Ankur Murarka

Strategy and investment professional with 3+ years of experience supporting private equity funds, corporate development teams, and investment banks across deal origination, market assessment, commercial due diligence, and investment screening.

Experience includes identifying acquisition targets, conducting industry analysis, building investment theses, competitor benchmarking, and preparing client-ready presentations. MBA in Finance from Department of Financial Studies and FRM certified. Experienced working with global clients across APAC, EMEA, and North America.

Senior Analyst at Ernst and Young Global Delivery Service India LLP (2022-06 – Present)

Origination Team

• Screened and evaluated deal pipelines for PE sponsors, focusing on market landscaping, investment thesis customization, EY insights, and market timing
• Developed over 10+ origination decks covering business overviews, market perspectives, competitive landscapes, investment theses, value creation opportunities, and key diligence issues
• Analyzed and presented divestment scenarios for a global capital goods company and an industrial conglomerate using SOTP valuation and broker comments
• Enhanced a proprietary model for identifying underperforming segments and undervalued companies, increasing predictive accuracy by 12% through z-score analysis

Senior Analyst at Ernst and Young Global Delivery Service India LLP (2022-06 – Present)

Strategy Team (EY Parthenon)

• Lead a 3-member team to develop an investment strategy for the coastal tourism sector for a Middle Eastern government body, presenting a current state assessment and global benchmarking of coastal destinations
• Developed a POV deck on "Applying Consumer Trends to Merchandising Strategy" with a partner in the consumer practice, presented at the National Hardware Show in Las Vegas
• Evaluated the business plan of a Belgium-based EV-charging company, analyzing topline, energy sourcing policy, and gross margin against management projections for a CDD report for a prospective bidder
• Delivered business monitoring and performance assessment for a US manufacturing conglomerate across geographies (USA, UK, ROW, India), including competitor benchmarking across eCommerce, Retail, Hospitality, and Export channels against annual budgets and forecasts
• Conducted product-wise margin analysis for a manufacturing client, assessing demand–supply dynamics, warehousing, COGS, inventory, and marketing costs; supported development of 5-year strategic plans across geographies, channels, categories, brands, and new product launches
• Aided a GCC-based Early Childhood Authority in launching a nanny academy by designing and analysing two country-wide surveys (~1200 responses), benchmarking global institutes across different KPIs

MBA in Finance – University of Delhi (2020-05 – 2022-04)

BTech in Chemical Engineering – Heritage Institute of Technology (2016-05 – 2020-04)