Biographies

Tarangire, Tanzania

Rajesh Kandadai

Managing partner

20 year career in Investment Banking spanning M&A, Capital Raising, Business Development and Market Risk Management at Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns and Sagent Advisors.

Experienced in complex financial analysis in areas including asset liability management, tax structuring, liquidations, market risk management as well as traditional M&A and capital raising for mega-cap to small-cap corporations.

Led Strategic Business Transformation projects, such as advising Morgan Stanley’s CFO’s Office in the aftermath of the Financial Crisis to advising Infosys on establishing its Capital Markets Practice. Advised on Private Equity investments, including devising proprietary tax-loss investment vehicles and Bad-Bank structures. Facilitated development of startup businesses as a precursor to Venture Capital Raise, most recently for an innovative mortgage REIT financing the Solar Energy sector. Advised several firms on strategic alternatives, such as LocumsMart, on its Sale to CHG Healthcare in January 2020.

MBA from Columbia Business School and MS Computer Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rkandadai

Karl Lau

Partner

20 year career in Investment Banking at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse, COO at LocumsMart and Vice President of Business Development at AMN Healthcare.

Experience encompasses technology and insurance finance, Chief Operating Officer for privately-held healthcare technology start-up, and Leader of Strategic Partnerships for the largest healthcare workforce solutions firm in the U.S.

Executed a wide range of financial and strategic transactions including equity and debt financings, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures for technology clients. Identified and assessed potential transactions for insurance clients, focused on proprietary structured finance, credit risk advisory, and capital markets services. Managed day-to-day operations for the largest independent vendor management system specialized in the temporary physician staffing market. Led business development team to expand existing clients and solicit new business from healthcare facilities seeking to digitize their physician recruitment departments.

BA Economics from Yale University, MBA Finance from The University of Texas at Austin

Mo Kamaly

Principal

10 year career in Investment Banking, Asset Management and Corporate Finance at Sagent Advisors and Earthport.

Highly proficient in developing complex financial models, asset valuation and strategic planning, positioning, with a track record in M&A execution and capital raising.

Specialized in creating proprietary analyses, models, presentations and strategic recommendations for C-suite and Board-level advisory assignments. Provided corporate financial advisory services to clients across a broad range of industries. Previously served as Vice President of Strategic Finance at Earthport, raising $35 million in capital and effecting its sale to VISA; Associate at a quantitative-strategy hedge fund, and investment banking Analyst at Sagent Advisors. Founder of Above All Advisory, which provides corporate financial and strategy advisory services across a wide range of industries.

MBA candidate at Columbia Business School and BSBA from Questrom School of Business, Boston University.

Raj Minhas

Advisor

20 year career in advanced technology research in System Analysis, Data Analytics, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence at Wilson Center for Research & Development, Xerox Research Center India, and Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).

Experienced in structured and unstructured data analysis including natural language processing, computer vision, model based reasoning, time series analysis, and high-performance computing. Led projects using data to drive revenue and strategic change for clients in multinational corporations in the US and Japan. Advised CTOs and CIOs on connecting legacy data to business value. Led the Artificial Intelligence Research Group at Xerox PARC.

PhD and MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of Toronto. Holder of 15 granted patents and 10 pending patents.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajminhas/

Chandru Harjani

Advisor

25 years career in corporate finance advisory and consulting across the US, Asia and Europe with Citigroup, Lehman Brothers, PwC and Arthur Andersen.

Executed numerous advisory mandates raising over $1 trillion for large multinational as well as SME clients on financing and strategic initiatives including IPO and follow-on capital markets issuance in public SEC registered and private 144A formats, arranging bank/lender financing, buying/selling of companies or portfolios, and achieving operational efficiency gains. Devised various security structures to meet clients' regulatory, ratings and tax perspectives. Also advised large corporations on structuring investments into Asia from a business, regulatory and tax perspective.

MBA from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, Chartered Accountant and Cost & Works Accountant.