Ajay Khaitan

London, United Kingdom United Kingdom

Founder at Emerisque Brands

Government / Military

Ajay Khaitan is a businessman and entrepreneur in the investment industry. He founded London-based private equity firm Emerisque in 2004. Khaitan acted as Chairman and CEO for Emerisque’s first acquisition as principal sponsor and minority investor, Lee Cooper Group, a UK-based denim brand, between 2005 to 2007. Khaitan also acted as interim CEO and thereafter as Vice Chairman of HMX Group, the U.S.-based multi-branded apparel company after Emerisque’s purchase (as principal sponsor and minority investor) of substantially all of the assets of the Hartmarx Corporation out of bankruptcy in August, 2009. Since 2013, Emerisque has made two control investments in MCS and ISC, both in Italy, u