Shailesh Jha leads DART Research at DART, the Consumer Internet team within Kotak Investment Bank, since July 2023. In his previous roles, he has been an investor (Kristal AI, SUN Group), research analyst (Credit Suisse), business analyst (ADCB), and a financial planner (SUN Group). He has experience across a wide range of asset classes (fixed income, currencies, macro, commodities, early stage VC, late stage PE) and industry sectors (gaming, space-tech, oil & gas, metals). He has lived and worked in India, China, Singapore and UAE. Shailesh holds a dual degree in BE/MSc (Engineering and Finance) from BITS Pilani (India) and an MBA from CEIBS (Shanghai, China). He can be reached on DART.Research@kotak.com.