Nishant Panigrahi

Nishant is a Vice President at PEI, having joined the firm in 2026. Prior to PEI, he was an Investment Banking Vice President within Bank of America’s Natural Resources and Energy Transition group, where he advised on a broad spectrum of M&A advisory, debt and equity financing mandates. Nishant began his career in the upstream oil and gas sector, managing complex well engineering and field operations before transitioning to transaction advisory.

career

  • Bank of America, Vice President Investment Banking – Natural Resources and Energy Transition Group

  • Halliburton, Senior Leader – Well Engineering

  • Cairn Oil & Gas, Vedanta Limited – Senior Petroleum Engineer

education

  • MBA, Columbia University, Columbia Business School

  • Bachelor of Petroleum Engineering, Pune University