Avinash D. Persaud (Hindi: अविनाश प्रसाद) born 22 June 1966 in Barbados, West Indies) is Chairman of , a company specializing in analyzing, managing and creating financial liquidity in investment projects and portfolios. He is also the non-Executive Chairman of the London-based Elara Capital, an investment bank. Persaud is a Senior Fellow with the Caribbean Policy Research Institute and Head of its Barbados office. In December 2008, he was appointed a Member of the UN Commission of Experts on International Financial Reform.