Panelists: Expanding Markets

Manish Thakur
Founder and Managing Partner
Hudson Fairfax Group

Manish Thakur is a Founder and Managing Partner of Hudson Fairfax Group, an India-specific investment and financial services firm. He is also COO and a member of the Board of Directors of Hudson Fairfax Capital, an Indian investment fund. From 2000 until 2002 he worked at SG Cowen Securities Corporation, where he was a Managing Director responsible for their internet infrastructure investment banking practice. Between 1998 and 1999, Mr. Thakur served as CFO of Ellipso, Inc., a satellite communications start-up backed by the Boeing Company. From 1992 until 1998, Mr. Thakur worked at Merrill Lynch. During his various jobs, Mr. Thakur has had extensive experience in emerging markets, having worked with clients in such countries as India, Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand and Russia. Mr. Thakur is also Executive Director of the US-India Institute.

Mr. Thakur holds a BS in Economics from the University of London, and an MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

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