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Mrs. Sonu Bhasin
B.Sc. (Hons.) Mathematics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University and MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University
GENERAL VED PRAKASH MALIK (RETD.)
Independent Director
Mr. Sundeep Sikka
ED & CEO
MR. HIROKI YAMAUCHI
Associate Director
Mr. Ashvin Parekh
Independent Director
Mr. B. Sriram
Independent Director
MR. MINORU KIMURA
Associate Director
MR. UPENDRA KUMAR SINHA
Associate Director
MR.KOSUKE KUROISHI
B.A. in Economics from the Waseda University
Mrs. Sonu Bhasin
Mrs. Sonu Bhasin is one of the senior women professionals in the industry with an experience of more than 30 years and has set up and managed large businesses, and diverse teams, across financial and non-financial sectors in India and overseas.
Mrs. Bhasin is the Founder of FAB-Families and Business. This platform, since November 2014, is a platform for Family Business Owners (SMEs) helps them build multi-generational businesses. She has also served as the Chief Operating Officer of Tata Capital Limited - Travel Forex and Cards, Group President (Branch Banking) at Yes Bank, President for Retail Products & Sales Management at Axis Bank, Head of Investment and Third-Party Product Development and Head of Marketing - Wealth Management at ING Vysya Bank. She began her career as a TAS Officer with the Tata Group and spent 13 years with the Group before becoming a Banker.
Mrs. Bhasin is also an award-winning business author with five published books till date and she is also a columnist with The Economic Times, the leading financial daily of India. She has been named as one of the Global 100 most Influential individuals for family enterprises in 2020 and was inducted into the FBU Family Business Hall of Fame in 2022.
Her area of expertise includes Governance, Business Strategy, Leadership, Innovation, Wealth Management and Entrepreneurship.
GENERAL VED PRAKASH MALIK (RETD.)
M. Sc. (Defense Studies), Madras University
General Ved Prakash Malik (Retd.) has worked in the Indian Army as Chief of the Army Staff from October 1, 1997 to September 30, 2000. He had dual responsibility of being an advisor to the Government as well as commander of 1.2 million strong Indian Army to fulfil its national role and assigned missions. During the service at Indian Army, General Malik was bestowed with prestigious awards like Ati Vishishta Seva Medal (1986) and Param Vishita Seva Medal (1996). He has also received ‘Excellence in Leadership Award’ by Atur Foundation, ‘Pride of Nation Award’ by Doon Citizens Council and ‘Distinguished Fellowship’ by the Institute of Directors, New Delhi (1999). Since 2003, General Malik is also serving as an Independent Director/ Advisor of some of the other well-known multinational companies.
Mr. Sundeep Sikka
MBA - Finance, Pune University
Mr. Sundeep Sikka brings over 30 years of experience in financial services and currently acting as ED & CEO of NAM India.He joined the organization in 2003 and later became one of the youngest CEOs in India’s mutual fund industry in 2009.Under his leadership, the Company achieved industry-leading scale, built a strategic partnership with Nippon Life Insurance ,acquired Goldman Sachs Asset Management India , and successfully listed on the stock exchange.He is currently serving his second term as AMFI Chairman and has led several key industry committees including CII,FICCI,IFSCA. Mr. Sikka is also a prominent speaker at National and Global forums.He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
MR. HIROKI YAMAUCHI
Mr. Hiroki Yamauchi (Associate Director) serves as General Manager, Global Asset Management Business Department at Nippon Life Insurance Company (NLI). In his over 20-year professional career with NLI, he has performed various roles, including corporate planning, marketing planning, and group annuity business. Also, he has worked for Nissay Asset Management in corporate / investment planning for 4 years. Besides the above, he has also spent his professional career with Nissay Deutsche Asset Management (Europe), where he held the position of Fund Manager for 3 years. In the most recent role, he has engaged in NLI’s Indian life insurance and asset management business as Head of Indian Business for 2 years (2020-2022).
