Mar 2019 – Nov 2022 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

• As a founding team member, I have played various leadership roles in building Navi across Growth, marketing, business and strategy for Navi App across all categories. Built the lending business as the CEO of the NBFC business of Navi (i.e Navi Finserv) and scaled it to the largest digital lender with high quality book. Enjoy large challenges, building businesses and strong teams, delivering high impact.
• At Navi, our mission is to build financial services that are simple, affordable and accessible.
• Building large scale technology-first, consumer centric business is our strength.

Apr 2013 – Feb 2019 · 5 yrs 10 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Private Equity professional investing in high potential, mid sized companies in India. Biggest learning was to think and act as a shareholder and build value from shareholder perspective. Peepul Capital is a $700mn Sector agnostic fund, which has been investing in India since early 2000.
• Responsible for new Investments Evaluation, Sourcing and Exits – I have evaluated companies in detail across sectors such as Healthcare, Consumer Internet and Technology, Financial Services, Consumer products and Services

Sep 2009 – Apr 2013 · 3 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai and New York

• Research Analyst covering Pharmaceuticals, Metals and Mining, Global Commodities
• Received excellent client feedback from Top tier clients
• Ranked in Top 3 teams consecutively for 2 years in “Institutional Investor survey, Asia” Recognized by Thomson Reuters as Analyst with most accurate forecasts in India for Metals and Mining sector
• Strong performance of stock under independent coverage

Aug 2008 – Aug 2009 · 1 yr

• Structured Credit Derivatives
• o Managing risk exposure and sensitivity of Global Trade Book and New York Books to industry sectors in America
• o Responsible for trading securities credit default swaps across sectors such as in Telecom, Retail etc

May 2008 – Jul 2008 · 2 mos

• o Developed investment strategy for investing in Financial Services for $ 210 Mn newly closed fund
• o Analyzed subsectors within Financial Services to find good investment opportunities
• o Responsible for finding companies suitable for investments and speaking with their top management

Apr 2007 – Jun 2007 · 2 mos

• Offered to join as full time employee after internship.
• Structured Credit
• Structured Solutions Group
• Mortgages Trading

May 2005 – Aug 2005 · 3 mos

May 2004 – Jul 2004 · 2 mos