About
Sunil Rajan
Founder, Telios AI Advisory · Operating Partner
Sunil advises private equity investors and portfolio company leadership teams on where AI can create value, and how to put it to work to grow revenue, improve margins and increase operating capacity. He also helps charities and community organisations use AI safely to do more for the people they serve.
Operator-led. Five trade exits, including a $1bn sale to Clearlake Capital, after scaling founder-led and PE-backed businesses.
5
Trade exits
$2bn+
Combined exit value
Background
Built in the operating seat.
Sunil brings senior operating experience in scaling founder-led and PE-backed businesses, leading commercial transformation and preparing companies for exit. He has been through five trade exits with a combined value of more than $2 billion, most recently the $1 billion sale of a business to Clearlake Capital.
Through Telios, Sunil also advises on corporate finance, including structuring for asset and project finance. It gives him a practical understanding of how capital, risk and returns shape investment decisions.
His experience also includes capital structuring across asset finance and project finance.
How Sunil works
From fund-level priorities to workflows that work.
At fund level
Helps investment and operating teams assess AI opportunities across the portfolio and decide where to focus.
In portfolio companies
Works with management to redesign priority workflows, test them in practice and measure their impact, across commercial operations, finance and investor reporting.
Building capability
Assesses AI competency across teams and builds practical skills, from everyday AI use to designing and overseeing agentic workflows.
Community and governance
Close to the communities we serve.
Sunil is a trustee of City Gates Church, where he contributes to charity governance and local community life. He previously served as a trustee of Stewardship.
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Telios AI Advisory
Operating Partner
Private equity
Trustee
City Gates Church
Former trustee
Stewardship
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