Meet Ajay Bhat, Monnet Group Former Chief Financial Officer

Ajay Bhat is a Senior Corporate professional with a wide experience of 27 years in areas of Corporate Finance, Business and Financial Restructuring in different industries like Automobiles, Pharmaceuticals, Steel and Power. Ajay Bhat has been the group CFO of Monnet Group which comprises of Monnet Ispat and others.

Ajay Bhat is a well- travelled person and has been to many places across globe. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Ajay Bhat has in depth knowledge in fields of fund mobilization in domestic and international markets. He has dealt with large PE and Fund Houses and has a rich experience in Strategic Finance and Operational Management in Monnet Ispat and other large corporates. Ajay is also credited with handling complex financial restructuring for a large company in Automobile sector.

Initially a Chartered Accountant by profession, Bhat has attended programs of premier institutes like ISB and Harvard University. He possesses firm leadership qualities and has a strategic view with strong commercial acumen on business front.

An active blogger, the latest blog of Ajay Bhat is “Manifestos and Mandates” which is all about a ritual of issuing manifestos preceding democratic process in India to elect State and Central Government. According to him for 2019 elections a Manifesto should contain the following 5 items, which cover all citizens of this country directly & indirectly and are the most burning and pressing issue before the country. The five items are, Jobs, Farmers distrust, Revival of private capital investment, Quality of life of an average citizen, Judicial reforms.

The other important and promising blogs include, Promoter Leadership vs. Professional Leadership, What Ails India and Indians, Beyond Demonetization, GST and IBC, Essence of Corporate Leaders – My view point.

In a recent interview with Economic Times, Bhat said that beyond monsoon, Indian Steel is geared for good times and one can see a lot of projects coming in and in three to four months down the line, the margins and profitability for all the steel companies in India are definitely be going to be better.