Kanishka Narayan
Vice President of Product Management at Circle
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Member of Parliament
2024 - Current
MP for the Vale of Glamorgan
Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Secretary of State
2024
Principal and Lead for Europe
2021 - 2023
I set up and led the full-time European presence for a US venture firm, investing in early stage AI, fintech, climatetech entrepreneurs from seed to Series C stages. Had an incredible time working with founders in the UK, Europe, Silicon Valley and Asia, and working with pension funds and institutions supporting technological innovation.
Head of Tech Policy (Office of Shadow Digital Secretary)
2021 - 2021
Before my venture role, I worked part-time in overseeing technology policy advice for Labour's Shadow Digital Secretary.
Tech Capital Markets
2020 - 2020
Worked with exceptional tech entrepreneurs alongside doing an MBA at Stanford.
Economics and Capital Markets
2016 - 2019
Joined Lazard as a lateral hire. Advised FTSE100 boards, European finance ministries and startup tech entrepreneurs on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and public finance. Left to go to university again!
Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.
Raised $400,000,000.00.
Expert Adviser (Strategic Priorities) to the Environment Secretary
2015 - 2016
Civil servant advising Britain’s Environment Secretary on long-term environmental policy and on overseeing the Environment department.
Senior Adviser
2013 - 2015
Advised the Prime Minister and Cabinet ministers on domestic public policy.
Economist
2012 - 2013
Economist on a cross-government review of the economics of open data.