Mr Ramesh Venkat

KANDO id: 107070

Bio

Ramesh has been part of the senior management of the Reliance Group since its formation over 3 years ago with primary responsibility for finance, treasury and M & A across the various group companies, and active involvement across a range of other strategic and operational initiatives in the group. Prior to this, he was Group CFO and a member of the Executive Committee of Vedanta Resources plc, a FTSE 100 company. Ramesh started his career with Unilever in India, and thereafter worked in Corporate and Investment banking for around 12 years in ANZ Grindlays bank, the then largest foreign bank in India, and Credit Lyonnais. He has acquired extensive experience in M & A and investment situations during his banking career as well as with Vedanta and Reliance. These include Bharat Aluminium Co Ltd., Hindustan Zinc Ltd., Australian copper mines, Konkola Copper Ltd (Zambia) in Vedanta, and several landmark transactions in Reliance Group in India and overseas. He was part of the core team working on large acquisition transactions such as Hutchison India and MTN South Africa which involved complex structuring, negotiations, valuation, private equity and other dimensions, In addition, he has worked extensively in Corporate finance; Private equity investments in Reliance companies in the areas of telecom, asset management, and entertainment; joint ventures in India and overseas; equity and debt restructuring, and related areas. He is extensively networked in the corporate and financial circles in India and in many other emerging markets and financial centers.

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