Ashish Kumar
Driving Data-Led Transformation | Private Credit & Private Markets | Data Operations & Strategy Leader
- Role
- Director, Data Partnership - Edo Lending Solutions & Private Markets at S&P Global
- Location
- Hyderabad, TG, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ashish Kumar
Forward-thinking Leader with 17 years’ demonstrated success leading large, culturally diverse teams in Data Operations & Investment Banking. Proficient at identifying inefficient/ nonproductive issues, with a keen eye for innovation to implement impactful process improvements to achieve cost savings & increased productivity. Proven track record aligning corporate vision with day-to-day operations in continually evolving data product environment, with strong knowledge of S&P workflows and data collection policies and practices.Expertise: Extensive experience in creating & executing Transaction Mandates, Operations and Performance Management, Strategic Planning and Resource Development, Funds/ Industry research & analysis, Project Management.
Experience
Director, Data Partnership - Edo Lending Solutions & Private Markets
May 2024 — Present · Hyderabad, IN
I lead Data Partnership across Lending Solutions and Private Markets, working across business leadership, operations, vendors, and technology to ensure highly automated, client-critical data workflows scale reliably as volumes and complexity increase. My role focuses on designing and governing operating models that hold up under pressure — not just delivering short-term output.In Lending Solutions, I steward an ecosystem where the majority of processing is automation-led, with residual manual work managed deliberately through vendor strategy, contract governance, and continuous AI improvement. I work closely with product and engineering teams to prioritize automation enhancements, while partnering with business and operations leadership to keep cost, quality, and turnaround predictable during demand spikes.Across Private Credit and Private Markets, I enable growth by aligning business expectations with operational reality — strengthening identity and reference-data foundations, improving end-to-end ownership across interconnected workflows, and shaping document and VDR automation strategies that reduce long-term manual dependency. A core part of my role is translating complex, multi-stakeholder requirements into scalable solutions that balance speed, control, and sustainability.Key focus areas:• Financial data & workflow operating models• Automation governance & AI-assisted processing• Vendor strategy, contracts & capacity management• Private Credit & Private Markets enablement• Business–Ops–Tech partnership & risk containment
Education
SIB - School of Investment Banking | Mumbai
Financial Analysis & Valuation
2009
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Executive Program, Finance
2008 — 2009
ICFAI Business School | Bangalore
Bachelor of Business Management (Honours), Banking & Finance
2002 — 2005
Skills
- Research
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Strategy
- Management
- Valuation
- Investment Banking
- Mergers
- Competitive Analysis
- Financial Modeling
- Corporate Finance
- Industry Analysis
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