The Katelix Team

Principal – Business Transformation & CFO Advisory

Vikas Chadha

Principal – Business Transformation & CFO Advisory

Vikas Chadha

Vikas Chadha is a business transformation leader with 25+ years of experience advising founders, boards, and leadership teams across growth-stage and established businesses. He builds scalable, resilient organisations across strategy, finance, operations, and governance, with experience spanning India, the UK, the USA, the Middle East, and APAC.

He has led companies through scale-ups, financial stress, fundraises, restructurings, and exits. Vikas partners with promoters, investors, and boards to strengthen governance, improve cash control, and drive long-term value.

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Principal CFO Advisory and Process Excellence

Yashoda Bhatia

Principal CFO Advisory and Process Excellence

Yashoda Bhatia

Yashoda is a senior finance leader with 20+ years of experience across the UAE and Saudi Arabia. She brings strong strategic and commercial leadership across diverse sectors.

As former Middle East CFO of a leading global communications agency, she scaled the business nearly fivefold while strengthening governance and financial control. She now advises organisations on growth, transformation, and sustainable profitability.

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Principal - Financial Accounting & CFO Advisory

Manali R. Bhagtani

Principal - Financial Accounting & CFO Advisory

Manali R. Bhagtani

Manali R. Bhagtani is a Chartered Accountant with 13+ years of experience across taxation, audit, financial reporting, and compliance. She advises SMEs, growth-stage businesses, and listed companies with practical, commercially focused solutions.

With a precise, Big Four–style approach, Manali works closely with promoters and boards to strengthen financial control, improve transparency, and manage risk. She has strong expertise in IFRS and international reporting standards.

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Principal Advisor – Legal & Corporate Affairs

Kunal Shah

Principal Advisor – Legal & Corporate Affairs

Kunal Shah

Advocate Kunal Pratap Shah is a practicing lawyer specializing in Income Tax, GST, and Corporate Law. As Principal Advisor – Legal & Corporate Affairs at Katelix and a member of the Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa, he advises founders and businesses on taxation, governance, and regulatory strategy.

His expertise covers tax planning and litigation, GST advisory, corporate structuring, M&A support, dispute resolution, and ongoing legal counsel, combining active legal practice with strong entrepreneurial insight as Founder of Fast Solutions India Private Limited.

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Marketing Specialist

Anshul Chadha

Marketing Specialist

Anshul Chadha

Anshul Chadha works with Katelix as a Strategic Marketing Specialist, driving marketing transformation and B2B lead generation. He builds scalable growth systems and implements AI-led processes that improve efficiency and performance.

He is also the founder of PhoenixFlow, a modern agency for ambitious founders. Anshul partners with leadership teams to sharpen positioning, unlock growth, and deliver measurable results.

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The Katelix Advantage

Deep Middle East expertise

With a team and experience of having worked extensively across KSA and the UAE, we understand the regulatory, cultural and commercial realities of doing business in the region—beyond theory and templates.

Proven growth and scale experience

We have helped scale businesses nearly 5x, balancing ambition with financial discipline and sustainable profitability.

Founder and board-level perspective

Having been part of a business that grew and successfully exited to a global firm, we understand both the emotional and commercial realities faced by founders and leadership teams.

End-to-end finance leadership

We have led complete finance functions, giving us a holistic view across strategy, operations, governance, risk and compliance—not just numbers.

Practical, solutions-oriented approach

We focus on clear, actionable advice that improves decision-making, strengthens financial health and drives measurable results.

Trusted partner, not just an advisor

We work closely with leadership teams as a thought partner—challenging when needed, supportive always, and focused on long-term value creation.

How Katelix Is Different

Katelix partners with founders, boards, and leadership teams to solve complex business challenges with clarity and conviction. We bring an operator’s lens to every engagement—combining strategic thinking with hands-on execution—to drive measurable outcomes. Our work is grounded in real leadership experience, a deep understanding of board and investor expectations, and an integrated approach that aligns strategy, people, and performance across India and GCC markets.

Operator-led mindset

Real leadership experience, not theoretical consulting

Outcome-driven

Focus on impact, execution, and results

Board-level perspective

Comfort working with promoters, boards, and investors

Integrated approach

Strategy, finance, people, and execution under one umbrella

India & GCC expertise

Strong understanding of cross-border business environments

Who Katelix Works With

Katelix works with ambitious founders, promoters, boards, and leadership teams at critical stages of growth and change. Our clients range from promoter-led and family-owned businesses to high-growth startups, mid-market companies, and enterprises navigating transformation, restructuring, or expansion.

Promoter-led and family-owned businesses

High-growth startups and scale-ups

Mid-market and emerging enterprises

Companies undergoing transformation, restructuring, or expansion

Boards and leadership teams seeking independent, high-quality advice

Katelix Philosophy

Katelix believes that strong businesses are built on three pillars:

Clarity of strategy

Financial discipline and governance

The right leadership and talent

By aligning these pillars, Katelix helps organizations grow sustainably, profitably, and responsibly.