Anand Dorairaj

Bio

Anand joined New Silk Route Advisors in February 2007 at inception, and focuses on private equity opportunities in the Indian sub-continent out of the Mumbai office. Previously, Anand worked at Citigroup International in New York as a senior emerging markets specialist with extensive experience in Mergers & Acquisitions. While in New York, Anand focused his efforts on enhancing Citigroup’s financial services market share in select priority countries around the world. Prior to this assignment, Anand worked in Hong Kong as a senior investment banking professional and in India for thirteen years on a number of restructuring, recapitalization, equity and debt placements and strategic M&A assignments. Anand also served as head of M&A for Citigroup in India for five years. In the last several years, Anand has also been an integral member of a taskforce of prominent Non-Resident Indians in the US working closely with the Prime Minister of India and his team to enhance the flow of Foreign Direct Investments into India. He is also is an active member of the US India Business Council (USIBC) and TiE Tri-state in New York. Anand has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from University of Bombay and is a Chartered Accountant.