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Ashu Dutt has been a Master Trainer and a Conference speaker across Asia speaking
at Investment Banking/Private Equity/Real Estate Structured conferences like Barclays,
Citibank and UBS. He has also been invited as a Master Trainer by Investment Banking
Associations like the Malaysian Investment Banking Association and private banks
like UBS. He has also done several Masterclasses across Asia sponsored by Euromoney,
Ethan Hathaway, Pinnacle etc
Among the areas he is considered an authority and has done include M&As, Wealth
Management, Private Equity and Real Estate Finance. Ashu’s area of expertise is
Asia’s booming markets in these areas specially markets like India, Thailand, Malaysia,
Indonesia and the Philippines
Ashu is the Managing Director and founder of Northbridge Capital, a boutique investment
advisory firm focused on founders and their companies across Northbridge Capital
works in 3 specific areas:
- Sell side advisory – Investment Advisors to companies specifically looking for private
equity, acquisitions etc
- Buy side advisory – Asia Investment Advisors to Private Equity funds and other classes
of institutional investors
Ashu has also been the CEO –Asia at Celadon Real Estate Advisors an Asia specific
real estate investment advisory firm. Celadon RE Advisors advises global real estate
funds and Asian developers/investors on asset acquisitions/dispositions in Commercial,
Hotels, Serviced Apartments, Malls etc
Ashu is widely acknowledged as a Financial markets seer for his impeccable record
of reading investment themes in India way before the market and his ability to stand
by his views inspite of popular beliefs. His impeccable reputation as a Financial
Markets guru has been built over a decade of his multi layered association with
Financial Markets as a best selling Financial Markets Author, Financial Media, Institutional
brokerage and government (as a Tax Policy Analyst)
Ashu has also been a nationally respected financial markets expert and has been
a consultant/editor/anchor. He was the Financial Markets Editor with CNBC for 2-3
years (in a special capacity to anchor/advise on its benchmark live markets programming).
Ashu anchored CNBC’s most widely watched program on financial markets “Bazaar”(the
Indian version of “Squawk Box”)
Ashu was the CEO at Dutt Stock Broking Limited (Member, National Stock Exchange
& OTC Exchange of India), an institutional broker and equities research house. Dutt
Stock Broking Limited was listed for 3 continuous years in the “Who’s Who in Asian
Equities”, a widely followed benchmark used by institutional investors for
selecting quality brokerage houses in Asian countries.
Ashu is the author of the best selling “The Penguin Guide to Personal.Finance”
and the “The Penguin Guide to Winning on the Stock Market” published by Penguin
Books. He has recently signed 3 more book contracts with Penguin. The books include
“What they won’t tell you on Dalal Street-The Insider’s Diary”, “Commonsense Finance”
and “Timeless Wisdom ageless management”
He has also written on Financial Markets and Personal Finance issues for magazines
like Individual Investor. He is widely quoted and interviewed in electronic and
print media on Financial Markets, Personal Finance and Wealth Management issues.
Before returning to India in 1996, Ashu was Manager-International Taxes and Special
Projects at Continental Grain Company, the world’s fourth largest private company
and the second largest commodities and commodities options trader (and a member
at the Chicago Board of Trade) headquartered in New York. He has also worked as
a Tax Policy Analyst with the Office of Tax Policy, New York City Department
of Finance in New York
Ashu is a Certified Public Accountant certified in the State of Maryland,
USA. He holds an M.B.A from Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York,
New York. He also holds a B.B.A.(Summa Cum Laude) in Finance & Investments
from Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York, New York. His specializations
include Economics and Options&Futures. He is the recipient of the “Baruch College
Alumni Scholarship” and has been listed in the “Who’s Who on the Dean’s List”
Ashu can be reached at ashu@ashudutt.com
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