Partner at Appraisal Associates, a commercial real estate valuation and consulting firm in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining Appraisal Associates in 2009, was a Vice President and commercial banker providing debt financing and treasury management to municipalities, school districts and not for profit institutions in the Chicago region at JPMorgan Chase Bank in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining Chase in 2005, spent over twenty years in corporate finance and banking with Continental Illinois National Bank, National Australia Bank, and The Industrial Bank of Japan. Spent four years in the mid-1980’s as the India and South Asia Country Officer for Continental Bank. Master’s Degree from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University, Boston), and undergraduate degree from The University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois).Born in Landour, Mussoorie, Uttarakhand, India. Grew Up in the Himalayan Mountains of North India and attended Woodstock School. Have cultivated the India and South Asia connection over the years. • South Asian Studies major at the University of Chicago in the 1970’s.• Interned on the India Desk of the US State Department in the late 1970’s• Four years as the India and South Asia Country Officer for Continental Bank in the 1980’s.• North American alumni representative on the General Body of the Woodstock School Board of Directors (current).