Our Team

Bharat is the CEO and Founder of Bravia Capital. He serves on the Investment Committee and has leadership responsibility for Bravia’s investment and portfolio management strategies. He is an experienced global investor in transportation and logistics, having built the world’s 3rd largest aircraft leasing business and the world’s 2nd largest container leasing business. Prior to Bravia, Bharat served as the lead in a number of aviation companies advising on aircraft financing and freighter conversions. As President of C-S Aviation Services (“CS”), a Quantum fund investee company, he built the world’s first system integration business and developed Aviation Investments Group for Soros-Chatterjee companies. In 1995, Bharat led CS’s investment into Hainan Airlines. After leaving CS in 2000, Bharat continued to work with numerous airlines and OEMs to grow their fleets/routes and product lines. From 2008 onwards, Bharat through Bravia has led an outbound investments program focused on transportation finance and logistics. For the entire period of Bharat’s career in transportation and logistics the primary focus has been in cargo aircraft, containers, inland freight and carriers, etc. Bharat holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honors), from Delhi University, India, an M.B.A. in Corporate Finance from Adelphi University, New York and an Advanced Professional Certificate in International Finance from New York University.

Prior to re-joining Bravia Capital in 2019, Mr. Bhise was the Vice President of Business Development and Partnerships at Scratch Music Group, a venture-backed, high growth music and technology company with almost 100,000 executed events. Before that, Mr. Bhise was the Aviation Services Manager at Bravia Capital in addition to being a Commercial Manager at Bravia’s investee aircraft leasing company, Hong Kong Aviation Capital. Mr. Bhise graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts in Classics and a minor in Mathematics and received his M.B.A. from Columbia University. He is conversationally fluent in Marathi and Hindi.

Ms. Lu joined Bravia Capital in 2018.  Prior to Bravia, Ms. Lu worked as a Corporate Associate from Reed Smith LLP New York, a global law firm, where she focused on a variety of corporate and securities matters, including M&A, joint-ventures, and venture financing. Ms. Lu also worked in Reed Smith’s Hong Kong office mainly on IPOs of Asian companies. Prior to Reed Smith, Angela spent 2 years with Baker McKenzie in Hong Kong where she specialized in cross-border M&As and foreign direct investments into China. While in law school, Angela trained with the U.K. firm of Allen & Overy in its Beijing and Paris offices. Before practicing law, Angela was a software engineer in the aviation industry. Angela earned her J.D. and Bachelor of Science degree in computer science from McGill University and LL.M. from University of Pennsylvania.  She is fluent in Chinese and French.

Ms. Dastoor has been with Bravia since 2014, assisting in all aspects of deal making and portfolio management in the Asia subcontinent and serving as Bravia representative on the boards of its investee companies.  Prior to joining Bravia, Ms. Dastoor worked with the Bennet Coleman Group in their private equity team where she was responsible for business development, analysis, structing and negotiations and portfolio management of several investment opportunities across multiple sectors.  She received her undergraduate degree from H.R. College of Commerce and Economics in Mumbai and her M.B.A. in Finance and Strategy from the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Mr. Le Goupil-Maier joined Bravia Capital in 2024. Prior to Bravia, Mr. Le Goupil-Maier worked as a Credit Risk Analyst at Rent Alpha Pvt. Ltd. in Mumbai where he supported CFPL financial analysis. Prior to Rent Alpha, Valentin interned with Macquarie Group in its New York office as a Commodities and Global Markets Analyst focusing on FX hedge analyses and ISDA database creation for netting purposes. Prior to Macquarie Group, Valentin worked for Masterworks, an art investment platform, where he focused on business development for new clients interested in blue chip art investing. Mr. Le Goupil-Maier graduated from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He is fluent in French and conversationally fluent in Spanish.

Ms. Jalan joined Bravia Capital in 2024. She is a Chartered Accountant based in Mumbai, with over 10 years of experience specializing in financial statement auditing, accounting, and advisory services. Her expertise encompasses auditing and reviewing financial statements and systems for a diverse portfolio of Indian and global entities. Jyoti is also proficient in conducting due diligence on investment plans and conducting technical and fundamental analyses of the capital market landscape. Jyoti’s professional journey is marked by a commitment to excellence in financial management and a proactive approach to ensuring sound financial decision-making for her clients and organizations. She has a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Calcutta and is certified by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.