Mr. Tandon has approximately 11 years of industry experience having started his career as an Investment Banker at Salomon Brothers and JP Morgan Chase where he evaluated and underwrote numerous deals worldwide ranging from M&A transactions to Bond & Equity Origination and Restructuring. Mr. Tandon also successfully built and managed three different High Yield & Distressed Hedge Fund Advisory platforms.

In 2001, Mr. Tandon introduced an innovative approach to portfolio management by incorporating valuation and recovery analysis into traditional High Yield research. As a Managing Director & Partner for Advest, Inc. and RW Pressprich & Co., Mr. Tandon became one of the industry’s leading experts with an estimated trading volume of more than $1 Billion per year. His innovative approach to credit analysis and exceptional understanding of bond market dynamics has earned him respect in the industry on both the buy and sell side as well as with underwriters, issuers, and institutional investors around the country and internationally.

Mr. Tandon has close working relationships with 100+ hedge Funds worldwide. He is routinely featured in the press, including CNBC, Bloomberg, and the Wall Street Journal. Mr. Tandon was recently given the distinction of being recognized as one of the top 30 traders in the world and one of the most influential faces in the high yield market. Mr. Tandon graduated from the Edgar Bronfman School of Business at McGill University in Montreal, Canada with the top scholarship in the program. He is fluent in five languages and NASD Securities Principal Licensed.

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Jon M. Thomas, Chief Investment Officer:

Mr. Thomas has approximately 9 years of Wall St. experience. He began his career as an Investment Banker with JP Morgan Chase where he held positions in New York, Hong Kong and Thailand. His extensive experience of structuring merger and acquisitions transactions, high yield bond offerings and loan syndications prepared him for his role as a Senior Restructuring Advisor at Crossroads LLC where he advised bondholders, bank groups and companies in distressed situations both in and out of Chapter 11 Reorganization.

Mr. Thomas brought his expertise in recovery valuation, capital structure waterfall analysis and liquidation pricing to hedge Fund advisory research as the Head of High Yield & Distressed Research and Senior Vice President at Advest, Inc and RW Pressprich & Co. Among the first to implement his relative recovery value-based methodology to research, Mr. Thomas quickly became a trendsetter in the industry. His one of a kind ‘Yield Pages’ report, a statistical analysis of over 500 high yield issues to highlight rich/cheap ideas became one of the most sought after reports in the marketplace by investors.

Rick Johnson CFA, CPA Chief Financial Officer:

Rick Johnson, brings more than 15 years of leadership skills, business acumen, and global experience to Simran Capital Management LLC. He is responsible for the executive management and oversight of Simran Capital’s financial operations, including treasury/risk management, financial planning and forecasting, internal and external auditing, legal and facilities. Mr Johnson also acts as a forestic accountant in helping the Simran Management team conduct due diligence on potential credit issuers.

Prior to joining Simran Capital, Mr. Johnson was a Senior Manager at Pricewaterhouse. Mr. Johnson was also an engagement manager at Ernst & Young LLP, gaining in-depth experience in financial and SEC reporting, audit, accounting processes and controls, enhancements to corporate systems and management reporting, corporate taxes, legal reviews and other corporate development transactions, such as acquisitions, debt offerings and IPOs. 

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William R. Vernon, Chief Technology Officer:

Bill Vernon oversees all of the technology needs for Simran Capital including trading and financial models as well as third party software and contracts. Prior to joining Simran Capital, Bill spent the last 10 years as a Technology Manager for a global financial services and real estate company where he was responsible for maintenance and security of the company’s proprietary analytical and financial data. Bill is a Graduate of DePaul University and a member of the Rotary Club of Illinois.

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Anand Jain , Research Associate:

Mr. Jain provides research and analytics for Simran Capital.  His primary responsibilities include daily credit research of portfolio positions and analysis of the firm’s statistical screening model which ranks and sorts more than 800 global credits by yield relative to leverage and coverage multiples. Mr. Jain has over five years experience in the banking industry.  Mr. Jain joins Simran from JP Morgan Chase &Co., where he implemented a number of statistical improvements to analytical processes for the bank.  Prior to Mr. Jain’s career in the banking industry, Mr. Jain was a Senior Developer/Architect for Thoughtworks Inc. and Computer Discovery Inc.  Mr. Jain has a Masters degree in Engineering in Power Systems Engineering from Sambalpur University in India and a Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering from Utkal University in India.  Mr. Jain is currently pursuing an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business with a concentration in Analytic Finance and Econometrics. 

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Lauren T. Hunter, Research Associate:

Ms. Hunter provides research and analytics for Simran Capital.  Her primary responsibilities include daily credit research of portfolio positions and potential investments, peer comparable analysis, online research using subscription and public news sources, blog tracking and other web-based media sources.  Ms. Hunter has over 11 years of corporate experience including research, investment banking and corporate communications.  Ms. Hunter has provided research and media services to a number of Fortune 500 companies.  She is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University and has a Masters of Communication from Northwestern University.

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Pooja Joshi, Reseach Analyst:

Ms. Joshi provides research and analytics for Simran Capital.  Her primary responsibilities include daily credit research of portfolio positions and potential investments, peer comparable analysis, and market intelligence.  Ms. Joshi has over 8 years of corporate experience including research, analytics and corporate statistics.  Ms. Joshi has provided research and analytics to a number of top tier and middle markets.  She is a graduate of Condordia University in Montreal, Canada with a Bachelors degree in Computer Information Systems.  

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Carrie Lu , Business Administration Associate:

Ms. Lu provides business operations support and human resources for Simran Capital.  Prior to joining Simran, Ms. Lu worked as Account executive at Homelife Bayview financial group in Toronto, Canada. Ms. Lu has a Bachelors degree of Commerce from McMaster University of Canada and has an MBA from Dominican University with a concentration in Human Resource Management.