Our Mentors

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Ashu Saxena serves as the Vice President of Finance at PayPal’s headquarters at San Jose. A veteran executive of the company for the last 20 years, he closely manages optimization of PayPal’s Global Pricing and Processing Costs driving firm’s margin and profitability. He is known to be a trusted advisor to the company’s C-suite with his deep institutional knowledge as well as of the fintech industry.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in his interview are  and personal and do not necessarily represent the company’s formal position.

Lokesh Seth is a results-driven SaaS executive who has been sucessful in leading high performing teams and scaling technology businesses from startup to $200M+ in ARR. He is currently working at Decusoft where he specializes in management solutions and analytics. Decusoft works to streamline complex pay structures and enhance workflow planning for organizations.

Mehul Agrawal serves as the global head of portfolio finance for Centiva Capital LLC. He is responsible for all funding, financing and leverage decisions for the hedge fund along with managing few alpha generation strategies. He has worked in the industry for over 15 years with experience on both buyside and sellside.

With over 20 years of experience in Strategy and Operations for Pharma and MedTech companies, Rajiv Naidu has led initiatives in business turnaround, digital transformation, and value realization. His expertise in incubating and growing Life Sciences businesses encompasses Go-to-market strategies, M&A, innovative offerings, and strategic partnerships.

Preeti Shah, as Director of Operations at Park Circle Technologies, oversees the end-to-end execution of client projects, leveraging her 25+ years of corporate IT leadership to guide Development, QA, and Project Management Teams. Under her supervision, the company is positioned to tackle complex, high-revenue projects, empowering clients with adaptive web applications that simplify business workflow using advanced technology.

Ashish Achyut is the Head of Collateral and Fx Management at Schonfield.  Over the years, he has acquired skills ranging from Risk Management and Equity Financing to Hedge Fund Client Solutions. 

Rajneesh Jha was a former employee at Johnson and Johnson working in the industry of product pricing strategies, and now works in the world of real estate. He specializes in multi-family real estate and owns properties in numerous states. 

Vishal Vivek, an employee at CityBank, is an equity derivative focused strategist with a strong focus on fundamentally driven single stock option ideas. He takes an analytical approach and has a proven ability to generate insights and strategies in the complex world of options trading. His skill set has been key to his success in high pressure environments.