GOVERNMENT ADVISORY & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

• NUMBER 10 ENTREPRENEURIAL ADVISORY GROUP MEMBER: Hand-selected by PM’s office; delivered instrumental advice and strategy to attract and retain overseas entrepreneurs, IP assets and investments. 
  
  

• UK INDIA BUSINESS ANGELS NETWORK, CHAIRMAN: Achieved agreement from the Prime Minister to launch a UK India Business Angel initiative, which partners Indian and UK investors with British companies to promote UK inward investment by Indian companies. 
  
  

• UK INDIA BUSINESS COUNCIL FOUNDING DIRECTOR: A UK-India government body, established to promote bi-lateral trade and growth. Member of Remuneration Committee. Board responsibilities include oversight of strategy, lobbying initiatives, governance and finances. Membership includes FTSE 100 companies. 
  
  

• THE INDUS ENTREPRENEURS (TIE), UK CHAPTER CO-FOUNDER: Board Member of a global entrepreneur mentoring organisation with 57 chapters and 13,000 members across 14 countries. Responsible for strategy to recruit and retain FTSE 100, Dow 30, global business members including HSBC, Microsoft by engaging them with valuable programmes and building pride in the organisation.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• DEPT FOR INTL TRADE, UK GOVERNMENT: DEALMAKER 2005 - PRESENT Retained by UK Trade and Investment as part of an expert, senior team of Dealmakers. Contributes significant value to the UK economy, winning recognition within the Department; sourced and introduced early stage technology, IP and entrepreneurial talent from India, China and SE Asia, and also from US, EU, for UK HQs (special focus on women entrepreneurs).
  
  Secured financing from major venture capital, private equity and angel investment groups to evolve and transform start-up businesses to multi-million-pound entities.  Contributed £1BN of inward investment / wealth creation into the UK as the longest serving and most senior member of a ten-person team, by driving engagement with business, converting leads into investment through deal making. 
  
  Secured more than 80 high-growth businesses with a 90% survival rate; built exceptional relationships with global governments, ministers, trade bodies, diplomats, civil servants and entrepreneurs to achieve success.
  
  

• PRAEFINIUM PARTNERS: CHAIRMAN | FOUNDING PRINCIPAL 2004 - PRESENT Launched fund management entity from initial acquisition; created business processes, infrastructure and growth strategy, with full compliance and regulatory authorisation in the UK, Luxemburg, Cyprus and Singapore. Developed the business to secure assets of €100M, with offices in UK, Singapore, Hungary and Germany. Help team set and achieve goals through mentoring and training.
  
  

• ALPESH PATEL VENTURES LTD | TRADERMIND LTD: FOUNDER 1997 - PRESENT A high-profile past and present client list in 73 countries, including: American Express, Goldman Sachs, Lloyds Bank, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Barclays, Merrill Lynch HSBC, Charles Schwab, LIFFE, ICICI Bank, and E-Trade. Created a trustworthy personal brand as a global authority on fintech, investing, wealth management, entrepreneurship and business, as well as democratising investment by providing exceptional free education to create a society of global world-class investors.
  
  

• ENTREPRENEURSHIP, BUSINESS AND GOVERNMENT ADVISOR:  ICICI Bank, Investment Advisory Committee to Private Banking Division: Advised on global economy and best products & funds for a global high net worth market for India’s largest bank. (2006-2010)  Member of the UK India Roundtable; advised Prime Ministers of both countries on building closer strategic ties, with initiatives becoming Government policy. (1999-2004) 
  
  

• MEDIA AND TELEVISION:  Financial Times columnist, Bloomberg TV, CNBC Co-host: 200 columns published in the FT on global investing; winning FT award for most accurate FTSE predictor. Co-host Bloomberg TV on global business issues.  Authored a book that achieved #2 spot on Amazon, just behind Harry Potter.  Developed the lucrative financial section of Asian Voice as Consultant Editor; a leading weekly publication for UK Asian business. Created, editor of online trading sub-magazine within Shares magazine. 
  
  

• ACADEMIC ADVISORY: Consults to university leadership / Boards and provides academic expertise to students.  King’s College, London, Principal’s Advisory Board Member 2008-  Chatham House (Royal Institute of International Affairs), Member of Council 2003-9  University of Luton, Governor and Member of the Strategic Planning & Finance Committee, 2004 – 2007  University of Reading, Board of Advisors, Centre for Entrepreneurship, 2002 – 2004  Oxford Business School Venture Fund, Member of the Executive Committee, 2004  Associateship of Kings College (AKC)

EDUCATION

Visiting Fellow, Business and Industry, Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, 2001 – 2002 MA, Philosophy, Politics & Economics, St. Anne’s College, Oxford University, 1995; Bursary internship to US Congress Called to Bar of England & Wales from Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn (1993) LLB (Hons) & Associateship, Kings College, London University, 1992

PUBLICATIONS

• Author of 18 investment books published by Financial Times/MacMillan; translated into Russian, German, French, Thai, Korean, Chinese 

• 7 Simple Strategies of Highly Effective Traders (Harriman)

• Our Turn! The Ultimate Start-Up Guide for Female Entrepreneurs (Foreword by Lord Dennis Stevenson) 

• Global Financial Markets Revolution: The Future of Capital Markets (MacMillan)

