Conference Team

Arinze worked for ExxonMobil and Shell Oil Company for four years as an engineer, curating tech solutions, designing chemical production facilities, and tackling complex energy problems. A year before Wharton he moved to Nigeria to scale ethanol manufacturing where he found his interest in private equity. Pivoting to finance, he worked as an associate on the clean energy portfolio of Kapor Capital last summer and currently works as a private equity associate for a renewable energy fund. He has a strong interest in middle-market industrial private equity.

Ayesha is a first-year MBA students at The Wharton School. Prior to Wharton, Ayesha was an Investment Associate at Achieve Partners, a mid market private equity fund focused on investments in the healthcare, technology and education space. Prior to Achieve, Ayesha was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Company where she served private equity clients on due diligence and portfolio strategy, and private sector clients in the industrial and automotive space in the areas of organization, operations, restructuring and corporate strategy. During her time at McKinsey, Ayesha was involved with the McKinsey Center for Future of Mobility where she conducted research on talent requirements for jobs of the future in the autonomous mobility, urban development and ridesharing. Originally from Karachi, Pakistan, Ayesha graduated with a BA in English (Hons.) and a BSc. in Engineering from Smith College.

Christelle is a second-year MBA student at The Wharton School. Prior to Wharton, she was an Associate at StormHarbour Securities, an investment boutique based in Tokyo, Japan. She was primarily working on capital raising for a Silicon Valley fintech VC fund looking for Japanese investors. She also worked for a Japanese manufacturer where she was responsible for modernizing IT systems. During her first year at Wharton, she worked in-semester for Kiddie Kredit, a Fintech/Edtech startup where she helped the CEO with fundraising and the COO with operational tasks. During the summer, she interned at Edison Partners, a growth equity firm focused on Fintech, Healthcare IT, and Enterprise Solutions. Christelle graduated from Pierre and Marie Curie University (Paris 6) with a B.S. in math. She has lived on 4 continents and speaks 5 languages fluently.

Crystal is a first-year MBA student at The Wharton School. She works part-time at Collide Capital currently, helping source and evaluate early-stage tech investment opportunities. Prior to Wharton, she was a tech investor at Bessemer Venture Partners in the Bay Area, where she worked primarily on sourcing, diligencing and evaluating growth-stage enterprise SaaS and cloud software investments. Crystal graduated from Northwestern University in 2017 with a B.A. in mathematics and economics.

Devang is a second-year MBA student at The Wharton School. Prior to Wharton, he was an Associate at Warburg Pincus in its Singapore and Mumbai offices covering Southeast Asia and India respectively. During his time at Warburg Pincus, he worked on multiple sectors including financial services, technology, consumer, healthcare and real estate. During his time at Wharton, he spent the summer of 2022 with Warburg Pincus’ US technology investing team and was focused on enterprise SaaS businesses in North America. Devang will be returning to Warburg Pincus’ Singapore office as a Vice President after graduating from Wharton in 2023. Prior to investing, Devang also worked as a management consultant with BCG India in 2017-18 and graduated (Majors in Finance & Accounting) from St. Xavier’s College in 2015 while having completed his Chartered Accountancy (CPA-equivalent) in 2016 and International CFA in 2015.

Faye is a first-year MBA at Wharton pursuing majors in Finance and Management. Faye started her career as an Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies, transitioned to a Private Equity Associate at Strattam Capital, and was most recently a Manager at ThoughtSpot. She looks to continue working in Private Equity post MBA in 2024. Faye graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 2017 with a triple degree in B.A. in French, B.A. in Economics, and B.S. in Business.

Guy is a second-year MBA student at the Wharton school. Prior to Wharton, he served in the U.S. Navy as an F/A-18 pilot, deploying operationally and working in the Intelligence Community before separating with the rank of Lieutenant Commander. During his time at Wharton, he has gained experience working in investment banking and middle-market real estate private equity acquisitions. Guy graduated from the University of Virginia in 2011 with a B.S. in Commerce and Johns Hopkins University in 2020 with an M.S. in Applied Financial Economics. 

