Indian-American management expert Anjan Mukherjee has been roped in by US President-elect Barack Obama into his transition team, the fourth Indian to be part of the 15-member high-profile group. Mukherjee, a Managing Director of Corporate Private Equity group at Blackstone, has been appointed as one of the team leads in Economics and International Trade. His appointment has been the latest one as three other Indian-Americans - Sonal Shah, Preeta Bansal and Nicholas Rathod - have already been inducted into Obama's team.
Mukherjee has been involved in the execution of a number of investments in a wide range of industries. He completed his graduation and MBA from Harvard University. Before joining Blackstone, he worked with Thomas H. Lee Company and Morgan Stanley & Co.
Mukherjee has also worked at the Department of Education (in the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) as well as the Brookings Institution.