Surajit Banerjee

D.O.B - 6February-1973, Gender: Male,

Based out of Delhi-NCR, India
Email: surajit10@yahoo.co.in, surajit.cma.usa@gmail.com,
M: + 91-7003161140 / 9674260602 ; Skype:-id: surajit.banerjee6

✓ Certified Management Accountant (CMA-USA)

✓ Chartered Accountant (CA-India)
✓ Cost & Management Accountant (CMA-India)
✓ Honours’ Graduate - St. Xavier’s College, Calcutta, India
✓ National Scholarship Holder at Pre-University Level
 Linkedin Profile with References / Recommendations- in.linkedin.com/pub/surajit-banerjee/4/20a/954/

❖ 20 Years plus in Global MNC-PWC (India & UK), DELOITTE (Europe) & MITTAL STEEL
(Europe), SHRIRAM Capital, WARREN (UK-MNC), BONY ( HERO Motors Group) & Others;
worked in the whole GAMUT of Finance & Commercial – Signatory as CFO, Corporate Finance-
Fund Raising - Debt , Equity/PE & IPO & FPO, Banking & Treasury, M&A & Investor Relation.

❖ Based in Europe; International Experience working in UK, Europe & Middle-East

❖ Headed Investor Relation –in LISTED Cos. SHRIRAM, WARREN & MITTAL STEEL (Europe).

❖ CFO & Director in BONY Polymers (part of HERO MOTOCORP Group) - AUTO-Component
manufacturer based out of NCR with 12 Plants in India, JV Partners & Offices in Germany & Japan.
❖ Ex-CFO of a SHRIRAM CAPITAL Group of Companies – one of the Largest NBFC in India (with
AUM of USD 15bn). Joined the Board on recommendation of Private Equity Investor.
❖ Ex- Director – Finance & Strategy of Global PE backed Totem-EPC/ Construction company. Instrumental to
the consummation of Deal while working in PWC. Joined from PWC on Invitation by the PE Firm.

❖ Ex-Group Head - in PWC- Financial Advisory Services - South of India- Whole Gamut of M&A &
Corporate Finance. Ex- DELOITTE – Europe & UK in Transaction Support – M&A, Due Diligence.
❖ Head of Finance – MITTAL STEEL (EUROPE) – managed finance of many plants across EU and also
closely working with HO in London and Rotterdam. Worked with many Leading EU Banks & FIIs.

Domain Skill & Notable Achievements -

❖ Corporate Finance – Equity & Debt Raising- VC / PE, IPO, CP to Project Finance etc. Worked with
Most of the National & International Banks, PE & Sovereign Funds in India, Middle-East & Europe.

 Raised EQUITY of USD – 700mln plus & DEBT of – USD 900mln plus - from CP to Project
Finance, VC/PE to IPO / SEBI-Open Offer-Buy Back etc. in different parts of the world (incl. India)
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  Many PRIVATE EQUITY ( including Sovereign Funds, VC) Deals in different industries.
 Raised WC Fund & Non-Fund - of USD 170mn+ - Single Ticket Size & Many Others.
 Project Finance – Brownfield / Greenfield Projects feasibility studies, DPR preparation. Financing tie-ups,
Security Creation & Financial Closures. Raised USD 100mn+ - Single Ticket-Size & Many Others Project
Loans, working with PSU/National & International / Overseas Banks. Raised ECB for Equipment Finance
from HSBC Hong Kong on Automatic Route w.r.t Refinancing in Infrastructure Projects.

 Acquisition Financing for Overseas Acquisition in different geographies – SBLC Route , ECB, FCL,
Corporate Guarantee Route & Asset Securitization. Ticket size – USD10mn to USD 120mn
 Export Financing – Packing Credit or Post-Shipment Foreign Currency Loan. USD 10mn to 45mn

 SEBI-SAST- Open Offer Buy-Back for SHRIRAM Group (one of the largest NBFC)

 Work on overseas SFN – London SE – Public Offer Placements for Mittal Steel. USD 120mn.
Followed by Raising USD 400mn of Project Finance & Working Capital from European Banks.

❖ Banking & Treasury Management –Credit Analysis, Credit Rating, CMA, Working Capital & Cash Flow
Management, Forex Management including Hedging of Forex Contracts etc..
 Handled Treasury / Portfolio Investments more than USD 700 million plus
 Successful Credit Rating Improvement CARE, ICRA, India-Ratings & Brickwork and there by
having Borrowing Cost Reduction on Various Occasions in Loans, ECBs, through CPs, NCDs, etc.
 Forex Management – under the Guidelines in RBI/FEMA and FDI - for Export, Import & Capital/Direct
Investment including Hedging of Forex Loans, Forward Contracts & Swapping.

