Akarsh Garg

Business Development Executive

Mumbai, India8 yrs 1 mo experience

Key Highlights

  • Structured $20 billion in financing for digital infrastructure.
  • Led structured financings for pharmaceutical royalty contracts.
  • Designed predictive models for COVID-19 with high accuracy.
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Skills

Core Skills

Investment BankingFinancial AnalysisResearchEconomic ResearchInvestment AnalysisEquity ResearchAdvisoryConsulting

Other Skills

ABS securitizationAcknowledged in research paperAlternative InvestmentsAnalyzed biasAnalyzed corporate governanceAnalyzed macroeconomic impactAnalyzed stock trading activityAssessed financial interventionsBig Data AnalyticsCash flow modelingCash flow projectionsConducted studiesContributed to research paperCorporate FinanceCorporate Governance

Experience

8 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
1 yr 7 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Morgan stanley

Analyst 3, ABS Lending and Capital Markets

Jul 2023Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Structured and underwrote over 30 deals across asset-backed lending, private credit back-leverage, direct lending, specialty finance, and ABS securitization markets
  • ABS & Warehouse Lending: Experienced in warehouse financing and underwriting public and private ABS issuances
  • Sector Coverage:
  • Digital Infrastructure (Data Centers): Structured $20 billion in 6+ construction financings for hyperscale and colocation data centers, enabling large-scale buildouts leased to leading technology, AI, and cloud services companies
  • Digital Infrastructure (Fiber Networks, Cell Towers): Expansion financing ($5 billion+) for 8+ fiber network and cell tower operators, supporting network deployment and upgrades in metropolitan and rural areas
  • Pharmaceuticals: Led 2 structured financings ($1 billion+) for alternate asset managers investing in pharmaceutical royalty contracts with top 50 drug manufacturers globally
  • Aviation: Structured and underwrote 15+ financings for private equity aviation platforms; served as structuring lead on a top-3 US airline bond issuance ($1.3 billion) - coordinating asset selection, cash flow modeling and rating agency engagement
  • Consumer/Retail: Led M&A and growth financing ($1 billion+) for multi-unit franchise companies in the quick service restaurant and personal fitness sectors
  • Public Utilities: Lead structurer and underwriter for a $1.2 billion+ rate reduction bond issuance by a major electricity distributor
  • Railcars: Bookrunner on an ABS transaction ($450 million+) backed by railcar leases. Structured a warehouse loan ($100 million+) for an alternate asset manager investing in the industry
  • Responsibilities:
  • Rating agency engagement: Fitch, Moody’s, S&P, KBRA, DBRS
  • Financial modeling, cash flow projections, and valuation analysis in Excel
  • Credit committee approvals
  • Preparing rating agency presentations, investment memoranda, pitch books
  • Conducting scenario analysis, stress testing, and downside modelling
Structured and underwrote dealsFinancial modelingCash flow projectionsValuation analysisRating agency engagementInvestment Banking+1

Harvard business school

Research Associate

Jan 2023Mar 2023 · 2 mos · Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Conducted multiple studies on Qualtrics to quantify loss of information during verbal transmission of facts from one person to another
  • Analyzed inclusion of personal bias and changes in voice characteristics of subjects when given targeted information on specific stocks
Conducted studiesAnalyzed biasUsed QualtricsResearch

The university of british columbia

MITACS Globalink Research Intern

Jul 2022Oct 2022 · 3 mos · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

  • Designed a novel approach of codifying legal and financial aspects of incorporations/fundraising rounds by startups in Delaware, USA
  • Tracked online venture capital data sources (Pitchbook) and liaised with lawyers to design new financial structures for fundraising
Designed approachTracked data sourcesLiaised with lawyersResearch

Morgan stanley

Summer Associate, Securitized Products Investment Banking

Jun 2022Jul 2022 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Received full-time offer from the firm

The world bank

Economic Researcher

Oct 2021Jun 2022 · 8 mos · Washington, District of Columbia, United States

  • Part of the Development Impact Evaluation Group (DIME) with a focus on developing nations in Latin America, Africa and Indo-Pacific
  • Reviewed the bank’s investments in renewable energy infrastructure projects, provided recommendations on proposals for new funding
Reviewed investmentsProvided recommendationsEconomic Research

Orios venture partners

Investment Analyst Intern

Jul 2021Oct 2021 · 3 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Screened over 500 applications from startups for funding, liaised with founders and provided recommendations to the senior partners
  • Designed term-sheets and valuation models for pre-IPO fundings for Indian unicorns valued at over $1 billion
  • Represented the fund in a portfolio FMCG company that needed a turnaround, helped the company develop a new go-to-market strategy
Screened applicationsDesigned term-sheetsValuation modelsInvestment Analysis

Clsa

Equity Research Intern - Technology Stocks

Jul 2021Aug 2021 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Part of the India Equity Research Team at CLSA with a focus on technology stocks listed on the National Stock Exchange of India
  • Designed VBA models and performed valuation analysis/benchmarking for large-cap Indian IT companies covered by CLSA
  • Created prospectuses for senior management to initiate coverage on recently listed mid-cap Indian IT stocks
Designed modelsPerformed valuation analysisEquity Research

The london school of economics and political science (lse)

