•Established boutique advisory focused on finance function optimization, strategic growth & fund-raising. Leading client origination & 200+ investor network buildup
•Structured a £500M strategic finance facility for a UK fintech (£200M refinancing, £300M growth capital). Secured signed term sheet currently under due diligence by a leading credit fund, with a 2% reduction in cost of capital
•Led pricing and COGS optimisation initiatives, resulting in an expected 15% improvement in gross margins over two years
•Enhanced working capital by reducing cash conversion cycle by 30 days through payment plan restructuring.
• Developed an integrated financial model and KPI dashboard to support strategic decision-making, budgeting, forecasting,
and investor readiness. Oversaw core FP&A and financial reportin
• Advising a late-stage venture fund on origination, analysis, execution and fundraising for AI focused investments. Advised
on Anthropic, Databricks, BeyondLimit.ai and Outrider.ai investment

Managed investment team in deal origination, due diligence & structuring, valuations, negotiations, execution, and post-deal portfolio management for $10-$20M equity & debt growth investments in AI, fintech and media verticals
• Indicative transactions include ShopUp (3x MOIC; Series A, B & convert debt), Dastgyr (Series A) and OTM (Acquisition)
• Acted in a CFO advisory capacity to portfolio companies, leading FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting while helping
scale financial operations to support rapid growth
• Spearheaded VEON’s mobile digital product strategy in collaboration with executive management of 8 operating countries,
leading to 10% acceleration in multi-play revenue growth
• Developed and executed investment thesis as per C-suite vision. Represented investments on internal and external boards
• Explored $250M acquisition to create a leading streaming platform in the CIS region. • Led $100M external capital raise for a payments platform

Led due-diligence, research preparation and investor education on IPO of TeamViewer (TMV.DE)

• Consistently generated mid-high single digit net returns on upto $200M investments in Internet and Media sectors globally
• Generated high conviction, long-term oriented investment ideas using fundamental process, for concentrated portfolio
• Performed bottom-up industry & company fundamental analysis, including proprietary data collection & analysis,
management meetings, supply chain and competitor analysis, financial statement analysis & modelling, and valuations
• Communicated portfolio strategy, fund performance and key emerging themes to the investors on regular basis
• Key investments included Google, Facebook, Netflix, LinkedIn, Booking.com, Comcast, AutoTrader, JustEat, and IMAX