Our People
Board & Management Team
Sanjiv Ahuja
Founder and Chairman
Anju Ahuja
Advisory Board Member
Sachit Ahuja
Co-President
Suruchi Ahuja
Co-President
Mark Wiseman
Vice Chairman, Advisory Board
Rich Morrissey
Advisory Board Member

Sanjiv Ahuja
Founder and Chairman
Sanjiv Ahuja is the founder, chairman, and CEO of Tillman Global Holdings (TGH), a leading global digital infrastructure firm, headquartered in New York, NY, that builds and invests in best-in-class businesses.
The company’s portfolio encompasses fiber networks, small cells, cell towers, tower network services, indoor DAS, and EV charging. TGH has deployed over $7 billion in capital since inception, developed over 10,000 towers, and operates in over 20 countries.
Prior to founding Tillman Global Holdings in 2014, Ahuja launched several other businesses such as Eaton Towers as one of the pioneers of independent towercos in the African continent, Apollo Towers in Myanmar, and JC Decaux Small Cells.
Ahuja is widely credited for the turnaround of Orange S.A. from 2003-2007. During his tenure as CEO, Orange grew from 48 million subscribers to well over 100 million subscribers.
Ahuja has a degree in electrical engineering from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi University (now Delhi Technological University), and a master's degree from Columbia University in New York.

Anju Ahuja
Advisory Board Member
Anju Ahuja is Advisory Board Member of TGH.
Anju is instrumental in the developmental and organizational structures of the business. She continues to bring immense foresight and extensive experience in ensuring the culture of the firm.
Anju holds a BS degree in computer science from North Carolina University.

Sachit Ahuja
Co-President
Sachit Ahuja is Co-President of Tillman Global Holdings (TGH), an owner-operator of digital and energy infrastructure businesses. In this role, he is responsible for capital allocation, strategy, and mergers and acquisitions for TGH.
Prior to being Co-President, Ahuja was a Managing Director at TGH where he was responsible for the firm’s strategy and investments. He joined TGH in 2015 and led the launch of US tower company, Tillman Infrastructure. He is a Co-Founder and Board Member of several TGH portfolio companies, including Tillman Infrastructure, Tillman Fiber, Tillman Digital Cities, Tillman Digital Gateway, and Tillman Logistics.
Previously, Ahuja worked at the Raine Group, a merchant bank focused on TMT, Sports and Entertainment. He also serves on the board of the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum and is a Founding Trustee of Plaksha University. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with concentrations in Management and Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Suruchi Ahuja
Co-President
Suruchi Ahuja is Co-President of Tillman Global Holdings (TGH), an owner-operator of digital and energy infrastructure businesses. Ahuja was most recently Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of Tillman Infrastructure, one of the largest private tower companies in the United States.
She became CEO in 2022 after serving as President and Chief Financial Officer of Tillman Infrastructure since 2016. Ahuja is also a Partner at TGH and serves as a Director of the Ahuja Family Foundation.
Earlier in her career, Ahuja was an investment analyst at MAST Capital Management focused on high-yield credit opportunities in the telecom and satellite sectors. She began her career at Citigroup in the Hedge Fund Services Group. Ahuja earned her undergraduate degree from Columbia University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and holds an MBA from INSEAD.
Mark Wiseman
Vice Chairman, Advisory Board
Mark Wiseman is a Canadian investment manager and business executive and an industry-leading expert in alternatives and active equity investments.
He was a Senior Managing Director at BlackRock, Global Head of Active Equities, Chairman of its alternatives business, and Chairman of BlackRock’s Global Investment Committee. He also served on BlackRock’s Global Executive Committee. He is currently Chair of the Board of the Alberta Investment Management Corporation.
Prior to joining BlackRock in 2016, Mark was President & CEO of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB). Mark joined CPPIB in June 2005 as the organization’s Senior Vice-President, Private Investments. He was later named Executive Vice-President, Investments, responsible for managing all of the investment activities of CPPIB. He was named President & Chief Executive Officer in 2012.
Prior to joining the CPPIB, Mark was responsible for the private equity fund and co-investment program at the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Previously, Mark was an officer with Harrowston Inc., a publicly traded Canadian merchant bank and a lawyer with Sullivan & Cromwell, practicing in New York and Paris. He also served as a law clerk to Madam Justice Beverley McLachlin at the Supreme Court of Canada.

