Raju Panjwani

Co-Founder

New York, New York, United States24 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Expert in strategic leadership and executive coaching.
Founded multiple successful start-ups in FinTech.
Pioneered global investment banking initiatives at Morgan Stanley.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech and Investment Banking executive with extensive leadership experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Strategic LeadershipExecutive CoachingInvestment BankingFundraisingMergers And AcquisitionsEntrepreneurshipFinanceBusiness Relationship Management

Other Skills

Corporate FinanceGrowth StrategiesLeadership DevelopmentTrainingCommunicationFinancial ResultsExecutive TeamTransformational LeadershipStakeholder ManagementNew Business DevelopmentNegotiationOperationsDiverse GroupsFinancial StructuringExecutive Management

About

"I know what to do. I don't know why I'm not doing it." That is the most honest thing a senior executive can say. And almost none of them say it out loud. I spent 18 years at Morgan Stanley watching capable people make the same private calculation - a better number, a bigger role, one more reason to wait. I made it twice myself. Resigned twice. Stayed back both times. The third time, a tsunami made the decision for me. That is not a metaphor. In 2004, I was on a beach in Southeast Asia when the Indian Ocean tsunami hit. What it clarified in four minutes, eighteen years of performance reviews never did. You already know what you want. What you don't have is a reason compelling enough to stop performing the version of yourself that got you here. If you are successful by every external measure and quietly wondering whether any of it is actually yours, that is not ingratitude. That is the most important question you will ever ask. Bold Conscious Leadership is a 12-week intensive for senior executives ready to ask it seriously. → Book a discovery call: calendly.com/rajupanjwani/discovery-call I also wrote the book. Order here: https://a.co/d/ga67duN

Experience

24 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

8 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Livemasterminds, inc.

President & Founder

Feb 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area · Remote

Author. Corp Exec-to-Entrepreneur. Tsunami survivor. Former Morgan Stanley Managing Director.

Strategic LeadershipBusiness Relationship ManagementCorporate FinanceExecutive CoachingGrowth StrategiesLeadership Development+5

Young america capital

Senior Managing Director - Investment Banking, Fintech|Blockchain|Crypto|IndiaIA

Dec 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 5 mos · Greater New York City Area

Originated 5 global IPOs. Former SPAC sponsor. Executed 5 M&A deals in technology, FMCG and SME manufacturers.

Business Relationship ManagementCommunicationFundraisingInvestment Banking

Cemtrex inc.

Member, Board of Directors

Sep 2016 – Jan 2021 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Greater New York City Area

Growth StrategiesCommunicationStrategic Leadership

4 start-ups + spac

Founder & Entrepreneur

Apr 2005 – Dec 2019 · 14 yrs 8 mos · New York, United States · Hybrid

Start-ups included: outsourcing for hedge fund industry; cross-border investment banking across mid-market companies, M&A/growth capital; revamping of an institutional broker-dealer firm to research; FinTech consulting and capital raising.
Chairman of Phoenix India Acquisition Corp. (2006-2008). Raised circa $60M in a SPAC to acquire an operating services business in India.

Strategic LeadershipEntrepreneurshipStakeholder ManagementNew Business DevelopmentNegotiationOperations+5

Morgan stanley

Managing Director

Oct 1987 – Apr 2005 · 17 yrs 6 mos

Established MS’s global internal audit and risk group in 1987. Played instrumental role in establishing firm's presence in India for institutional equity brokerage and custody, and supported the investment banking and asset management businesses. Among other things,
➡️Served as Country Representative and Chief Operating Officer for Morgan Stanley India (1999-2001). Originated IT transactions, negotiated Morgan Stanley’s joint venture deal with JM Financial and launched institutional equity business to achieve recognition in top 3 in FII volume within 3 months of execution
➡️Pioneered offshoring fo firm in India and established its “Global Knowledge Center” in 2003

Strategic LeadershipFinancial StructuringBusiness Relationship ManagementStakeholder ManagementOperationsGrowth Strategies+7