Mr. Vishal Tulsyan is the Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of Motilal Oswal Alternates (MO Alternates). He founded MO Alternates (erstwhile Motilal Oswal Private Equity) in 2006 with MOFSL being the sponsor. At MO Alternates, Vishal looks to build a platform to channelize long-term capital to create valuable enterprises and successful entrepreneurs.

He plays a crucial role in building the team and defining the strategies that have taken MO Alternates to its present levels and has been directly involved both in identifying businesses, as well as in supporting portfolio companies.

Vishal has spent two decades in the Indian financial sector across private equity, investment banking and structured finance. He brings on board his deep experience of raising, investing and returning third party capital across several economic cycles.

Prior to founding MO Alternates, Vishal was with Rabobank during its formative years in India, helping build its corporate finance and investment banking franchise. He was responsible for the origination and execution of structured finance, project finance, acquisition finance, private equity and M&A transactions. During his Rabobank tenure, he executed ~50 transactions aggregating more than INR 900 bn and helped build the life sciences practice in India into a key business driver.

Vishal holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the prestigious St. Xaviers' College, Kolkata and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (all-India #21 rank).