Speaker profile

As a Group Treasurer, Harjeet leads the financing, capital structure, risk & investments management, and stakeholders’ management – ratings, debt & equity investors, for Bharti group. As a key member of the core team at Bharti, he worked on the $10.7bn acquisition transaction, of Zain Africa, including $8bn of financing in term loan market at very fine rates. Prior to joining Bharti group 2 years ago, he has 12 years of corporate & investment banking experience at Citigroup, across business build-outs (SME), product structuring, sales, capital markets, market management - delivering across organic & strategic finance/ advisory needs of clients.

Corporate profile

Bharti has created world-class businesses in telecom, financial services, retail, and foods. The company has started its telecom services business by launching mobile services in Delhi (India) in 1995. Since then there has been no looking back and Bharti Airtel, the group's' flagship company, has emerged as one of the top telecom companies in the world and is amongst the top five wireless operators in the world. Through its global telecom operations Bharti group has presence in 21 countries across Asia, Africa and Europe. Over the past few years, the group has diversified into emerging business areas in the fast expanding Indian economy. With a vision to build India's finest conglomerate by 2020, the group has forayed into the retail sector by opening retail stores in multiple formats - small and medium - as well establishing large scale cash & carry stores to serve institutional customers and other retailers. The group offers a complete portfolio of financial services - life insurance, general insurance and asset management - to customers across India. Bharti also serves customers through its fresh and processed foods business. The group has growing interests in other areas such as telecom software, real estate, training and capacity building, and distribution of telecom/IT products.