ROHIT RAMESH MEHRA

14, Jai Jalaram Bldg., Plot No. 204, Wadala, Mumbai 400 031. India. Telephone India - 91-22-4148212/4148359; Philippines 632-8930867 Fax 91-22-4143547 Email rmehra@aim.edu.ph or rohitmehra@hotmail.com
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Chartered Accountant with two and a half years of Banking experience with leading Multinational banks in India. Pursuing an MBA with a major in Finance and interested in a career in Corporate Finance.
EDUCATION
Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines, 1997-1999 Candidate for the degree of Masters in Business Management Dean's List (Top 10%) First Trimester, Schoolyear 1998-1999 Participating in the "International Students Exchange Program" Richard Ivey School of Business - Western Ontario at London, Canada. (January 1999-April 1999). Chartered Accountant (CA): Completed the CA exams in 1995. Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. The Sydenham College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai, 1987-1992 Bachelor of Commerce (BCom.): Graduated with a first class grade.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
International Finance Corporation (IFC) - (June 1998 - August 1998) Worked with IFC Manila as a Local Consultant. The project involved identifying investment opportunities for IFC (the private sector arm of the World Bank) in the Philippines in various industries. Bank of America NT & SA. - (December 1995 to June 1997) Joined Bank of America NT & SA, Mumbai in December 1995 as Operations Manager. Completed one year as Manager of the Remittance Department, Mumbai branch supervising six staff. Prior to that, completed six months in various transactional banking departments, in the Wholesale Banking group of the Mumbai branch. Worked on various deals with the Corporate Banking division and conducted credit appraisals of the existing asset portfolio of the Bank. Citibank N.A. - (October 1994 to August 1995) Completed one year in the Financial Control Department at Citibank N.A., Mumbai. During this period, was involved in the unit's routine activities and also undertook some special projects such as: (i) Compilation of Expense Summary for the month by various Cost Centres aggregating at the country level. (ii) Participated in the preparation of the "Country Operating Plan - 1996". This involved collating information from various operating units and analyzing the variances to current year's plan and forecast. S.M. Kapoor & Co., Chartered Accountants - (July 1992 to September 1994) Completed two years with M/s S.M. Kapoor & Co., Chartered Accountants. Worked on several auditing and taxation assignments in various companies from textiles to chemical and paper industries.
OTHER INFORMATION
Other Interests: Scuba diving, Cricket, Chess and Music. Recent activities: Currently working on a project (thesis) with Argosy Partners, Inc., a private equity investment firm in Manila. Argosy's institutional investors include GE Investments, E.M. Warburg Pincus & Co. LLC, Chase Capital Partners and Electra Investment Trust, through JF Electra. Represented AIM at Harvard Business School - "1998 Harvard Asia Business Conference" organized by the Harvard Asia Business Club, on January 30-31, 1998 in Boston, USA. Member of AIM Business Club - Vice President, Special Projects and Member of Association of Asian Managers, Inc. (AAMI) - a fraternity of past and present students of AIM.