Mr. Ashvin Parekh
(B.Com (Hons), FCA, AICWA, ACS, Exec MBA- INSEAD)
Mr. Ashvin Parekh, aged 67 years is a qualified Chartered Accountant and has set up the advisory service company – Ashvin Parekh Advisory Services LLP (APAS) in the areas of providing services to the Boards and the management of the financial services sector companies, in June 2013. Mr. Parekh retired as a Senior Partner from Ernst & Young in June 2013 and was with EY for 8 years. Earlier Mr. Parekh was the Executive Director of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd. from July 2002 till June 2005. Mr. Parekh has also held senior positions in Arthur Anderson, Price Waterhouse Coopers, KPMG India, KPMG UK, KPMG Dubai and Hindustan Lever Ltd. Mr. Parekh has worked in the United Kingdom, Dubai, Australia, Germany and the US on Partner secondment programs for about 11 years outside of India. He is registered with the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank as an expert in the financial services sector. He has worked on gamut of areas like business strategies, corporate planning, institutional strengthening and business transformation across industries including banking, insurance, pension and capital markets. He has been a member of several committees set up by the Ministry of Finance, RBI, IRDA and SEBI. He is also a member of industry bodies and associations namely CII, FICCI and ASSOCHAM.
Mr. B. Sriram
M.Sc Physics, St Stephen's College, Delhi University; B.Sc (Hons) Physics, St Stephen's College, Delhi University; AIMA Diploma in Management, All India Management Association, New Delhi; Diploma in International Law & Diplomacy, The Indian Academy of International Law & Diplomacy, New Delhi; Certificated Associate of the Indian Institute of Banking & Finance (formerly known as The Indian Institute of Bankers), Mumbai.
Mr. B. Sriram has 37 years of experience in all areas of Banking and Finance. He joined State Bank of India as a Probationary Officer in December 1981 and has held various key assignments within the Bank and the Group in Credit and Risk, Retail, Operations, IT, Treasury, Investment Banking and International Operations.
Experience Overview:
- Managing Director & CEO, IDBI Bank Ltd. from June 30, 2018 to September 29, 2018.
- Managing Director, State Bank of India from July 2014 to June 2018.
- iii. Managing Director, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur from March 2013 to July 2014.
MR. MINORU KIMURA
B.A. in Laws, Kyoto University, Kyoto
Mr. Minoru Kimura (Associate Director) serves as Managing Executive Officer, Head of Global Business at Nippon Life Insurance (Nippon). In his 32-year professional career with Nippon, he has engaged in corporate planning for more than 10 years. Also, he has worked for Nissay Asset Management in investment planning for 5 years from 2010 to 2015. Other than above, he has also spent his professional career with Nissay Deutsche Asset Management (Europe) and NLI Investments (Europe), where he carried the position of CEO for 4 years (2003 to 2007). He has engaged in Head of Asia Pacific at Nippon for 2 years (2018-2020) and Regional CEO for the Americas and Europe for 2 years (2020-2022).
MR. UPENDRA KUMAR SINHA
Mr. Sinha, a 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre, during his 3 decades plus of experience has held several responsible government positions in India, including as Joint Secretary (Banking) and Joint Secretary (Capital Markets) in the Ministry of Finance; Chairman of the Working Group on Foreign Investment in India & Chairman of SEBI, to name a few. He has also been the Chairman & Managing Director of UTI Asset Management Company Limited and Chairman of the Association of Mutual Funds in India.
He has actively contributed to the financial sector reforms in the country and is credited with starting the micro pension movement in India. Under his leadership, SEBI introduced significant developmental changes in the areas of FPIs, AIFs, REITs, InvITs and Corporate Governance.
MR.KOSUKE KUROISHI
Mr. Kuroishi serves as General Manager, Global Asset Management Business Unit, Global Business Headquarters at Nippon Life Insurance Company (NLI). In his over 25-year professional career, he has performed various roles, including corporate planning and investment planning. Besides the above, he was involved in risk management at Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Project Office. In the most recent role, he was in charge of management of Nissay Asset Management, Nippon Life's asset management subsidiary, as General Manager & Head of Corporate Planning for 4 years (2021-2024).
