Rajat Arora
NOMINEE DIRECTOR
Mr. Rajat Arora has nearly seventeen years of experience across investing, consulting, strategy and operations. He has extensively worked across emerging markets to understand businesses that are built around informal economy and low-income customer segment, and invested in multiple companies that operate in such ecosystem.
Rajat did Masters in Management Studies (Finance) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai, in 2007. In his current role as Head of Asia and Principal Investment Officer at Women’s World Banking Asset Management (WAM), Rajat leads South and SE Asia investments for the firm. Prior to joining WAM, Rajat was an Investment Director at Elevar Equity, an impact investment firm focused on India and Latin America. Rajat managed a number of financial services portfolio firms at Elevar such as Shubham Housing Finance, Vistaar, WheelsEMI, Sarvagram etc. He also managed the exit transaction of Madura Microfinance which was acquired by CreditAccess Grameen. Previously, Rajat led the investing efforts in India for LGT Group and executed investments in Ummeed Housing Finance, Aye Finance, and Varthana.
Before LGT, Rajat was part of investment team at an early-growth stage focused PE firm, BTS Investments, and advised leading infrastructure companies at CRISIL. Rajat started his career as a member of the CEO cell at Reliance Energy where he helped strategize restructuring of operations of an erstwhile government-owned electricity distribution utility.