Pune City, Maharashtra, India
I’m a Private Equity Research and Strategy professional with 3 years of experience supporting global PE partners across commercial due diligence, market research, competitive landscape analysis, deal evaluation, and project execution. I specialize in connecting data, insights, and automation to accelerate decision-making and improve deal outcomes.At Kingfish Group, I support PE deal teams through deep market analysis, investment opportunity evaluation, competitive landscaping, portfolio insights, and performance reporting. My work includes strengthening key client relationships, improving research quality, and enhancing process efficiency through AI-driven automation and custom GPT-based workflows.With a strong foundation in analytics, dashboards, and AI-enabled research processes, I help deal teams move faster, operate smarter, and deliver higher-quality insights across the investment lifecycle.
Lead account management for a $1.4B AUM partner by designing account-specific strategies to address client pain points, ensuring seamless execution and fostering long-term client relationships. Manage performance tracking of portfolio companies and present insights to the client team via reports and dashboards; align deliverables with account KPIs. Lead cross-functional collaboration with research, platform, and sales teams; consolidate outputs into investor-ready materials. Leverage Generative AI to enhance deliverable quality, achieving up to 60% improvement in the turnaround time. Conduct quality reviews and coach peers on scoping, structuring deliverables, and stakeholder communication. Created and deployed 5+ CustomGPTs to streamline workflows and train pod members on AI usage, driving team-wide adoption.
Led commercial due diligence and deal strategy for private equity firms, including converting a $58 billion AUM partner into a full-time client, generating $900K in revenue. Oversaw comprehensive deal management and strategic due diligence for 140+ deals, with responsibility for ~90% of active projects for a key PE partner, boosting execution efficiency and generating $1M in revenue. Collaborated with cross-functional deal teams across geographies to support deal thesis alignment, using advanced market mapping, opportunity evaluation, and CIM deep dives. Delivered 60+ high-impact projects, including Industry Analysis, Competitive Landscape Mapping, Executive Search and Investment Opportunity Evaluation, for 10+ Private Equity Clients. Maintained a 95% success rate in achieving top-tier research quality ratings, contributing to the closure of critical transactions. Managed up to 5 concurrent projects while ensuring 95%+ on-time and error-free delivery.
Managed 2+ concurrent deliverables, aligning them with project objectives and client expectations, achieving a 90% stakeholder approval rating. Led research brainstorm sessions, improving turnaround time by 60%, resulting in a 20% increase in the stakeholder approval rating. Designed and implemented over 20 comprehensive, fully automated and operational dashboards, across accounts and projects, covering staffing, research quality, and account-level performance, enhancing organizational insight and decision-making capabilities. Proposed and built a fully automated system on GoogleSheets to enable researchers to monitor their KPIs in real-time, ensuring transparency and facilitating improvement in the overall impact rating to 87% within 3 months of implementation.
Played a pivotal role in propelling business growth and nurturing strategic partnerships as a Business Development and Operations Associate. Consistently identified new opportunities through thorough secondary research. Engaged with decision-makers to foster meaningful client relationships. Contributed to revenue growth through successful collaboration and a sharp business acumen. Utilized CRM and Spreadsheet skills to spool reports, as well as populate and analyze data.