Karan Bhatia
SENIOR PARTNER
Karan Bhatia has over 15 years of experience, majority of it in the asset management and credit industry. He has managed and run a successful credit business in India (NBFC), managed portfolio of credit investments in Asia and USA and been part of two successful credit funds.
Most recently, he was the MD and CEO of X10 Finance, a NBFC focused on supply chain finance solutions for SMEs in India. With X10, he successfully built and managed 400 CR of lending with no NPAs, within 24 months.
Prior to X10, Karan worked at Deutsche Bank, part of the Strategic Investment Group, focusing on investments in special situations across Asia. He was a key member of the team which held a $500MM credit focussed portfolio across SE Asia with a strong focus on India.
He has been part of two credit funds, Mason Capital and Puma, in New York. He was a key member of the $500 MM credit fund at Mason Capital, in-charge of an independent book of over $100 MM. He looked at credit across the capital structure including senior secured to mezzanine and unsecured.
At Puma, he was part of the core investment team, helping them raise $250MM. He managed a distressed and high yield portfolio of over $100MM.
Karan brings an extensive credit and investment experience across global markets, an excellent ability to interpret market trends and has a detailed understanding of financial products for banks and NBFCs. All of these will help Fairconnect in identifying the right investment opportunities and analysing nd structuring the right products for borrowers. He has unique combination of experience as an investment professional with a deep understanding of credit and an entrepreneur in the Indian lending space to understand operational issues and challenges for this space, which will be a great advantage in monitoring portfolio companies and mitigating risk.
Mr. Bhatia is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), has an MBA from New York University Stern School of Business and a MS in Computer Science from the University of Southern California.