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The People Behind
Convexium

A team of chartered analysts, data scientists, quant experts, and fintech architects who are united by a commitment to rigour, transparency, and building technology that actually works for the investment landscape.

Avnish Gupta
Chief Executive Officer

Avnish Gupta

Avnish is an experienced technical architect, building scalable and secure data infrastructure, enabling growth and higher profitability for the Fintechs. He co-founded Convexium (Financial Analytics division of Netsity) in 2007 and has helped many financial institutions develop technology frameworks, design and architect technology solutions, manage full stack development teams.

His razor sharp focus is on aligning project outcomes with client’s business goals, their funding targets, top line growth and strategic initiatives. Avnish is a Fintech expert and has successfully executed projects by bringing in his extensive knowledge with machine learning, data science, blockchain technology, and fintech software frameworks. He holds Engineering Degree in Computer Science from Pune University (B.E. batch of 1993).

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Rajnish Gupta
Head of Strategy

Rajnish Gupta, CFA

Rajnish has extensive experience of hedge funds industry, lending business, SME credit, supply chain management with bulk buyers of agriculture commodities, inclusive finance and value chain financing with farmer groups and collectors. He co-founded Convexium in 2007 (Financial Analytics division of Netsity) and has also helped hedge funds scale up their operations, streamline middle office functions, have robust risk management frameworks, and meet regulatory compliance requirements as per various fund regimes in Europe. Rajnish holds Chartered Financial Analyst, CFA (ICFAI, 1997) and MBA in Finance (1996), alongwith Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Computers Science (1994).

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Gautam Sabhnani
Head of Investment Advisory

Gautam Sabhnani

Gautam, a seasoned investment professional with a passion for guiding HNWI and family office clients towards financial success. He ensures that the financial strategies developed are tailored to clients specific circumstances. Using a deep understanding of the financial markets and a client-centric approach, Gautam has established a reputation as a trusted advisor in the investment industry. With 30+ years of experience in the financial industry, he specializes in financial advisory, investment planning and portfolio management, offering tailored solutions that align with each client’s unique financial situation and objectives.

Geeta Gupta
Head of Artificial Intelligence

Geeta Gupta

Geeta heads the Fintech Analytics division, where she identifies the machine learning models, development frameworks, big data infrastructure components and maps them to the real world business problems. With a solid understanding of various technologies, she works closely with the financial institutions, product companies, developer communities, and experts. She co-founded Convexium in 2007 (Financial Analytics division of Netsity) and has extensive experience in defining use-cases, helping with building solution architecture, and walk through the journey of finding product-market fit. She is very much hands-on with full stack AI model development and works closely with technical team at Convexium. Geeta holds M.Tech. in Data Science (2022), Masters of Computer Applications (MCA, 1997) and BSc Computers degree (1994).

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Neeraj Agrawaal
Head of Compliance

Neeraj Agrawaal

Neeraj is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive Compliance and Regulatory strategy at Convexium. He also works in close coordination with our clients and advises them on legal structures, compliance framework, regulatory reporting, and risk management. Neeraj is a seasoned Chartered Accountant and he has experience of more than 20 years in advising clients on cross-border taxation issues, structured finance, corporate restructuring, asset financing, equity and debt offerings. He is a subject matter expert on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) matters.

Arnav Gupta
Quant Analyst & Co-Founder, Quant & AI

Arnav Gupta

As a Co-Founder of the Quant & AI division, Arnav plays a crucial role in driving innovation in financial analysis. He leverages sophisticated financial metrics, statistical methods, and data science techniques to empower clients for informed decision-making. He employs a multifaceted approach to risk management, utilizes industry-standard tools for data analysis and visualization, and builds accurate robust model based on strategies. In a dynamic market, Arnav leverages advanced quantitative analysis, helping traders optimize strategies, make confident and accurate trading decisions based on the backtesting results of their current strategies. Arnav’s meticulous data preprocessing and model evaluation ensure clients receive comprehensive insights and reliable guidance. Catering to a diverse clientele including commodity players, family offices, hedge funds, and brokers, he is a quantitative analyst with a major in Mathematics.

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Aditi Gupta
Chief Data Architect & Co-Founder, Quant & AI

Aditi Gupta

Aditi leads the development and continuous enhancement of Convexium's regulatory reporting software. By combining deep quantitative expertise with hands-on product ownership, she ensures the platform stays technically current as ESMA standards evolve, new regulatory obligations emerge, and client fund structures grow in complexity. Holding a Master's in Data Science, her background in data architecture and quantitative modelling means the software is not just compliant, but it is built to the same standard of rigour that AIFMs and their regulators expect from the numbers inside it.

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Amin Mirarab
Advisor, Energy Commodities

Amin Mirarab

Amin has experience in the fast-paced world of commodity trading, with strong analytical skills he is effectively able to assess financial data and market trends. With a proven track record of success in buying, selling, and blending petroleum products he understands the consumer behaviour. Advisor to most major Commodity trading companies specializing in the Oil commodities. He also brings expertise in developing effective hedging strategies to mitigate risks and maximize profits. Amin holds a bachelors degree in Management (2013) and an MBA in Finance (2018)

Rajnish Paul
Head of Data Operations

Rajnish Paul

Paul has extensive experience in project management handling major accounts in the financial services sector, telecom, healthcare, high growth startups and product companies in US and UK. He manages Devops at Convexium across the full Financial analytics development lifecycle, Code, Build, Test, Package, Release, Configure, and Monitor. His responsibility is to ensure development and operations teams are not siloed, teams use tools & practices to automate development processes. In all the projects at Convexium, Paul takes the ownership, gets development teams to move with speed, increase the pace of releases, reliability and improved collaboration. He holds Engineering Degree in Computer Science from Pune University. (B.E. batch of 1993).

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