Executive Board
Kevin Zhang
CO-PRESIDENT
Kevin is a junior from Austria/Singapore studying Finance and Statistics at Wharton and Computer Science at the School of Engineering. Outside of PEVC, Kevin is also a member of WITG SSG and Industrials and previously the VP of Education for WUDAC. Last summer, he interned at Harris Associates, a value investing firm managing the Oakmark Funds. Next summer, he will be joining PJT’s Restructuring & Special Situations Group. Kevin enjoys watching movies, reading, and playing tennis.
Otakar Korinek
VP, INVESTMENT ANALYSIS
Otakar is a sophomore from Prague, Czech Republic, concentrating in Finance and Data Science. Outside of PEVC, he serves as a vice president for education for the Wharton Undergraduate Distressed Investing Group and is an active member of Global Platinum Securities and Wharton Investment and Trading Group’s Special Situations committee. This summer, he interned at Credo Crossover, a fund investing in business-to-business software companies across public, private, and secondary markets. In his free time, he enjoys working out, cooking, and learning random facts.
Oliver Dalmi
VP, INDUSTRY PROJECTS
Oliver is a junior from Grand Forks, North Dakota concentrating in Finance and Statistics, as well as pursuing a master's in Data Science at the School of Engineering. Outside of PEVC, he is involved with the WITG TMT team, serves as Portfolio Manager for WITG TacOpps, and is on the board for the Violet Quaker Group. Next summer, he will be joining Houlihan Lokey's Restructuring Group in New York. In his free time, he enjoys reading and spending time with friends.
Shiv Sahai
VP, COMPETITIONS
Shiv is a sophomore from Singapore, concentrating in Finance and Statistics. Outside of PEVC, he is involved in WITG and Wharton Asia. He spent this past summer at DSG Consumer Partners, a VC for early and growth stage consumer businesses in South-East Asia, and has previously interned with Volvo Group. In his free time, Shiv enjoys Hindi poetry, Adam Sandler movies, and being outdoors.
Khwaish Lakhiani
VP, MARKETING
Khwaish is a sophomore from Dubai concentrating in Finance and Statistics. Outside of PEVC, she serves as the vice president of internal for Violet Quaker and a consultant for 180 Degrees Consulting. She spent this past summer as a data analytics intern at Deloitte, and has previously interned at Sigma Capital Partners MENA Ltd. Khwaish enjoys spending her free time swimming, playing the piano, and exploring Philadelphia with friends.
Amy Zhou
CO-PRESIDENT
Amy is a junior from San Jose, California concentrating in Finance and Business Analytics, with a minor in Music. Outside of PEVC, she serves as a portfolio manager for WITG’s Energy team and is a senior mentor for PIIC. Amy spent this past summer doing technology mergers and acquisitions at Qatalyst Partners. Previously, she interned at UBS in the TMT group and FTV Capital in the growth equity investments team. In her free time, she enjoys jazz, sample sales, and Sunday brunch.
Adrian Melendez
VP, INDUSTRY PROJECTS
Adrian is a junior from New York City concentrating in Finance and Accounting. Outside of PEVC, he is an active member in the Wharton Investment and Trading Group. Previously, he interned in the Global Industrials Group at Goldman Sachs and at Third Point LLC. In his free time, Adrian enjoys snowboarding, traveling, playing all types of sports, and spending time with friends.
Zuleykha Kishiyeva
VP, CORPORATE OUTREACH
Zuleykha is a junior from Baku, Azerbaijan studying Finance and BEPP. Outside of PEVC, she is involved in Wharton Investment & Trading Club, Wharton Women, and Wharton Undergraduate Real Estate Club. Previously, she has interned at Finch Brands as a summer analyst, and co-founded the startup Click Energy. Zuleykha has been swimming competitively from a young age and is a member of the Penn Club Swim. In her free time, she enjoys exploring European cuisine, traveling, and hiking.
Chandler McCleskey
VP, PEVC ACADEMY
Chandler is a senior from Atlanta, GA concentrating in Business Analytics and Finance with a minor in Data Science. Beyond PEVC, Chandler is Co-President of Wharton Undergraduate Cohorts, a member of the Wharton Undergraduate Consulting Club, and on the Club Lacrosse team at Penn. Previously, Chandler interned for BTGN, a Venture Capital firm in Atlanta, and interned in Goldman Sachs’ AWM division in Atlanta. Chandler enjoys trading sneakers, running, surfing, and cooking BBQ in his free time.
