Freelance consultant specializing in business planning, start-up strategy and seed-funding, private equity fund raising, and strategy Completed Projects: - Business Plant and Information Memorandum: Education - Greenfield K-12 school in the NCR region, India - Business Plan & Detailed Strategy: New Manufacturing facility in Bahrain by a serial entrepreneur - Business Plan: New trading initiative in the automotive components space in Bahrain - Strategy Document/Information Memorandum for a new entrant into the food processing space in India - Information Memorandum – training, resource and information provider for the food & agricultural segment - Business Scoping: Start-up entrepreneurship fund catering to a niche segment; market evaluation, scope, strategy

As part of my profile, I was involved in M&A, PE, fund raising, JV's, sell-outs and other corporate finance related work. The work was sector and geographically agnostic and deal sizes are small to mid sized transactions. Sectors Covered: Start-ups, technology, e-commerce, textiles, oil & gas, hospitality, manufacturing Key Projects: - Strategy/planning : Family owned transportation business (pre-mandate stage); social networking web portal - Sell-side advisory: oil block & for a financial services company; paper manufacturer (pre-mandate stage) - PE fund-raising for start-up entrepreneurs – internet space and education space - JV advisory for a manufacturing company

Sector Coverage: Infrastructure (Public Private Partnerships), education & services Business Development Responsibility: Education, media, & technology Team management/mentoring: Mentoring of 2 analysts. Complete project/team management for projects assigned Project Coverage: PPP advisory, valuations, feasibilities & strategy documents Key Projects: - Responsibility for bids and advisory for Kuwait’s PPP initiatives spanning transport, water treatment, power, etc - Valuation & PE Infusion: A mid-sized education company in the region looking to establish 5 schools - Strategic advisory: A shrimp plant in Iran and for a travel company operating regional Hajj services

Sector Coverage: Infrastructure – Renewable Energy, Hospitality, Power & Roads, Miscellaneous Industries - Autos, Retail, Metal Manufacturing Business Development Responsibility: Food & Agriculture (including Agricultural Biotech) Transaction Coverage – Buy-Side, Sell-Side, Joint-Ventures, Exits Key Responsibilities: Independent, end-to-end responsibility & management of transactions i.e. business development, pitching, creating go-to-market documents, financial modeling, advisory on - valuation, structures, legalities & documentation Key Projects - Sell-side advisory for a Series-A US$44 million equity raise for a 360MW Solar PV Cell Manufacturing Facility to be established by a team of technocrats in India with proven expertise in technology driven commodity businesses. - Sell-side advisory for a Series-A US$ 150-175 million equity raise for a real estate developer looking to develop a total room inventory of 3000+ rooms across 21 cities in India through various domestic & international brands - Sell-side advisory for a Series-A funding for a company engaged in the primary & secondary manufacture of non-ferrous metals across the value chain i.e. from ore extraction to producing value added metal products - Exit advisory for an automotive component manufacturer based in North India - Buy-side advisory for a bulge bracket investment bank to acquire a stake in the operating company for 4 Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) based road projects in India - Buy-side advisory for a Spanish construction company to invest in a 1050 MW thermal power project (coal) Co-Authored Articles Published - “What will drive businesses to either buy-in or sell out over the next 2-3 years?” – VCCircle, May 2009 - “Retail Sector Challenges” – Ernst & Young Retail Newsletter, December 2008 - “Lifestyle Hotels” – Ernst & Young Global Hospitality Newsletter, May 2008

End-to-end execution responsibility of projects assigned Key Projects: - Country Assessment Programme for the Asian Development Bank - Investment Opportunities for an International Private Equity Firm looking at establishing an infrastructure fund - Route Analysis & Traffic Potential for Container Train Operations for a Domestic Road Transporter - Involvement in the sell side Expression of Interest (EOI) evaluation for a domestic infrastructure project financer

Responsibility for pitch-book development, financial statement analysis & marketing documents for debt transaction