Baring Private Equity Partners India Team

Rahul Bhasin is the Managing Partner of Baring Private Equity Partners India and a Senior Partner and Global Board Member of Baring Private Equity Partners (BPEP) International. Rahul is a member of the Investment Committees and Advisory boards internationally including for the Barings and ING group entities. He was part of a group of three executive global board members that led the MBO of Barings globally. He has chaired the board of several listed and unlisted companies in India and abroad. He has served as the Chairman of Mphasis Limited and oversaw its transformation from a loss-making start up to fast growing profitable company. Introducing several managerial, hygiene, productivity and growth drivers, followed by a roll up strategy, the company now enjoys a market cap in excess of $6 billion. He has been on multiple government advisory bodies and forums. Prior to Baring, Rahul managed propriety and third-party capital and was part of the global Asset Allocation Committee of at Citibank, overseeing a $83 billion portfolio. Besides his experience in the developed markets, he has actively invested in the emerging markets including Latin America, Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia. He has also managed a portfolio of derivative securities investing in the developed markets. Rahul also had oversight of an 800+ strong IT department and oversaw a unit in charge of all new business launches for Citigroup worldwide. He was the youngest ever Independent Treasurer at Citibank worldwide. Rahul is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has been a guest lecturer/visiting faculty at Harvard Business School, Wharton, ISB, IIM Ahmedabad and Ashoka University.