Akash Kumar

Akash Kumar is an experienced finance professional currently serving as a Director and Credit Analyst at Nuveen, a TIAA company, since October 2025, focusing on the areas of acquisition and development, power and utilities, and metals and mining. Prior to this role, Akash held the position of Senior Analyst at Axar Capital from February 2021 to September 2025, specializing in public and private stressed, distressed, and special situations. Akash's analytical career includes positions as an Analyst at Millennium Management and Talpion LP, as well as Associate at H.I.G. Capital, and Financial Analyst at Millstein and Co. Early career experience includes roles at Houlihan Lokey as a Financial Restructuring Analyst and TPG Capital as a Summer Research Analyst, along with a research analyst position at the United Nations. Akash holds a B.S. in Economics with a focus on Finance from The Wharton School, completed in 2011.