Mr. Amit Tripathi
President & CIO – Fixed Income
Mr. Vivek Sharma
Fund Manager
Mr. Sushil Budhia
Senior Fund Manager
Mr. Pranay Sinha
Senior Fund Manager
Mr. Vikash Agarwal
Senior Fund Manager – Fixed Income
Mr. Amit Tripathi
President & CIO – Fixed Income
Amit has 27 years of experience in Capital Markets. He has been with NIMF for more than 20 years. He has successfully managed fixed income and hybrid funds for the past two decades. Many of these funds have been recognized for superior performance both nationally and internationally. In his current role as CIO- Fixed Income, he leads a team of 22 highly motivated and experienced fixed income professionals.
View Managed FundsMr. Vivek Sharma
Fund Manager
Vivek Sharma, Fund Manager Fixed Income has total 9 years experience with Nippon India Mutual Fund Assisting in actively managing the duration and asset-allocation of various debt portfolios such as Income Fund, Gilt Fund, Dynamic Bond Fund, Ultra Short Term Fund, FMPs, Credit Fund, Liquid Fund & Liquid Plus Funds. Vivek Sharma joined NAM India in 2006 as Management Trainee & has been working with Fixed Income Team since 2007.
View Managed FundsMr. Sushil Budhia
Senior Fund Manager
Sushil Budhia has total experience of 18 years in Fixed Income Markets across various products like Structured Finance, Credits and Mortgages etc. He is a Chartered Accountant and joined Nippon India Mutual Fund as Debt Fund Manager. Before his association with Nippon India Mutual Fund, Sushil worked at YES Bank as Senior President, in his 13 year tenor with Bank, he played a pivotal role in setting up the Debt Capital Market business and consummated many marquee deals in the Market. Prior to that he has worked as Bond dealer at Axis Bank and UTI Mutual Fund.
View Managed FundsMr. Pranay Sinha
Senior Fund Manager
Pranay Sinha is a Debt Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He is an alumnus from IIT Kharagpur & IIM Calcutta. He comes with more than 15 years of experience in Fixed Income Investment Management across marquee organizations including ICICI Prudential AMC, Morgan Stanley Investment Management, BNP Paribas & ABSL MF. He comes with considerable experience managing different variety of funds from liquid plus to duration funds including funds which are the largest in size in its peer class and consistently providing upper quartile performance most of the time.
View Managed FundsMr. Vikash Agarwal
Senior Fund Manager – Fixed Income
Vikash Agarwal is Senior Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management .He has over 18.5 years of experience in capital Markets where he has worked with HDFC Asset Management as Fund Manager From September 2007 to August 2024 Before that he was associated with Larsen and Toubro - Forex Trading and economic research from April 2006 to September 2007 where he managed a range of engagements involving hedging of forex risk, bid advisory on projects involving foreign exchange risks.
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Mr. Sailesh Raj Bhan
President & CIO - Equity Investments
Mr. Rupesh Patel
Senior Fund Manager
Mr. Samir Rachh
Fund Manager - Equity Investments
Ms. Meenakshi Dawar
Fund Manager
Mr. Ashutosh Bhargava
Fund Manager & Head-Equity Research
Mr. Vinay Sharma
Equity Fund Manager
Mr.Nemish Sheth
Fund Manager & Dealer
Mr.Herin Visaria
Fund Manager & Dealer
Mr. Dhrumil Shah
Fund Manager
Ms. Kinjal Desai
Fund Manager - Overseas Investment
Mr. Aishwarya Agarwal
Senior Research Analyst & Fund Manager
Mr. Bhavik Dave
Co-Fund Manager & Research Analyst
Mr. Vikram Dhawan
Fund Manager - Commodities
Mr. Rohit Hasmukh Shah
Equity & Co Fund Manager
Mr. Rahul Modi
Research Analyst and Fund Manager
Mr. Rishit Parikh
Research Analyst and a Co-Fund Manager
Mr. Ritesh Rathod
Research Analyst and a Co-Fund Manager
Mr. Lokesh Maru
Research Analyst & Assistant Fund Manager
Mr. Divya Dutt Sharma
Assistant Fund Manager - Overseas
Mr. Sailesh Raj Bhan
President & CIO - Equity Investments
Sailesh Raj Bhan is President & CIO – Equity Investments at Nippon India Mutual Fund. He has over 27 years of experience in Indian Equity Markets with over 19years at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. An MBA in Finance and CFA by qualification, he has been managing multiple flagship funds namely, Nippon India Large Cap Fund, Nippon India Multi Cap Fund& Nippon India Pharma Fund for over 15 years.
