Experts & Advisors
Surya Alapati
Senior Director

Level 8, 333 George Street
Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
+61.2.9037.3560 Main
+61.452.603.434 Mobile
Surya Alapati is a Senior Director at Ankura based in Sydney and has over seven years of experience in corporate finance and strategic advisory.
Experience
Surya has a proven track record in both local and cross-border M&A. Over the course of his career, Surya has successfully advised clients and worked across corporate finance, operational turnaround and strategic advisory engagements.
During his time at Ankura, he has worked closely with management teams, credit and private equity sponsors to achieve deal outcomes. Prior to Ankura, Surya’s experience includes working as an Investment Banking Analyst at EAC Partners, a boutique investment bank in Sydney and as an Analyst at Accenture, Melbourne. He has worked across various sectors including industrials, consumer, retail, beauty, technology and renewables.
Select professional engagements that Surya has worked on:
- Sale of Nude by Nature, a 100% clean cosmetics company, for Crescent Capital Partners, on its sale to Vida Corp (Arrotex Pharmaceuticals).
- Sale of Eden Laser Clinics on its sale to Silk Laser Clinics (ASX: SLA).
- Sale of Certane, a corporate trustee business, for Vista Credit Partners, on its sale to MSC Group.
- Sale of Inlite, an architectural lighting provider, for Bain Capital and Investec to Euroluce Australia.
- Buy-side advice to Generac Holdings, a NYSE listed equipment manufacturing company.
- Valuation advice for a wind & solar farm asset of Windlab, a specialist renewable energy asset manager.
- Capital raising advice for a Med-Tech company as part of the pre-IPO capital raise.
- Corporate strategy advice for a NSE (India) listed company in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector.
- Education
- Master of Management (Finance), The University of Melbourne, Australia
- BS, Industrial Technology & Distribution, Purdue University, U.S.