If education were the Himalayas, Arun has scaled many of the 8000 meter peaks. An IIT Madras grad, Arun studied at IIM Bangalore and then ranked nationally while getting his Chartered Accountancy papers. He then spent over 7 years at Arthur Andersen in India, where he consulted on market entry strategies for Whirlpool, Samsung and Honda; valuation advisory for Alstom, Sulzer and Purolator and corporate finance advice with Honda, American Home Products and Johnson & Johnson. He also spent a year in AA’s London offices, working on National Freight, BP and Dunlop and has worked closely with Andersen’s Technology Group in San Jose, advising Indian IT companies/startups on cross-border issues.