMAN in 2024.

Christina is responsible for elevating the positioning and messaging of the JMAN brand through the development of strategic marketing programs and thought leadership initiatives. Her specialties include marketing communications, branding integrity, digital performance marketing, account management, product launches and strategic planning. She has experience in both the non-profit and commercial sectors in leading global marketing strategy for pharmaceutical services consultancies, as well as regionally for the Americas and in emerging markets.

Christina holds an MBA in Pharmaceutical Business from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

Ashley Messina

Ashley leads our global People function, having joined JMAN in 2022.

Ashley is responsible for planning, devising, and implementing the best people practices as a key driver of business strategy, aligned to JMAN’s vision and growth objectives. She is a dynamic human resources and operations leader, highly skilled at talent attraction and management, people development, employee relations, organizational design, leadership and succession planning. With a career spanning various industries including information technology, professional services, retail and hospitality, Ashley is passionate about growing businesses where people flourish, through innovative, well-managed, people-centric and commercially minded strategies.

She holds a Bachelors degree from Oxford-Brookes University and is a 2021 CRN award winner.

Graham Elton

Graham is Board Chairman at JMAN.

He is also a Partner at Bain & Company where he ran the Private Equity practice in EMEA from 2005 to mid-2018 and is now a chairman. He has 15 years of experience on the firm’s Investment Committee and was also a leader in the Media practice. Graham also serves as chairman of Lane Clark & Peacock, With Intelligence and Sportscape. He is a Founding Member of bd-capital’s Investment Advisory Committee and Operators Club.

Graham also chairs Now Teach and is a board member of the National Youth Theatre and The Education Endowment Foundation. He is one of the founders of Greater Share, an innovative philanthropic fund of funds, and chairs its Investment Committee.

Prior to joining Bain, Graham was chief executive officer at Miller Freeman UK (now part of Informa); managing director at FT Business and strategy director at Pearson.

Graham holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an MA from The University of Oxford. Graham was awarded an MBE for services to the economy in the Queen’s 2020 Birthday Honours List.

Michael Holgate

Michael is a Non-Executive Director at JMAN.

He is a Partner with Baird Capital and led the 2023 investment in JMAN. Based in London, Michael focuses on partnering with ambitious founders of fast-growing businesses across B2B Technology and Services. He’s experienced in sourcing investment opportunities, deal execution and portfolio management. Michael has spent time working across Baird Capital’s London and Chicago offices and completed transactions in the UK, EU, US, and Asia. Prior to joining Baird Capital, Michael spent time working at GSK and PwC.

Michael is a Chartered Accountant. He holds a First-Class MSc in Chemistry from the University of Bristol.

Louise Kingston

Louise is a Non-Executive Director at JMAN.

She is a Director with Baird Capital and part of the Global Portfolio Operations team focused on working with their Investment and Management Teams to design and deliver ambitious growth strategies that maximize value creation. Based in London, Louise joined Baird Capital in 2022 with 20 years of relevant financial and private equity experience. Prior to Baird, Louise spent eight years at mid-market private equity firm Livingbridge where she was an Investment Director responsible for driving value creation strategies across a portfolio of investee companies.

Louise is a Chartered Accountant. She holds a First-Class BA in Accounting and Finance from the University of Glasgow.

Jamie Denison-Pender

Jamie Denison-Pender became a Non-Executive Director at JMAN, following a minority investment from Baird Capital.

At JMAN, he supports the Founders and Management Team execute on the value creation plan, enhance the value proposition, access new markets and scale their infrastructure. Jamie founded Prescient in 2007 and was CEO until the end of 2022. He successfully led the business through an MBO, two PE events and a tuck in acquisition. Under his leadership, Prescient grew to become a leading biopharma product and portfolio strategy firm with over 450 employees in offices across the US, Europe and Asia sectors.

Natalie Cramp

Natalie is a Partner having joined JMAN in 2024.

