Eknoor Malhotra is an experienced professional in investment and consulting, currently serving on the Investment Team at Accel since April 2024. Prior to this role, Eknoor worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company, focusing on growth transformation, strategy, and cost optimization for clients in diverse sectors including steel, aerospace & defense, and apparel & fashion from September 2022 to April 2024. Eknoor's background includes a position as an Investment Analyst at Kae Capital, where investment theses were developed for the Indian wealthtech and home & living markets, and a summer analyst role at Deutsche Bank, which involved due diligence for a European real estate firm. Earlier experiences also include quantitative research at the Centre for Analytical Finance, where algorithmic models were developed to back-test trading strategies, and summer internship work at the Indian Institute of Science involving Non-Destructive Testing of concrete structures. Eknoor holds a dual degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Environmental Engineering and Management from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, completed between 2017 and 2022.