Jan 2018 – Jun 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos · London, United Kingdom

• LVP is an early stage fund focused on the interactive entertainment/gaming ecosystem. Since 2009, LVP has invested in >40 companies which have created $20B of shareholder value across investments including Supercell, Playfish, Natural Motion, Unity and others. Current portfolio provides early-stage exposure to one of the best performing, fastest growing sectors globally and includes emergent winners like:
• AppOnboard (US based ad infrastructure company offering an ad platform and mini-game engine for building playable ads)
• Bossa (UK’s most creative games studio with multiple commercially succesful IP's)
• Bunch (live video streaming app for games)
• Polystream (UK based deep tech company offering a transformational B2B PaaS instant streaming platform)
• Futureplay (Finland based mobile game development company building an ad first games network)
• Singularity 6 (US based games company founded on the principle of intelligent game design and player-first value system)

Jan 2013 – Jan 2017 · 4 yrs · London, United Kingdom

• TrulySocial Limited produced, designed and developed "Contemporary Social World Mobile Games" for mobile and tablets, with a focus on female audiences.
• As Co-founder and CEO,
• ✪ Led development and production of an innovative, lifestyle themed simulation game centred around building social dynamics and relationships with Artificial Intelligence characters with immersive storylines
• ✪ Managed complete commercial strategy, product, operations, fundraising and new market growth
• ✪ Built and managed a team of world class design, art, narrative and programming talent
• ✪ Successfully raised financing from the world's foremost early stage games VC, largest Indian institutional games publisher and leading angel investors
• ✪ Developed and executed unique user acquisition and go-to-market strategies to facilitate app store discovery including partnering with celebrity A-listers
• ✪ Successfully negotiated strategic partnerships and secured an emerging markets publishing deal
• ✪ Gained a deep insight and understanding of the global mobile gaming industry and cultivated a network with key players

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr · London

• As part of the Group COO strategy formulation team, my role centred on:
• ✪ Defining and evaluating viable commercial opportunities for organic and inorganic growth for the bank
• ✪ Identification of specific operational improvement opportunities and business case formulation, with a focus on helping the bank execute on its Global Leadership mandated "Transform" programme
• ✪ Delivering specific guidance, analysis and recommendations to various stakeholders including Barclays leadership comprising of Global Leadership, executive committee and business heads

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs · London, United Kingdom

• Generalist M&A role with focus on European Utilities & Renewables, Technology and Retail.
• ✪ Covered diverse mandates ranging from business development, client coverage, strategic reviews, M&A and IPO’s
• ✪ Managed end to end M&A execution process, including building and reviewing financial models, creation and presentation of materials for board/investment committee/management teams, coordination and relationship building between key stakeholders and team members
• ✪ Executed M&A deals included the £7.9Bn buy-out of International Power minority shareholders by GDF Suez

Jun 2010 – Aug 2010 · 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Associate in the Generalist M&A pool. Covered healthcare and services industry.
• Gained relevant M&A execution and business development experience.

Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs · Barcelona Area, Spain

• Full-time MBA Student at IESE Business School in Barcelona, Spain
• ★ Recipient, IESE Alumni Scholarship
• ★ President, IESE Finance Club
• ★ Founder, IESE 1st Private Equity Competition (IPEC 2010)

Jan 2006 – Jan 2009 · 3 yrs · New Delhi Area, India

• As an Analyst in the M&A advisory team, my responsibilities were focused on:
• ⚑ Conducting financial due diligence for leading private equity (PE) funds such as Blackstone Group, Texas Pacific Group, Warburg Pincus and DE Shaw Group and numerous strategic corporates
• ⚑ Acquired cross sector transaction advisory experience across 30 client engagements
• Key Transactions
• ► HCL Technologies (India’s third largest IT company): $1 Bn acquisition of a UK based SAP
• consultancy
• ► SpiceJet (Indian aviation company): $80 Mn capital infusion from WL Ross
• ► Blackstone Group: $150 Mn investment in a listed infrastructure company
• ► TPG – Axon Capital: $100 Mn minority investment in a large real estate developer
• ► Indian coal mining company: US$ 20 Mn debt financing
• 2007 - 2008 : Good Energies, Inc, Switzerland based Private Equity Fund
• ✪ Seconded to a renewable energy focused PE fund for performing detailed financial & valuation
• reviews over the course of 1 year
• ✪ Delivered in-depth operational/financial analysis on 30 invested companies located in the US,
• Europe and China to enable the fund to make effective exit/capital infusion decisions
• ✪ Created portfolio performance reports of the fund facilitating greater monitoring of key
• developments in invested companies