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About
Sheilja Patel is an Operating Principal and Global Portfolio Finance Leader at Accel-KKR. Her career includes private equity operating partner roles at Accel-KKR, High Road Capital, and Marlin Equity, along with outsourced project work for Milestone Partners, Monomoy Capital, and Pier Six Capital, and CFO positions including a divisional CFO role at Hain Celestial. She has worked across industries such as technology, software/SaaS, consumer products, manufacturing, logistics, media, ecommerce, and healthcare, with experience spanning mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, consulting, and public accounting.
Experience
- Accel-KKROperating Principalcurrent2024 — presentGreater London, England, United Kingdom
- BC PartnersDirector2020 — 2023London Area, United Kingdom
- BC PartnersPrincipal2020Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- dunnhumbyGlobal Head of Strategy and Corporate Development2017 — 2020London, Greater London, United Kingdom
- TescoDirector, Customer Data Strategy, Policy & Partnerships2017London Area, United Kingdom
- TescoDirector, Dunnhumby Strategic Partnership2015 — 2016
- TescoSenior Marketing Manager, UK Customer Strategy2014Cheshunt
- TescoInterim Director, UK Space2013 — 2014Cheshunt
- TescoSenior marketing manager, Price and Promotions2012 — 2013Cheshunt
- TescoSenior Manager, Online Groceries Operations Development2011 — 2012
- Bain & CompanyCase Team Leader2007 — 2010London Area, United Kingdom
- Morgan StanleyAnalyst - Investment Banking2002 — 2005
Skills & more
Management Consulting5Market Entry4Business Strategy3Corporate Development1Financial Modeling3Strategic Consulting4Private Equity2Competitive Analysis1Pricing1Business Transformation1Due DiligenceBusiness Development1
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Global StrategyCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategy FormulationGrowth StrategiesBusiness ModelingInvestment BankingOperations Managementproject managementStrategyLeadershipNegotiationLanguages English
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Colleagues at Accel-KKR
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Principal at Accel-KKR
Aleha Amjad
Analyst at Accel-KKR
Alifya Moskowitz
Principal at Accel-KKR
Alissa Palatiello El-Sayed
Principal at Accel-KKR
Andrew Fluevog
Senior Associate at Accel-KKR
Andrew Zbella
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Andy Rich
Managing Director at Accel-KKR
Ankur Patel
Principal at Accel-KKR
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Sheilja Patel?
- Sheilja Patel is an Operating Principal and Global Portfolio Finance Leader at Accel-KKR. Her career includes private equity operating partner roles at Accel-KKR, High Road Capital, and Marlin Equity, along with outsourced project work for Milestone Partners, Monomoy Capital, and Pier Six Capital, and CFO positions including a divisional CFO role at Hain Celestial. She has worked across industries such as technology, software/SaaS, consumer products, manufacturing, logistics, media, ecommerce, and healthcare, with experience spanning mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, consulting, and public accounting.
- Where does Sheilja Patel work?
- Sheilja Patel is Principal at Accel-KKR.
- Where did Sheilja Patel go to school?
- Sheilja Patel studied at Cornell University (BA (Magna Cum Laude), Economics, International Relations); The Wharton School (Master of Business Administration (MBA)).
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