Sunaina Sinha Haldea

Sunaina Sinha Haldea is the Global Head of Private Capital Advisory at Raymond James. Prior to joining Raymond James, she was the founder and Managing Partner of Cebile Capital, a private equity advisory business which was acquired by Raymond James, a Fortune 500 and NYSE-listed company, in May 2021. Under her leadership, Cebile Capital quickly became one of the leading advisors to private funds and investors globally. In her tenure, Sunaina and her team have completed over two hundred fundraising and secondaries liquidity solutions. Ms. Sinha Haldea has been named one of the 50 Most Influential People in Private Equity by Dow Jones Private Equity News for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023 and one of the Twenty Trailblazing Women in Private Equity in 2023.  

Ms. Sinha Haldea is also a prolific investor and Non-Executive Director. She serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of SFC Energy AG, a publicly-listed clean energy business. She served as Chairman of the Board of Mindful Chef (sold to Nestle), and Chairman of the Board of Barrecore (sold to United Fitness Brands).  Ms. Sinha Haldea has also been a Guest Lecturer at Stanford University and serves on the boards of the Stanford Institution for Economic Policy Research and the Stanford LEAD Council and as a Trustee of the Stanford UK Foundation. She has written and published case studies for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program in the Stanford School of Engineering.

Ms. Sinha Haldea is a regular contributor on the financial markets and private equity on CNBC, Bloomberg, BBC and is often quoted in the media on financial markets and private equity. She has won numerous awards and accolades for entrepreneurship and leadership. Sunaina is passionate about diversity and inclusion in the workplace. She often credits vipassana meditation as the key to her success and has shared her personal and professional journey on numerous podcasts and platforms, including in the UK parliament. 

Ms. Sinha Haldea obtained a BS in Management Science and Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering, both from Stanford University. She has an MBA from Harvard Business School.

In her spare time, Ms. Sinha Haldea is a keen wine enthusiast, having qualified as a Certified Sommelier from the Court of Masters Sommeliers.