Raja has deep expertise in technology and finance, he has helped organizations restructure operations, drive operational efficiency, leverage global talent and maximize capital deployment. He is an industry expert in sustainable energy generation & storage, solar, electrified mobility, autonomous systems, global supply chain management and the application of AI. He has worked extensively with both enterprises and consumers.

As CFO, CEO and Board Member of H1 (formerly Virgin Hyperloop One), Raja led the company’s restructuring and merger with DP World. Over three years, he restructured and reduced costs by over 70%, relocating key functions, securing IP and streamlining operations. Previously, as SVP at Motional, a Hyundai-Aptiv joint venture, he helped secure over $1 billion in investment.

Raja also held leadership roles at Panasonic and Toshiba, managing P&L business units, optimizing supply chains and costs. His expertise has been key in scaling startups, with three ventures he advised or led achieving a combined $10 billion exit.

A global executive, Raja has worked across the U.S., Europe, Japan, and India, bridging Eastern and Western business cultures. He advises CEOs and investors worldwide on offshoring strategies. He holds degrees in Physics and Computer Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science and is a co-author of several U.S. patents.

Reza is a Managing Director and the Head of India at Uzzi & Lall with over 15 years of global corporate finance experience specializing in restructuring and special situations. He has extensive operating and investing experience in metals and mining, energy, and infrastructure.

Before joining Uzzi & Lall, Reza was a senior investment professional with GFG Alliance, where he focused on expanding the group's portfolio in Europe. He played a leading role in restructuring initiatives for several businesses within the group, working closely with governments, banks, unions, private equity firms, and other stakeholders.

Reza began his career in project finance where he focused on raising capital for several of Essar's businesses including their steel, oil refinery, port, and shipping companies. Over a decade at Essar, Reza held senior leadership roles and played an integral part in restructuring several portfolio companies in North America and the UK, collaborating closely with Uzzi & Lall Founder, Keshav Lall.

Reza holds a Bachelor's degree in Statistics from St. Xavier's College and an MBA in Finance from NMIMS University.

Chris is a seasoned finance professional with extensive experience in credit markets, leadership, and business transformation. He began his career covering the telco bust of 2002 and the distressed Paper, Packaging & Commercial Printing cycle of 2006-2008. From 2006 to 2016, Chris led the European and Global TMT teams before becoming Global Head of Research, managing a 100-analyst team across New York, Denver, London, and Singapore.

In 2018, Chris transitioned to COO and later President of CreditSights, overseeing go-to-market and finance functions. He hired and managed seasoned executives, driving the company's shift to technology and data-enabled growth. Under his leadership, CreditSights achieved profitability for the first time in its history.

Following CreditSights' successful sale to Fitch Solutions, Chris began advising Alphastream.ai, helping transform the company from a technology services business to a product-led growth model. He currently serves as a Product and GTM Advisor, leveraging AI to convert unstructured data from financial and legal documents into structured credit data for Private Credit, Commercial Lending, and Credit Risk applications.

Chris holds a degree in Economics with a minor in German from Colby College and is a CFA Charterholder.

Matt is a Managing Director at Uzzi & Lall with over two decades of experience as an investment professional focused on financially troubled companies.

In addition to investing in distressed and special situation opportunities, Matt has advised management teams and creditors, led ad hoc investor groups, and served on several boards of directors across a range of industries.

Matt's skill set has been developed through his roles as a trading desk credit analyst (Oppenheimer, UBS, JPMorgan, and Bear Stearns), as a financial advisor (Capstone Advisory Group and FTI Consulting), and as an investment banker (CIBC World Markets Leveraged Finance).

Matt holds an M.B.A. in Finance and Management from the Stern School of Business at NYU and a B.S. in Biology from Duke University.

Andrew has 25 years of transaction and business experience and is a qualified solicitor of England and Wales. He began his career in private practice, spending nearly a decade at two leading US law firms, White & Case LLP and Vinson & Elkins LLP and working out of London, Singapore, and the Middle East.

In 2005, Andrew transitioned to an in-house role as General Counsel for a prominent sovereign wealth fund in the Middle East, where he served for five years. In that role, Andrew was a key member of the investment committee and served as a board member of various funds and portfolio companies in the US, UK, and the Middle East.

He returned to the UK in 2011 and joined Essar Capital, the fund manager to a global enterprise with its roots in India but with businesses in the US and Europe. In that role, Andrew advised on key investments, restructurings, refinancings and infrastructure developments in the UK, US, and Canada. In parallel to that role, in 2016 Andrew founded his own legal and risk consulting business advising a range of clients on their investments and risk practices in various jurisdictions.

Andrew is an experienced and well respected board member, and has sat on various boards over the years with a particular focus on risk management and governance oversight. Among his current appointments, he is currently chairman of the largest private gas producer in Turkey and also a non executive director at an investment bank headquartered in London.