Akila Narayanan, CFA is an affiliated Vice President and provides services for valuation and financial analysis of partnership interests, business interests, and financial instruments. Ms. Narayanan has extensive experience in valuations of securities for private equity and corporate clients for financial reporting and tax purposes. Ms. Narayanan specializes in the valuation of complex securities including privately-held debt, warrants, embedded derivatives and convertible debt.

Ms. Narayanan has significant experience in intangible asset valuations and emerging company valuations with complex capital structures. Additionally, she has worked extensively on valuations for estate and gift tax purposes.

Ms. Narayanan previously worked as a Treasury manager for RHI Finance ApS, Denmark, optimizing global cash management operations, including cash pooling, structured financing and foreign exchange transactions. Ms. Narayanan also has over five years of experience as a portfolio manager for SBI Mutual Fund, India, managing assets of over $350 million.

Ms. Narayanan has a master’s degree in business administration with an emphasis on finance and economics from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India, and a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from Anna University, Chennai, India. Ms. Narayanan was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 2007 and is a member of the CFA Society of Washington, DC.