"Mr. Aakash has extensive experience of about two decades across diverse Institutional Financial Services and specializes in the areas of Corporate and Structured Finance, Syndication & Capital Markets, and Treasury (Resource Raising) across key global financial markets.

Prior to 360 ONE Asset, he was associated with Clix Capital (formerly GE Capital) in the capacity of Head - Corporate Finance and Structured Credit business. Even before working at Clix, Aakash has worked at Standard Chartered Bank, ICICI Bank in the UK in various leadership roles.

He is an alumnus of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai."

Mr. Aalap Shah brings over 17 years of invaluable experience in the Indian capital markets to the table. He is a specialist in the intricate realm of quantamental strategies, skillfully bridging the domains of quantitative analysis and fundamental insights.
Mr. Aalap's professional journey has encompassed both sides of the industry, serving on the sell side and the buy side. During his tenure as a quant analyst on the sell side, he accumulated a wealth of knowledge and practical acumen, amassing more than 8 years of experience with esteemed institutions such as Phillip Capital and Standard Chartered Securities.
Transitioning to the buy side, Aalap dedicated over 9 years of his career to managing funds for distinguished organizations like HDFC Life and Birla SunLife. Presently, Aalap Shah is the Fund Manager at Dolat Absolute Return Fund.

"Ms. Apoorva Sharma is the Managing Partner of Stride Ventures. She handles multiple roles in the company – Fundraising, investor relations, deal sourcing, underwriting, and handling strategic partnerships with VCs and banks.

Ms. Apoorva Sharma started her career with HSBC in the Investment Banking Division and worked in Debt Capital Market and M&A Advisory. Later, she joined Xander Group, a global private equity firm, where she worked across mid market deals. At Stride, she has been investing in new age businesses across sectors for various debt use cases"

Meet Mr. Amit Jeswani, the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Stallion Asset Pvt Limited. With over 14 years of experience in capital markets, Mr. Jeswani is a distinguished financial expert who holds dual charters in Chartered Financial Analyst (Virginia, USA) and Chartered Market Technician (New York, USA), he also graduated in Business with a specialization in finance from Kingston University London.

Amit has over two decades of experience in the Indian Investment Industry. Amit brings with him exhaustive knowledge of multi asset, multi sector investments across various platforms. Over his career he has worked across diverse roles on the buy and sell sides.
At Dolat Group, Amit heads the Institutional Equities and focuses upon devising market strategy and research ideas. He is also actively engaged in driving new initiatives of the group in asset management and wealth businesses.
Amit is a CFA charter holder and completed Masters in Business Economics. He has been an active volunteer with CFA Society India and served 3 terms as a Board Member before retiring as Vice President.

"Mr. Anil Rego is an esteemed Investment Professional, Entrepreneur, and Author. He founded the Right Horizons Group in 2003 and currently holds the positions of CIO at Right Horizons PMS and Fund Manager for select schemes. With over three decades of experience, Mr Anil is a pioneer in the Contrarian style of investing.

Prior to his entrepreneurial journey with Right Horizons, he completed his CFA/MBA from ICFAI, further enhancing his expertise in the financial domain. Mr Anil worked in the Finance Department of Wipro Technologies in the fields of Business Planning and Mergers and acquisitions.

Mr. Anil is frequently quoted in leading print publications and contributes articles on various financial topics. Furthermore, he is a sought-after expert and is regularly invited to share his expertise on leading business channels such as ET Now and CNBC TV18."

"Anirudh Garg is a luminary in the financial sector, recognized for blending technological innovation with investment acumen as the Partner and Head of Research at INVasset. He has pioneered groundbreaking investment strategies, significantly contributing to the firm’s eminent standing in the industry.

Anirudh champions the belief that technology serves as an antidote to the market’s inherent emotions of greed and fear. He has been instrumental in developing the INVasset AAID algorithm, an award-winning proprietary investment strategy. This novel approach amalgamates all four investment styles – value, growth, quantity, and pension fund investment – offering a diversified spectrum of opportunities and ensuring optimal asset allocation.

Holding the distinguished qualification of a Chartered Accountant, Anirudh has also earned a Bachelor of Business Studies from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi University. He further augmented his financial expertise with a Master of Investment Management from the globally-renowned ICMA Centre in the United Kingdom.

