Vinay is a Managing Director in Baird's Financial Sponsor Group, with responsibility for European sponsor coverage and managing the firm’s relationships with a number of leading private equity firms. Vinay joined Baird in 2011 as a Managing Director in the Global Industrials team, where he worked for five years, and has over 20 years’ experience in executing and advising on private equity and public company transactions across the Consumer, Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors throughout Europe. Prior to joining Baird, Vinay spent 14 years at Hawkpoint, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank in their M&A teams. Vinay has a first class degree from Imperial College in London and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.