Experience

HYGENCO - The Hydrogen Company

• India
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder and VP- Strategy, Planning and Partnerships

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  India



Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Principal

  • Nov 2020 - Oct 2021

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Project Leader

  • Oct 2018 - Oct 2020

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1. Core leadership team member of BCG’s Principal Investors & Private Equity practice in Middle East advising large SWFs, private equity funds and family offices 2. Day-to-day decision support to a $100bn+ SWF portfolio of 50+ portfolio companies on new investments, board governance, turnarounds, value creation, and exits -- Lead the transformation from passive portfolio management to highly engaged and active focus on value creation in portfolio companies -- Developed… Show more 1. Core leadership team member of BCG’s Principal Investors & Private Equity practice in Middle East advising large SWFs, private equity funds and family offices 2. Day-to-day decision support to a $100bn+ SWF portfolio of 50+ portfolio companies on new investments, board governance, turnarounds, value creation, and exits -- Lead the transformation from passive portfolio management to highly engaged and active focus on value creation in portfolio companies -- Developed digital/operational and financial value creation plans for ~25 large portfolio companies spanning 10+ sectors -- Successfully pushed concrete innovation/disruption topics on Board agenda of multiple portfolio companies by organizing bespoke innovation tours in Silicon Valley and Europe, making management and Board members get first-hand experience of innovation/disruption 3. Developed global digital/disruptors investments strategy for a large SWF covering multiple segments including HealthTech, FinTech, AgTech, Mobility etc.

• Consultant

  • Jun 2016 - Sep 2018

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates 1. Advised multiple Middle East SWFs and private equity houses on investment strategy, portfolio strategy, internal operating model and portfolio holdings governance models 2. Due-diligence of US$500mn+ American real-estate opportunity for a large Middle East SWF 3. Advised major Middle East and India focused Healthcare and Education focused private equity on investment strategy 4. Due-diligence of a Middle East national tourism company before a large capital increase 5… Show more 1. Advised multiple Middle East SWFs and private equity houses on investment strategy, portfolio strategy, internal operating model and portfolio holdings governance models 2. Due-diligence of US$500mn+ American real-estate opportunity for a large Middle East SWF 3. Advised major Middle East and India focused Healthcare and Education focused private equity on investment strategy 4. Due-diligence of a Middle East national tourism company before a large capital increase 5. Due-diligence of a large Middle East wholesale bank and its subsidiaries spread across MENA 6. Development of strategy and master concept for an planned upcoming district in Middle East focused on technological and creative innovations 7. Design and implementation of commercial strategy and business plan in leisure travel segment for a large Middle East travel company 8. Developed of financial controlling and steering model for a large middle east company operating portfolio of travel and tourism businesses



Lesmoir-Gordon, Boyle & Co. Limited

• Intern Associate

  • Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

  London, United Kingdom 1. Prepared a unique high-impact human resource firm for sale process 2. Designed corporate and financial strategy for a game-changing advanced materials firm



Blackstone

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Associate

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  London, United Kingdom 1. Developed bolt-on acquisition strategy and investment cases for a North Sea focused portfolio oil-services firm 2. Developed rooftop solar investment strategy in Europe for the second energy fund



Nomura

• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate - Financing Solutions / Derivatives Solutions

  • Sep 2011 - Jul 2014

  Tokyo, Japan 1. Advised major Japanese corporates and financial institutions on refinancing stressed balance sheets post financial crisis; hired and mentored analysts 2. Developed innovative valuation methodology and deployed it to negotiate 10%+ haircuts for 3 Global 500 Japanese clients during hybrid debt buybacks worth $17bn. Awarded with mandate of more than US$2bn equity offerings 3. Executed client education campaign targeting 50+ issuers and investors using own novel valuation framework… Show more 1. Advised major Japanese corporates and financial institutions on refinancing stressed balance sheets post financial crisis; hired and mentored analysts 2. Developed innovative valuation methodology and deployed it to negotiate 10%+ haircuts for 3 Global 500 Japanese clients during hybrid debt buybacks worth $17bn. Awarded with mandate of more than US$2bn equity offerings 3. Executed client education campaign targeting 50+ issuers and investors using own novel valuation framework, expanding business in hard-to-value Basel III capital 4. Persuaded client to proceed with a stalled $1.1bn acquisition by employing real-options approach for project valuation

• Associate - Financing Solutions (at Mumbai until Jul'10)

  • Apr 2009 - Aug 2011

  Tokyo, Japan 1. Fast-tracked and promoted to global head-quarters (Tokyo) in client-facing role (Only employee among 400 others in last 6 years) 2. Led a cross-border team of 5 for modelling of weighted cost of capital in 31 countries and licensed those models to 30 biggest Japanese companies for $1.8mn in annual fee 3. Created Enterprise Risk Management platform for holistic risk analysis of global companies. Estimated exposures for 10+ Japanese blue-chips to differentiate Nomura's pitch-books



Lehman Brothers

• Capital Markets
• 700 & Above Employee

• Analyst - Equity Program Trading (acquired by Nomura in Oct’08)

  • Jun 2008 - Mar 2009

  Mumbai Area, India 1. Worked with Quantitative Trading (Cash Equities) in London and Index Arbitrage desk in Tokyo. 2. Validated and translated raw ideas from trading desks into intraday trading strategies leading to implemention in auto-trading boxes