Experience

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  Bank of america

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2007

  Real estate investment banking analyst

  Top of the class Analyst. Worked on 8 marquee transactions for the firm Advised Blackstone on its acquisition of Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 billion – the then largest LBO and CMBS financed deal Found a JV partner for Duke Realty's $650 million industrial real estate portfolio Provided fairness opinion for a merger of subsidiaries for a large private REIT Placed over $1.4 billion (across 5 transactions) of capital market deals including Follow-on Equity, Convertible Preferred Equity, Senior Notes and Convertible Senior Notes offerings Led the group’s outsourcing initiative in India by training analysts and liaising between the US and India teams that led to improvement in quality of deliverables Show less

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  Mercury partners

  Mar 2007 - Apr 2008

  Associate

  Primary coverage for real estate markets of India, Australia, Vietnam, Turkey and Russia as well as US healthcare, industrial and net lease REITs. Spearheaded the firm’s foray into Private Equity businessGenerated investment ideas worth over USD 100 mn+ globally for the fundsSpearheaded the listing process of Peak Asia Properties Limited, the first private equity arm of the company, on AIM exchange, UK Led meetings with investors to raise $100 million for Paddington Properties Limited, the second private equity arm of the company Built a corporate budgeting and investment forecasting model for Paddington Properties Limited in order to price shares for new investors Show less

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  Credit suisse

  Jun 2009 - Aug 2009

  Summer associate

  Led the effort to initiate monthly research reports on Chinese Investment Properties and property markets of the Top cities in AsiaBuilt models to analyze the impact of changing market dynamics on sector coverage to re-estimate earnings forecasts and target share price Conducted, analyzed and published both the developer and investor survey to understand the market view of Chinese Property sector; the report was published on July 20, 2009

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  Fortune asset management

  Sept 2009 - Dec 2009

  Associate - autumn term

  Generated and presented investment ideas to Investment Committee after conducting due diligence on fund managers and peer group reviewsMonitored and reported risk analytics on existing and new investments at both the portfolio and manager levels that led to more informed fund allocation decisionsAssisted Portfolio Managers in the investment process from idea generation to deal execution

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  Darwin group

  Jun 2010 - Aug 2012

  Investment associate

  Acquired and turned around operations of holiday parks in UK. Led fund raising and investor relations effort for the Firm. Built corporate valuation model for the Fund NAV on the Channel Island Stock Exchange

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  Icici venture

  Jan 2013 - Apr 2017

  Vice president

  Invested in 5 out of 8 new transactions done from the firm’s second RE Fund. Managed and profitably exited 6 investments in distressed legacy first Fund. Formulated and executed initiatives for fund raising from co-investors

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  Toro finserve llp

  Apr 2017 - Feb 2022

  Managing partner

  Launched India’s first USD 250 mn healthcare infrastructure fund – Indian Healthcare Opportunities Fund (SEBI - Category II AIF Fund). Built fund strategy starting from conceptualization, building fund & asset management company model, developing initial deal pipeline, garnering investor appetite to recruiting investment committee / advisory committee membersSpearheaded domestic & offshore fund establishment process by liaising with various domestic & international agencies including lawyers, tax structuring experts, trustees, custodians, accountants and other agencies Show less

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  Ascendas firstspace

  Jan 2022 - now

  Head of investment