Saurin Shah
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Career Highlights:
-Global equity investing; especially in energy, metals & mining, agriculture, alternative energy/clean tech, autos, finance and technology. Top-down and bottom up skill sets. Passion for fundamental research and finding patterns in data, connections between global macro factors and microeconomic variables at company and industry level, and determining valuation.
-Author of a chapter on electrification of road transport in "Plug-In Electric Vehicles," edited by David Sandalow, published by Brookings Institution (2009).
-Lead researcher/co-author of buyside report by Alliance Bernstein on oil demand and hybrid vehicles (2006) - which has been cited in books, papers, and articles.
-Lead researcher/co-author of buyside report by Alliance Bernstein on investment implications of climate change (2008) - which has also been cited in several articles and books.
-Co-author of IMF working paper on value added taxes in the US (1993/94)
-Working with Ben Bernanke and others (in 1989-90) at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to understand past credit cycles, determine if US was in a credit crunch at that time and assessing potential impacts
-Working on the FX trading desk of the FRBNY and participating in massive intervention to support Scandavian currencies in the summer 1992 (Sweden raised rates from 20% to 500% in June 1992 when intervention proved insufficient)
-Advising leading multinational companies on growth strategies as strategy consultant
-Assisting in corporate deals/transactions totaling nearly $1 billion (equity, fixed income, & M&A) as deal manager & banking associate
Background:
Possess significant experience in investment (equity) / security research & analysis (top-down & bottoms up), macroeconomic research, investment banking, & strategy consulting. Considerable subject area expertise in energy, alternative energy, cleantech, consumer products, emerging markets, financials, transportation, technology, & utility sectors.