Ravi Yeleswarapu

I'm a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) and CM&AP designee who spent 12+ years inside regulated financial services — a global bank, a specialty-finance lender, and consulting firms — building the data governance, SOX compliance, and risk controls that make numbers trustworthy. That background gives me a practiced eye for the diligence issues that erode valuations in lower middle market transactions: unreliable reporting, weak controls, key-person dependencies, and compliance gaps. I've worked deal-adjacent throughout my career, including orchestrating data delivery for a $16B acquisition and supporting compliance and integration readiness through another major acquisition in consulting. Through my practice, Hithkari, I guide owners of privately held companies from early exit readiness through transition, aligning enterprise value with their personal financial plan. I work on transparent flat fees agreed upfront, with full disclosure of referral fees, keeping my counsel independent of deal size or speed.