Nirav Kachalia

Nirav Kachalia is a Managing Director of Investments at Morgan Creek. Mr. Kachalia joined Morgan Creek in December 2004. Mr. Kachalia was co-founder and Vice President for Strategy for HiFusion， an education technology company. Mr. Kachalia assisted in all start-up activities including raising over $16 million and growing the company to over 150 employees before negotiating a successful sale to a joint venture corporation established by Sylvan Learning Systems and Aether Systems in 2001. Prior to starting HiFusion， Mr. Kachalia was an Associate at Winslow Partners， the personal investment vehicle for Kenneth Brody， a former Management Committee member of Goldman， Sachs. He joined Winslow in 1998 where he was responsible for sourcing， evaluating and negotiating investment opportunities within early stage and late stage private equity. Prior to joining Winslow Partners， Mr. Kachalia was an Investment Banking Analyst at Morgan Stanley in the health care group from 1996-1998， where he analyzed and executed strategic corporate finance alternatives for both small and large capitalization companies. Prior to joining Morgan Creek， he worked at Wyper Capital a long/short hedge fund. Mr. Kachalia sits on four advisory boards. Mr. Kachalia received his Bachelor of Science in Biology and his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.