Amit Mehta, senior vice-president at Tata Capital, the corporate venturing unit of the India-based industrial conglomerate, heads the operations in Europe. He joined Tata in February 2008 to assist with the Jaguar Land Rover acquisition and advises on India entry strategies for European portfolio companies.
Graduating from Bombay University, Mehta has been in the UK since 1987 and trained as an accountant. He is also an associate member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers and the Institute of Bankers in Scotland.
Before joining the Tata Group, he worked for a number of years in the London as a banker with Royal Bank of Scotland and latterly with National Australia Group, where his focus was on servicing the funding and risk management needs of UK and multinational corporations.