Experience

Ablaze Electronics

• India
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director

  • Feb 2021 - Present



Rerashri Foods Pvt Ltd

• Partner

  • Jan 2018 - Present



WellnessQED

• Director

  • Mar 2016 - Present



UBI Banca

• Italy
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Deputy SA (Financial Institutions & Correspondent Banking)

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2015

  South Asia In this role, I am primarily responsible for increasing the Bank’s market share for Trade Finance flows along the Italy-South Asia corridor. Responsibilities also includes facilitating Italian businesses growth in South Asia through the Banking & Finance channel, reviewing the correspondent banking relationship on its merit and to drive the Bank’s new strategic initiatives in M&A and Corporate Banking in South Asia Functional Responsibilities: -Responsible for developing… Show more In this role, I am primarily responsible for increasing the Bank’s market share for Trade Finance flows along the Italy-South Asia corridor. Responsibilities also includes facilitating Italian businesses growth in South Asia through the Banking & Finance channel, reviewing the correspondent banking relationship on its merit and to drive the Bank’s new strategic initiatives in M&A and Corporate Banking in South Asia Functional Responsibilities: -Responsible for developing and managing correspondent banking relationship which includes RMA/Rebate programs with National/ International Financial Institutions in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal -Reviewing existing correspondent banking relationship for country risk, individual institution credit risk and money laundering risk along with the FI leadership team & credit team at the head office in Italy -Advising Italian corporate in South Asia on export financing structures and helping them in raising funds through local Bank backed by SBLC/Counter Guarantee from UBI Banca -Arranging funding for Indian subsidiaries/joint ventures in Italy backed by counter guarantee of FI’s -Arranging Buyers Credit/UPAS for India & the sub-continent Importers and advising Indian corporate on import financing solutions -Arranging Club/Syndicated and Bilateral Loans for Financial Institutions in South Asia -LC advising and confirmation for requests received from Financial Institutions in South Asia -Targeting the Trade Finance Flows (Letters of Credit / Bank Guarantee/Remittance) along the Italy-South Asia corridor. -Origination and execution of India-Italy cross-border M&A transactions in cooperation with the M&A team in the head office in Italy Show less



Contrarian Drishti Partners

• India
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Investment Analyst - Early Stage Venture Capital

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  Mumbai Area, India The role necessitates due diligence on potential investee companies, sourcing and screening of startup organizations that fit with fund’s investment theme and deal structuring in the emerging sectors. In my current position as a Senior Investment Analyst my overarching objective is to identify & evaluate investment opportunities through the investor lens, work with third party underwriters and perform extensive research and analysis on the target sectors. Many new trends are shaping early stage… Show more The role necessitates due diligence on potential investee companies, sourcing and screening of startup organizations that fit with fund’s investment theme and deal structuring in the emerging sectors. In my current position as a Senior Investment Analyst my overarching objective is to identify & evaluate investment opportunities through the investor lens, work with third party underwriters and perform extensive research and analysis on the target sectors. Many new trends are shaping early stage ventures – resource scarcity, urbanization, globalization, technology and demographics. These emerging trends are very visible in India. My work addresses these trends to assess how this will create tomorrow’s successful business models, scalability and an overall impact on the society at large. Functional Responsibilities: - Led all phases of the investment process for new opportunities: origination, evaluation, execution and monitoring - Evaluation of prospective new investment opportunities in Education, Healthcare, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Water & Sanitation, Financial Services and Livelihood sectors - Deal making process includes meeting ‘Entrepreneurs’ to understand their business model, innovation, product or service, long term vision and recommend investment strategies related to the same - Performing quantitative, qualitative analysis and recommend high quality start up organizations to the investment committee - Exploit industry contacts and expertise to ensure first mover advantage in potential new investments Show less



