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Mr. Amit Agarwal

President & Head - Private Credit, Edelweiss Alternaves


Amit Agarwal has 2 decades of experience in Private Credit & Special Situation financing, corporate financing, Investments, deal structuring, deal origination, restructuring, performance improvement & turnaround management, acquisition financing, investment banking and corporate finance.

Amit is one of the founding members of the Private Credit business at Edelweiss and has played key role in business development and growth. He has significant relationships across banks, promoters and market participants. He currently has direct oversight over $4.5 billion of assets across performing credit, real estate credit and special situations fund.

He has led acquisition/investment in across strategies and has been instrumental in resolution of large assets in the special situation fund. He has been involved in managing the entire lifecycle of large investment and creating exit strategies in several assets.

Prior to Edelweiss, Amit was associated with ARCIL, the first ARC in India, and was a part of strategic business group where he played a key role in portfolio monitoring and analysis. He has also worked with PricewaterhouseCoopers earlier in Management consulting.

Amit is an All India Rank-holder Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the Lucknow University too.