Abhay Havaldar is a renowned name in the financial community having deep understanding of Indian markets. He is currently the Managing Director at General Atlantic LLC, a global private equity firm, where he has worked since 2002. Abhay Havaldar established General Atlantic's India office in 2002 and remains based in Mumbai, India where he leads General Atlantic's South East Asia investment initiatives with a focus on Business Solutions, Financial Services and Enterprise Software.

Prior to joining General Atlantic Partners in 2002, Abhay Havaldar was the Co-Founder of Connect Capital, a pan-Asian e-commerce investment company and the Asian vehicle for Insight Capital Partners, a leading business-to-business e-commerce investor.

Abhay Havaldar holds a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from the University of Bombay and a masters in management degree from the Sloan Fellow Program at the London Business School. He currently serves as a Director on the board of Geometric Software Solutions, Patni Computer Systems Ltd. and 3D PLM Software Solutions Ltd. also.