A bare look at him will not reflect the intensity he has shrouded in his boyish charm. Nor does his normal looking I Phone-15 give any sign that its contact list is loaded with private numbers of all the bigwigs of corporate world. Be it Ambanis, Adanis, Singhanias, Mittals, Jindals or any business emperor who contributing substantially to the national GDP.
Meet Saurabh Saxena, a key official in Ernst & Young, which is one of the big four professional services firm along with Deloitte, PwC and KPMG.
Saxena is currently working closely with Rajasthan government to rope in big investments. During Rising Rajasthan Global Business Summit, which was held last year, he was the man to go to. He worked tirelessly with connecting corporate giants with top official of Rajasthan. No wonder Rising Rajasthan had seen galaxy of corporate czars attending the summit and pledging for record investment of Rs 35 lakh crore.
Investment Magnet
A management graduate, he has worked with two of the Big Four – PwC and E&Y before starting his career with country's largest fertiliser maker IFFCO.
With close contacts in corporate and strong industry linkages, Saurabh has helped several states including Uttar Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Rajasthan hold investment promotion summits.
“He is in great demand whenever any state plans to hold such summits. He is expert in mobilising participation of big corporates and industries making the summit successful,” said a senior official of E&Y who works closely with him.
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