Roadshow-cum-family reunion

Planning investor roadshows is not easy. Investment bankers have to prepare for many things, such as lining up potential big investors, analysts' presentations and so on. If, however, a government stake sale is involved, one more variable gets added - the availability of the family of the department of disinvestment (DoD) officials. A banker who is visibly critical of the government's handling of public sector stake sales recalls how he and his team had to plan a recent roadshow in such a way that a DoD official travelling from Delhi could meet his son studying in Ahmedabad.