He graduated from the Choate Rosemary Hall school and subsequently enrolled at Williams College, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics.

Following Williams College, Mediratta worked for the Export–Import Bank of the United States in Washington DC before enrolling and earning an MBA at Columbia Business School.

[2] Mediratta chaired the creditor committee for an investor group working to restructure a large portion of the outstanding US$544 million sovereign debt of the nation of Belize.

[9] The Grenada deal was considered an innovative sovereign restructuring because it offered debt relief for the nation while also allowing creditors to participate in revenue growth.

[16] He previously sat on the board of directors of the UTC North American Fund of the Unit Trust Corporation, a financial services company operating in Trinidad and Tobago.