❖ Merger & Acquisition- ( Whole GAMUT of M&A ) -START to END - Devising M&A strategies, Deal
Sourcing, Due Diligence, Valuation, Negotiation, SHA, Transaction Closure, Post-Merger Integration, etc.
 Consummated Deals – 20 plus and Evaluation of Deals close to 100 in different industries across
the Globe working in PWC, DELOITTE, MITTAL STEEL, Shriram Capital & Bony (HERO).

❖ Restructuring – Merger / Demerger – through NCLT u/s Sec-230-232 of Companies Act.

❖ Business Strategy & Corporate Planning - Entry / Exit, Spin-off, Joint Ventures, Divestures, Project
Feasibility Study & Business Plan, Deal Structuring, Commercial Ventures Evaluation, Market Analysis.

❖ Investor Communication / Relation Head – SHRIRAM Group. Relationship handled in – MITTAL Steel
(EU) & WARREN. All Listed Entities. Headed Earning Calls with Analysts & Brokers.
 Headed Press Meet with Business Standard-Leading Indian Newspaper.

❖ IPO Listing Work - START to END - AIM (London) Listing for GREENKO alongwith ARDEN Nomad
and assistance to Various Indian IPO Listing for Indian Organizations in Real Estate, Construction, NBFC
etc. Starting from DRHP preparation to SEBI filing and approval, Road Shows, Valuation Presentations,
Q&A and MD&A alongwith Merchant Bankers.

❖ Signing of Financial Statement as CFO as per Companies Act-ROC /MCA, Ind-AS/IFRS & SEBI
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  Group TAX Planning & Compliance – Corporate Tax. Transfer Pricing Audit and GST.
 IFRS Regime in Europe. Big-4Audit and GROUP & Overseas CONSOLIDATION.
 Internal Audit & Control - Drafting Internal Audit Plan, Implementation of DOA & SOP.
 Successful implementation of ERP (SAP – FICO module) & Oracle – “P2P” cycle.
 Secretarial & Statutory Compliances w.r.t ROC/MCA, SEBI, RBI, Stock Exchange Filings.
 Head of Legal Function – Commercial cases at High Court, NCLT, Supreme Court level
 Drafting from ESOP Plans for KMPs under Companies Act & SEBI Guideline 2014.

❖ Financial Planning & Analysis – Working Capital Sensitivity, EBITDA / Margin, Costing – Product
pricing, Budgeting, Variance Analysis, Annual Plan (AOP) Drafting / Review.

❖ Worked with International PE in India & Overseas – Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Chrys Capital, TVS
Capital, Samara, Bessemer, Carlyle, Citicorp, Blackstone, Aavsihkaar, IDG Venture, Sequoia, Motilal, TPG,
Peepul Capital, Leapfrog, Gulfone –Bahrain, OIF-Omam, Abraaj Capital-UAE, Dubai Ventures, QIA-Qatar,
ADIA-UAE, KIA-Kuwait, Legatum-UAE, Many others.

HEADED some Notable Cross Border Investment / M& A / Corporate Finance Transactions-
➢ ARCELOR- MITTAL STEEL– Romania, Poland, Czech, Bosnia –Strategic –USD 1 bn plus, GSHL-
MITTAL Group – EUROPE – Raised from Merrill Lynch–through SPN - USD 120 mn.
➢ RELIGARE – HITCHENS-Harrison –UK – Stock Broking & Investment. – M &A -Deal USD 120mln
➢ ASEAN Genco - One of the Biggest PE Deal in Power of USD 425 million in India. PE Syndication, GMR –
INTERGEN (Netherland)–one of the Largest Power co. acquisitions in INDIA- USD-1bn.
➢ Pharmaceutical Space -BIOCON-Novozyme (Denmark-USA) –-USD 120mln, RANBAXY- Terapia –
Romania – USD 324mln, GLAND Pharma – Hyderabad (India) – PE Investment – INR 150 Crores
➢ IT/ ITES / KPO space - Tieto-Enator (Finland) –Fortuna India-IT- 3GWireless - POST-MERGER. Hinduja-
Global for USA, ITC-Infotech – Pyxis-USA, WNS (UK) acquisition of Marketics (India).
➢ Auto Engineering- Dynamatics India (Listed) - 2 M&A in UK - Bristol & Swindon - GBP – 25mln
➢ Many Others in INDIA, UK, EUROPE, USA, MIDDLE-EAST & S-E-ASIA…

Employment
 January-2019 – Present – Corporate Financial / CFO Advisor – Corporate Finance, M &A, Financial Planning &
Analysis & Budgeting, IFRS Accounts, Banking & Treasury. Also associated with my Previous Employers /
Group Companies on various Financial, Commercial & overall CFO Advisory Assignments.

