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Ramkesh Meena

CEO

New York City, New York, United States15 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 13 years of experience in private credit and lending.
  • Led teams on diverse projects in credit underwriting and risk management.
  • Expert in advanced data analytics and financial modeling.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech professional with expertise in private credit and analytics.

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Skills

Core Skills

Private CreditConsumer LendingLeadershipAnalyticsData Analysis

Other Skills

Small Business LendingLoan StructuringAsset-Based LendingMarketplace LendingUnderwritingFinanceCredit RiskBusiness DevelopmentProduct DevelopmentBusiness Intelligence (BI)Marketing AnalyticsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeDecision SciencesALLL

About

13+ years of experience in private credit, lender finance, consumer lending, small business & commercial credit, advanced data analytics, risk management, and people leadership. Have worked with large and small banks and fintech platforms. Led teams on projects spanning credit underwriting, marketplace loans, asset-based lending, risk management, credit lending strategies, new product development, customer management, modeling, marketing analytics, campaign management, and dashboarding. Successfully set up multi-location teams for supporting various functions of an organization.

Experience

15 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs
Current Experience

American express

2 roles

Vice President, Investment Optimization & Analytics

Aug 2025Present · 9 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Vice President, Credit Reserves

Apr 2023Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

First western trust

2 roles

Vice President, Specialty Lending

Jan 2022Apr 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Working with banks and fintech platforms on asset-backed lending facilities and whole loan programs.
  • Working with platforms originating unsecured installment loans, international student loans, credit cards, charged-off debt, bitcoin-backed loans, revenue-based financing, merchant cash advances, and home improvement loans.
  • Responsible for opportunity screening, diligence, transaction structuring, investment and risk committee memos, legal documentation review, and portfolio monitoring.
  • Providing private credit (focused on fintech and lender finance) while managing risk through structuring, financial and performance covenants, and controls over credit policies.
Private CreditConsumer LendingSmall Business LendingLoan StructuringAsset-Based Lending

Director, Private Credit

May 2020Dec 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Director, Private Credit at Rocky Mountain Bank (acquired by First Western)
  • Provided debt capital to third-party consumer/business lending platforms in the form of asset-based lending facilities.
  • Put together whole loan purchase programs (unsecured consumer receivables) for the bank
Private CreditLeadershipMarketplace LendingUnderwritingFinance

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Senior Engagement Manager, Decision Analytics

Apr 2012May 2020 · 8 yrs 1 mo · New York City Metropolitan Area

  • Strategy & Analytics professional with extensive experience in banking and financial services. Leading small and large teams on various data and analytics driven strategy formulation and implementation projects.
  • Select projects:
  • Developed a risk segmentation model to help manage the exposure of small business card portfolio
  • Setup CECL (Current Expected Credit Loss; IFRS 9 equivalent in the US) model development program for a leading US bank
  • Developed and implemented new credit authorization processes for the US and international markets
  • Established model monitoring framework for Basel and CCAR models of retail banking portfolios
  • Identified key growth opportunities for the small business unit of a major financial services provider
  • Contributed towards the development of a new digital lending product of a major player
  • Created a centralized data mart for Retail lending products of a major US bank
  • Helped a travel card company in restructuring its product offering across multiple geographies
  • Improved marketing campaign effectiveness of a major telecom player by identifying & prioritizing high quality and more responsive leads
Consumer LendingLeadershipSmall Business LendingAnalyticsCredit Risk

Bank of america merrill lynch

Summer Analyst, Investment Banking (IBD)

Apr 2011May 2011 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeFinance

Zs associates

Analytics Associate

Sep 2009May 2010 · 8 mos · Greater Delhi Area

  • Worked on consulting assignments (Pharmaceutical industry, Europe & Australia)
  • Post merger pharma sales force integration and restructuring
  • Global marketing strategy framework development
  • Analysis of pharma markets across geographies
LeadershipAnalyticsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeDecision Sciences

Thomson reuters

Associate- Intellectual Property

Jul 2008Aug 2009 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office

Cork institute of technology, ireland

Intern

May 2007Jul 2007 · 2 mos · Ireland

  • Designed and developed a wireless network of sensors to monitor indoor environment
  • Developed Graphical User Interfaces (GUI) for data analysis and result display
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office

Education

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Post-Graduate Programme in Management — Finance

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) — Electrical Engineering

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