Vivek Vasudevan

About Vivek Vasudevan

With over 15 years of experience in fixed income derivatives, I am a passionate and driven leader who delivers innovative and tailored solutions to US sponsors, infrastructure, and natural resources clients. My mission is to help them achieve their financial goals, optimize their capital structure, and manage their interest rate and FX risks. As the Head of US Sponsor, Infrastructure, Natural Resources Sector at Citi, I leverage my expertise in project finance, ABS, and private credit markets to create value for the firm and the clients.In my current role, I am responsible for the origination, structuring, and execution of fixed income derivative solutions for the US Sponsors, Infrastructure, Natural Resources Clean Energy Transition (NRCET), and Real Estate sectors. I advise treasury teams and CFOs on interest expense and free cash flow generation strategies. I also devise structured finance lending solutions that are more cost-efficient than traditional capital market offerings. Some of the notable deals I have executed include a $1 billion deal contingent interest rate swap for a leading infrastructure fund, a $2 billion hedge for a global natural resources company, and a $1bn swap for a clean energy transition firm. I use my skills in project finance, fixed income derivatives, and structured finance to deliver high-quality results and build long-term relationships with the clients.

Experience

1. Corporate Solutions Group, Head of Us Sponsor, Infrastructure, Natural Resources Sector

   Citi

   Oct 2010 — Present

   Responsible for the origination, structuring and execution of fixed income derivative solutions to US Sponsors, Infrastructure, Natural Resources Clean Energy Transition (NRCET) sectorsOver 15 years of experience growing sector coverage with a proven track record of executing deals across Investment Grade, High Yield, Project Finance, ABS, and Private Credit Markets Advise Treasury teams and CFOs around interest rate and FX risk management strategies that solve for interest expense reduction, free cash flow generation, and forecasting certainty on debt capital structureDevising bespoke structured finance solutions as cost efficient solutions compared to traditional capital markets lending productsGlobal Head of Corporate Rates and FX ESG Team responsible for increasing sustainability linked risk management offerings to corporate clients

Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  BS

Skills

• Foreign Exchange Risk Management
• Investment Banking
• Fixed Income
• Rates
• Capital Markets
• Bloomberg
• Interest Rate Derivatives
• Interest Rate Risk Management
• Treasury
• Derivatives
• Loan Origination
• Corporate Finance
• Interest Rate Hedging