Josh Thakrar

Josh Thakrar is a Director of Data & AI with nearly a decade of experience in data strategy, data platform design, and AI product delivery, specializing in helping private equity sponsors, institutional investors, and the management teams of PE-backed businesses turn data into measurable value.

Josh began his career at in FinTech, where he co-ran and coordinated his company’s £1.2M Series A raise through to close. He then joined HSBC as a Delivery Lead, running a global transformation program that automated manual finance processes across Global Banking & Markets. While there, he set up and led “Learn It, Build It!”, a citizen Python developer initiative that taught finance colleagues build innovative Python-based solutions, which was personally endorsed by the GB&M CFO.

Prior to joining Accordion, Josh spent three years at JMAN Group working exclusively with PE-backed businesses, partnering directly with CFOs and sponsors. He built commercial data cubes for professional services and financial services portfolio companies that supported higher exit multiples and helped a scaling FinTech grow revenue by 30% by using data to expand its sales pipeline.

At Accordion, Josh works with sovereign wealth funds, LPs, and GPs, as well as their portfolio companies, on data and AI roadmaps that support Value Creation Plans, data platforms, and the broader deal process. He also helps to lead the delivery of AI products for investment teams, working across engineering, product, and client stakeholders from requirements through to day-to-day use. His mix of hands-on technical work and grounding in how investors assess value means his recommendations make sense to engineering teams and investment professionals alike. He has especially deep experience in SaaS, FinTech, banking, and professional services sectors.

Josh holds a Bachelor of Science with honors in Biology from the University of Sheffield and has passed the Level I exam of the CFA Program.