Rahul Kumbhani Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

• Baylis Emerging Markets is an impact focused private equity fund covering Sub-Saharan Africa that focuses on middle-market investments in the job-creating manufacturing and digital infrastructure sector.
• Created and drafted critical documents such as investment summaries, growth-strategy presentations & due diligence reports.
• Participated actively in international conferences such as AFSIC, AVCA, and SuperReturn, gaining valuable insights into industry trends and networking with key stakeholders.
• Involved in negotiations on many pipeline opportunities from across the continent building a strong general and Africa-specific understanding of the private equity deal cycle, return metrics, risks, leverage, and deal.
• Contributed to the curation of comprehensive ESG policy and strategy encompassing baseline assessment, monitoring, and reporting processes. Focused efforts on bridging the digital divide, promoting financial inclusion.
• Co-authored articles on Forbes: The Appetite for African Data Centers: Can Investment Keep Up? Africa’s Future: The AfCFTA, & Value-Added Manufacturing. From Crisis to Opportunity: How Africa Can Boost Manufacturing.

• The President's Advisory Council on Doing Business in Africa (PAC-DBIA) serves as a critical advisory body to the President of the United States, offering strategic guidance on ways to enhance and deepen commercial.
• In this capacity, I acted as a Staff Rep with Baylis Emerging Markets serving as the Chair of the Digital & ICT Subcommittee as well as participating in the Energy & Environment Subcommittee.
• Through this position, Baylis Emerging Markets effectively delivered the Digital & ICT subcommittee's recommendations to esteemed officials such as the Honorable U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary, Gina Raimondo.

Wakefield, United Kingdom

• Coached hockey camps targeted at elite juniors across Europe
• Worked in multi-national teams requiring strong leadership and interpersonal skills

Master Of Science, Global Management Of Natural Resources, Distinction (Dean'S Award)

• Recipient of an Academic Studentship from UCL. • Developed a broad understanding in the Oil, Gas, Metals, Mining & Renewable sectors.

Executive Program, Private Equity

An industry-leading program encompassing portfolio management, fund performance quantification, fund selection, structuring, leverage.

Bachelors Of Engineering, Material Science And Engineering, First Class Honours

• Received a distinction in a final year research project based on polyelectrolyte complexes made using one-step casting.

Diploma, Contemporary China'S Financial Problems, 83

• Selected to represent Queen Mary at a month-long course entitled ‘Contemporary China’s Financial Problems’ at the International Summer.

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