View Managed FundsMr. Rupesh Patel
Senior Fund Manager
Rupesh Patel has joined as a Senior Fund Manager in Investment Equity team at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He comes with over 23 years of experience across listed Equity Investments, Pvt Equity RE investments, Credit Risk Assessment and Evaluation of Infrastructure projects. Prior to joining us, he was working with Tata Asset Management Limited since 2008, where he was managing some of their flagship funds like Midcap Growth, Large Cap, Tax Savings, Focused Equity Fund and Infrastructure Funds. Rupesh is a Civil Engineering graduate and an MBA in Finance from Sardar Patel University.
View Managed FundsMr. Samir Rachh
Fund Manager – Equity Investments
Samir Rachh is a Bachelor of Commerce from Mumbai University. He has total experience of over 31 years. He has been associated with Nippon Life India Asset Management since 2007 as an Analyst and then as a Fund Manager for over 15 years. He specializes in Mid Cap/Small Cap stocks.
View Managed FundsMs. Meenakshi Dawar
Fund Manager
Meenakshi Dawar has over 13 years of experience in Fund Management and Equity Research. Prior to joining Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, she was managing Large Cap and Hybrids funds at IDFC mutual fund. She was also instrumental in launch of various new products at IDFC. She has worked with ICICI Securities as Equity Research Analyst covering Indian Markets. She has a done her Post graduation in Management from Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad and B.Tech from IGIT-Delhi.
View Managed FundsMr. Ashutosh Bhargava
Fund Manager & Head-Equity Research
Ashutosh Bhargava is Head- Equity Research and Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 26 years of work experience and over 17 years in Investment Research. He is working with Nippon India for over 15 years now. Prior to that, he has worked as an analyst for over 2 years at JP Morgan in their Global Economics Team based out of Mumbai. He specializes in Macro and Rule-based Investment Strategies. Ashutosh has done MBA in Finance from NMIMS, Mumbai.
View Managed FundsMr. Vinay Sharma
Equity Fund Manager
Vinay Sharma is Equity Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Vinay is an Architecture graduate from MNIT Jaipur and did his Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Aided Management from IIM Calcutta. He has also earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, conferred by CFA Institute, USA. Vinay has a total experience of over 18 years. Before his association with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, Vinay worked as a Fund Manager at ICICI Prudential Management for several years managing both diversified and thematic funds. Prior to that, he has been an Equity Research Analyst at AIG Global Asset Management and JP Morgan India. Vinay has been instrumental in many NFO launches and product initiatives in his previous stintsand has attended several Global Investment conferences and seminars.
View Managed FundsMr.Nemish Sheth
Fund Manager & Dealer
Nemish Sheth is a Fund Manager and Equity Dealer at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Nemish Sheth has a total experience of over 16 years. Before his association with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, Nemish worked as a Fund Manager at Bandhan Mutual Fund for several years managing Arbitrage fund, Passive fund and Equity Dealing. Nemish has been instrumental in many NFO launches ( Passive Index funds, Hybrid funds) and product initiatives in his previous stint.
View Managed FundsMr.Herin Visaria
Fund Manager & Dealer
Herin Visaria is Fund manager and Dealer – Equity at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Herin has a total experience of over 17 years. Before his association with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, Herin worked as a Fund Manager for Foreign Securities and Dealer – Equity at Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company Ltd. Prior to that, he has worked as Institutional Sales trading at Religare Capital Markets and Derivatives Research Analyst at Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd. He has also earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, conferred by CFA Institute, USA.
View Managed FundsMr. Dhrumil Shah
Fund Manager
Dhrumil Shah is Fund Manager- Equity Investments at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Dhrumil has over 16 years of experience in Equity Research and Fund Management. Prior to Joining NIMF, he was managing Mid Cap funds as well as Large Cap Funds at Birla Sun Life Insurance. Prior to Birla Sun Life, he was associated with ASK Investment Managers as Portfolio Manager. Dhrumil is a graduate from Mumbai University and a Chartered Accountant.