With over 15 years of profound research experience in the stock market, Anirudh manages a proprietary trading desk valued at over INR 200 crores and a Portfolio Management Service (PMS) portfolio exceeding INR 120 crores. His adeptness in handling substantial portfolios and implementing innovative strategies exemplifies his mastery in the field."

Mr. Bharat Shah, is an Executive Director of our Company. He holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce from the University of Bombay and a post-graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India. He has been on the Board since 2008. He has over 24 years of experience in the field of investment management and has previously worked at Birla Capital International AMC Limited and Asian Paints (India) Limited.

"Mr. Bhavin Shah is a Fund manager with a proven track record of generating alpha. He has over 25 years of experience in technology, equity research, and portfolio management.
Mr. Bhavin Shah is a serial entrepreneur with demonstrated capability of building top-notch franchises in Indian, Asian, and Global equities. He has an impeccable reputation for professional integrity among global institutional clients"

"Mr. Chockalingam Narayanan has over 17 years of extensive experience in Fund Management, Investment Research and Market Analysis. He has been instrumental in analysing business fundamentals to derive relevant and actionable analysis that has portfolio growth. He is consistently relied upon for providing detailed analysis of the macro-economy, financial markets and ESG that serve as some of the key foundation pillars for the various investment strategies that he has worked with in his career. In his career, he has earlier worked with leading organisations like Baroda BNP Paribas Asset Management India Pvt Ltd, Deutsche Equities India Private Limited and Batlivala & Karani Securities.

Academically, Mr Chockalingam Narayanan has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from T A Pai Management Institute, Manipal and a Bachelor of Commerce from G.R.Damodaran College of Science. He has also passed the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) certification by the Global Association of Risk Professionals, USA. "

"Ms. Devina Mehra has been leading First Global for the past three decades - starting it off as a securities firm and investment bank and later transforming it into a Global Quantitative Asset Management firm. Ms. Devina started her professional career in Citibank working in the Investment Banking/ Corporate Finance Group and then the Corporate Risk Strategy Group from 1986-1993. In 1993, she quit Citibank and became an individual member of the Bombay Stock Exchange. This proprietorship was later corporatised into First Global along with a membership of the National Stock Exchange.

She has been widely quoted in the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Financial Times, Forbes, Fortune, Business Week, Barron's, etc., and has been featured on shows like Smart Money on CNBC and The Mind of The Market on NDTV Profit, in addition to being a guest on several shows on finance and markets on several channels in India and abroad.

Ms. Devina is a gold medallist from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and Lucknow University (Maths, Stats, English). "

Gaurav Mehta joined SBI Funds Management (SBIFM) in November 2018 as an Equity Analyst in SBI Mutual Fund and subsequently moved to having fund management responsibilities as well. With effect from October 2021, Gaurav is now CIO – Alternatives where he is responsible for managing equity portion of the Portfolio Management Services & Alternative Investment Funds business. Gaurav has over 15 years’ experience in Indian Financial Markets having worked with Ambit Investment Advisors, Ambit Capital, and Edelweiss Capital. Gaurav has completed B.Tech (Chemical Engineering) from IIT, Bombay and holds a post graduate diploma in Management from IIM, Lucknow. Gaurav is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA

Hemant has more than 19 years of experience in Indian financial services. Across leading organizations like ICICI Bank and Edelweiss Financial Services. In his last role with Edelweiss, he was the CEO of the Asset Management business which went on to become one of India’s largest platforms with more than ~ INR 30,000 Crs of alternative assets and ~ INR 75,000 Crs of mutual fund assets with marquee global and domestic clients as partners. Hemant is a graduate of St. Xavier’s, Calcutta, and has done his MBA from IIM Bangalore.

"Himanshu is a Partner in the Deals team of Price Waterhouse & Co LLP and has more than 25 years of experience in tax consulting. He focuses on structuring of transactions, covering a wide range of complex tax and regulatory matters relevant for venture capital and private equity funds. He has extensive experience on both buy-side and sell-side transactions involving due diligence and transaction structuring ad well as advising on fund set up aspects.

