Buy-Side M&A Research
Alok Tayal
Managing Partner & Board Member
Alok Tayal is Managing Partner and Board Member at Fuld. With more than three decades of experience founding, scaling, and investing in global professional services firms, he specializes in building differentiated offerings, strengthening leadership teams, and enabling high-performing global delivery environments.
Alok partners closely with clients to address complex business problems and accelerate growth using analytics, technology, and research-driven strategy. He also supports the firm’s leadership in strategic planning, capability development, and future-ready innovation.
Alok continues to broaden his perspective through daily learning, shaped by his global teams and two grown children working in technology and venture capital.
Vinit Gala
Director - Financial, Equity & Deal Research
Vinit Gala is a Director at Fuld, where he leads the Financial, Equity & Deal Research division. With deep experience across the transaction lifecycle and investment research, Vinit partners with clients to identify strategic opportunities, deliver rigorous analysis, and enable faster, more confident execution across the deal value chain.
He works closely with investment banks, private equity firms, credit investors, and corporate finance teams, supporting buy-side and sell-side M&A through target identification, valuation, and the development of deal collateral. His experience also spans private equity and credit engagements, including fundraising support, due diligence, and portfolio monitoring, as well as corporate finance and strategy initiatives such as financial modeling, KPI dashboards, and scenario analysis to support performance management and decision-making.
Vinit holds an MBA in Finance from Symbiosis International University. Outside of work, he is a keen sports enthusiast who enjoys racquet sports such as pickleball and badminton, and closely follows football, cricket, Formula 1, and mixed martial arts.
Nilesh Sharma
Senior Vice President
Nilesh Sharma is Senior Vice President at Fuld, bringing over two decades of experience in financial research, analytics, and consulting.
He leads growth for the firm’s Financial, Equity & Deal Research practice, drawing on extensive experience delivering insights to investment banks, asset managers, and global corporates.
Nilesh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce with a major in Economics and an MBA in Finance.
A passionate cricket fan, he enjoys travel, squash, and time with his family in Alpharetta, Georgia.
