Rajesh Agarwal

Rajesh Agarwal is a Senior Managing Director and Head of US Real Estate and Consumer Debt Strategies of Napier Park, a First Eagle Investments Company. Rajesh became part of First Eagle in 2022 upon the firm’s acquisition of Napier Park Global Capital, a leading global alternative credit platform. Rajesh was previously a portfolio manager of Citi Capital Advisors, which he joined in 2008. Previously, Rajesh was a Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager in HSPI, LP formerly affiliated with Halcyon from 2006-2008. Prior to joining Halcyon from 2004-2006, Rajesh was a Senior Analyst at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (“MLIM”), where he served as lead analyst for asset selection across residential housing sectors (Prime/Alt-A/Sub-Prime). Prior to joining MLIM research, he worked in the Global Markets and Investment Banking group at Merrill Lynch from 1998-2004. From 1996-1998, Rajesh was a Senior Engineer at Simulation Sciences, Inc., where he developed simulation algorithms used by the chemical industry. Rajesh received a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Texas at Austin.