Arvinder Walia

Arvinder Walia (born February 1962, British) is a corporate-finance and private-equity operator with a career spanning M&A, management buy-outs/buy-ins, business turnaround and operational management. He qualified as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Kenya and holds an MBA in International Marketing and Finance from Kingston University. He began his professional career in manager and consultant roles at Coopers & Lybrand in London and Kenya, and speaks English, Kiswahili and Punjabi, with working Hindi.

He has operated at main-board level in Managing Director, CFO and Non-Executive Director capacities across multiple sectors. Notable executive roles include Chief Financial Officer at Zenith Hygiene Group PLC, Finance Director at Hand Picked Hotels, Regional Investment Director (London) at Aberdeen Murray Johnstone Private Equity, and founder/Joint Managing Director of Hilwood Resorts and Hotels Limited. He also served as CFO and Commercial Director of The East India Company, the luxury heritage brand, and remains linked to The East India Company Collections Limited per UK Companies House records.

Today he is an Operating Partner at Consilia Investments (Consilia Partners), where his profile emphasises hands-on operational leadership across Operations, Procurement, Sales & Marketing, Asset Management, Manufacturing, IT and HR, alongside investment strategy, restructuring, fund-raising and banking relations. UK Companies House lists him as an active director of entities including Arvilia Ltd and Sherbanu Limited, and he is associated on LinkedIn with Afzelia Limited and Axess Group Holdings.

He has also engaged with the social-business and startup ecosystem, with past involvement at Yunus Social Business, Sapling54 and M2 Partners, and is a vocal supporter of Professor Muhammad Yunus and Grameen-style social enterprise. He has served as Chairman of the Organ Donation Committee at North West London NHS Trust hospitals.

• Backs early-stage and turnaround/growth businesses where he can add hands-on operational and financial value, not just capital — his stated strengths are "Business and Investment Strategy, Turnaround/Restructuring, Performance Improvement, Start-ups, M&A" and "Fund Raising and Banking Relations."
• Sector comfort zone rooted in his operating history: hospitality & leisure, consumer/luxury goods, manufacturing, distribution and services.
• Interested in social business and impact-oriented ventures, reflecting his Yunus Social Business involvement and public support for Grameen social enterprise.
• Geographically oriented toward the UK, East Africa (Kenya) and India, mirroring his personal and professional footprint and property/hospitality interests across Africa and the UK.