Himanshu has been a speaker at various professional forums in India and US such as IVCA, Wall Street Tax Association, USIBC, AICPA, TiE, and the author of a number of articles in leading economic and tax publications. "

Jigar has over 21 years of equity research and investing experience, covering sectors like Banking and financials, Global metals and mining, Utilities and India strategy. Jigar has previously worked with institutions such as HSBC Capital Markets and Kotak Institutional Equities. Prior to founding Buoyant, Jigar was the Director of Research at HSBC, advising top global funds on investing in India. Jigar is an associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, and a CFA Charterholder from AIMR, US.

Mr. Karthik Athreya, Director and Head of Strategy for Alternative Credit, is a financial services professional with over 22 years of experience across principal investing, funds management, investment banking, corporate finance, assurance and transaction diligence services. He heads Sundaram Alternates’ (SA) private credit team which, in a short span of 5 years, manages assets over USD 225 million. Prior to SA, Karthik led the India business of Clearwater Capital Partners, a pan Asian special situations fund since 2007 and oversaw over a billion dollars of investment in India across secured lending, offshore private credit, deep restructurings, private equity and real estate investing. He was instrumental in the set up and build out of Clearwater’s high yield Assets-backed lending NBFC platform that built close to USD 400 million balance sheet profitably. Prior to Clearwater, Karthik was a founder employee and a Director of Investment Banking at YES Bank. He worked as a Director in the Investment Banking business of Rabo India Finance, a subsidiary of Rabobank Netherlands. Prior to this, Karthik worked in the Corporate Finance group of Arthur Andersen and with PricewaterhouseCoopers in their assurance & transaction advisory business.

A CFA, MS Finance from ICFAI University -- Kshitij Anand tracks stock markets for Economictimes.com. He is the Editor for ETMarkets.com. kshitij has about 15 years of experience in stock market coverage for the top media organisation. When he is not tracking markets, he is busy with his camera pursuing his love for wildlife photography. Apart from tracking Sensex and Nifty, Kshitij is also a master healer and author of 'Mind over Money' a weekly series on ETMarkets.

Lakshmi Iyer is the CEO - Investment & Strategy at Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited (Formerly known as Kotak Investment Advisors Limited). She has been with the Kotak Group for over 22 years.

As part of KAAML, she is responsible for investment advisory, product solutions spanning across fixed income, equities, real estate and alternates

In KMAMC she was CIO Fixed Income & Head – Products. In this role, she was responsible for credit research, deal execution, managing fund performance across all debt funds, and assisting sales in client interaction. In addition to that, she has been a portfolio specialist and managed product related initiatives such as product pricing and coordination with the funds management and sales team in that role

Prior to joining Kotak, Lakshmi worked with Credence Analytics Pvt Ltd, as a research analyst where she tracked corporate bond markets in India and generated research reports. She was also instrumental in conceiving various financial software tools in collaboration with software and technical teams.

Lakshmi holds an MBA degree in finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. She has been recognized as one of the Top 25 most influential women in asset management in Asia by Asian Investor

Mr. Mehta heads the Sales and Products function and has played an instrumental role in building the distribution network for ASK’s PMS and AIF business in India. He has over 23 years of experience in industries such as NBFC, Equities & Asset Management. He is a Commerce graduate, MBA, and Certified Financial Planner (CFP). Nimesh has previously worked with Motilal Oswal AMC, GE Money, and Godrej Appliances Ltd. He is a TEDx speaker and has authored the book – Sales Booster.

"Rajani is a seasoned economist with a wealth of experience in the corporate sector, financial services, and consultancy. As the Chief Economist at CareEdge Group, she is responsible for providing insightful economic analysis, guiding strategic decisions, and driving growth for the company. Rajani has authored many reports on various economic issues, and she regularly writes opinion pieces for business dailies. She is an active participant in public discussions on economics in various forums. Before joining CareEdge, Rajani held senior positions at prestigious institutions such as Knight Frank, Aditya Birla Group, Kotak Bank, and J M Morgan Stanley. She received the Womens Icon Award for Real Estate Consultancy 2021 by Realty Plus. Rajani remains committed to education and is often invited to give lectures at educational institutions. She is an alumna of the prestigious Delhi School of Economics and Lady Shri Ram College."

