Executive Board
Kevin Zhang
CO-PRESIDENT
Kevin is a senior from Austria studying Finance and Statistics at Wharton and Computer Science at the School of Engineering. Outside of PEVC, Kevin is also a member of WITG SSG and Industrials and previously the VP of Education for WUDAC. Last summer, he interned at PJT’s Restructuring & Special Situations Group. Kevin enjoys watching movies, reading, and playing tennis.
Muhammad Vakil
VP, Corporate Outreach
Muhammad is a junior at Wharton from Dubai and studying Finance and Business Analytics. Outside of PEVC, he is involved with WUCC, Violet Quaker Group, and the MODEL UN Travel Team. He has interned at LMR Partners (TMT L/S Equities) and Grant Thornton (M&A Advisory). In his free time, he enjoys playing table tennis and spending time with friends.
Otakar Korinek
VP, INVESTMENT ANALYSIS
Otakar is a junior from Prague, studying Finance and Data Science. Outside of PEVC, he is an active member of Global Platinum Securities and WITG SSG. Previously, he interned at Credo Crossover, a fund investing in B2B software companies across public, private, and secondary markets. In his free time, he enjoys working out, cooking, and learning random facts.
Rohan Srivastava
VP, PEVC ACADEMY
Rohan Srivastava is a sophomore from Sydney, Australia studying finance, statistics, and psychology. Outside of PEVC, he is an analyst in Global Platinum Securities and WITG Tactical Opportunities. Previously, he interned at Allegro Funds, a middle-market transformational private equity firm in Sydney. In his free time, he enjoys fiction novels, tennis, and DJing.
Suraj Sait
CO-PRESIDENT
Suraj is a senior from Rhode Island, studying Finance and Accounting at Wharton and Data Science at the School of Engineering. Outside of PEVC, he is a portfolio manager for WITG TMT and is president of Phi Chi Theta. Last summer, he interned at PJT’s Restructuring & Special Situations Group. In his free time, he enjoys watching the Patriots, playing ultimate frisbee, and reading Brandon Sanderson novels.
Adrian Melendez
VP, INDUSTRY PROJECTS
Adrian is a senior from New York City concentrating in Finance and Accounting. Outside of PEVC, he is an active member in the Wharton Investment and Trading Group. Previously, he interned in the Global Industrials Group at Goldman Sachs and Third Point LLC. In his free time, Adrian enjoys snowboarding, traveling, playing all types of sports, and spending time with friends.
Kah Kheng Ghan
VP, INVESTMENT ANALYSIS
Kah Kheng is a sophomore from Singapore studying Finance and Statistics. Outside of PEVC, he is a member of WITG SSG and TacOpps, VP of Education at WUDIG and Violet Quakers. He previously interned at Tower Capital Asia, an Asia-focused PE fund, and Vertex Ventures, a Series A/B focused tech VC. In his free time, Kah Kheng enjoys running, hiking, and playing chess.
Mikail Jaffer
VP, COMPETITIONS
Mikail is a junior from Pennsylvania, studying Economics, Statistics, and Data Science. Outside of PEVC, he is involved in the Penn Undergraduate Biotech Society and is a researcher at the Bowman Lab at Penn Med. He spent this past summer at Social Capital with a focus on healthcare and life science investments and is currently working on a therapeutics start-up. In his free time, Mikail enjoys playing some footy and watching F1.
Madeleine Yeh
VP, CORPORATE OUTREACH
Madeleine is a junior at Wharton from Dubai and Seattle. She previously interned at Point72 Private Investments. Outside of PEVC, she is involved in Penn Apetit, Penn Venture Group, and Wharton Investment and Trading Group (Consumer Retail). In her free time, Madeleine can be found refining her ceramics technique, building grazing tables, and exploring the city of Philadelphia with friends.
Oliver Dalmi
VP, INDUSTRY PROJECTS
Oliver is a senior from North Dakota concentrating in Finance and Statistics, as well as pursuing a master's in Data Science at the School of Engineering. Outside of PEVC, he is the Portfolio Manager for WITG TacOpps and is on the board for the Violet Quaker Group. Last summer, he interned at Houlihan Lokey's Restructuring Group. In his free time, he enjoys reading and spending time with friends.
