Alistair joined Hollyport in 2021 as an Investment Associate in the London office, and focusses on appraising potential investment opportunities. This includes financial modelling and due diligence of private equity funds and fund managers to formulate the investment thesis, as well as supporting with the transfer process and legals for successful transactions. Alistair also works to source potential opportunities through outreach to market participants.
Alistair started his career at PwC in the banking and capital markets assurance practice, before transferring to the transaction services team. Alistair performed detailed valuations across a variety of buy-side and sell-side transactions, with a special focus on the banking sector.
Alistair graduated with a BSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Bath, which included a semester at City University, Hong Kong, and is ACA qualified. Outside of work, Alistair enjoys playing football and squash.
Aashay joined Hollyport in 2021 as an Associate in the investment team, based in the London office. His role focusses on developing, modelling, and formulating the investment thesis for potential transactions, and supporting with the legals and transfer processes for successful deals. He reaches out to fund managers and potential vendors to source business and build relationships.
Aashay is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW. He graduated from the University of Nottingham with a First Class BSc in Economics. He speaks fluent Spanish and Hindi, and is conversant in French.
Aashay was born in India but spent most of his childhood in Spain. This multi-cultural background has helped him develop strong people skills – alongside a passion for football and cricket!
Outside of the office, Aashay enjoys being on the golf course and is working to improve his technique.
Dani joined Hollyport in 2021 as an Associate in the New York investment team. His role covers all aspects of the investment appraisal process; valuing businesses, modelling financials and performing due diligence on private equity managers to form the investment thesis. Since joining Hollyport Dani has deepened his knowledge of the secondaries industry, regularly reaching out to vendors, PE managers and intermediaries. He is now developing his knowledge of macroeconomics.
Before joining Hollyport, Dani was a Senior Associate at Duff & Phelps in the alternative asset advisory department. His role included the valuation of illiquid securities for hedge funds, private equity funds, and business development corporations.
Dani has a BSc in Finance and is a Chartered Financial Accountant (CFA), and also speaks Hebrew. Outside of the office, Dani supports the Mets, Jets, and Nets; and enjoys scrolling FinTwit.
Mrudula joined Hollyport in 2021 as an Investment Associate in the New York office. She appraises potential investment opportunities, performing the financial modelling and due diligence of private equity funds and fund managers to formulate an investment thesis. She also supports the transfer process and legals for successful transactions.
Mrudula’s previous experience in leveraged finance has given her strong financial analysis and company valuation skills that she employs in her current role. She also uses her outreach and external communication skills to strategically network with players across the market.
Prior to joining Hollyport Mrudula worked in the diversified industries leveraged finance group at Capital One.
Mrudula has a BBA in Finance from the University of Texas. In her free time, she likes to travel, cook, and spend quality time with friends and family.
