Ankur Bansal Private Equity Associate at Penfund Management

- Recently engaged in investing in global luxury opportunities - Previously spent 8 years in investment banking (M&A) and private equity in Europe and Middle East at J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley - Previously spent 3 years in Business Consulting at Morgan Stanley and Arthur Andersen in Europe - Executive MBA in Global Fashion Management from Institut Français de la Mode (IFM), Paris, France, in partnership with New York Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) - MS in Information and Communication Systems Engineering from Ecole des Mines, Douai, France

Cofounder VenturePact.com. Passionate about software, marketplace startups, outsourcing & remote work. Previously @Ampush, SilverLake, @Wharton

Strategy Consultant, Business Development, Entrepreneur * Track record of business development, leadership and team building. * Successfully turned around branding and marketing for struggling medical university. * Developed strategy and financial modeling for a $1.5 billion investment fund in the Gulf. * Developed strategy and financial modeling for a $300 million micro-finance bank. * Provided strategy, research and modeling for IEEE the world’s largest technical organization- tasked to help develop new products that increase revenue by $100 million (including M&A). * Experience managing multi-million dollar R&D budget - with goal of developing new products, enhancing portfolio of products, vendor management and collecting reports and expenses from senior product managers. Uncovered over $200k in redundancies. * Created commercial finance brokerage at age 24 and advised in over $200 million in commercial financing products and strategies. * Experience presenting to and advising C-levels, Boards, HNWI's and large audiences.