Alternative Investments Technology: Bridging the Gap - Paperback

by Ankur Agarwal (Author)

This book offers a practical roadmap for planning, designing, and executing a program of business transformation using strategic technology solutions and serves as a resource for anyone in private equity/venture capital firms responsible for implementing changes or making key strategic decisions.

Author Biography

Ankur Agarwal has worked in the technology sector for nearly 24 years and is currently the co-founder and chief technology officer at PE Front Office. Previously, Ankur was the Enterprise Architect with Actis, a private equity firm with a focus on emerging markets, where he was responsible for the technology arm of all the business systems of the firm. At Actis, Ankur played a key role in defining and owning business systems landscape and delivery including off- the- shelf and bespoke solutions from both technical and functional perspective.

Prior to this, Ankur was at Sapient Corporation (now Publicis Sapient), a consulting company providing business, marketing, and technology services to the clients, and worked as a lead program architect on several large engagements for clients in various business domains like insurance, travel, media, and telecom.

Ankur has employed his leadership skills and technology expertise to define, design, and implement many large and complex business solutions internationally, across many sectors and, for last 15 years, has been focused on alternative investments technology. During his career he has worked with organizations such as Lloyds of London, Hilton Hotels, General Motors, Avis, News International, Ares Asia, PAG, Edelweiss Alternatives, SIDBI, Sanari Capital, Chiratae Ventures, Samara Capital, 27four Investment Managers, SC Lowy, Silverdale Group, and RMB Ventures.