GAURAV JOSHI

SENIOR ADVISOR
RISK ASSESSMENT / FINANCING SOLUTIONS
MUMBAI / INDIA

Gaurav is a seasoned Investment Banker and Capital Market professional with a 25 plus years’ experience. He has expertise in risk assessment and credit, project finance, advisory services to Foreign Portfolio Investors and global investment banks serving Corporates, Sovereigns and Financial Institutions in the Asia Pacific Region.

For around a decade in Deutsche Bank across Asia Pacific, the job profile involved working in rating advisory solutions team part of the Capital Market Treasury Solutions group advising  clients on credit positioning that included debt capacity associated with strategic decisions. Gaurav took the lead in advising one of the BRICS nations in their annual rating reviews besides having advised world's leading energy transition and decarbonization solutions company in their capital market transactions where he was the sole ratings advisor for the Restricted Group Ratings. He also advised a large Indian Infrastructure group on the inaugural ratings for an airport asset.

Subsequent to his tenure in the Deutsche Bank, Gaurav has worked as a Consultant with Investec, assisting in Rating Advisory and Internal Credit Evaluation and deal execution. And in his tenure prior to joining Deutsche Bank, he worked in the Indian subsidiary of the world’s largest rating agency as a member of the global ratings team overseeing their project finance and infrastructure business.

Early in his career, Gaurav has also worked with one of the largest public sector banks in India mainly in the project finance space and appraised/opined on more than 100 corporate/ infrastructure projects. Gaurav began his career in industry with one of the largest steel manufacturers in India.

On the academic and professional qualifications front, apart from an undergraduate program in Business Management with Honors from Delhi University, Gaurav is also a Chartered Accountant (CA) and a Cost Accountant (CWA).