Gautam is a Partner at Apax Partners, based in Mumbai with a focus on services, consumer and technology sectors. He has been with the firm since 2007 and has been involved in the Apollo Hospitals, Weather Investments, iGATE, GlobalLogic, Chola, Shriram City Union Finance, Zensar Technologies and Manappuram Finance deals.

Prior to joining Apax Partners Gautam was a banker with Macquarie, where he specialised in advising clients in the telecom, media and technology sectors.

Gautam holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and is a Chartered Accountant.