Shilpa Menon is the Managing Director, Commercial of LCR Capital Partners. Based in Mumbai, Shilpa is responsible for LCR’s growth in the region, including expanding and managing LCR’s channel partnerships and deepening LCR’s engagement with existing clients and prospective investors in the region. Shilpa has 15+ years of industry experience in wealth management and investment banking.

Prior to joining LCR, she was Vice President of products and advisory at Avendus Wealth Management in India, where she oversaw the firm’s global investment products category for HNIs. She also donned several other hats at Avendus, including leading the division’s content and marketing efforts and supporting the CEO’s office in strategic initiatives.

Shilpa started her career as an investment banking analyst at Nomura’s India office (the erstwhile Lehman Brothers), working on deals in the Asia ex-Japan M&A and Financial Sponsors space. In a few years, she took on the role of Team Supervisor, focusing on the day-to-day management, staffing, training and development of the 40+ IB analyst pool there before she decided to take a parenting sabbatical. During her sabbatical, Shilpa briefly dabbled in freelance financial training and writing, preparing learning resources and conducting training sessions for CFA aspirants.

Shilpa has an engineering degree from Mumbai University and an MBA from IIT Madras. She is also a CFA Charter Holder. She will be attending the Harvard Business School’s Senior Executive Leadership Program in 2025.