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Tushar Amin

Tushar Amin

Chief Operating Officer | USA

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A seasoned technology and finance executive, Tushar is the COO of Kaiju Worldwide, working closely with internal teams and the external ecosystem to ensure an efficient and effective business model. Tushar’s experience spans Fortune 500 companies and venture-backed startups. Most recently, he was CEO and Board Director of Hazeltree Fund Services, a multinational fintech SaaS company specialising in intelligent liquidity management for hedge funds and private equity funds.

Tushar spent 18 years at IBM [NYSE: IBM], where he held various positions in the finance group and software unit, eventually becoming head of strategy and COO of the $28 billion Global Technology Services division. In this capacity, he was pivotal in creating IBM’s Hybrid Cloud strategy, building three $1B+ businesses, managing a technology services incubator, and implementing Predictive AI and Large Language Models to enhance operations. He also played a material role in spinning out and taking public ~$19B of IBM Global Technology Services into the new company Kyndryl [NYSE: KD].

Tushar chairs the Valuation, Operations and Diligence Committees at Kaiju. He sits on the Audit, Executive Management, Technology & Product Development, Cybersecurity, Sales & Marketing, and the Ethical Technology and the R&D committees.

Earlier in his career, Tushar worked as a management consultant at PWC in Washington, DC, and as an operations research engineer at Lockheed Martin. He holds an MBA in Finance from the NYU Stern School of Business and lives in the Metro New York area with his wife and two children. Tushar is passionate about STEM learning and supports related philanthropic initiatives, including serving on the board of the EverWonder Children’s Museum, an interactive STEM museum for young children.