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Hello,
I am currently a private equity professional and also teach in master's programs at prestigious universities, CFA training programs, and mentoring programs in France to help motivated young students reach their full potential and succeed in their dream careers.
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Disha Mohta is an Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley, where she supports complex transactions across the asset management and insurance sectors, including a $25B+ crypto-asset management IPO and a $100M preferred equity issuance for a leading alternative asset manager. She brings prior experience from Blackstone’s Credit platform, Ariel Investments, and NextGen Growth Partners, where she developed deep analytical capabilities across structured credit, public equities, and private equity deal evaluation.
Disha graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Economics and a B.S. in Data Science (Honors). At UChicago, she co-founded and served as President of the UChicago Credit Group, was a Maroon Key Society honoree, and competed as a four-time MVP varsity badminton athlete. She is passionate about credit investing, market structure, and financial technology, and outside of work enjoys running, K-dramas, and traveling.
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I’m an Associate at Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm focused on software and business services, and I came to PE after about three years on Rothschild & Co’s M&A team. I studied Economics and Global Affairs at Yale. I am passionate about leveraging artificial intelligence to make my work, and my portfolio companies, more efficient.
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- He has been in Investment Banking for 8 years now with a focus on industrial, retail and consumer products, business and corporate finance services
- Previously spent 4 years as a Senior Audit Associate
- Bachelors in Accounting
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- Currently working in a family office based in Hong Kong
- Previously worked at Goldman Sachs as an Associate in the M&A team
- Conversational proficiency in Mandarin
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I am a results-driven M&A professional with 10 years of experience and a track record of approximately 50 successfully executed transactions. I have developed strong expertise across both buy-side and sell-side advisory, with a particular focus on the consumer goods sector. I have established strong and long-standing professional relationships with leading private equity firms in Italy, developed through extensive collaboration across multiple transactions.
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- Holding company executive with investment banking and operations experience
- Conduct market research to identify select markets to enter via acquisition and organic growth
- Create growth plans for business divisions
- Lead acquisition execution
- Raise equity and debt for leveraged buyouts and organic growth
- Develop integration plans for acquired portfolio companies
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- Investment manager with 10+ experience
- Co-founded a growth-stage VC firm 4 years ago and co-managed it since then, current AUM >$70m, 11 companies incl. Deliveroo, Lime, Glovo, McMakler, Wefox, Meero
- Previously worked in two Investment Banks in CEE for 6 years, as a project leader, managed execution of M&A deals worth >$150m
- MA in International Economics, BA in International Law, MBA in Public Administration
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Jan-David Kohrt is a strategic advisor with two decades of professional experience, working at the intersection of investments, finance, economic development, and government.
Leveraging a global perspective gained from extensive work across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, Jan-David has developed and executed strategies and led complex transformations for Sovereign Wealth Funds, Private Equity, Principal Investors, and Financial Institutions, in both top-tier management consulting and senior in-house roles. His work spans strategy development, investment planning and execution, and growth initiatives, alongside large-scale organizational transformations and portfolio value creation.
As an independent advisor, Jan-David works with investors, boards, C-suite, and leadership teams, spearheading special projects focused on strategy development and execution, portfolio value creation, organizational transformation, capacity building, and performance management.
Previously, as Head of Strategy at the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO), Jan-David played a pivotal role in shaping the organization’s setup, macro-economic strategy, and growth plan. He designed and executed a 3-year organizational and investment strategy, led performance management across the organization, and provided senior counsel on high-stakes, priority initiatives.
Before that, Jan-David held senior positions at the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds, and at Emirates NBD, a leading financial institution in the Middle East. He began his career with McKinsey & Company in Germany, working in the Private Equity and Financial Institutions practice.
Jan-David brings a diverse skill set, including strategy planning and implementation, project management, restructuring, and cost improvement programs, as well as managing complex organization-wide transformation and growth programs that have delivered significant improvements in operating results, process efficiencies, and management effectiveness, while achieving sustainable socio-economic impact.
A German national, Jan-David holds an MBA from IESE Business School in Barcelona, a Bachelor in Business from Dublin City University, and a Diploma in European Business from Reutlingen University. He lives in Dubai with his two children and partner, and enjoys Padel tennis, hiking, and reading.
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Over 5 years of investment banking experience focusing on equity financing transactions and M&A; Advised clients across different sectors such as real estate, chemical, pharmaceuticals, TMT, conglomerate, consumer and utilities.
Frequently Asked Questions
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The WSO mentor service runs at a very slight profit (~5-10% net margin) in order to help motivate amazing professionals to provide great (free) advice in the forums (many mentors have green "mentor" buttons next to their usernames) which strengthens the entire WSO community. Luckily, there is a surprising number of elite professionals within the WSO community that love giving back to motivated candidates. We also recently automated the mentor matching with an algo that helps reduce the manual work needed on the backend should a requested mentor not be available. Prices range from as low as $57 up to $997 depending on the package you purchase and the mentor you select. Given the success of our service and the number of repeat clients we have, we know that we can afford to run on thin profit margins and serve thousands of applicants. We also know that many of you will follow the advice of our mentors and invest in additional courses and/or services from WSO.
