After completing his school education in India, he earned a certification in International Baccalaureate from the American-British Academy. |
From June 2004 to August 2004, Nalin Moniz worked as a Summer Analyst at Lehman Brothers, an American global financial services firm, in New York, USA. |
In 2005, he completed a Minor in Mathematics course at the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, he also completed a Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology at the University of Pennsylvania. |
In July 2005, Nalin Moniz joined Goldman Sachs Group, an American multinational investment bank and financial services company in New York, USA, as a Portfolio Manager. He worked there till May 2009. |
In July 2009, he earned a certificate of Chartered Financial Analyst from CFA Institute, USA. |
In the same year, Nalin Moniz, who was 25 years old and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), left his job at Goldman Sachs with support from only one investor. He took the step when in 2008, a financial crisis in the USA made the future of the asset management industry uncertain. He went back to India to follow his dream. |
In July 2009, he, along with his wife, Radhika Gupta, started a company called Forefront Capital, combining his previous experience with a less-explored area in India, and began working as its director. After three years, Forefront Capital became the first officially licensed hedge fund in India. Nalin Moniz played a crucial role in creating a new part of the financial industry. He worked in Forefront Capital till May 2014. |
In May 2014, Nalin Moniz joined Edelweiss Asset Management Limited as its Chief Investment Officer (Alternative Equity). |
He led the emerging leaders (EL) program for Edelweiss for 4 years from August 2014 to June 2018. Since, June 2017, he has been working as a Mentor for Catholic youth at ‘Take Charge’ in Mumbai. |
In January 2019, Nalin Moniz began working as a Coach at SaBeR Fitness Centre in Mumbai, India. He coaches beginner triathlon aspirants. |
Apart from being an entrepreneur, he is a professional speaker who often delivers lectures on start-up ideas and their implementation at various renowned Indian educational institutions. In 2020, he delivered a webinar titled “CIO’s Insights: Alternative Equity Primer” in which he discussed the best practices under risk management and examined performance attribution of this high-growth asset category. |