Senior Management

Rishi Khosla
CEO

Rishi Khosla is the CEO and one of the Founders of Copal Partners. His primary responsibilities are overseeing the company's global business development activities.

Rishi also advises Lakshmi N. Mittal on his private equity and venture investments. His 1999 tech vintage venture portfolio has realized two billion dollar enterprises – PayPal and IndiaBulls. Investments included the most successful Indian venture investment to date with a 150x capital return.

Previously he was in the business development team at GE Capital, reporting to the President of GE Capital Europe. During his tenure he attained approval from Jack Welch to establish an early stage venture fund for GE Capital, which he co-managed.

Rishi started his career in banking where he wrote one of the first equity research notes on the third generation of mobile telephony, and participated in a number of advisory transactions, including an asset swap between GRE and ING and a divestment program for the Polish government.

Rishi is a Board Member of TiE UK, a charity which promotes entrepreneurship. He is also a Trustee of New Philanthropy Capital, an organization providing independent research and tailored advice on the most effective ways to support charities. He is also the Chairman of Dev Property Development, a London listed Real Estate Development Company.

He holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from the University College London, and a Masters in Accounting & Finance from London School of Economics where he was awarded a scholarship by the Economic and Social Research Council.

Joel Perlman
President

Joel Perlman is President and one of the Founders of Copal Partners. He set up the company’s India research centers and manages the global service delivery activities of the firm.

Previously, he founded and managed Latin Venture, a marketing firm with operations in the US and major Latin American markets.

Before that, he was a consultant at McKinsey & Company, where he participated in several engagements with Fortune 100 companies, with emphasis on business strategy, growth and process reengineering in the banking industry.

Joel is an advisor to CarullaVivero, the largest food retailer in Colombia with over USD 1 billion in sales, and Zumba, the largest branded fitness program in the US.

He has an undergraduate degree with honours in Finance and Philosophy from Georgetown University and a Masters in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics.

Andrew J. Melnick
Non-Executive Chairman

Andrew J. Melnick is Non-Executive Chairman of Copal Partners.

From 2002-2004, Andrew was Co-Director of the Global Investment Research Division and a Member of the Executive Committee at Goldman Sachs. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Andrew was Senior Vice President and Director of the Global Securities and Economics Research Group at Merrill Lynch & Company, during which time he expanded the Research Group to offices in 26 countries while achieving top rankings in most regions world-wide.

Previously, Andrew served as President of Woolcott & Co., was Director of Research and a Partner at L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg, Towbin, was an analyst at Drexel Burnham Lambertm and served as 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army.

Andrew is a Chartered Financial Analyst (C.F.A.).

Dr. Sushil Wadhwani, CBE
Non-Executive Director

Dr. Wadhwani is Non-Executive Director of Copal Partners. Dr. Wadhwani is currently the CEO of Wadhwani Asset Management LLP, a global-macro hedge fund.

Previously, Dr. Wadhwani was a full-time external member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which he joined in 1999. Prior to joining the MPC, Dr. Wadhwani was a member of the Management Committee and Partner at Tudor. From 1991-1995, Dr. Wadhwani was Director of Equity Strategy at Goldman Sachs.

Dr. Wadhwani obtained his BSc, MSc and PhD in Economics from the London School of Economics.