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V Shankar

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Dubai

One of the four founders of Gateway Partners, Shankar is also the group CEO and Chairs Gateway’s Private Equity Investment Committees. Shankar leads strategy, management, key investor relations and business development globally, as well as originating and executing deals. He brings four decades of investment banking, M&A, capital markets and private equity experience.

Shankar has previously been involved with various international institutions and committees including the boards of the Inland Revenue Authority Singapore; Enterprise Singapore; Majid Al Futtaim Holdings; Economic Strategies Committee and National Integration Council constituted by the government of Singapore; Asia Society, New York; Sub-Saharan Advisory Board of the Exim Bank USA; Singapore Indian Development Association; Global Business Coalition for Education; Vice Chair of Future of Banking Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum; and, financial centre task force appointed by the Treasurer of the State of California.

Shankar was awarded the Public Service Medal by the government of Singapore in 2014.