Jeffrey Zhang
VP, PEVC ACADEMY
Jeff is a senior from Ohio studying computational biology, finance, and statistics in the LSM program. He is also involved in WITG. Previously, he interned at Advent International and Aster Insights, an oncology-focused bioinformatics company. Last summer, he interned at Evercore’s restructuring group in New York. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, tennis, and reading.
Araash Ahuja
VP, MARKETING
Araash is a sophomore from NJ and at Wharton, where he studies statistics and finance. He also does statistics research, invests in stocks (long) and trades options in arrow11, and is part of WITG Real Estate. Last summer, he interned at Habit Ventures, a crossover fund specializing in subscription-based companies. He is a sneakerhead and loves to play golf.
Active Members
Investment Analysis Team (IA)
Amy Zhou, Spencer Mateega, Kevin Zhang, Jeffrey Zhang, Chandler McCleskey, John Kersellius, Leandra Archibald, Grant Mao, Shaam Gambhir, Vishakh Arora, Otakar Korinek, Jayanth Mammen, Mikail Jaffer, Tommy Li, Cyrus Horst, Jack Annicelli, Claire Wu, Solomon Fields-Jackson, Philipp Markopulos, Drew Sonn, Madhav Sharma, Kah Kheng Gan
Corporate Outreach Team (CO)
Zuleykha Kishiyeva, Madeleine Yeh, Brian Ji, Guy Lorenzotti, Ronit Batra, Khwaish Lakhiani, Will Rubin, Gaurish Gaur, Muhammad Vakil, Rachel Doman, Issam Hamza, Julius Josephson, Araash Ahuja, Sophie Slayden
Industry Projects Team (IP)
Adrian Melendez, Suraj Sait, Oliver Dalmi, Julius Schenk, Johnny Fishman, Dante Cruz,
Eshaan Doke, Shiv Sahai, Gabriel Aguero, Hersha Chauhan, Nathan Lang,
Jasmine Wang, Jessica Zhang, Angela Cen, Amelia Fox, Tina Dong
Former Executive Teams
2022-2023
Co-President: Leontij Potupin & Ram Fedeli
Co-VP of IA: Amy Zhou & Spencer Mateega
Co-VP of CO: Katherine Hu & Zuleykha Kishiyeva
Co-VP of IP: Forrest Liu, James Meng, Claire Zhong
2020-2021
Co-President: Tim Marsh & Raymond Mason
Co-VP of IA: Matt Current & WenTao Zhang
VP of CO: Sudeep Jandyam
2018-2019
Co-President: Sadhvi Venkatramani & Brandon Li
Co-VP of IR: Alec Hsing & Jason Cohen
Co-VP of CO: Michael Springer & Andrew Ciatto
2017-2018
Co-President: Colin Pinto & Sadhvi Venkatramani
Co-VP of IR: Suyash Hodawadekar & Brandon Li
Co-VP of CO: Michael Springer & Armghan Ahmad
2023-2024
Co-President: Amy Zhou & Kevin Zhang
Co-VP of IA: Kevin Zhang & Otakar Korinek
Co-VP of CO: Zuleykha Kishiyeva & Madeleine Yeh
Co-VP of IP: Suraj Sait, Adrian Melendez & Oliver Dalmi
VP of Competitions: Shiv Sahai
CO-VP of PEVC Academy: Chandler McClesky & Jeffrey Zhang
VP of Marketing: Khwaish Lakhiani
2021-2022
Co-President: Josh Cheadle & Sami El Solh
Co-VP of IA: Matt Current, Leontij Potupin & Annie Chen
Co-VP of CO: Ram Fedeli & Turner Hale
Co-VP of IP: Srineeth Challa & Claire Zhong
2019-2020
Co-President: Andrew Ciatto & Tim Marsh
Co-VP of IR: Alec Hsing & Raymond Mason
Co-VP of CO: Juliana Sandford & Matthew Tucker