Head of Strategic Partnership Execution
Nishant is the Head of Strategic Partnership Execution at Capoeira Partners where he works closely with the team in pursuit of the vision to connect, elevate and advance founder-led alternative asset managers.
Nishant has deep experience in both the investment and operational due diligence of alternative asset managers. He started his career as a cancer researcher at McGill University in Montreal, where he developed a passion for trading biotech stocks, prompting his move into finance. In 2012, he joined a large Toronto-based multi-family office, Westcourt Capital, where he was intimately involved in the development and management of both qualitative and quantitative consolidated client reporting as well as alternative asset manager due diligence among a wide breadth of asset classes. In 2017, Nishant opened his own businesses, which consisted of multi-family real estate rentals as well as restaurant investments. He then joined Polar Asset Management Partners in 2022 to manage the operational due diligence functions of the business development team for both retail and institutional investors.
Nishant completed his B.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry at Concordia University, Montreal in 2006 and his M.Sc. in Biochemistry at McGill University, Montreal in 2008, followed by his MBA at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in 2012. He is the recipient of many science and business-based academic awards, including the MBA gold medal and Scotiabank fellowship in finance for achieving the highest GPA among all the MBA programs at the John Molson School of Business. He is also an inductee into various academic honours societies. Nishant is a CFA charterholder. He lives in downtown Toronto with his wife and son.
“In my career I have always had the good fortune of being involved in elevating businesses and I love watching them grow and flourish.”
