Pushkar Kumar
Chief Strategy Officer at BooksApp- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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BooksApp
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India
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Technology, Information and Internet
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Strategy Officer
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Sep 2018 - Present
B2B Client Account Management and growth Played crucial role in launching new products like digital ebooks, audio books!
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Thrive Global
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United States
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Wellness and Fitness Services
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200 - 300 Employee
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Business Interview with Leaders
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Mar 2017 - Present
New Delhi Area, India Interviewed 'Giving Pledge' member Kiran Mazumdar Shaw and many other business leaders
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Namaste Credit
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India
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Financial Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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VP, Lender Relationship Manager
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Feb 2014 - Apr 2016
Namaste Credit is a Loan Marketplace connecting SME's with lenders -Built relationships with Lending Institutions -Served as a point of escalation for borrowers -Reporting manager for Sales personnels
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Head , AVP, Derivatives & Quantitative Research
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Jan 2010 - Nov 2011
Gurgaon
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Various
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2006 - 2011
• Created global Tactical Asset allocation model for a global equities fund. Created relative value strategies for different sectors while working with macro strategy team • Worked with JP Morgan senior PMs to brainstorm on investment ideas using charts, economic data for Asian and European markets • Managed relationships with Barclays Capital’s Risk Solutions Group and worked with Barclay’s analysts to provide hedging solutions for IR/FX exposures related… Show more • Created global Tactical Asset allocation model for a global equities fund. Created relative value strategies for different sectors while working with macro strategy team • Worked with JP Morgan senior PMs to brainstorm on investment ideas using charts, economic data for Asian and European markets • Managed relationships with Barclays Capital’s Risk Solutions Group and worked with Barclay’s analysts to provide hedging solutions for IR/FX exposures related to their corporate client’s cross border M&A events • Performed attribution analysis of 1.5 Bn USD Hedge Fund portfolio for a Wealth Management Client also performed performance analysis using global macro and long short strategies benchmarks • Provided portfolio tracking (transaction) updates for top 30 PE players to Barclays Capital • Created business analysis of Structured Products trade book for the Wealth Mgmt division of Deutsche bank • Developed Relative Value Credit Derivatives arbitrage strategies using bonds and CDSs for European Investment bank • Performed business analysis for trades at Structured Products group of PWM division of Deutsche bank • Created Sovereign Debt Crisis report on Greece • Worked on Thematic global macro and relative value strategies for Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, NY client. Had juniors working on Matlab and Datastream to carry out data analysis • Did Risk Analytics for structured trades book for Credit Suisse • Recommended macro thematic and FX strategies to client portfolio managers • Designed algorithmic trading strategy that helped the desk generate over 100 Mn USD million dollar in profits during sub prime crisis; • Worked on FX Swaps, Variance Swaps and CDS products • Built strategy products on Indian equities and commodities (copper, gold, silver) for UNHWs • Structured the Man Commodity Index Show less
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Credit Suisse
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Switzerland
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Banking
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700 & Above Employee
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DESK ASSISTANT
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2008 - 2008
Tokyo, Japan Led 5 people team to design and implement Statistical Arbitrage, Pairs trading strategy based on CoIntegration for global Equity Volatility. Forward Variance Swaps were used to trade volatility, rich cheap analysis, historical analysis was used to trade Vol Smile, Term Structure and Long/Short. Credit Suisse PB guys informed me that Citadel traders were doing same type of trades .trading the same assets and markets. Got experience working in a global team across geographies (NY, London… Show more Led 5 people team to design and implement Statistical Arbitrage, Pairs trading strategy based on CoIntegration for global Equity Volatility. Forward Variance Swaps were used to trade volatility, rich cheap analysis, historical analysis was used to trade Vol Smile, Term Structure and Long/Short. Credit Suisse PB guys informed me that Citadel traders were doing same type of trades .trading the same assets and markets. Got experience working in a global team across geographies (NY, London, Singapore, Hong Kong) and managing dependencies and talking lucidly with Managing Directors and Asian Head of Flow Trading! Show less
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quant analyst
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2006 - 2006
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Education
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University of Rochester - Simon Business School
MBA, Finance -
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science