Kevin Zhang
VP, INVESTMENT ANALYSIS
Kevin is a junior from Austria/Singapore studying Finance and Statistics at Wharton and Computer Science at the School of Engineering. Outside of PEVC, Kevin is also a member of WITG SSG and Industrials and previously the VP of Education for WUDAC. Last summer, he interned at Harris Associates, a value investing firm managing the Oakmark Funds. Next summer, he will be joining PJT’s Restructuring & Special Situations Group. Kevin enjoys watching movies, reading, and playing tennis.
Suraj Sait
VP, INDUSTRY PROJECTS
Suraj is a junior from Rhode Island, studying finance, management, and data science. Outside of PEVC, he is a portfolio manager for Violet Quaker and is also a member of WITG TMT. Previously, Suraj interned at Star Mountain Capital and Maverick Capital. In his free time, he enjoys watching the New England Patriots, playing ultimate frisbee, and reading Brandon Sanderson novels.
Madeleine Yeh
VP, CORPORATE OUTREACH
Madeleine is a sophomore at Wharton from Dubai and Seattle. She previously interned at Point72 Private Investments, spending time in both their early and growth stage investing strategies. Outside of PEVC, she is involved in Penn Apetit, Penn Venture Group, and Wharton Investment and Trading Group (Consumer Retail). In her free time, Madeleine can be found refining her ceramics technique, building grazing tables, and exploring the city of Philadelphia with friends.
Jeffrey Zhang
VP, PEVC ACADEMY
Jeff is a junior from Ohio studying computational biology, finance, and statistics in the LSM program. He is also involved in WITG. Previously, he interned at Advent International and Aster Insights, an oncology-focused bioinformatics company. Next summer, he will be joining Evercore’s restructuring group. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, tennis, and reading.
Active Members
Investment Analysis Team (IA)
Amy Zhou, Spencer Mateega, Kevin Zhang, Jeffrey Zhang, Chandler McCleskey, John Kersellius, Leandra Archibald, Grant Mao, Shaam Gambhir, Vishakh Arora, Otakar Korinek, Jayanth Mammen, Mikail Jaffer, Tommy Li, Cyrus Horst, Jack Annicelli, Claire Wu, Solomon Fields-Jackson, Philipp Markopulos, Drew Sonn, Madhav Sharma, Kah Kheng Gan
Corporate Outreach Team (CO)
Zuleykha Kishiyeva, Madeleine Yeh, Brian Ji, Guy Lorenzotti, Ronit Batra, Khwaish Lakhiani, Will Rubin, Gaurish Gaur, Muhammad Vakil, Rachel Doman, Issam Hamza, Julius Josephson, Araash Ahuja, Sophie Slayden
Industry Projects Team (IP)
Adrian Melendez, Suraj Sait, Oliver Dalmi, Julius Schenk, Johnny Fishman, Dante Cruz,
Eshaan Doke, Shiv Sahai, Gabriel Aguero, Hersha Chauhan, Nathan Lang,
Jasmine Wang, Jessica Zhang, Angela Cen, Amelia Fox, Tina Dong
Former Executive Teams
2021-2022
Co-President: Josh Cheadle & Sami El Solh
Co-VP of IA: Matt Current, Leontij Potupin & Annie Chen
Co-VP of CO: Ram Fedeli & Turner Hale
Co-VP of IP: Srineeth Challa & Claire Zhong
2019-2020
Co-President: Andrew Ciatto & Tim Marsh
Co-VP of IR: Alec Hsing & Raymond Mason
Co-VP of CO: Juliana Sandford & Matthew Tucker
2017-2018
Co-President: Colin Pinto & Sadhvi Venkatramani
Co-VP of IR: Suyash Hodawadekar & Brandon Li
Co-VP of CO: Michael Springer & Armghan Ahmad
2022-2023
Co-President: Leontij Potupin & Ram Fedeli
Co-VP of IA: Amy Zhou & Spencer Mateega
Co-VP of CO: Katherine Hu & Zuleykha Kishiyeva
Co-VP of IP: Forrest Liu, James Meng, Claire Zhong
2020-2021
Co-President: Tim Marsh & Raymond Mason
Co-VP of IA: Matt Current & WenTao Zhang
VP of CO: Sudeep Jandyam
2018-2019
Co-President: Sadhvi Venkatramani & Brandon Li
Co-VP of IR: Alec Hsing & Jason Cohen
Co-VP of CO: Michael Springer & Andrew Ciatto