Pooja Bhaskar

Chief Operating Officer, Advant

Indian-born Pooja earned her undergraduate degree at the College of William and Mary in the US, and an MBA from INSEAD, alongside studies at Cambridge University, in Rome, and most recently, a degree in Real Estate Investment from New York University. Pooja began her career in real estate at JM Financial, one of India's largest investment banks, where she played an integral role in growing the AUM from $750 million to $1.1 billion. She helped expand one of India's largest trading firms, a family business, from one office to seven across India. Now with Advant in Singapore, Pooja has affirmed her reputation for incisive market analysis combined with cultural insight. Having lived in nine countries and traveled to 50, this food critic and mother considers herself a true global citizen.