Bio

C suite level leadership : Strategy, Corporate Finance and M&A across Africa, MENA and India. 30 years of often ground breaking work: across India , GCC , Africa with variety of stakeholders * ( governments , private sector , Development Institutions and Foundations , Family businesses and offices , etc) * Focus : To develop and sustain transformational business models . To meet the diverse commercial, diversification and development priorities of nations, communities . To provide return on capital and meet ESG standards. Global fund raising: in excess of USD 10 Billion from capital markets , family offices , foundations, pension funds and DFIs Serve and served as board member to : multilateral institutions, PE funds , listed companies and family owned SMEs. https://www.investafrica.com/ https://commonpurpose.org/ https://www.africafc.org/ http://www.africapledge.com/ Career counsellor to :students and young professionals. Mentor and lecturer: on diversity and cultural intelligence aspects of business leadership . An active speaker, and write on ‘Investing in Emerging Markets” and on “Cross-Cultural Management” issues . https://www.forbesindia.com/blog/author/sanjeev.gupta/ Lectured and mentored at various universities , eg : University of Oxford Said Business School, UCLA Anderson School of Management , University Of Amsterdam Business School , Indian Institute of Management: Shillong, India , Virginia Military Institute, USA, Murdoch University, Dubai) I was a decent but only a keen golfer now and socially enjoy entertaining and networking . My particular bias is toward peaty single malts and Cuban cigars accompanied by good music and great amounts of laughter and mirth.