Natalie is responsible for helping to shape and drive our global delivery model and develop innovative solutions for clients to enable them to maximize the potential of data and AI in this rapidly evolving field. She brings more than 15 years’ experience in leading private, public and third sector organizations through significant periods of innovation and change. She joins JMAN after five years of leading a data and AI consultancy. She is particularly passionate about the people elements of transformation, and how to help business leaders navigate the data and AI landscape and maximize its potential, as such she’s also a regular speaker for Vistage, delivering training to C-suite leaders in understanding how to create value from data and AI for their business, and has co-founded an AI Accelerator Programme for data leaders. A recognized leader in the data field, Natalie’s been named in the Tech Women Celebration 50, the Twenty in Data and Tech 2023, and the Data IQ 100 multiple times. She takes an active role in the data community, chairing a cross-industry Data Ethics Advisory Board, chairing Women in Data®‘s Women’s Health work and as a member of the Mayor’s Data for London Advisory Board. Natalie’s career as a problem solver has seen her on both client and consultancy side and as part of the team rapidly scaling organizations including the London 2012 Olympics.

Jyothish Babu

Jyothish Babu works as a Principal Architect, having joined JMAN in 2024.

With over 16 years of technical expertise, He is a distinguished DevOps Architect and Cloud Expert specializing in project planning, application architecture, cloud infrastructure solutions and security. His extensive experience includes more than 14 years dedicated to Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he has developed a reputation for designing and optimizing robust, scalable cloud environments. Known for driving innovation and implementing cutting-edge cloud technologies, he creates secure, efficient, cost-effective solutions aligned to business objectives. His track record includes leading cross-functional teams and managing complex projects, consistently delivering transformative results that enhance operational performance and support strategic goals. He committed to leveraging deep industry knowledge to foster technological advancement and support organizational growth.

Jyothish Babu holds a BTech in Computer Science from Calicut University.

Richard Berriman

Richard is an Associate Partner at JMAN and is the head of global delivery based in London, having joined JMAN in 2023.

Richard has extensive experience working with professional services businesses and their clients, with a focus on value creation through strategy, analytics and building technical capabilities in businesses. Prior to JMAN, he was an independent consultant for PE- and VC-backed businesses, worked in a VC-backed technology business as COO, and built PwC’s AI team that operated across lines of service.

He holds an MSc in Decision Sciences from University College London and an MSc in Applied Statistics from Birkbeck, University of London.

Michael Carratt

Michael is an Associate Partner, having joined JMAN in 2024.

Michael has a particular interest in how to operationalize value creation in B2B businesses. He is skilled at strategic planning, problem solving, and financial analysis. Having worked in the UK, Europe, the US and the Middle East; he has over 17 years of experience working in private equity and professional advisory capacities across a range of disciplines including data analytics, financial analysis, due diligence, portfolio value creation and monitoring.

Michael is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst. He holds a BA in Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge.

Tom Chadwick

Tom is an Associate Partner, having joined JMAN in June 2023.

Tom leads our growth strategy and is responsible for the shaping and delivery of our global Go To Market strategy and building out JMAN’s presence with the investment banking community. Tom is an expert in data sciences and private equity. Previously, Tom worked for seven years at Goldman Sachs and UBS in equity derivatives trading and Private Wealth Advisory roles for Family Offices.

Tom holds a First-Class MEng in Engineering from the University of Oxford. He also holds a CFA certificate.

Vendeeshwaran Chandran

Vendeeshwaran is a Principal Technology Architect at JMAN, having joined in November 2012.

Vendeeshwaran has experience in data platforms, full-stack technology, mobile technology, cloud technology, cloud AI, MLOps, and DevOps. With over 10 years of experience in developing and deploying enterprise-level web, mobile applications, and data warehouse platforms; he is an expert at designing and implementing innovative technological solutions for businesses, particularly in cloud-based AI applications. Before joining JMAN, he worked at Aurum Info Solutions.

Vendeeshwaran holds a BSc in Information Technology from J.J. College of Arts and Science and a Master’s in Computer Application from Anna University.

Mike Collins

Mike is an Associate Partner at JMAN.

He’s interested in helping clients with data advisory, data governance, analytics operating models and talent management. Mike is an experienced data and analytics leader with a particular focus on the healthcare industry, having built and led the data and analytics functions at both World Courier (Cencora) and then Clinigen Group. Previously he worked at Ascential through their successful IPO after beginning his career at Oliver Wyman.

Mike holds a First-Class degree in Natural Sciences and an MPhil in the History & Philosophy of Science, Technology & Medicine, both from Cambridge University.

Richard Cripps

Richard is an Associate Partner based in New York where he leads our North American practice, having joined JMAN in 2023.

