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Subhabrata (Rontu) Basu
Vice Chairman and Managing Director, India 



Subhabrata (Rontu) Basu is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director, India of the Strategic Executive Search (SES) Group, based in Mumbai. He leads the firm’s Financial Services Practice.

Rontu is a banking professional with over 30 years experience in the financial sector and has worked in senior positions with DSP Merrill Lynch, ANZ Grindlays, Jardine Fleming, Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank. His experience in investment banking covered industry and company analysis, business and equity valuation, financial structuring, primary capital market transactions and mergers & acquisition advisory, across diverse industry sectors, including FMCG, Technology, Clean Tech, Industrial & Media. He was part of the core team which set-up Commerzbank’s branch in India and established its corporate banking operations. In his stint with Deutsche Bank Private Banking he was responsible for conceptualizing and executing the bank’s wealth management strategies targeted towards entrepreneurs and professionals in the Technology and Media sectors.

Rontu has a broad range of experience in conducting senior level searches, with an emphasis on building team platforms in financial services in India, across Investment Banking, Private Banking & Private Equity. He has also been associated with some successful searches executed in the Middle East, in the Wholesale Banking & Treasury area and has had a long stint in the ME region in the financial consulting area, with an international accounting and consulting group. Rontu has an extensive network of financial market professionals across Asia and the Middle East, arising from his past career in banking.

His extensive investment banking experience and senior level connections, in driving deals across diverse industry sectors, has enabled him to effectively leverage this experience, to access talent across the Technology, Media & Entertainment and Clean Tech sectors.

He is the currently a National Board Member and past President of the Indo-Canadian Business Chamber (ICBC), and through this association, is active in the India-Canada corridor, covering trade, investment & institutional linkages.

Rontu has a Bachelors Degree in Commerce from the University of Bombay and a Diploma in Accounting Studies from Oxford Brookes University, UK. He also holds an Accounting Technician Certificate from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.

Rontu is a keen badminton player, having represented his club in tournaments on several occasions and enjoys trekking and the outdoors.

Rontu Basu can be reached at sbasu@sesasia.com and by phone at +91-22-6654-5665 and +91- 9820060258.