Mr. Ameet Desai is the Founder of Anubhuti Value Trust; a SEBI registered AIF Fund with a unique investing methodology for Public Equities. The investors in the fund comprise some Premier Family Offices. Prior to Anubhuti, he has had a very rich and diverse experience of 34 years of corporate India. Ameet was also a member of the CII Corporate Governance Council; a member of CII National Committee on Financial Markets; and the Convenor of the Working Group on Risk Capital.
At Adani Group, Mr. Desai was the Executive
Director and Group CFO and led the Listing of 4 out of the 6 listed entities.
He has been a member of the Board of 3 of the listed entities. During his
fifteen year stint at Adani, he successfully led 2 IPOs and a QIP raising over
US$ 2 bn, and mobilized over US$ 350 mn in private equity. He also raised over
US$ 10 bn domestic and international loans and bonds.
During this
period, he also built organizations and teams at corporate as well as business
unit levels for Finance, Legal & Compliance, IT and Services and Investor
Relations across the Group. He was also responsible for relationships with
Board Members across the Group.
Mr. Desai also set-up and
ran the Family Office and the real estate business (which remains private). As
a member of the leadership team `APEX’, he was responsible for strategy and
policy at the Group Level.
Prior to his stint at
Adani Group, Mr. Desai was Global Head of M&A and Business Planning for
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd., the largest Indian pharmaceutical company (US$ 1 bn
in revenue, US$ 4 bn in Market Cap with Operations in India, USA, EU, Africa,
SE Asia) where he led cross border acquisitions in Japan, Germany, US and
France besides leading divestment of Allied Business to PE as Management
buy-out. He also completed a prestigious out-licensing transaction with a Global
Pharma Company. He also had P&L responsibility for Allied Business (USD 40
mn, 350 + people). As a member of EXCOM (Executive Committee), he had
responsibility for Strategic Planning and Policy Framework.
In the
previous role at Core Healthcare, Mr. Desai built-up the organization as CFO
with distinction to have done GDR issuance at the age of 30. He also ran
Operations (US$ 100 mn, 1800 employees), implemented complex manufacturing
projects and was responsible for critical regulatory compliance for Indian and
International health regulations.
Mr. Desai holds a BBA
(Sardar Patel University) and an MBA from University School of Management,
Ahmedabad. During his career, he has attended several executive programs; inter
alia; at the Wharton Business School, the Harvard Business School and the
Indian School of Business. He has spoken at several national and international
forums and conferences. He has also lectured at several educational institutes,
including at IIM-A for PGP and EDP students.