Richard has extensive experience working with private equity on M&A and value creation topics as both an advisor and an executive. Prior to joining JMAN, Richard was Head of Corporate Development and Strategy for a PE-backed Industrial Group, executing a “buy & build” strategy across North America and Europe. Before that, he spent five and a half years at a Boston Consulting Group as a core member of the Transactions and Turn-arounds teams with a focus on consumer, industrial and SaaS businesses. Richard started his career as an analyst in the Investment Bank at Deutsche Bank in London.

He holds a First-Class BA degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, where he was also an academic scholar.

Christian Davis

Christian is an Associate Partner, having joined JMAN in October 2017.

Christian has developed long and lasting relationships with leading clients within the private equity industry. He has experience in delivering data-led strategies and initiatives that deliver value across the deal cycle for subscription, services and product business models across software, technology, professional and financial services, manufacturing, healthcare and pharmaceutical end markets. Christian’s recent focus has been supporting Management Teams, Sell-Side Banks and Investors to build more sophisticated data assets for exit. He is the practice lead for our M&A Centre of Excellence, which covers all buy-side and sell-side diligence and exit projects.

He holds a BA in Economics and Geography from the University of Leeds.

Sachinvias Gopalakrishnan

Sachin works as Principal Architect, having joined JMAN in 2017.

He helps deliver cutting-edge and innovative software solutions to clients. Specializing in Agile projects with open-source tech, Sachin excels in delivering top-quality solutions that are at the forefront of today’s emerging technologies. He focuses on software development, project management and GenAI. He has led the seamless migration of a legacy monolithic application to a cloud-native architecture, enhancing scalability and cost efficiency for global clients. His experience, forward-thinking approach and exploration of emerging trends provide innovative solutions, giving our clients a competitive edge.

Sachin holds a Masters in Computer Application from Anna University.

Gnanavadivel Gunaseelan

Guna is a seasoned Principal Architect at JMAN, joined the team in 2024 with over 20 years of extensive experience in the IT industry.

With a strong focus on application development, Guna specializes in leveraging a wide range of Microsoft technologies to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions that align with the latest industry trends.

Throughout his career, Guna has demonstrated expertise in responding to RFPs, conducting client workshops, and preparing detailed project plans, estimations, and timelines. He is highly skilled in guiding and mentoring teams to build robust Big Data and migration solutions across Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud platforms.

Guna holds a Computer Science Engineering degree from Madras University and is committed to staying at the forefront of technological advancements, driving the successful delivery of cutting-edge solutions to clients.

Siva Ilango

Siva is an Associate Partner at JMAN and is the head of product, having joined in September 2012.

Siva leads the technology and engineering team providing expertise in data and analytics projects, cloud operations and managing delivery. Siva’s expertise lies in data and analytics projects, leveraging modern data stacks and cloud technologies. He has particular interest in conceptualizing and visualizing the technology design to build a data platform and provide solutions using technology.

His experience encompasses the entire data platform lifecycle, including design, build, architecture, engineering, governance, reporting, and advanced analytics.

Siva holds a Bachelor’s in Information Technology from JJ College of Arts and Science and a Master’s in Computer Science from Anna University.

Mohanraj Jayakumar

Mohanraj works as Principal Architect, having joined JMAN in 2024.

With over 16 years of dedicated engagement in data warehousing and business intelligence, Mohanraj offers expertise in developing fresh solutions. His background includes data science, project management, multi-cloud environments, adeptness with both open-source and commercial tools, and proficiency across Linux and Windows Operating Systems. He’s skilled at managing structured, semi-structured, unstructured data and various formats of audio and video. He’s involved in all phases of implementation, including DevOps, DataOps, and MLOps, aimed at transitioning businesses towards an innovative data-driven model.

Mohanraj holds an MCA in Computer Science from the University of Madras, India, Tamil Nadu.

Ruth Keppeler

Ruth is an Associate Partner at JMAN and leads our global pricing practice, having joined JMAN in 2023.

She has over 20 years of pricing experience from previous roles at Simon-Kucher & Partners and McKinsey and as an independent Pricing advisor to PE Funds and their portfolio companies. Ruth led pricing and commercial excellence value creation initiatives across a wide range of sectors for both B2B and B2C clients. The scope of her projects covered pricing diagnostics, strategy and execution with a strong focus on supporting client teams with embedding recommendations as BAU processes.

Ruth holds a German University Degree (master’s equivalent) in Latin American studies from the University of Cologne.

