Bio

Darshan Desai is the Chief Operating Officer for Beach Point Capital Management. Mr. Desai oversees the Operations, Risk and Technology departments of the firm. Mr. Desai has been in the industry since 1999. Prior to joining Beach Point, he worked at BATS Exchange as an analyst, where he designed and constructed equity indices. Mr. Desai constructed the BATS 1000 index and is named on the patent. Mr. Desai started his career at York Capital Management where he held various positions within the firm including Vice President and Global Head of Operations from 1999 through 2008. While at York, he was responsible for managing operations in New York, London, Singapore and Hong Kong. Mr. Desai received a bachelor’s degree from Pace University with a major in Finance.