MAPE Advisory Group

Ramprasad M
Executive Chairman

has a rich experience of driving M&A and capital market transactions. Ram initially worked with Essar Shipping where he headed the finance function and was involved in multi fold financing activities and acquisition of South India Shipping Corporation by Essar. Subsequently, he joined DSP Merrill Lynch and was the Senior Vice President heading southern India operations. Ram has been engaged in several landmark transactions including India Cement's acquisition of Raasi Cements, SSi's acquisition of Albion Orion Corporation and Indigo Markets, sale of SPIC Phi seeds to Dupont, acquisition of Tata Group's Hitech Drilling by Aban Loyd, Bank of Madura - ICICI Bank merger and international capital raising programmes of Dr Reddys laboratories, Sify, Satyam Computers and SSi.

Ram has a first degree in Chemistry and is an MBA from BIM, Trichy.

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Jacob Mathew
Managing Director

has a rich experience of driving M&A transactions. Jacob started his career with Price Waterhouse where he was instrumental in setting up their corporate finance practice. While at Price Waterhouse, he worked with a host of international majors for strategizing their India entry plans. Clients he has worked with include SAP AG, Qualcomm, British Telecom, Amway, Corning etc. Subsequently, Jacob was Vice President (M&A) at DSP Merrill Lynch where he has driven landmark deals including acquisition of Coats Viyella's garment business by AV Birla Group, sale of Burnol & Coldarin brand assets, Dr Reddy's buy-out of American Remedies and sale of Diamond Dyechem to Ciba AG.

Jacob has a first degree in engineering and an MBA from IIM Calcutta.

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R Ramaraj
Director

R. Ramaraj is a Senior Advisor with Sequoia Capital India. Prior to Sequoia Capital India, Ramaraj co-founded Sify (SIFY), the first Indian internet company to list on NASDAQ. Prior to co-founding Sify, Ramaraj was in managment roles with Microland and Sterling Cellular. Ramaraj holds a B. Tech. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madras and a M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

M K T Reddy
Director

Mr. Reddy has more that 38 years of experience in the financial services industry. He was Chairman of State Bank of Mauritius for 4 years and before that he was Chief Executive Officer of the same for 16 years. Mr. Reddy also serves on the Board of Arcelor Mittal companies in Trinidad and USA.

Sugato Das
Director

Mr. Sugato Das works for Global Investment House KSCC, Kuwait where he has been an Assistant Vice President for the last three years. Mr. Sugato Das has a total of 14 years of experience in the fields of strategic planning and corporate finance. Mr. Sugato Das received a Doctorate Degree from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and a Masters in Economics from Delhi School of Economics.