Balaji Vinoth Kumar

Balaji Vinoth Kumar is a Principal Architect, joined JMAN in June 2024.

Balaji comes with over 17 years of experience in various sectors of Data. His expertise is in designing data migration framework, developing data warehousing and data privacy solutions. He also has a background of project management, stakeholder and vendor management. In his roles, he had delivered large scale data warehouse and data migration and data privacy projects that comprises of multiple different sources. He is proficient in using DevOps and JIRA for project management. Prior to JMAN he had worked in multiple service-based IT organizations.

Tom Pearson

Tom is an associate partner at JMAN, having joined in March 2023.

He focuses on delivering quality, innovative projects across the deal life cycle for private equity clients. Previously, Tom spent 5 years at TDR Capital as a Director in the data science team where he worked across the investment cycle, from origination and due diligence to identifying and actioning value creation initiatives across the portfolio companies. He started his career at PwC Strategy and OC&C Strategy Consultants working in analytics.

Tom holds a BSc in Biology with Management and Finance from Imperial College and subsequently completed a year in management and finance at the Imperial College Business School.

Freddie Hampel

Freddie is a Principal at JMAN, having joined in September 2018.

Freddie has broad experience leading and delivering consulting and data science projects for our PE and corporate clients across the investment lifecycle with a focus on delivering tangible value. Subject matter expertise includes practical machine learning applications across customer churn prevention, data-led site expansion analysis and return on advertising spend. She has an extensive background working with Python, SQL, Alteryx, Databricks, Amazon SageMaker, Tableau and Power BI. Her key strengths include teamwork, collaboration, strong communication skills and finding solutions.

Freddie holds an MA in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering from the, University of Cambridge.

Vamsi Krishna

Vamsi is a Technology Solutions Architect at JMAN, having joined in June 2016.

Vamsi leads the technology and engineering group at JMAN, utilizing his wide experience to offer direction and solutions on projects involving data and analytics. He has developed expertise in data and analytics, specializing in modern data stack and cloud technologies, data science and visualization. He’s proficient in designing and building data platforms, creating robust architectures, developing reporting solutions and implementing advanced analytics capabilities. Previously, he worked at Aurum Info Solutions as a software engineer.

Vamsi holds a BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from JNTUK University.

Yun Ma

Yun is a Principal, having joined JMAN in October 2023.

Within JMAN she leads delivery excellence across fund-level projects and is a champion for GenAI. She applies data-driven insights to make informed decisions that create value for clients’ needs. Prior to JMAN, Yun spent four years at Livingbridge leading data projects both for portfolio companies and at a fund level. She has extensive experience in digital transformation, data strategy and portfolio analytics.

Yun holds an MA Hons in Economics from the University of Edinburgh. She also holds a BA and an MSc in Economics and Statistics from The London School of Economics.

Vanessa Macalliver

Vanessa is a Principal in JMAN’s London office. Prior to JMAN, Vanessa co-founded a carbon analytics start-up, working with businesses from family-run manufacturing SMEs to an entire London area to a FTSE 100 to manage their data to understand and act on their emissions. She started her career at the Bank of England, followed by the Boston Consulting Group, where she worked on strategy, digital transformations, operational efficiency and large-scale programme delivery projects across financial institutions, energy, retail and the public sector.

Vanessa holds a degree in History from Cambridge, and a bilingual MBA from IESE

Radhakrishnan Ramu

Radhakrishnan is a Technology Solution Architect, having joined JMAN in November 2013.

Radhakrishnan brings solid work experience with a proven track record in developing enterprise-level web applications using modern technologies and standards. With expertise in designing and building robust data platforms and providing expert data advisory services, he leverages modern data stacks and cloud technologies to implement scalable solutions. Specializing in handling structured and unstructured data to transform it into insightful information. He seamlessly transitioned from a full-stack engineer to a data architect, demonstrating his versatile skill set and exceptional adaptability in the tech industry. Previously, he worked at Aurum Info Solutions as a software engineer.

Radhakrishnan holds a BSc in Information Technology from J.J. College of Arts and Science and a Master’s in Computer Applications from Anna University.

Narendra Rao

Narendra is a Technology Solutions Architect at JMAN having joined in June 2017.

Narendra leads JMAN’s Managed Services Business and offers expert guidance in data engineering, data science and software engineering workstreams. Naren’s interests lie in process automation and data engineering initiatives combined with commercial acumen that drive innovation to create solutions and further enhance our clients’ value creation plans. He’s experienced with multiple technologies including cloud engineering, modern data stack, data analytics, and application development.