Harold is a second-year MBA student at the Wharton School. Prior to Wharton, he was an Engagement Manager at Deloitte Consulting, where he focused on transformation projects within the financial services industry. During his time at Wharton, he had an opportunity to intern at Cerberus Capital in Commercial Diligence practice. Harold was a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University in Beijing, where he earned a master’s degree in global affairs. Harold graduated from Columbia University, where he earned his BA in Economics & Statistics. 

Isabela is a first-year Joseph Wharton Fellow MBA student at The Wharton School. Prior to Wharton she worked at Alpine Investors managing their M&A transactions for one of Alpine’s subsidiaries. Before Alpine, Isabela worked for five years at JPMorgan focusing on public markets specifically cross-asset portfolio management within Asset & Wealth Management before switching to the Sales & Trading floor where she traded FX & Emerging Markets covering Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, and Central Banks. Isabela graduated with honors in 2017 from the University of Pennsylvania with a major in Political Science and Economics. 

Lisa is a first-year MBA student at The Wharton School. At Wharton, she is leading private equity treks in both New York and London as part of the Private Equity & Venture Capital Club. Prior to Wharton, she was a Vice President at Citi Private Bank where she worked closely with a number of global private equity founders and their firms. She graduated from Hamilton College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Chinese. 

Lydia is a third year law student and second-year MBA student at Penn Law and The Wharton School. Prior to Wharton, she worked at Goldman Sachs in Regulatory Project Management within their Consumer Bank. At Wharton and Penn Law, Lydia is specializing in Environmental, Social, and Governance topics and serves as an ESG Analytics Research Assistant and Student Attorney within the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic. After summering in their DC and London offices, Lydia will be returning full-time to Kirkland & Ellis DC as an associate in their ESG & Impact practice with a focus on ESG strategies for private equity clients. Lydia graduated from Cornell University in 2018 with a B.S. in Industrial & Labor Relations with concentrations in business and public policy.

Neil is a first-year MBA student at The Wharton School. Prior to Wharton, he was a Business Development Associate at AQR Capital Management, one of the largest hedge funds with $226 bn peak AuM, advising institutional investors on asset allocation, structuring custom client portfolios and fundraising. He spent significant time in both the Greenwich headquarter and the London office working with investors across the globe.

Neil graduated from Cornell University in 2018 with a B.S.in Fiber Science and Design Management.

Sanjana is a first-year MBA student at The Wharton School. Prior to Wharton, she was an Investment Banking Associate at Goldman Sachs where she worked primarily with clients in the Industrials and Natural Resources spaces across the New York and London offices. She plans to use her time at Wharton to explore the early stage impact investing space. Sanjana graduated from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business in 2018 with a BS. in Finance, Computing, & Data Science along with a minor in Psychology.

Swagat is a first-year MBA student at The Wharton School. Prior to Wharton, he was an investment professional at BPEA-EQT ($ 30 Bn AUM PE fund, merged with EQT in October’22) where he focused on enterprise technology buyout opportunities across tech services, health-tech, and software. Prior to BPEA-EQT, he was an investment banking analyst at Rothschild & Co. where he was part of the M&A group covering enterprise technology, consumer, and healthcare sectors. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Mumbai.

Ugo is a second year MBA. He was born in the suburbs of Chicago but move to Nigeria at age 6. After 10 years in Nigeria, Ugo left to completed high school in the U.S. at Georgetown Preparatory School, where he learned to play American football and received an offer to play at Butler University. Though he planned to pursue football professionally, his career was cut short due to an injury that occurred during a tryout for the Indianapolis Colts. At Butler University, Ugo majored in Computer Science.

Upon graduation, Ugo worked as a product owner at Eli Lilly. He was later promoted to Service Delivery Manager to lead the Enterprise Automation team in eliminating operational inefficiencies across the company.

This summer, Ugo interned for a search fund principle and at Bank Of America in Healthcare investment banking Group. He plans on working in Investment banking immediately after business school then pursuing entrepreneurship through acquisition.