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Shezad Rokerya
Chairman
The Interlink Group

Shezad Rokerya, Interim Chair is currently Chairman of The Interlink Group and Senior Advisor of Carver Cross Securities, Inc. a NY based $4 billion cross border M&A firm since May 2002. Mr. Rokerya joined Interlink in 1992 and has grown the group into diversified areas including, Infrastructure, banking, oil & gas, power, telecom and IT. He has led The Interlink Company a Private Investment and Merchant bank to advise on infrastructure project finance assignments in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Uzbekistan on transactions valued in excess of $8 billion. He has participated in M&A transactions valued in excess of $14 billion with companies from the media, telecom and entertainment industries. He has worked directly with the Chairmen of international conglomerates whose combined revenues exceed $50 billion. He has developed specialized expertise in advising foreign governments and their state owned entities and in 1997 was selected by the Indian Federal Power Minister as special envoy to facilitate and negotiate a Pakistan/India power sale of 3,750 MW’s valued at nearly $4 billion. He serves on the Board of Interlink Power Company an investor and developer of power projects in South Asia. As founder of Interlink Energy Holdings he has led and co-invested in oil and gas production projects in California, Texas, Wyoming, Michigan, and Oklahoma and internationally in Indonesia and Colombia. Mr.Rokerya is also the Chairman of the investment committee of Interlink Equity Capital L.P. a South Asian private equity banking buy-out fund formed to make friendly acquisitions of banks undergoing privatization. He is Chairman of Interlink Equity Partners, which has an exclusive JV with UTI Private Equity Advisors, subsidiary of UTI, India’s largest mutual fund with $17 billion in assets. He is also a founder and Managing Partner of ECP Funds a 14 year old fund of funds private equity manager in the US. He also serves on the Board of Platinum Acquisition Group, a late stage private equity buyout firm. He is a member of the EHS advisory board, which has restructured and increased earnings for companies having total combined revenues in excess of $40 billion.

In 1999 Mr. Rokerya led the firm’s expansion by establishing partnerships with TCS of the TATA Group and others, all having ties to the sub-continent. An expert Private Equity advisory group was established and principal investments in Southern California have been made. Mr. Rokerya also serves on the boards of numerous Interlink subsidiaries, outside investment vehicles and portfolio companies.

Before Interlink, he spent many years involved with ultra high net worth merchant and royal families and their private investments offices. His experience has been at Shearson Lehman Brothers and later with Merrill Lynch & Co. He has advised and managed in excess of $500 million in Private client assets. Over the years he has developed trusted relationships with foreign leaders and Private Investors worldwide. He earlier acted as financier and advisor to The Saudi Royal Family on Telecom, Hotel and Railway infrastructure projects throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and abroad. Mr. Rokerya is a native of Montreal, Canada where he attended McGill University and later attended Western State Law School.

His philanthropic and civic activities include, SOS Villages for orphan children. He is also Chairman of The Interlink Foundation and The South Asia Research Council, a joint effort originally established to use information technology for people’s empowerment and education in South Asia. Mr. Rokerya is committed through the Interlink Foundation to the people’s empowerment in South Asia by developing human capital utilizing education and technology. He is Chairman of the Global Advisory Council of the Larta Institute, a leading high technology commercialization firm, and is also a member of the KGISL IT Institute Board of Governors in India. He is a Charter Member of the Pacific Council of International Policy and a supporter of the World Affairs Council and Asia Society. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders Forum chaired by Queen Rania of Jordan.

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Governments Corporations Global Bridge Investors Entrepreneurs Universities	Global Advisory Council (Under Development) Shezad Rokerya Chairman The Interlink Group Shezad Rokerya, Interim Chair is currently Chairman of The Interlink Group and Senior Advisor of Carver Cross Securities, Inc. a NY based $4 billion cross border M&A firm since May 2002. Mr. Rokerya joined Interlink in 1992 and has grown the group into diversified areas including, Infrastructure, banking, oil & gas, power, telecom and IT. He has led The Interlink Company a Private Investment and Merchant bank to advise on infrastructure project finance assignments in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Uzbekistan on transactions valued in excess of $8 billion. He has participated in M&A transactions valued in excess of $14 billion with companies from the media, telecom and entertainment industries. He has worked directly with the Chairmen of international conglomerates whose combined revenues exceed $50 billion. He has developed specialized expertise in advising foreign governments and their state owned entities and in 1997 was selected by the Indian Federal Power Minister as special envoy to facilitate and negotiate a Pakistan/India power sale of 3,750 MW’s valued at nearly $4 billion. He serves on the Board of Interlink Power Company an investor and developer of power projects in South Asia. As founder of Interlink Energy Holdings he has led and co-invested in oil and gas production projects in California, Texas, Wyoming, Michigan, and Oklahoma and internationally in Indonesia and Colombia. Mr.Rokerya is also the Chairman of the investment committee of Interlink Equity Capital L.P. a South Asian private equity banking buy-out fund formed to make friendly acquisitions of banks undergoing privatization. He is Chairman of Interlink Equity Partners, which has an exclusive JV with UTI Private Equity Advisors, subsidiary of UTI, India’s largest mutual fund with $17 billion in assets. He is also a founder and Managing Partner of ECP Funds a 14 year old fund of funds private equity manager in the US. He also serves on the Board of Platinum Acquisition Group, a late stage private equity buyout firm. He is a member of the EHS advisory board, which has restructured and increased earnings for companies having total combined revenues in excess of $40 billion. In 1999 Mr. Rokerya led the firm’s expansion by establishing partnerships with TCS of the TATA Group and others, all having ties to the sub-continent. An expert Private Equity advisory group was established and principal investments in Southern California have been made. Mr. Rokerya also serves on the boards of numerous Interlink subsidiaries, outside investment vehicles and portfolio companies. Before Interlink, he spent many years involved with ultra high net worth merchant and royal families and their private investments offices. His experience has been at Shearson Lehman Brothers and later with Merrill Lynch & Co. He has advised and managed in excess of $500 million in Private client assets. Over the years he has developed trusted relationships with foreign leaders and Private Investors worldwide. He earlier acted as financier and advisor to The Saudi Royal Family on Telecom, Hotel and Railway infrastructure projects throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and abroad. Mr. Rokerya is a native of Montreal, Canada where he attended McGill University and later attended Western State Law School. His philanthropic and civic activities include, SOS Villages for orphan children. He is also Chairman of The Interlink Foundation and The South Asia Research Council, a joint effort originally established to use information technology for people’s empowerment and education in South Asia. Mr. Rokerya is committed through the Interlink Foundation to the people’s empowerment in South Asia by developing human capital utilizing education and technology. He is Chairman of the Global Advisory Council of the Larta Institute, a leading high technology commercialization firm, and is also a member of the KGISL IT Institute Board of Governors in India. He is a Charter Member of the Pacific Council of International Policy and a supporter of the World Affairs Council and Asia Society. He is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leaders Forum chaired by Queen Rania of Jordan. Team Board Members Investment Committee
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