"Abhay Agarwal is the founder and MD of Piper Serica Advisors. He is the CIO for the Piper Serica Leader Portfolio Strategy (TM). Earlier, Abhay worked as a Director with the Private Equity group of JP Morgan in India, HK and Singapore (1997- 2003). He invested in companies in India, Korea, Australia, Singapore, China and the US. His investments included LBO’s and growth capital. Some of the companies he invested in include HDFC Bank, Piramal Glass, Jubilant Foodworks, Nicholas Piramal (acquired by Abbott), Bharat Forge, MTR Foods (acquired by Orkla), Mando Machinery Korea, Marico and HDFC Securities. He was a director on the board of some of these companies. Prior to that Abhay managed a poprietory fund for Citibank India from 1993-97.He has done MMS from JBIMS, Mumbai in 1993 and B. Com. from Sydenham College in 1991.Abhay is a second-degree black belt in Judo and a certified international Judo coach. He trains under-privileged children and supports budding Judokas."