Shally Venugopal Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Us

• Develop sustainability and impact investment strategies for investors, financiers, Fortune 100 companies, and foundations with a focus on finance, food, transportation and real estate.• Led Vivid Economics' North American expansion, growing the regional office team by nearly 8x while overseeing its integration into McKinsey & Co.

• Managed Concordian: an advisory firm working at the intersection of finance, climate change, public policy, and economics with a focus on agriculture and food systems.• Led and directed multi-partner, global research teams working on complex, data-driven, economic, financial, and geospatial analysis across several industries and geographies. • Executed client engagements, including for a seminal project on investment opportunities and TCFD-relevant climate transition risks affecting the agriculture, forestry, and land use sectors.• Engaged with a wide range of stakeholders, including global corporations and investors.

• Founded, fundraised, and marketed a first-of-its-kind fintech platform: Myolo, which helps consumers get bids from mulitple lenders through a universal cloud-integrated mortgage application. • Managed relationships with lenders, consumers, financial regulators, and investors.• Executed B2B and B2C marketing strategies to scale up users and clients. • Won finalist and semi-finalist awards in multiple startup pitch competitions.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Formed, directed, and managed the Private Climate Finance Group within WRI with support from senior leadership across the Institute. • Devised and implemented 5-year, board-approved, strategies related to harnessing private climate investment across several industry and environmental verticals. • Managed and mentored project staff within the private and public climate finance groups and across the Institute (3-6 staff)• Executed media and communications strategies, and formed partnerships with external investment partners, foundations, government bodies, and corporations.• Fundraised and managed a six-figure group budget, and helped grow a multi-million dollar Institute budget on climate finance.

New York, Ny, Us

• Selected through a firm wide search to be part of and launch the Firm’s first impact investment group• Developed and managed relationships with microfinance bank institutions (MFIs) while analyzing their capital structure and risk management processes. • Conducted credit due diligence of MFIs in South/Central Asia and Africa.• Led the writing process for one of the first publications on evaluating MFI creditworthiness.

New York, Ny, Us

• Created financial models, reports and presentations to assist municipalities, transportation agencies and higher education institutions access capital markets through cash bond and interest rate derivative strategies.• Analyzed debt structures and portfolios to identify efficient methods of bond issuance, credit management and refinancing, allowing clients to achieve ~4% average cost savings and improved asset-liability management.• Provided quantitative coverage on bond deals totaling over $3.5 billion for clients including the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corporation and the Texas Department of Transportation.

• Assisted preparation of initial budget and board presentations for the Institute.• Conducted research and analysis on comparisons of international housing finance markets and mortgage products for Dr. Susan Wachter.

Boston, Ma, Us

• Conducted statistical and financial analyses on clients, competitors and industry to evaluate client performance and potential within the medical equipment and maintenance repair operations industries• Produced time-sensitive client presentations and research reports within a highly team-oriented environment

B.S. Economics, Finance And Mathematics (Minor)

Foreign Language Study, Mandarin

Teaching Assistant, Urban Real Estate Economics