Sameer Nath is the CIO and Head, Venture Capital & Private Equity at 360 ONE Asset, earlier known as IIFL Asset Management. The VC & PE business has approximately $3 billion in AUM, extending from Mid-Stage to Late-Stage Venture Capital to Growth Equity to pre-IPO investments. Sameer has 25 years of experience across private market investing, M&A, capital markets, entrepreneurship, and management.

In his current role, he focuses on sharpening fund investment strategies, deal sourcing, engaging actively with portfolio companies, recruiting and mentoring top talent, deepening and expanding investor relationships, and strengthening fund performance. Prior to 360 ONE Asset, he was Founder and Managing Partner at TrueScale Capital. Earlier, he co-founded Iron Pillar in 2016. Sameer was an investment banker for 15 years (of which, he spent 6 of them as a managing director) with Citigroup, in New York, Mumbai, and Singapore. He helped Citi build market-leading franchises in M&A and Technology both in India and globally. Over the last seven years, Sameer’s responsibilities have included team management, investment strategy, deal sourcing, due diligence and documentation, portfolio management, fundraising, brand building, and public relations. Sameer serves on the boards of ApnaKlub, Advamedica (Axio), BlueStone, SEDEMAC, and Testbook.

He has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (with concentrations in Finance, Strategic Management, and Entrepreneurship) and a BA from Middlebury College (Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science).

Mr. Sameer Shah is a Chartered Accountant by qualification and has been associated with the market since 1999. He was instrumental in growing business at Sharekhan, Brics, and Centrum before he cofounded ValueQuest. Mr. Sameer drives research and manages the flagship strategy VQ Growth since its inception 13 years back and the institutional mandate. He has been a board member at APMI.

Ms. Shivani Bhasin Sachdeva is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at India Alternatives. Shivani has over 15 years of private equity experience in the USA and in India at top notch private equity funds including IDFC Private Equity, Lightyear Capital and GE Equity where she has been responsible for deal sourcing, execution and monitoring companies across various sectors. Shivani has helped shape strategy at various companies through board level involvement and been instrumental in generating superior returns for her investors. Shivani is an MBA from Wharton and a BA from Mount Holyoke College (Massachusetts).

Mr. Siddhartha a qualified Chartered Accountant is the driving force behind Aequitas & has over 13 years of experience in Equity research and Equity Fund Management. Siddhartha started his career as a Research Analyst with Sushil Finance and has worked with Strat cap Securities. Principal PNB AMC & Reliance Capital Asset Management (RCAM)

"Siddhartha works for a full-service Investment bank & has over 22 years of experience in financial markets. He specializes in leadership, economics, Capital markets, fundraising, People management, banking & behavioural finance not because of his degrees but because of his work with various organizations throughout his life. Siddhartha Rastogi is the Principal Officer, Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer with AMBIT Asset Management.

Siddhartha co-founded IIFL Wealth & before that, he was Branch Head of HSBC Bank’s Peddar Road, Mumbai Branch, and the biggest Wealth Branch in the Country. He was the youngest Branch head amongst all branches of HSBC India and turned the Peddar Road branch into the most profitable branch in the country with his highly motivated team and his able leadership. Siddhartha has also worked with Citibank & UTI Bank in Wealth Management & merchant banking roles.

Siddhartha is a motivational speaker and a life coach. Siddhartha is frequently invited by various B-Schools including IIM Lucknow, IIM Ranchi, IIM Indore, IIM Rohtak, IIM Sambalpur FMS Delhi, JBIMS, and others for leadership, behavioural finance, and capital markets talks and sessions. "

Mr. Sumit has over 16 years of experience in Indian equity markets. He was actively involved in the conceptualization of the Indian Entrepreneur strategy and currently manages the Indian Entrepreneur Portfolio with total assets of over USD 2.5 billion. He has been instrumental in building the proprietary valuation models at ASK. He is also engaged in investment research, identifying new investment opportunities, and tracking their performance at regular intervals. In the past, Sumit has worked with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and First Global Securities. He is a Post Graduate in Management from Mumbai University.

"Sunil has over 20 years of experience in banking, financial services and investment sectors. He is responsible for the vision of ASK Group and spearheads the strategy of the group. His mandate is to grow the company into a formidable wealth and investment management entity. Sunil enjoys strong credentials and deep understanding of Real Estate and, is responsible in setting up new businesses and building strong professional teams."

