7. Gvmk,bj . ABOUT THE FOUNDER - ASHU DUTT Ashu Dutt is widely respected as an authority on Hotel M&As across Asia. He has been an M&A Investment Banker for almost 2 decades and is a conference speaker, master trainer and author of books on Asian M&As Ashu is also widely networked. He has also been Chief Consulting Editor of Bloomberg UTV, Associate Editor at CNBC and Business & Financial Markets Anchor & Business News Consultant to Star News/NDTV Prior to his media stint, Ashu was the CEO at Northbridge Capital Limited (Member, National Stock Exchange & OTC Exchange of India), an institutional broker and equities research house. Northbridge Capital 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 CELADON RE HOTEL ADVISORS ASIA HOTEL ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS www.celadonre.com
8. Gvmk,bj . ASHU DUTT – CONT…. 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 [email_address] CELADON RE HOTEL ADVISORS ASIA HOTEL ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS www.celadonre.com
9. Gvmk,bj . CONTACT Ashu Dutt MD-Asia Celadon RE Hotel Advisors R-501, Remi Bizcourt, Shah Industrial Estate Andheri(West), Mumbai 400 053, India Tel: +91-22-22901715 Tel: +91-22-46243612 Email: [email_address] Website: www.celadonre.com CELADON RE HOTEL ADVISORS ASIA HOTEL ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS www.celadonre.com