Jason Daniel

• Assisted in organizing and overseeing Investigative Due Diligence engagements for multinational clients to identify and minimize risk and make critical decisions with confidence.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams on multiple engagements including pre-M&A due diligence, financial crimes and disputes investigation, and AML, to drive business growth and achieve corporate objectives.
• Communicated with clients regularly through emails, zoom calls, and in-person meetings, to understand their needs, address concerns, and provide timely follow-ups, to develop strong relationships, enhance customer satisfaction and retention.
• Liaised with team members and vendors to coordinate activities, provisioning, and follow-up to facilitate smooth communication and project completion.
• Mentored junior staff members on best practices for project management, intelligence gathering methodologies and team collaboration skills, fostering a supportive work environment.

Key Projects

• Project Lead on a post-acquisition integrity due diligence engagement on an India based multinational flexible packaging company for an India based HNWI and Family Office. Open source and proprietary databases research including PEP,sanctions and compliance checks and market intelligence enquiries identified political affiliations, outstanding litigations, undisclosed related parties and transactions, unethical business practices and corporate governance issues. Financial Analysis identified that the company was outperforming its direct and indirect competitors/peers.
• Assisted on a internal investigation engagement for an India based logistics company based on allegations by senior management of misappropriation of funds by certain employees. Email and mobile reviews, transaction testing and interviews identified inflation of bills and expenses, and process lapses in documentation.
• Assisted a UK based global investment firm in a pre-acquisition integrity due diligence engagement on an India based renewable energy company. Identified sources of funding, credit history, modus operandi, businesses in tax havens and promoters and projects track record. The deal was eventually signed at a valuation of USD 310 million.

Key Achievements

• Rapidly promoted from Senior Executive (2018-2019) to Assistant Manager (2019-2021), and then to Deputy Manager (2021-2023), demonstrating exceptional performance and leadership capabilities.
• Recipient of "Star of the Quarter" (November 2021, November 2019 and August 2019), and "Outstanding Contributor Award" (September 2018.

• Conducted research on several due diligence engagements such as Third-Party Due Diligence, KYC, and Vendor Screening to identify potential risks for multinational clients.

Key Projects

• Assisted on a risk assessment engagement by leveraging open source research to identify political risks involved in collaborating with businesses set up in the Middle East.
• Assessed internal ratings on subsidiaries and vendors of a well-renowned Indian multinational conglomerate by leveraging open source and proprietary databases, to benchmark their compliance with industry standards.

Key Achievements

• Assisted on 200+ quick turn around Third Party Due Diligence engagements on targets companies in the oil and gas, transportation, maritime, and logistics industry, among others.