Driptech

• Senior Manager - Strategy & Business Development

  • Oct 2012 - Jun 2013

  Pune Area, India In this position, I acted as a lead advisor on planning & implementing strategic projects (Farmer Financing program, Product Launches, Strategic Partnerships) and successfully drove them to the completion through milestones achievements. The startup position required project tasks to be completed on aggressive timelines as well as build a strong coordination with associate channel partners to achieve desired outcomes. Functional Responsibilities: - Develop strategic partnerships with… Show more In this position, I acted as a lead advisor on planning & implementing strategic projects (Farmer Financing program, Product Launches, Strategic Partnerships) and successfully drove them to the completion through milestones achievements. The startup position required project tasks to be completed on aggressive timelines as well as build a strong coordination with associate channel partners to achieve desired outcomes. Functional Responsibilities: - Develop strategic partnerships with channel partners (existing dealers & modern agri-retail outlets) and be accountable for team sales goals across South & West India and Africa - Responsible for launching products in new geographies, organising formal sales meeting & sales campaigns with key dealers, MOU terms negotiation with value chain partners, P&L management and Demo installations Show less



IIFL Private Wealth Ltd.

• Senior Manager - Wealth Advisory

  • Jun 2011 - Sep 2012

  Mumbai Area, India The larger objective was to manage UHNI’s & Corporate treasuries portfolio and increase their investment returns by carefully moving their investable surplus from conservative asset classes to high yielding financial products, depending upon their risk appetite. Functional Responsibilities: - Client Acquisition and Portfolio Management - Keeping abreast of the latest developments in Global market to identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risk - Driving Assets… Show more The larger objective was to manage UHNI’s & Corporate treasuries portfolio and increase their investment returns by carefully moving their investable surplus from conservative asset classes to high yielding financial products, depending upon their risk appetite. Functional Responsibilities: - Client Acquisition and Portfolio Management - Keeping abreast of the latest developments in Global market to identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risk - Driving Assets Under Management (AUM) growth through investment advisory and deepening of existing relationships - Cross-sell initiatives across asset classes (Fixed Income/Equity/Real Estate/Commodity) Show less



Deutsche Bank

• Germany
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Internship - Global Markets

  • Apr 2010 - Jun 2010

  Mumbai Area, India - Conducted Gap Analysis of corporate revenue slippages together with detailed analysis of the INR Corporate Bond issuances market highlighting market share of Private & PSU Corporate, Banks and NBFC - Evaluation of Foreign Currency Flows Entering & Leaving the country through PE /ECB / M&A etc having a FX impact



YES BANK

• India
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Manager - Corporate & Institutional Banking

  • Sep 2005 - Jun 2009

  Mumbai Area, India In this role, I was primarily responsible for assessing the credit worthiness of various large corporate clients of the Bank; assumed responsibilities of managing existing client portfolio and selling credit facilities & other product offerings in line with the policies of the Bank. Functional Responsibilities: - Acquired and Managed a portfolio of corporate clients (turnover over INR 10000 million) in Mumbai /Pune - Arranged Acquisition Financing & Raising Private Equity/Venture… Show more In this role, I was primarily responsible for assessing the credit worthiness of various large corporate clients of the Bank; assumed responsibilities of managing existing client portfolio and selling credit facilities & other product offerings in line with the policies of the Bank. Functional Responsibilities: - Acquired and Managed a portfolio of corporate clients (turnover over INR 10000 million) in Mumbai /Pune - Arranged Acquisition Financing & Raising Private Equity/Venture capital for companies operating in the Mobile VAS/KPO/BPO domain - Built assets & liabilities book and closely worked with product groups such as Transaction Banking, Treasury, Investment Banking, Structured Lending and Retail Banking for maximizing wallet size & product penetration across clients - Prepared credit appraisal notes for existing/new clients & presented the same to the risk committee for sanction - Monitoring existing portfolio for credit hygiene and overdue management - Proposed delegation matrix framework for approval of exceptions/deferrals - Analyzed and prepared a Corporate & Institutional Banking Scorecard and Client Relationship Master (CRM) for Bank wide usage - Prepared a Credit Approval Memorandum (CAM) tracker system Show less



Department of Family,Housing, Community Services & Indigenous affairs Australia

• Internship - Accounts

  • Jan 2005 - Mar 2005

  Australia - Prepared data mining/cost management reports containing a cost analysis of the grants given to individual families in the case of “Baby Bonus” policy of the Australian National Government