Mandakini Puri

Mandakini served as Managing Director and Co-Head of the Global Private Equity Group at BlackRock. Prior to joining BlackRock, Ms. Puri was the Chief Investment Officer and co-founder of Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, the private equity arm of Merrill Lynch. As Chief Investment Officer, Ms. Puri developed and oversaw the investment approval and review process as well as the periodic review and valuation of investments. Ms. Puri has worked on developing investment opportunities and sourcing in the U.S., Asia and Latin America. She joined Merrill Lynch in 1986 and started working in the areas of mergers & acquisitions, restructuring from 1987 to 1991 and leveraged finance from 1992 to 1994 within Merrill Lynch's investment banking division. Ms. Puri is a member of the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Ms. Puri earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi University in 1979 and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1986.