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Prasanna Oke

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Chief Mentor/ Strategy at Appli
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Prasanna is a C-suite executive and private equity investor with extensive experience as a COO and CFO for both public and private IT companies. He specializes in executing board mandates, driving M&A, and managing investor relations. He holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

He demonstrates a clear passion for fostering growth in the technology sector, particularly through his advisory and mentorship roles. He actively supports startups, showing a keen interest in the EdTech space and celebrating the successes of companies he advises.

He possesses a unique dual perspective, having served as both a hands-on C-level operator and a strategic private equity investment partner.

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Experience
28 Years
Current Role
Chief Mentor/ Strategy
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Prasanna shows up

Curious But Skeptical
Friendly But Slow
ROI Driven

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Priorities

Topics Prasanna cares about

M&A Execution
He has a track record of driving M&A initiatives, having completed five acquisitions in three years during his tenure as CFO at Sonata Software.
Private Equity
As a General Partner at Basil Technology Partners, he focused on investing in niche IT services companies and helping them grow over a 3-5 year period.
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Career

Work history

10-2024
Chief Mentor/ Strategy
Appli
6-2024 - 9-2024
Deputy Global CFO
HGS - Hinduja Global Solutions
7-2022 - 3-2024
Advisor / Consulting Assignment
ProcMart
8-2019 - 3-2022
General Partner & CFO
Basil Technology Partners Pte Ltd
5-2015 - 7-2019
SVP and Chief Financial Officer
Sonata Software
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Education
1994 - 1996
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
2010 - 2010
Global Leadership Programme
INSEAD
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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