Sunil Singhania, CA and CFA Charter Holder, founder of Abakkus Asset Manager LLP was rated among the Best fund managers by Outlook Business in 2016 and 2017 over a 10 year time frame. He is the first Indian to be appointed on the Global Board of CFA institute, USA (2013-2019). Currently he is the only Indian to be appointed on the IFRS Capital Market Advisory Committee (CMAC) (2020-2023). He was Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Equities of Reliance Nippon Asset Management overseeing – USD 11 billion of equity asset. He was also an Honorary Chairman of Investment committee of CFA Institute (2018-2019) managing – USD 450 million.

"Tirthankar Patnaik is Chief Economist at the National Stock Exchange of India. He has over two decades of experience in the Indian capital markets, academic research, credit research in macro and sector strategy, quantitative finance, and consumer banking. At the National Stock Exchange, he leads research efforts in macroeconomics, financial markets, corporate governance & ESG and market microstructure.
Dr. Patnaik started his career as a researcher at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) and worked on a number of academic and corporate projects in econometrics and quantitative finance, followed by a stint in consumer banking analytics as an analyst with the Global Consumer Group of Citibank in India and Europe. His next focus area was equity strategy for institutional clients, initially with Citigroup Global Markets as India equity strategist, and then with Religare Capital Markets Ltd, as the India Strategist and Chief Economist. In his last assignment prior to joining NSE, he was the Chief Strategist and Head of Research for India, at Japan-based Mizuho Bank.
Tirthankar has a PhD from the IGIDR, Mumbai, where his area of research was high-frequency finance and market microstructure. He also has an MSc in Statistics, and a BSc in Mathematics, both from the University of Madras. "

"Mr. Vaibhav has completed Bachelors in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from London Business School. He has also managed a proprietary PMS and has over a decade of experience in stock picking and generating index-beating returns.

Mr. Vaibav has worked as a ratings analyst at CRISIL and investment analyst at Motilal Oswal Asset Management. He is currently managing ~$1.5 bn AUM at Motilal Oswal Asset Management across alternate products."

"Mr. Vignesh Shankar has over 20 years of experience across sectors and domains and is currently running a Venture capital fund. He is a business leader and strategy professional with a passion for identifying, investing, and catalyzing businesses in India for the Indian growth century.
As the Managing Partner at Artha99 Investment Partners, a pre-series A VC fund, he leads the sourcing, diligence, fundraising, and execution of deals across diverse verticals and stages, leveraging my network, insights, and acumen.
Prior to joining Artha99, Mr. Vignesh held senior positions at Stanley Black & Decker, Kreston International, and DC Capital Advisors, where he developed and implemented growth strategies, led M&A and corporate finance initiatives, and drove turnaround and transformation projects for industrial and engineering businesses in Asia and India.
He also has a strong background in audit, accounting, and financial risk management, having completed my ACA, IFRS, and EEP certifications from reputed institutions."

Mr. Vikaas M. Sachdeva is an industry stalwart with over three decades of experience in the Asset Management business. He is currently the Managing Director of Sundaram Alternates, driving growth across different platforms, geographies, and asset classes. Among his industry affiliations, he has been an erstwhile member of the Mutual Fund Advisory Committee (MFAC), a high-powered committee appointed by SEBI to advise them on governing the MF industry. He was also on the board of the Association of Mutual Funds of India (AMFI), heading the ETF and indexing committee, which submitted the first white paper on ETFs to SEBI. More recently he was associated with the Asset Managers Roundtable of India (AMRI), the nodal body for FPIs in the country. He is the co-chair of the Indian Venture and Alternate Capital Association (IVCA) Category III AIF council.

"Mr. Vishal has an investment experience of over 12 years spent in investing, divesting & investment strategy. He currently Heads Private Equity for India and South East Asia for Khazanah, a ~$35bn sovereign fund of Malaysia Vishal has led growth investment in several assets over the years with above average returns and zero loss ratio. Current focus areas include consumer, financial services, healthcare and tech.

"He has an MBA from INSEAD and an Engineering degree from Mumbai University."