Mr. Rahul Bhasin
Managing Partner, Barings India Private Equity

Mr. Rahul Bhasin , is the Managing Partner of Baring Private Equity Partners ( India ) Limited and has been responsible for building the firm from scratch in India . He is a Senior Partner and a Member of the Board of Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP) International and is also a member of the Investment Committee of The Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund. He has chaired the global value add committee for the firm.

Mr. Bhasin served as the Chairman of MphasiS BFL Limited and oversaw its transformation from a loss making to a profit making company, instituted ESOP schemes for talent retention, introduced transparency and corporate governance, facilitated a management transformation and drove a consolidation and bulking up strategy. He continues to be on the board of MphasiS BFL, where, until recently he chaired the compensation committee. He has also served on the boards of Slashsupport, Cybernet Software; Jyothy Laboratories Ltd and SRA Systems Ltd. As a senior member of the Barings team, he has spoken at various conferences in India and overseas. Mr. Bhasin is also a member of the “CEO Forum” at the Economist Corporate Network and conducts lectures in numerous management institutions.

Prior to joining BPEP, Mr. Bhasin worked for eight years with Citicorp, ending his tenure as Vice President – Global Asset Management. At the time of leaving Citibank, he was the Fund Manager of Citibank Global Asset Management in London where he was involved in asset allocation on a sectoral and regional basis for all their global portfolios. Aside from his experience in the developed markets, Mr Bhasin has actively invested in emerging markets in Latin America, East Europe, Russia , Asia and India . Besides equities, Mr. Bhasin has also managed a portfolio of derivative securities in the developed markets. Prior to moving to London , he was based in Citibank's Delhi Office as Treasurer, North India .

Mr. Bhasin holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Asia 's premier business school. He is based in Delhi and speaks Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali and English