Top ICICI PE unit execs quit

Jayanta Banerjee,president of private equity practice at ICICI Venture,along with two other directors,Anand Vyas and Sunay Mathure,submitted their resignations on Monday,ICICI Venture Chief Executive Vishakha Mulye said.

Banerjee said the three executives would set up their own private equity fund.

Last year,Renuka Ramnath had resigned as the chief executive of ICICI Venture to launch a new private equity fund,Multiples Alternate Asset Management.

Private equity investment in India fell more than 60 percent to 4.4 billion in 2009 from 11.9 billion in 2008,according to VCC Edge,which provides data on mergers and acquisitions,and private equity and venture capital deals.

Analysts expect the tide to change this year on improving economic and corporate growth prospects.

ICICI Venture,which manages more than 2 billion of assets,is raising 500 million with an option to raise another 300 million for its India-focused fund,Mulye had revealed in January.