Rajiv Memani
Rajiv Memani, is Country Managing Partner of Ernst & Young India.
Rajiv has advised several leading Multinational Corporations on their entry in India and has also worked with some of the largest Indian conglomerates/ companies, both in the private and public sector. His areas of expertise include M&A advisory, valuations and restructuring.
A qualified Chartered Accountant, Rajiv has been associated with the firm for over 17 years. Starting his career as an Auditor, he then moved to Tax Advisory. In between, he did a stint with Ernst & Young in Singapore. Subsequently, Rajiv successfully established the Indian Firm’s Corporate Finance Practice (now Transaction Advisory Services) in the late nineties. For the last three years, Ernst & Young India was declared topmost in the number of Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) transactions in India by Bloomberg, the leading financial information provider. Actively worked with Equity Funds for the last ten years.
Rajiv is affiliated with prominent business and industry associations. He has recently been selected on the World Economic Forum’s New Asian Leaders, a network of 100 young leaders in business and politics to develop programmes for the development of Asia. He is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), a global forum of young business leaders. Rajiv is on the National Committee of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and also the Chairman on Accounting Standards Committee of CII.
Rajiv is frequently invited as a speaker to premium professional conferences, and seminars at forums like the Indian School of Business (ISB), Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) as well as leading business associations. He spoke at the World Economic Forum on business opportunities in India and about Indian companies