Shalini Nath-Walia is the Vice President and Treasurer of Nath Companies and has over 28 years experience in financial management, wealth strategies, projection evaluation, M&A activities and overall corporate strategic planning. She has worked at all levels within the organization. She joined Nath Companies in 1992 after working for Coopers & Lybrand where she was an Auditor. Shalini started at the bottom of the corporate ladder as an Assistant General Manager at a Burger King restaurant in the Minnesota market.
In 1994 she was promoted to Restaurant Manager. One year later, She was promoted from the restaurant division to become Project Manager responsible for the research, development and integration of new franchise businesses as a secondary diversification for the franchise groups. Through financial analysis and market demographic evaluations, she launched the company’s co-branding of Burger King Restaurants with new complementary concepts, including three TCBY’s. From 1995 through 2006 she led the M&A activities for all acquisitions and divestitures of the franchise groups. In 2007 she became the President of the Nath Family Foundation as well as taking the leadership role in managing the company’s real estate ownership and management divisions.
Shalini has a B.S. in accounting from Boston College and obtained her MBA in New Venture Management from the University of St. Thomas in 1999.
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