Partner, Ares Management
Mr. Bajpai has been in the finance industry for close to 30 years with wide ranging investment experience in Debt and Equity Markets across sectors and geographies. His spectrum of responsibilities have included senior roles in origination, execution, syndication, risk management, recoveries and proprietary trading of high grade, leveraged finance and distressed credits through multiple global and regional financial crises.
Mr. Bajpai is currently a Partner in the Ares Asia Group, where he leads the asset management for the fund portfolios. Additionally, Mr. Bajpai serves as a member of the Ares Asia Special Opportunities, Secured Lending and Direct Lending Fund Investment Committees.
Before joining Ares Asia in June 2016, Mr. Bajpai was with Bank of America Merrill Lynch for over 15 years, with various roles in Hong Kong and Singapore. At Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Ares Asia, Mr. Bajpai has successfully led complex recoveries and restructurings, many of which involved complex negotiations, judicial proceedings and arbitrations across multiple jurisdictions. Mr. Bajpai sits in the board of various companies in the region as part of his portfolio management activities. Mr. Bajpai is passionately involved with various charity efforts within Ares Asia as well as independently. He holds a Bachelor (Honors) Degree in Civil Engineering and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur.