Dhananjay Patwardhan

Dhananjay Patwardhan is a principal at Hawk Ridge Capital Management LP, based in Marina del Rey, California. In his role, he is involved in investment analysis, portfolio management, and idea generation for the firm's public equity strategies, working closely with the leadership team to drive returns for institutional and high-net-worth clients.

With a career spanning more than two decades in investment management, Patwardhan previously served as Managing Director at Ashokan Capital Management and as Portfolio Manager at Vantage, where he gained experience in fundamental research and value-oriented investing across long/short equity funds. His responsibilities have focused on in-depth research and capital allocation primarily within the U.S. equity markets.

Patwardhan’s sector expertise includes small- and mid-cap equities, with an emphasis on consumer, industrial, and technology stocks. He is recognized for his fundamental, bottoms-up investment approach, leveraging his background to identify value-driven opportunities within underfollowed or misunderstood sectors in public equities.