• Investing Unplugged (MacMillan)

•  The Diary of an Internet Trader (FT) 

• The Mind of a Trader (FT): Lessons in trading strategy from the world’s leading traders 

• Outsourcing Success: The Management Imperative (MacMillan/Tata McGraw Hill) 

• Trading Online (FT) – reached no.2 on Amazon UK charts 

• Net-trading: Strategies from the Frontiers of Electronic Day Trading (FT) 

• The Internet Trading Course (FT)  The Online Traders Cookbook (Wiley) 

• The Pocket Guide to Trading Online (FT) 

• Alpesh Patel on Stock Futures (Harriman) 

• The Internet Trading Coursebook (FT) 

• SpreadBetting: What Winners Do (Harriman) 

• Your Questions Answered on Money, Investing, Financial Planning

SELECTED SPEECHES & PRESENTATIONS

• Investing in the UK – Qatar, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Shanghai, US, India 2005-2020 

• Global Entrepreneurs & How They Build Their Businesses, Kolkotta

• How Global Entrepreneurs

• Go Global From the UK, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangalore 

• Indo-British All Party Parliamentary Group, Panelist, UK,

• Accompanied Minister, Department of Energy and Climate Change, Delhi, Lucknow, Punjab,

• Department for International Development, UK Govt. (DFID), Panel Speech, London, 

• Banque Privee Edmond De Rothschild Europe, Shaping the Future, Speech, Luxembourg, 

• UK Trade & Investment, India Business Day Conference, Host,  Panel participation,

• Belfast part of G8 event on inward investment,

• House of Lords, to IT Ministry of Govt of Andhra Pradesh,  

• Imperial College, Business and Faith, 

• Imperial College, Breakfast speech with Jim O’Neill and Sir Paul Judge, Host,  

• Barclays Bank, Hindu Society Speech,  

• Raising Capital, Delhi for TIE,  

• Establishing businesses in the UK for UKTI/FCO, Kuala Lumpur & Singapore,  

• Keynote, Fund management and software innovation, Paris, 

• Keynote, Smart Investor Conference, Hong Kong, and Singapore 

• Keynote, KPMG, UK India Potential to UK Indian VIP Community,

• Keynote, UK-India Potential with Stephen Timms MP, Houses of Parliament, 

• Speech, All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group, UK Parliament, 

• Speech, Investing Globally through the UK in Budapest to Business School, 

• Keynote, American-European Investment Bankers Association Real Estate Conference, Mumbai,  

• Launch Host, Finance Business Insurance Magazine, Houses of Parliament,  

• Talk, All Party Small Business Group, Houses of Parliament,  

• Chairman, presentation session on entrepreneurship & UK-India Opportunities, Oxford Business School,

• ‘Business Success’, to Investment Bankers in London: JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs,

• ‘Market Outlook and Asian Business’, to Birmingham Businessmen, PwC,  

• ‘Women and Business’, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce,  

• UKTI, Consultation Presentation on Govt White Paper on Globalisation, Trade and Investment,  

• ‘Starting in business’, Senior Executives Programme, London Business School,  

• University of International Business, Beijing: ‘You didn’t know the UK leads Europe in IT?’,  

• Chinese Ministry of Foreign Trade, UK representative in Beijing at Asia-Europe New Economy and Trade Cooperation Symposium to chair sessions and speak on strategies to improve EU-ASEAN-China trade,  

• UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Malaysian Foreign Office; UK representative at the Asia-Europe Young Leaders Symposium to recommend strategies for closer EU-Asia ties,  

• Indian High Commission, ‘The UK IT advantage and dangers of Indian IT complacency’, Nehru Centre London,  

• ‘Improving investment bank trader selection’, Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation

VOLUNTARY POSITIONS

• Deputy Chairman, Millennium Gates commemorating the service of Commonwealth soldiers in the two World Wars (2015-present) and committee member (2010-2015)  

• Women Empowered, Champion, 2012- Present  

• Akshaya Patra Host Fundraiser; raised >£30k,  

• Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee member, King’s College London,  

• Principal’s Circle Donor: King’s College, London University  

• Oxford University Centre for Hindu Studies, Advisory Board, 2011- Present  

• Televised telethon for Akshaya Patra, Host; India school children feeding Programme,  

• Commonwealth Memorial Gates (Constitution Hill), Council Member

• Co-host, dinner for HRH Duke of Edinburgh, Royal Society for Encouragement of Arts,  

• TiE, mentor to young entrepreneurs as part of TiE mentoring programme, 1999 – Present  

• Rowathon, Barclays Bank for RowForFreedom  

• City Hindu Network, Advisory Board

• Barclays sponsorship, keynote speaker for British Asian Trust; funded book launch for Baroness Flather  

• Northwick Park Hospital, Golden Hearts Member; auction and charity dinner host with Attorney General,  

• Trustee, UnLtd (India); funding social entrepreneurship in India including charity auctions  

• Co-Chairman with Lord Bilimoria, Board of Advisors, Loomba Trust, major donor,  

• Pratham, children’s literacy charity, major donor  

• St Gemma’s Hospice, donor  

• Trustee GEN, India supporting healthcare in remote villages around Delhi,  

• United Nations Association Member; assisted corporate development to fund UNA to service  

• Fellow, Royal Society of Arts  

• Council Member, Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House,