Rich Morrissey
Advisory Board Member
Mr. Morrissey was consistently recognized internationally as a leading corporate lawyer both in capital markets and M&A. He was also chair for 5 years of the Practicing Law Institute's Annual Conference in Europe on securities regulation.
After retirement from day-to-day legal practice he undertook a variety of philanthropic roles including as an Adjunct Professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University teaching private equity; board membership at Generation Hope; board membership at the strategic think tank the Stimson Center; and acting as co-chair of the advisory committee at EcoAmerica.
In addition to his board role at Tillman Global Holdings, he is a director at Concertiv and was formerly chairman of the board at Xenomorph Ltd.
Investment Team
Nick Brown
Managing Director
Andrew Lake
Principal
Jeffrey Wu
Principal
Connor Meike
Senior Associate
Grant Ekstrom
Senior Associate
Trident Nottingham
Associate
Zachary Buron
Associate
Nick Brown
Managing Director
Nick Brown currently serves as Managing Director of Tillman Global Holdings focused on leading new investments and capital markets activities across TMT and energy transition opportunities.
Previously Mr. Brown was EVP, Corporate Finance and Development at Altice USA, where he had numerous roles across the finance department including corporate development and M&A, treasury, investor relations, corporate FP&A, tax, accounting, and risk management functions. Mr. Brown also served on Lightpath’s Board of Managers.
Prior to Altice USA, Mr. Brown was Head of Investor Relations for Altice N.V., which he joined from Goldman Sachs’ Global Investment Research division where he was an Executive Director covering European Telecoms, Cable, Satellite and Tower companies. He previously worked at Espirito Investment Bank (formerly Execution Noble) as an Equity Research Analyst covering European Telecoms and Media companies.
Mr. Brown has a Masters economics degree from the University of Cambridge.
Andrew Lake
Principal
Andrew Lake is a Principal at Tillman Global Holdings. Prior to joining Tillman in 2022, Mr. Lake worked at DigitalBridge in New York, NY.
Previously, he held finance and investing roles at Ares Management as well as Deutsche Bank. Mr. Lake has a Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University.
Jeffrey Wu
Principal
Jeffrey Wu is a Principal at Tillman Global Holdings. Prior to joining Tillman in 2023, Mr. Wu worked for Ridgewood Infrastructure as a Vice President.
Previously, he held investment roles at Riverstone and Credit Suisse. Jeffrey holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance and Business Honors from Texas A&M University and received his MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Connor Meike
Senior Associate
As senior associate at Tillman Global, Connor is responsible for evaluating potential investment opportunities, managing investment and diligence processes and supporting the firm’s portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Tillman in 2021, Connor worked as an Investment Banker at Guggenheim Securities’ New York office, where he focused on M&A within the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sectors.
Mr. Meike holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Chinese from Williams College.
Grant Ekstrom
Senior Associate
As Senior Associate at Tillman Global Holdings, Grant is responsible for evaluating potential investment opportunities, managing investment and diligence processes, and supporting the firm’s portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Tillman in 2024, Grant worked as an Investment Banker at DH Capital in New York City, where he focused on digital infrastructure M&A. Grant holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Richmond and received a Master's in Management from Babson's F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business.
Trident Nottingham
Associate
As an Associate at Tillman Global Holdings, Trident is responsible for diligence processes and supporting the firm’s portfolio companies.
Prior to joining Tillman in 2025, Trident worked as an Investment Analyst at Battery Global Advisors in Boston. Trident holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Miami Herbert Business School.
Zachary Buron
Associate
Zachary Buron joins TGH as an Associate, bringing experience from Barclays, where he worked as an Investment Banking Analyst in the Global Communications and Media Group.
He is a 2023 graduate of Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business with a major in Finance.
Operating Team
Maral Nalbandian
Director of Talent
Thomas Jonell
Managing Director, Europe
Maral Nalbandian
Director of Talent
Maral manages the strategy and talent across TGH and its portfolio companies while focusing on culture.
She joined Tillman Infrastructure in 2017 to lead their recruitment efforts.
Prior to joining Tillman, she held various roles in HR specializing in identifying talent.
Ms. Nalbandian holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from Manhattanville College.

Thomas Jonell
Managing Director, Europe
Thomas Jonell is a Managing Director at Tillman Global where he is actively involved in energy transition and in-building connectivity investments in Europe.
Thomas has over 25 years of experience in telecommunications, with time spent at Veon, Celtel and Ericsson across Europe, Africa and Asia in senior leadership positions.
Thomas holds a certification in electronics and advanced mathematics.
Senior Advisors
Roy Chestnutt
Senior Advisor
Cynthia Gordon
Senior Advisor
Mads Nipper
Senior Advisor
Roy Chestnutt
Senior Advisor
Roy Chestnutt has 30+ years of experience advising and leading corporate strategies and operations for telecommunication companies globally.
During his career, Mr. Chestnutt served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Verizon, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of the company’s business development, joint ventures, strategic investments, acquisitions and divestitures.
He has also held operational roles with Motorola Networks, Grande Communications and Sprint-Nextel, and sits on the board of Saudi Telecom, Telstra and Digital Turbine.
As a member of the Advisory Board of Tillman Global Holdings, he advises the firm on investment opportunities.
Mr. Chestnutt is a graduate of San Jose State University, and holds an MBA from University of San Francisco.
Cynthia Gordon
Senior Advisor
Cynthia Gordon is a Board member of Eutelsat and Chairman of a listed Digital Ecommerce company. She has 30 plus years of global experience with major telecom operators, living and working across Western and Eastern Europe, Nordics, Middle East, Africa and Asia with leading operators such as Orange, Tele2, Millicom and Ooredoo.
Most recently as Millicom Africa CEO responsible for £1bn revenues across six countries she transformed strategy, leadership and financial performance resulting in the successful sale of a number of assets. Prior to this at Ooredoo where as Chief Commercial Officer she improved strategy, performance and talent, in operations with $8bn revenues across 17 countries. As Board member and subsequently advisor of Kinnevik AB one of Europe’s largest listed digital focused investment company’s she gained extensive investment experience. As a Tele2 board member for five years she saw the transformation of the company to a converged operator, focused on core countries with significantly improved financial performance.
Ms Gordon is recognized as a leading global telecom’s professional with a particular specialisation in Strategy, Operations and Leadership. She is a Freeman of City of London and is based in London.
Mads Nipper
Senior Advisor
Mads Nipper is the Chair of global mining equipment supplier FLSmidth. With over 30 years of CEO and senior leadership experience, he has held executive roles at world-leading companies across branded consumer goods (LEGO Group), industrial manufacturing (Grundfos), and renewable energy (Ørsted A/S).
Mads has also served in non-executive board roles across various industries and ownership structures, including as a member of the advisory board for Danish private equity firm Axcel. He brings extensive expertise in innovation, growth, large-scale infrastructure, and long-term value creation, consistently leading high-performance teams while balancing strong financial performance with sustainability leadership.
He holds an MSc from Aarhus University and San Francisco State University. Recognized for his leadership, Mads was named Denmark’s Leader of the Year in 2019 and has been knighted by the Queen of Denmark.