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PUNEET K. GULATI Windsor, New Jersey 08520 Home: (609) 371-7401, Cell (609) 598-2027 [email protected] EXPERIENCE: VGS GROUP INC, East Brunswick, NJ Chief Financial Officer April 13 – to date  Indo-American Energy focused company developing an offshore natural gas regasification terminal on east coast of India  Working with CEO and President to raise seed capital for Projects in pipeline  Negotiated a Joint Development Agreement with Exmar Group, Belgium to arrange financing of Floating Regasification Barge  Participated in negotiation for long-term fixed price natural gas supply agreement with Texas GLO  Streamlined back office and operational areas of the firm  Developed strategic corporate plans for the next five years QUADRANGLE GROUP LLC

New York, NY

Private Equity Group with $3.12 billion of commitment with communication, media and technology focused investment strategy

Chief Financial Officer April 11 – April 13  Managed staff of five including two Controllers  Oversaw the preparation of deadline driven quarterly and year end reporting process for Funds and Group, including (a) review of work papers, partner allocations, and financial statements for accuracy and completeness; (b) coordinated with other department groups to ensure all deliverables are met on time  Coordinated fund level transaction execution with deal professionals and finance group  Budgeting: maintained management company budget and worked closely with President on same  Oversaw transition of a fund’s accounting to a 3rd party administrator and reviewed all NAVs, allocations and investor statements  Reviewed Fund "waterfall" calculations to ensure accurate allocation of GP and LP income/loss and distributions  Assisted with preparation/review of partner allocations for quarterly tax estimates, withholding calculations, and year-end K-1s  Liaised across the firm's finance group in providing necessary management reporting and analysis  Oversaw investor capital calls and distributions  Led an RFP process for Audit and Tax services. The process resulted in annual savings of $1.4 million  Assisted investor relations on all investor questions and limited partner communications  Streamlined Investment Valuation process

EVERCORE PARTNERS

New York, NY

Boutique investment bank. Private Equity Group had $1.5 billion in commitments with middle market focused investment strategy

Full time Consultant Oct. 09 – March 11 CFO Investment Management April 05– Sept, 09  Responsible for Accounting and financial reporting of Investment Management Business  Oversaw fund accounting and fund administration  Managed staff of six accountants responsible for capital calls, distributions, carry, management fees, financials, and tax allocations.  Designed Investment valuation process to facilitate timely reporting at Evercore level  Reporting responsibilities for US and Mexico Asset Management Business  Participated in Investment Committee meetings  Evaluated various Private Equity accounting software packages and decided to purchase Investran (Sungard/FTI product in August 05). Investran Implementation completed in less than a year  Worked with SunGard to develop an automated carry waterfall in Investran  Launched LP Investor portal and achieved 98% acceptance from the Limited Partners. Distributed General Partner individualized statements with LTD and YTD information thru the web portal  Recruited 5 new Fund Managers and stabilized the Private Equity support model  Worked on compiling, drafting investment management related disclosures for the S-1 filing resulting in a successful IPO for the firm.  Promoted to CFO in 2006  Participated in underwriter meetings with the CFO of the firm and the underwriters to obtain appropriate insurance coverage  Took over additional responsibilities of Treasurer in May 2008. Moved the bank relationship from JP Morgan Chase to First Republic bank resulting in a reduction in bank charges and improvement in customer service

JP MORGAN PARTNERS New York, NY Fund Management Group – CFO JPM LA Aug. 99 – March 05  Instrumental in the planning and formation of JPMorgan partners Latin America Fund ($892M fund commitment)  Developed the Fund Waterfall models and ran multiple cross functional projects related to Fund Management Group  Instrumental in the review and finalization of the partnership agreements and related structures with various legal counsels (Davis Polk & Wardwell, Proskauer Rose LLP and O’Melveny & Myers etc.)  Oversaw capital calls and distributions, financial and tax reporting to constituents for Latin Fund related entities  Coordinated execution of deal documents and tax structuring with fund legal and tax counsel  Promoted to Chief Financial Officer– JPMorgan Partners, Latin America Fund in 2001  Worked with Controller and Managing Partner of India Private Equity Fund on various investments and served as a Finance Liaison for the teams in India, Singapore and Mauritius  Managed 4 other funds (JPM Fleming US Discovery Fund, CPEPS I & II and Octagon) with a total commitment of $900 million.  Ensured compliance with each Fund’s governing documents and ensured proper carry allocation  Oversaw and finalized financial and tax reporting  Assisted investor relations with investor questions and limited partner communications  Responsible for coordination of year-end audits and tax reporting for all third party funds  Played a key role in setting up Partnership Accounting policies and procedures with a SOX project team from PwC

WARBURG DILLON READ LLC Senior Financial Analyst  Managed the accounting for PE funds with over $450MM in corporate buyouts, energy and venture capital  Prepared interim and annual financial statements, tax preparations; serve as a liaison with external auditors

New York, NY May 97 –July 99

EDUCATION: INSTITUTE OF CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS Chartered Accountancy (Intermediate)

New Delhi, India

DELHI UNIVERSITY Bachelor of Arts, Accounting Major

New Delhi, India

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United States

AFFILIATIONS: Board Member, New York Chapter of Financial Executive Alliance (a First Republic Bank sponsored alliance of CFO’s from Private Equity firms) for last seven years....