Anshul Gupta

Co-Founder

Gurugram, Haryana, India15 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in transforming passive portfolios into active value creation.
Led investment strategies for $100B+ SWF in MENA/India.
Co-founder driving innovation in green hydrogen sector.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Private Equity and Investment Strategy expert with a focus on disruptive technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

Investment StrategyValue CreationDue Diligence

Other Skills

Portfolio ManagementDigital StrategyMarket AnalysisFinancial AnalysisCommercial StrategyBusiness PlanningDerivativesCapital MarketsValuationFinancial ModelingEquitiesQuantitative AnalyticsTradingCorporate FinanceBasel III

About

Management advisor with international I-Banking and Private Equity experience. Full-time MBA from London Business School, and masters/bachelors from IIT Delhi At BCG, Anshul advises some of the largest principal investors and private equity clients in MENA/India region. His expertise lies in new disruptive PE/VC investments, operational value creation and digital in portfolio companies and managing exits. He has been instrumental in helping one of world's largest SWF private equity portfolio ($100B+) transform from a passive portfolio management to highly engaged and active focus on value creation in portfolio companies. Prior to BCG, he has 6+ years experience in bulge-bracket investment banks and a large private equity house in three very diverse cultures (India, Japan and UK). His specialties include investment strategy, portfolio strategy, commercial due diligence, special-situation deals and capital structure/balance sheet structuring. In pastime, Anshul loves evaluating opportunities and making personal investments. Feel free to reach out on agupta.mba2016@london.edu

Experience

15 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 4 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Boston consulting group (bcg)

3 roles

Principal

Nov 2020 – Oct 2021 · 11 mos

Project Leader

Promoted

Oct 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs

1. Core leadership team member of BCG’s Principal Investors & Private Equity practice in Middle East advising large SWFs, private equity funds and family offices
2. Day-to-day decision support to a $100bn+ SWF portfolio of 50+ portfolio companies on new investments, board governance, turnarounds, value creation, and exits
Lead the transformation from passive portfolio management to highly engaged and active focus on value creation in portfolio companies
Developed digital/operational and financial value creation plans for ~25 large portfolio companies spanning 10+ sectors
Successfully pushed concrete innovation/disruption topics on Board agenda of multiple portfolio companies by organizing bespoke innovation tours in Silicon Valley and Europe, making management and Board members get first-hand experience of innovation/disruption
3. Developed global digital/disruptors investments strategy for a large SWF covering multiple segments including HealthTech, FinTech, AgTech, Mobility etc.

Investment StrategyValue Creation

Consultant

Jun 2016 – Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos

1. Advised multiple Middle East SWFs and private equity houses on investment strategy, portfolio strategy, internal operating model and portfolio holdings governance models
2. Due-diligence of US$500mn+ American real-estate opportunity for a large Middle East SWF
3. Advised major Middle East and India focused Healthcare and Education focused private equity on investment strategy
4. Due-diligence of a Middle East national tourism company before a large capital increase
5. Due-diligence of a large Middle East wholesale bank and its subsidiaries spread across MENA
6. Development of strategy and master concept for an planned upcoming district in Middle East focused on technological and creative innovations
7. Design and implementation of commercial strategy and business plan in leisure travel segment for a large Middle East travel company
8. Developed of financial controlling and steering model for a large middle east company operating portfolio of travel and tourism businesses

Investment StrategyDue Diligence

Hygenco - the hydrogen company

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer

Oct 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 7 mos · India

Lesmoir-gordon, boyle & co. limited

Intern Associate

Feb 2016 – Apr 2016 · 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

1. Prepared a unique high-impact human resource firm for sale process
2. Designed corporate and financial strategy for a game-changing advanced materials firm

The blackstone group

Summer Associate

Jun 2015 – Aug 2015 · 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

1. Developed bolt-on acquisition strategy and investment cases for a North Sea focused portfolio oil-services firm
2. Developed rooftop solar investment strategy in Europe for the second energy fund

Nomura securities

2 roles

Associate - Financing Solutions / Derivatives Solutions

Sep 2011 – Jul 2014 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Tokyo, Japan

1. Advised major Japanese corporates and financial institutions on refinancing stressed balance sheets post financial crisis; hired and mentored analysts
2. Developed innovative valuation methodology and deployed it to negotiate 10%+ haircuts for 3 Global 500 Japanese clients during hybrid debt buybacks worth $17bn. Awarded with mandate of more than US$2bn equity offerings
3. Executed client education campaign targeting 50+ issuers and investors using own novel valuation framework, expanding business in hard-to-value Basel III capital
4. Persuaded client to proceed with a stalled $1.1bn acquisition by employing real-options approach for project valuation

Associate - Financing Solutions (at Mumbai until Jul'10)

Apr 2009 – Aug 2011 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Tokyo, Japan

1. Fast-tracked and promoted to global head-quarters (Tokyo) in client-facing role (Only employee among 400 others in last 6 years)
2. Led a cross-border team of 5 for modelling of weighted cost of capital in 31 countries and licensed those models to 30 biggest Japanese companies for $1.8mn in annual fee
3. Created Enterprise Risk Management platform for holistic risk analysis of global companies. Estimated exposures for 10+ Japanese blue-chips to differentiate Nomura's pitch-books

Lehman brothers

Analyst - Equity Program Trading (acquired by Nomura in Oct’08)

Jun 2008 – Mar 2009 · 9 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

1. Worked with Quantitative Trading (Cash Equities) in London and Index Arbitrage desk in Tokyo.
2. Validated and translated raw ideas from trading desks into intraday trading strategies leading to implemention in auto-trading boxes