Sandeep Gupta

Until recently Mr. Gupta was the Chief Credit Officer and Managing Director at ORIX Public Finance, where he helped oversee �$1.5 billion in High Yield and investment grade Municipal assets including bonds, direct loans, mezzanine and convertible debt. Prior to joining ORIX in 2009, Mr. Gupta was a Senior Portfolio Analyst at Highland Capital Management, LP where he helped manage a $1.5B corporate portfolio of commodities, chemical and industrial assets including senior loans, senior/sub high yield bonds, preferred and equity investments. Earlier in his career he was active in venture investments and was the co-founder and executive team member of two companies, C-bridge Internet Solutions and Cinoni Inc. Mr. Gupta is a CFA charter-holder and holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania where he was a Palmer Scholar. He also received an M.S in Chemical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame where he was a Union Carbide and Texaco Fellow, and a Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.