Shezad Rokerya on Company's Advisory Board.

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Euromax Capital, an eminent investment banking boutique focused on cross border activity between developed countries & emerging markets like India and Africa, announced that international investment banker, Mr. Shezad Rokerya has joined the Company's Advisory Board.

Mr. Shezad Rokerya

Los Angeles based Mr. Rokerya, a graduate of McGill University, Montreal and who later attended Western State Law School, California is currently Chairman of The Interlink Group (a 15 year old merchant bank with over $20 billion in transactional experience) and Senior Advisor of Carver Cross Securities, Inc. a NY based $4 billion cross border M&A firm.
In addition to advising on infrastructure project financing in excess of US$8 billion in Bangladesh, Ecuador, India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Saudi Arabia, UAE and Uzbekistan, Mr. Rokerya has also participated in M&A transactions valued in excess of $14 billion in the media, telecom and entertainment industries.
With specialized expertise in advising foreign governments, he has advised the Indian Govt. in 1997 as special envoy to facilitate and negotiate a Pakistan/India power sale of 3,750 MW valued at about US$4 billion and has also acted as financier and advisor to The Saudi Royal Family on Telecom, Hotel and Railway infrastructure projects throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
As founder of Interlink Energy Holdings he has led and co-invested in oil and gas production projects in California, Texas, Wyoming, Michigan, and Oklahoma and internationally in Indonesia and Colombia.
In addition, Mr. Rokerya is Founder and Managing Partner of ECP Funds, a 14 year old US fund of funds and also serves on the Board of Platinum Acquisition Group, a late stage private equity buyout firm. He is charter member of the Pacific Council of International Policy, is active with the Prince of Wales Trust on technology partnerships in Asia and a member of the Global Leaders Forum of the World Economic Forum chaired by Queen Rania of Jordan. He is also Chairman of the Los Angeles Regional Technology Alliance (LARTA) Global Advisory Council.

"We are very honoured by Mr. Rokerya joining our Advisory Board. His stature and vast experience at the highest levels across several advanced as well as emerging markets will be invaluable in opening new avenues for Euromax Capital." said Subodh Agrawal, Co-Founder and Chairman of Euromax Capital. "Shezad’s appointment will enable us to further extend our deal making reach in many countries especially the US and the Middle East and also enhance our position in the global infrastructure, natural resources and media-entertainment-telecommunications convergence sectors."

About Euromax Capital

London based Euromax Capital is a niche international investment banking, strategic advisory & corporate finance boutique with a unique positioning in emerging markets including India and Africa. Euromax Capital originates, advises and assists on international M&A and joint venture opportunities and advises on cross-border equity, debt and structured finance facilitation across a broad spectrum of industries and geographies. The vision of Euromax Capital is to be the conduit of choice between emerging markets and the financial centers of Europe and North America.

The firm has participated in M&A transactions valued in excess of $30 billion particularly in the telecom, steel, oil and gas and mining sectors and has advised on equity & other financings in excess of US$ 5 billion in infrastructure, engineering, telecom, metals, media, textiles, aviation, mining, hospitality, and many others in India, Africa and Europe.

Euromax Capital has built a unique franchise stemming as much from its facilitation of high value international finance for many large Indian companies as from the firm’s proactive origination of large M&A deals across geographies including for Indian majors like Reliance Telecom, Essar, Jindals and Welspun & global majors like Alfa Group of Russia.