Lakshay Mehta

CEO

Gurugram, Haryana, India15 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led product development for Private Markets at Arcesium.
  • Designed innovative financial solutions for investment managers.
  • Expert in bridging technical and strategic product management.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Fintech product leader with extensive experience in investment management solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementProgram ManagementProduct DevelopmentData AnalyticsFinancial ModelingInvestment BankingCapital Markets

Other Skills

Software Product ManagementSoftware DevelopmentSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Private CreditSQLReal EstatePrivate EquityThought LeadershipFinancial MarketsTeam ManagementDerivativesProduct DesignGlobal Cross-Functional Team LeadershipValuationFinTech

About

Solution-oriented senior product leader and a program owner with a strong track record of building and delivering analytical products in the financial services industry. Currently leading front-to-back product development from India to expand Arcesium’s offerings in the Private Markets segment, targeting Private Equity, Private Credit, Real Estate, and Infrastructure investment managers. Additionally responsible for the delivery of an investor allocation module, designed from the ground up to address the evolving market landscape and industry nuances. A financial services professional turned product manager, I bring in deep, hands-on experience across front, middle, and back office functions in hedge funds, investment banking, and commercial banking. This foundation allows me to develop solutions that bridge technical implementation with strategic vision, solving complex challenges, driving efficiency, and creating value across the investment lifecycle. Educationally, I hold a degree in Business Economics from Delhi University and an MBA from IBS Hyderabad, along with a dual post-graduation in International Business from Delhi School of Economics. I have also cleared all levels of CFA Program from CFA Institute, USA, FRM certified by GARP, USA and a Pragmatic Institute PMC Level III product management professional.

Experience

15 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
3 yrs 10 mos
Average Tenure
3 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Arcesium

2 roles

VP - Product

Promoted

Nov 2022Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

  • Leading the front to back product development effort from India to expand Arcesium offering in Privates (a new business segment for Arcesium)
  • Responsible for the delivery of an investor allocation module, designed from the ground up to address the evolving market landscape and industry nuances.
Software Product ManagementSoftware DevelopmentSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC)Private CreditData AnalyticsSQL+4

Product Manager

Nov 2022Jan 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

Oaknorth

4 roles

Senior Vice President of Product Development

Apr 2021Mar 2022 · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Vice President of Product Development

Apr 2020Mar 2021 · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Associate Director - Product & Design

Promoted

Jul 2019Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Worked as a senior product leader with a target to expand lending into the missing middle space with OakNorth Enterprise, an enterprise SaaS company building products for commercial banks in US, and OakNorth Bank, a UK based tech enabled bank categorized in Top 1% globally in terms of ROE, efficiency ratio and Net Promoter Score
  • Enabled automation in credit decisioning for real estate investment loans after completing an end to end analysis at a click of a button
  • Designed a data lake for capturing private company financials of middle market players (revenue range of $25-$100 Mn) after having done the API integration with clientele banks; built a calculation engine on top of it for converting the raw data into useful insights which can then supplements and power various OakNorth's analytical product offerings
  • Built OakNorth's monitoring offering from ground up which gives commercial banks a forward looking, 360-degree view of their borrowers through risk scoring, and forward looking covenant monitoring
Thought LeadershipProduct DevelopmentData AnalyticsInvestment BankingFinancial MarketsTeam Management+4

Deputy Vice President

Jul 2019Mar 2020 · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Crisil limited

2 roles

Manager

Promoted

Dec 2013Jul 2019 · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • Worked in the financial research domain for a marquee sell side clientele; was responsible for financial modeling, valuations, research idea generation, M&A analysis, and thematic writing.
  • Managed various technology initiatives including ideating and building a model review tool which can be used for error free financial modelling to come up with the right asset valuation while ensuring that the model customisation relating to sub-sectors intricacies is not impacted
  • Was responsible for account management, talent development, team expansion and in leading various pilot engagements.
Financial ModelingProduct DevelopmentInvestment BankingFinancial MarketsTeam ManagementValuation+2

Senior Analyst

Dec 2013Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos

The d. e. shaw group

2 roles

Senior Analyst

Promoted

Feb 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Learnt and Managed various facets of middle and back office activities while handling the post trade life cycle of the Total Return Swaps position across asset classes such as equities, options, convertibles; globally in the portfolio
  • Worked with technology team in improving the reconciliation and Swap Financing products by resolving various gaps that were found due to idiosyncratic nature of some of the traded instruments; it enabled smoother reconciliation and improvement in product which were later on spun out of D.E. Shaw to what we know as Arcesium today, supporting large number of investment managers in post trade life cycle activities
Capital MarketsProduct DevelopmentInvestment BankingSQLFinancial MarketsDerivatives

Analyst

Feb 2011Jan 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos

Education

CFA Institute

Cleared all levels of CFA Program

Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University

PGDIM — International Business

Jan 2008Jan 2009

Delhi University

Bachelor of Business Economics- BBE — Economics

Jan 2005Jan 2008

IBS Hyderabad

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Finance

Jan 2009Jan 2011

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