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Fourth Indian in Obama transition team

Washington: Indian-American management expert Anjan Mukherjee has been roped in by U.S. President-elect Barack Obama into his transition team, the fourth person from the community to be part of the 15-member high-profile group.

Mr. Mukherjee, a Managing Director of Corporate Private Equity group at Blackstone, has been appointed as one of the team leads in Economics and International Trade.

His appointment has been the latest one as three other Indian-Americans — Sonal Shah, Preeta Bansal and Nicholas Rathod — have already been inducted into the team.

Mr. Mukherjee has been involved in the execution of investments in a wide range of industries. He has received a BA from Harvard University and an MBA from Harvard Business school.

Before joining Blackstone, he worked with Thomas H. Lee Company and Morgan Stanley & Co.

He has also worked at the Department of Education (in the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) as well as the Brookings Institution.

The Indian-American community overwhelmingly supported Mr. Obama and is said to have voted for him by more than a two to one margin. — PTI

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