Rohit Bhagat

Biography

Mr. Rohit Bhagat was appointed as an Additional Independent Director with effect from 16th January, 2013. Mr. Bhagat is a former Senior Managing Director and Chairman of Asia Pacific, BlackRock Inc. and former member of its Global Executive Committee. He has over 20 years of extensive global experience in financial services industry having worked in India, Hong Kong and USA in business leadership, consulting and advisory space. Mr. Bhagat has held several directorships with various entities of BlackRock. Prior to BlackRock, he was the Global Chief Operating Officer for Barclays Global Investors and has also worked as a Senior Partner & Co-Leader of the United States Financial Services practice at Boston Consulting Group. Mr. Bhagat has B. Tech Degree in Mechanical Engineering, M.S. in engineering from University of Texas and has an MBA from Kellog Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University.

Research Interest

Accounting Finance Global Economics Financial research