Research Assistant

Jun 2021Jul 2021 · 1 mo · London, England, United Kingdom

  • Analyzed 10 years of historical stock trading activity on the NYSE to correlate irrational actions of traders with stock index returns
  • Contribution and effort acknowledged in the paper, ‘Cho, T. (2020). Heat as a sedative: A natural experiment on noise trading’
Analyzed stock trading activityContributed to research paperResearch

Insead

Research Assistant and Awardee of the Charpak Lab Scholarship by the Government of France

May 2021Jul 2021 · 2 mos · Fontainebleau, Île-de-France, France

  • One of 20 students awarded the prestigious Charpak Lab Scholarship by the Government of France to conduct research on corporate governance at INSEAD
  • Designed advanced web scraping and machine learning algorithms to study corporate governance measures at 50 consulting firms
  • Assessed the impact of stakeholder-firm relationships during scandals by analyzing corporate email chains (case study of Enron)
Designed algorithmsAnalyzed corporate governanceResearch

Mazars

Advisory Intern

Apr 2021Jul 2021 · 3 mos

  • Mazars is a global auditing, advisory and consulting firm headquartered in Paris with 40000+ employees.
  • Working on an impact assessment advisory project at Mazars for NITI Aayog and the Government of India to assess the results of several financial interventions and policy measures taken by the Government of India in the MSME sector in recent years.
Worked on impact assessmentAssessed financial interventionsAdvisory

The bridge project

Associate, Client and Outreach Team

Sep 2020Dec 2020 · 3 mos

  • Worked with a team of student consultants and professionals from top consulting firms including MBB and the Big 4 to provide consulting services to startups and small enterprises
  • Conducted meetings with clients and designed detailed strategy proposals for consulting services and deliverables
Provided consulting servicesDesigned strategy proposalsConsulting

Nyu stern school of business

Research Assistant

Jul 2020Aug 2020 · 1 mo · New York, United States

  • Conducted 6 studies in the US & UK using Amazon MTurk. Assessed consumer perception towards discounts and promotion schemes
  • Performed regression analysis to recommend psychological marketing strategies to maximize sales and revenue
  • Work acknowledged in the paper, ‘Lewis et al. (2023). The Worst-First Heuristic: How Decision Makers Manage Conjunctive Risk’
Conducted studiesPerformed regression analysisResearch

Mit sloan school of management

Summer Research Assistant

May 2020Aug 2020 · 3 mos · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

  • Designed model to predict COVID-19 cases with more than 15%-25% better accuracy than traditional models used by the US CDC
  • Acknowledged in paper, ‘Perakis et al. (2021). COVID-19: A multipeak SIR based model for learning waves and optimizing testing’
Designed predictive modelAcknowledged in research paperResearch

Columbia business school

Summer Research Assistant

May 2020Jun 2020 · 1 mo · New York, United States

  • Developed a Python script to analyze 10000+ LinkedIn profiles of African universities and their alumni
  • Quantified the macroeconomic impact of education/employment initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa by studying GDP/GNP indicators
  • Analyzed differences in employment benefits in the job markets of USA/EMEA/APAC as compared to Africa
Developed Python scriptAnalyzed macroeconomic impactResearch

Delhi public school, gurgaon

3 roles

Vice President, Student Council

Jul 2017Mar 2018 · 8 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

  • Led a team of 90+ appointees to manage the Student Council. Delegated work and responsibilities to different sections and communicated concerns of the students to the school administration.
  • Organized various inter-school fests including EComm Parv(the Economics fest), Capax Infinitum(the Science Fest) among others.
  • Organized the Farewell and Teacher’s Day celebrations of the school with a cultural extravaganza.
Managed student councilOrganized inter-school fests

Core Team Member, Redshift, The Physics Club

Mar 2015Mar 2019 · 4 yrs · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

  • Engaged in various Physics projects, inside the campus as well as outside. Managed the working and funding of the club activities.
  • Organized Capax Infinitum, the Annual Inter-School Science Fest with over 20 participating schools from various parts of Delhi-NCR.
  • Led a team of 6 students of the Physics Club to design a complex Rube Goldberg Machine, which is a device that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, generally including a chain reaction.
  • Analyzed the time taken by each step of the chain reaction and how external factors such as wind could disrupt the functioning of the machine.
Engaged in Physics projectsOrganized science fest

Core Team Member, Society of Quiz and Debating (SQUAD)

Mar 2015Mar 2019 · 4 yrs · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

  • Led a team of several enthusiastic debaters and quizzers in several inter - school competitions like
  • those of the tGELF foundation.
  • Formulated a comprehensive strategy for the growth of the club and stressed on the need for a wider
  • reach.
  • Represented the school at various Quizzing tournaments on various topics including Business,
  • Science, Cinema, Cultural Heritage etc.
  • Organized various workshops for students by inviting alumni of the institution to share their
  • experiences and knowledge on various aspects of Quizzing and Debating.
Led debating teamOrganized workshops

Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Bachelor of Technology — Engineering with a Minor in Entrepreneurship

Jan 2019Jan 2023

Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi

Minor Degree — Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Jan 2019Jan 2023

Delhi Public School - India

Jan 2005Jan 2019

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