• Over 16 years of Public Relations experience & Private Equity Advisory experience in India, Middle East & South East Asia
• Apart from his position at DAR Capital Group, Arun Rangachari is also:
  • Director, Pan India Investments
  • Director, Thurles Investments
  • Founder, CEO & Partner, Percept Profile Gulf
  • Advisor, Gulf Finance House

• Has over 25 years of Journalism, Media, Entertainment & Financial sector experience in South East Asia
• Apart from his position at DAR Consultants, Nelson also is
  • Promoter & Managing Director, Executive Mode Malaysias largest corporate and online publishing houses

• Bachelor of Science, Urban & Regional Planning
• Has thirty seven years of diverse and global private sector real estate experience across USA , Bahrain, Morocco, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Turkey, India, and Saudi Arabia
  • Executive Director, Gulf Finance House
  • Director of Projects, Tourism Development and Investment Company (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
  • General Manager, HNS Group, LLC

• MBA from INSEAD
• Has over 10 years experience, across India & the Middle East, working in blue-chip Investment & Consulting companies including
  • Senior System Architect, Tata Consultancy Services
  • Investment Analyst, Abu Dhabi Investment House

• PGD Communication Management from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication
• Has over 8 years of Marketing & Public Relations experience, across India & the Middle East, including stints as
  • Senior VP Strategy Percept Profile Gulf
  • Branch Head Percept Profile Middle East (Bahrain)
  • Hanmer & Partners - National Account Head, Branch Management (Delhi)

• Masters degree in Arts majoring in Films and Television from S. I. Newhouse School, Syracuse University
• Has over 5 years of Media & Creative services experience, across India and the United States
  • Vice President & Creative Director Valuable Group
  • Producer - MTVN New York (Off-air promotions and corporate communications)
  • Freelance (Creative) - events, promotional & social campaigns, and special corporate projects

• He brings substantial experience in origination and execution of public market transactions in the Real Estate, Healthcare and Hospitality sector
  • Co-founder - BIO-IB, an Investment Banking and Advisory firm focused exclusively on the Life Sciences Industry
  • Vice President - Equity Capital Markets Group at ABN AMRO Rothschild
  • Vice President - ING Barings (was responsible for executing IPOs, Follow-ons, Pipes, Block Trades, and Private Equity issues)

• Agriculture Degree  from University of Agriculture Science (UAS), Bangalore.
• Has over 15 years experience in Plantation Management, AgriBusiness, Contract farming, Procurement, Organic farming, Sales and Marketing, Business Development and Product Development
  • Chief Operating Officer - Rohit extractions Pvt. Ltd. (A Kedia Group Company)
  • Deputy General Manager - Mission Bio fuels India Private Ltd Manager Development - Sumitomo Chemical India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Manager - Parry Agro Industries (Muruguppa Group)
  • o Asst Field Manager (Tea) - Tea Estate India (a Division of Brooke Bond Lipton India Ltd., now a division of Unilever)

• PGD Business Management (Finance) from IIF, Delhi and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Calcutta University
• Has over 4 years work experience in the financial sector, especially in the area of investment research and portfolio management, in India including stints as
  • Manager (Portfolio Management Services) - IL&FS Investsmart
  • Research Analyst - K&A Securities
  • Research Associate - Morgan Stanley (global research division)
  • Research Analyst - Taurus Mutual Fund

• MHRDM from SIMSR- Mumbai University
• Total 11 years experience in the area of insurance and loans/mortgages
  • Deputy Manager Customer Service & Operations-Metlife India Insurance Company Limited
  • Assistant Manager-Operations- HSBC Operations & Processing Enterprises Limited
  • Team Manager Operations-HDFC Standard Life Insurance
  • Team Manager Operations-ICICI Bank