كارن غاندي, Investment Associate

كارن غاندي

Investment Associate

Ysquared Investments LLC

البلد
الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
التعليم
ماجستير, Finance
الخبرات
11 years, 8 أشهر

مشاركة سيرتي الذاتية

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مجموع سنوات الخبرة :11 years, 8 أشهر

Investment Associate في Ysquared Investments LLC
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • أشغل هذه الوظيفة منذ يونيو 2018

• Assisted Portfolio manager in analysis and review of Investment transactions across Middle East and Africa.
• Monitored portfolio investments by overseeing investee operations and identifying key business issues.
• Liaised with the investee’s accounting, marketing, HR, and legal team to solve business challenges and operational roadblocks.
• Constructed and monitored financial models to evaluate performance under various operating scenarios.
• Conducted due diligence and documentation requirements for deals and transactions.
• Prepared deal presentations, proposals, and investment memoranda used for Investment decision making.
• Prepared quarterly performance newsletters for the investors of the company.

Credit Analyst في RAKBank
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • يناير 2017 إلى مايو 2018

• Assisted in the management of a $250M+ diversified loan portfolio spread across various sectors covering Manufacturing, Servicing, Wholesale, Retail, Construction, FMCG, and Hospitality.
• Assisted in working capital structuring of bank’s portfolio by assessing Business Risk, Financial Risk, Market Risk, Management Risk, Security Risk, SWOT analysis, Account performance, Financial Spreadsheet, and Balance Sheet of the company.
• Analysed lending portfolio for account conduct, compliance, industry risk, limit utilization, watch listed/downgraded accounts, cheque returns, document deferrals, past dues and collections, adherence to covenants stated in proposals.
• Monitored the internal product-level performance, process efficiencies, and TAT management for management decision-making. 


Equity Analyst في Babuntu Asset Management Consultancy
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • أغسطس 2015 إلى أغسطس 2016

Babuntu is a private family-owned investment fund focused on trading US equities and Commodities.
• Support consultants by researching on US equities and specific industry groups.
• Develop custom order management techniques using an algorithmic execution platform.
• Analysed disruptive trends in various business models to identify low-risk high reward opportunities for asset management clients.
• Actively placed long/short equity trades on personal brokerage account in line with research findings.
• Able to use technical charting tools like Stochastic, MACD, RSI Index, and SMAs.

Business Development Executive في First Gulf Bank (Now First Abu Dhabi Bank)
  • الإمارات العربية المتحدة - دبي
  • أبريل 2012 إلى أبريل 2015

• Core duties involved pitching banks' premium products to existing clients over telephonic engagements.
• Actively prospect existing clients to invest in FGB’s Quick Cash and Balance Transfer products.
• Closed over $10 million worth of business spread over 400 clients in the span of 3 years.
• Communicated with more than 1, 000+ FGB clients over 3 years at FGB.

الخلفية التعليمية

ماجستير, Finance
  • في CFA
  • يونيو 2017
بكالوريوس, Accountancy and Finance
  • في Heriot-Watt University
  • سبتمبر 2012

courses: CFA Level I, Level II, and Level III Cleared (1st Attempt) Dec 2015 - Jun 2017 CFA Institute

Specialties & Skills

Asset Management
Investment Management
Consulting
Venture Capital
Private Equity
Financial Modelling
Analytical Skills
Valuations
Investments
Microsoft Excel
Private Equity
Venture Capital

اللغات

الانجليزية
متمرّس
الهندية
متمرّس

التدريب و الشهادات

CFA (الشهادة)
تاريخ الدورة:
July 2017