After checking out, your request will immediately be sent to the mentor you selected. You will be expected to fill our some basic information (location, industry preference, etc) along with upload a Word version of your resume in order to help the mentor decide if they feel like they are a great match. As soon as they accept (usually within ~9-12 hours), an email will be sent making an introduction. Your mentor will introduce him/herself and then proceed to review your current resume and/or offer times when you can connect for a mentor session. Over the following days, you will schedule a time that is mutually convenient for you initial phone call to go over what you need help with (mock interview, career consultation and/or both). If you would like to continue with this mentor, you can schedule more hours anywhere from 1 hour to 3+ hours with him/her over the following weeks & months.
Typically the match happens within 12hrs. If your preferred mentor has not responded within 9 hours or they indicate they can't take you on as a mentor, we will notify other top mentors that have the most in common with the mentor you selected (based on our matching algo). These backup mentors will indicate to you if they are available and you have the choice to move forward with one of them, get a refund or wait longer for your preferred mentor. If for whatever reason we cannot match you in time and/or there are no mentors that are available that you'd like to work with, we will refund your purchase in full, no questions asked.
We have an incredible team of 1,000+ dedicated mentors across top firms all around the world. Our #1 goal is to make sure you are placed in the hands of the most competent and detail-oriented professional in your specific target industry. This coupled with our strict process ensures a smooth and thorough experience. Why do we use actual professionals? The answer is simple: they are the ones ACTUALLY SCREENING APPLICATIONS for their own firms! They know what it takes to make it out of the trash pile and into the interview pile. On top of this, since we have been doing mentor sessions for over a decade across THOUSANDS of clients, we are able to immediately identify a top mentor and feed them more clients to ensure happy customers like you (due to our strict screening process). Our team includes investment bankers at all the top bulge brackets and elite boutique banks as well as private equity, hedge fund and VC professionals at the most prestigious funds. We also have reviewers at the top management consulting firms in the world, elite prop trading firms, top corporate finance roles as well as other related finance careers.
Usually these are all self-limiting beliefs, but if you're unsure if we are a good match for you, please send us a quick email to [email protected] and we can send over some bios if we think there might be a potential good match for you.
Too Young / Too Inexperienced: We do NOT recommend our mentor service until you at least have at least some relevant WORK experience that we can leverage. For the young clients out there, this means an internship, ideally in your target or related industry. If you are still in high school, it is unlikely that you have this experience. The earliest we'd recommend doing a mentor session is early freshman or early sophomore year as you prepare for summer internship recruiting. If you have no relevant experience then it probably doesn't make sense to sign up for the service. Our mentors are amazing, but they aren't magicians. If you tell us you really want to be in Investment Banking or Private Equity (for example) and everything in your background points to law or medicine, it's going to be an uphill battle. On the other hand, if you have unrelated experience but you have started the transition process by taking relevant classes and joining relevant clubs and associations, we'd love to work with you. You may not be the most competitive candidate, but we will highlight the most relevant education and functions at your current job that would translate well across industries.
Too Old / Too Experienced: We DO recommend our mentor service for more experienced professionals that are looking to make a transition or have an interview coming up. We have several very senior mentors that can answer the tough questions and make sure you are up to date on the latest trends in your target industry. However, before you move forward, we encourage you to give yourself an honest assessment. If you are looking to make the transition and have not made any steps outside of considering this mentor program, you probably aren't ready. If you've taken steps (education, new degrees, courses, etc) and feel like you're ready, we're on board and eager to help!
Yes, but if you have a negative attitude you are unlikely to have success. If you think a mentor session is an automatic referral, please don't bother to hire us.
Yes, our mentors often do refer our clients for open positions at their firms (over 20%), however, this should not be asked of our mentors to avoid a conflict of interest and it should not be expected as part of the service. It is up to you to impress the mentor if this is your goal, however, we believe you can gain much more out of the experience by being honest about your weaknesses and concerns with the mentor so there can be an open dialogue on how to improve your chances.
The only discounts are for larger packages and more hours purchased at once. This is an incredibly labor intensive 1-on-1 service using finance professionals that typically make well over $200/hr and are doing this primarily to give back.
This is a personal question and the answer is naturally subjective. If you are serious about landing a job in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, trading, asset management, management consulting or any other competitive industry, it's more than likely that the answer to that question is a resounding "YES".
Career services advisers at your school are not screening applications for interviews...neither are your classmates. If you do happen to have a friend in the industry, are they going to take the hours necessary to give you a realistic mock interview? Odds are that their time is limited outside the office and if they do give you some guidance, it won't be as thorough as our expert mentors. If you look at the competitive nature of recruiting nowadays, why would leave your application up to chance when many of these jobs pay well over $100,000?
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