Gaurav Chawla
Role: Associate
Gaurav is a deep tech and fintech entrepreneur. He is currently co-founder and Exec Chair of Renew Risk, a scale-up focussing on financialisation of renewable energy; and CEO of Lumirithmic, a Computer Graphics & AI start-up.
He has 20 years experience as a trader, investment banker and then a tech/ product specialist and deep tech entrepreneur. His expertise lies in product build, commercialization and sales of B2B enterprise tech/fintech/hardtech. He is also serving as Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EIR) at Imperial College London, supporting them in deep tech commercialisation.
Gaurav has a deep technical background in engineering, fintech, data science, and computer science, and has held leading technical/product roles at GE, RBS, Morgan Stanley, and IHS Markit (now S&P), complemented with experience in product marketing and sales, patent protection, product launch and everything tech! He has co-authored several publications and is also co-inventor of multiple patents.
He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT, Delhi), and holds MS (Engineering), MS (Mathematical Finance) and MBA (Finance, Accounting) from Georgia Tech, as well as an LLB (equivalent of Juris Doctor) in Intellectual Property Law from University of London. He is also a CFA and FRM charter holder.