Narendra holds a Bachelor’s in Computer Science Engineering from Anna University and a Master’s in Business Administration from Madras University.

Miraj Shah

Miraj is a Principal, having joined JMAN in January 2018.

Miraj has delivered a number of projects across diligence, value creation and exit for portfolio companies several sectors. He has expertise in building and deploying advanced analytics tools in B2B software and services businesses targeting value creation levers such as churn, cross-sell, pricing and lead scoring.

Miraj holds a BA in Natural Sciences and Chemistry from the University of Cambridge.

Yuganthi Subramani

Yuganthi is a Technology Solutions Architect, having joined JMAN in June 2017.

Yuganthi possesses extensive expertise in spanning various domains and leveraging diverse data platforms, architecting and building enterprise data warehouses and developing innovative software applications tailored to meet a variety of business needs for our clients. Yuganthi focuses her interest on offering strategic data advisory services aimed at empowering businesses to achieve sustainable growth through informed decision-making and optimized data utilization strategies.

Yuganthi holds a BE in Computer Science from Anna University and an MBA in Business Administration from Madras University.

Fraser Sym

Fraser works as a Principal and leads relationships with a range of PE firms and corporations, having joined JMAN in 2015.

Fraser oversees JMAN’s commercial activity. He is responsible for new business generation, and he plays a leading role in the development of our team, so that JMAN is always up to date on the latest industry trends. He shares his expertise in delivering effective data solutions to Senior Executives and Management Teams in a variety of sectors. He’s skilled at public speaking, teamwork, research and social media.

He holds a First-Class BSc in Physics and Chemistry from the University of Nottingham and an MA in Business Management from Cambridge Judge Business School.

Jack Thorpe

Jack is a Principal, having joined JMAN in 2016.

He is responsible for managing and maintaining relationships with our private equity clients. As part of his role, he oversees and executes the delivery of data projects to our clients across the PE lifecycle. He also shapes and refines our propositions for our clients, especially our Core Reporting proposition which he leads. His sector experience includes technology, services, pharma, consumer, retail and transportation.

Jacks holds a BSc in Chemistry from Bristol University.

Sirisha Earlu

Sirisha is a People Lead, having joined JMAN in 2023.

Working alongside the global Management Team and People Leads, Sirisha is responsible for strategically devising, implementing, and leading our People practices in India. She works to accelerate high performance that will drive business growth for clients, with a primary focus on learning and development. She has work experience in varying sectors from the pharmaceutical to the healthcare sector that includes designing and implementing HR policies as per labor law requirements and industry standards, talent acquisition, talent management and performance management.

She holds a First-Class MBA in Human Resource Management from Christ University.

Shani Paul

Shani is our Operations Lead, having joined JMAN in 2021.

Shani manages a wide variety of operational aspects of our business and is driven to enable business scaling in a practical, productive and efficient way that brings effective results. She brings a variety of skills to JMAN including leadership, research, project management, data analysis, time management, team motivation, customer experience, strategic planning and problem solving that helps JMAN run efficiently and effectively in its day-to-day operations. Previously, she worked in customer operations within the fintech industry.

She holds a BSc with Honors in Business Economics from the University of Exeter.

Belinda Tanner

Belinda is the UK-based People Lead, having joined JMAN in 2023.

With experience in fast-growing businesses from various industries, Belinda contributes towards cultivating an environment where high-performing individuals thrive. While ensuring that our People practices are aligned with the company vision, Belinda is responsible for leading the implementation and delivery of the global people strategy within the UK and US.

Belinda holds a Bachelor’s in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of South Africa.

Saran Vijay

Saran Vijay leads our India People Practice function at JMAN Group.

Saran has extensive global experience in the IT Industry and is passionate about driving organizational success through effective people strategies aligning with business objectives. He has rich experience in driving strategic HR initiatives and leading Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Talent Development, HR Transformation, Organization Restructuring and managing end-to-end Employee Life Cycle. Saran leverages his strong business acumen in demonstrating a focus on maximizing human potential and adding value in enhancing Employee Experience, Stakeholder Management, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement and DEI areas.

He holds a Master’s Degree in HR from Annamalai University and is a Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP). Also holds a certification in Leadership and Strategic Management by the Jack Welch Management Institute.