 November 2016 – September-2018 –Group CFO (designated as Advisor) & Director on Board – of JV
company of BONY POLYMERS (part of HERO MOTOCORP Group) – AUTO Component -
Rubber & Sheet Metal; based in NCR of USD 120 million Turnover with 12 Factories in India, JV &
Offices in Germany & Japan. Did a German JV Set up with BECORIT, Recklinghausen, Germany
and also worked on an M&A of Manufacturing Plant close to Ludenscheid, Germany . Raised
Domestic Project Finance of USD 30mn & Overseas Acquisition Finance of more than Euro 10mn.
Head of the Finance, IT, Commercial, Secretarial & Legal function.
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 2014-2016- Financial Advisor - Worked on an assignment in Doha (Qatar) & partly in Dubai (UAE) for EPC
Construction Group. Also worked in India on Other M&A and Corporate Finance assignments.

 Jan2013 – December2013 ( handholding till March2014): - CFO of SHRIRAM CAPITAL (one of the Largest
NBFC in India – AUM of USD 15 Bn & Income of USD 2.5 bn ) GROUP of Companies – Broking, Mutual
Fund, Product Distribution, Wealth Management, RTA & NBFC ( ND-SI ). Key Management Personnel for
Shriram Group as a whole. Also Heading the Group M&A and section of the Legal function.
 Raised Credit Line and Term Loan of USD 50mn for Group companies from Indian Banks & NBFCs.
 Did one successful Open Offer - Public-Issue through SEBI-SAST Regulations.
 One Strategic M&A of KPO – Equity Research Firm from an Sanlam Insurance Offshore Fund House
Note- Left Shriram due to Change in Promoters (from R.Thyagrajan to Ajay Piramal) part of Takeover Process.
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March2010 to Dec2012 – Consulting Director for Totem Group - Financial, Business Strategy, Treasury Matters.
Totem Infrastructure Ltd. – Global PE backed, EPC / Construction company in Road, Highways, Power etc. Revenue-
USD 150 million, based at HYDERABAD & NCR, India.“Emerging Infrastructure Company in 2009” awarded by
CNN-IBN group. Group Company – Totem International- a Trading Company.
• Instrumental to bring a Global (Singapore) PE & joined the Board on their Invitation.
• Raised Fund of Equity – USD-10 mn ; USD 170 mn (Debt – Fund & Non-Fund Based).
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2007 – Feb2010 - PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), India (associated with UK-Financial Advisory)
Associate Director / Senior Manager- Financial Advisory - South India (based at Bangalore)
Project Head for Transaction Services - European Transactions in PWC- India from 2007-2009.
Work Profile- Whole Gamut of MERGER & ACQUISTION & Corporate Finance in India & Overseas
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2006 – 2007 - DELOITTE, Central Europe & UK - Manager – M&A Support Services
• Financial Due Diligence, Valuation Support & M&A Support
• Worked in European Countries - for Global Clients like - Arcelor-Mittal Steel, OMV-Petrom, Unilever, etc.
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2004 – 2006 - GSHL-MITTAL Group –Steel Conglomerate – EUROPE, MEA & UK
Head / Manager – Finance (mainly associated with Fund Raising & M&A)
• Fund Raising - raised almost USD 500 m Debt+ Equity including Quasi-Equity
• Merger & Acquisition & Post-merger Integration for the Group as a whole.
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1999 – 2003 - Warren Tea Limited (Kolkata, India) – a renowned listed Tea manufacturing company & Warren
Industrial Limited (EPC Tea Machineries)- Subsidiaries of James Warren Holdings, UK
• Finance - Bank Borrowing, Project Finance, Export Finance, Budgeting & Financial Planning & Analysis.

1998 – 1999 - Guest Keen Williams – was Steel company part of GKN Plc UK (Global MNC) – Management Trainee.

• References - On Request.
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