Mahmut Karayel

Mahmut Karayel is the chief scientist at Advantage for Analysts with 20+ years of experience in deal structuring and risk management experience in project finance and structured finance. His current work involves valuation and risk management in Energy and Infrastructure project financing and efficient structuring and re-structuring of asset backed debt financings.

Prior to joining Advantage, Dr. Karayel was the Global Head of Financial Analysts at Babcock & Brown (B&B). Before B&B, Dr. Karayel was the director of Investment Analysis at GATX. At USL Capital, he was the Manager of Pricing Policy where he advised the Investment Committee on economic viability of investment opportunities in energy, transportation and structured corporate debt opportunities.

He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley where he received a Ph.D. in Operations Research.