View Managed FundsMs. Kinjal Desai
Fund Manager - Overseas Investment
Kinjal Desai is Fund Manager - Overseas Investments at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Kinjal has obtained her Masters in Economics from Warwick University, UK. She has a total experience of over 10 years at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, where she started her career as an Associate.
View Managed FundsMr. Aishwarya Agarwal
Senior Research Analyst & Fund Manager
Aishwarya Deepak Agarwal is a Senior Research Analyst & Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He is a certified Chartered Accountant and CFA Charter holder from CFA Institute, US. He has a total experience of over 22 years out of which he has spent over 8 years with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited.
View Managed FundsMr. Bhavik Dave
Co-Fund Manager & Research Analyst
Bhavik Dave has over 10 years of experience in Equity Research. He is Research Analyst & Co-Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Prior to this, he was working with Motilal Oswal Securities Limited - Institutional Equities. Bhavik Dave joined Nippon Life India Asset Management Limitedin 2014 as a Research Associate. He is currently co-handling Nippon India Banking Fund. He has done his graduation in Finance, followed it up with Post Graduate Diploma & Management, Capital markets (PGDM) from Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research, Mumbai.
View Managed FundsMr. Vikram Dhawan
Fund Manager - Commodities
Vikram Dhawan is Fund Manager - Commodities at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. Vikram has over 28 years of experience in Commodities, Fund Management, Enterprise Risk Management and Investing in Corporate and Banking sectors in India and Overseas.Prior joining us, he was associated with Reliance AIF Management Ltd, and Reliance Capital. He was also managing the Risk Portfolio with Gold Matrix Pte, Singapore.Vikram is B. E -Mechanical from Nagpur University and has a P G Diploma in Materials Management.
View Managed FundsMr. Rohit Hasmukh Shah
Equity & Co Fund Manager
Rohit Hasmukh Shah is Dealer – Equity & Co Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 10 years of experience in Equity Dealing. Prior to Joining Dealing team, he was in risk management department of Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He is a Chartered Accountant and FRM - GARP US.
View Managed FundsMr. Rahul Modi
Research Analyst and Fund Manager
Rahul Modi is Research Analyst and Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 17 years of work experience in Investment Research. He is working with Nippon India since 2023. Prior to that, he has worked as an analyst at ICICI Securities for 6 years and other broking houses based out of Mumbai. He specializes in Power, Industrials and Infrastructure sectors. Rahul has done Masters in Finance & Investment from Nottingham Business School, UK.
View Managed FundsMr. Rishit Parikh
Research Analyst and a Co-Fund Manager
Rishit Parikh is a Research Analyst and a Co-Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 14 years of experience, of which 11+ years have been in Investment research. He has been with Nippon India for the past 3 years and his prior stints have been with Nomura and Goldman Sachs. Rishit holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree from Mumbai University and a PGDM (specialization in Banking/Finance) from NMIMS, Mumbai.
View Managed FundsMr. Ritesh Rathod
Research Analyst and a Co-Fund Manager
Ritesh Rathod is Research Analyst and Co-Fund Manager at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has over 18 years of work experience in Investment Research. He is working with Nippon India since 2020. In Past, he has worked at UTI Mutual Fund as Senior Research Analyst for 12 years and as Co-Fund Manager (for Healthcare Fund) for 18months. He specializes in Technology, Healthcare & Metal sector. Ritesh has done MBA in Finance from NMIMS and has cleared CFA (USA) and FRM (GARP).
View Managed FundsMr. Lokesh Maru
Research Analyst & Assistant Fund Manager
Lokesh Maru is Research Analyst & Assistant Fund Manger at Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. Lokesh is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM) charterholder and holds a B.Tech. in Production Engineering from National Institute of Technology Trichy. He also holds CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing. Lokesh has over 9 years of experience spanning fundamental equity research, quant investing, asset allocation factor modeling and ESG integration. Prior to joining Nippon India, Lokesh has worked with BlackRock (Global Markets Analysis) and CRISIL (Quantitative Research).
View Managed FundsMr. Divya Dutt Sharma
Assistant Fund Manager - Overseas
Divya Dutt Sharma is Assistant Fund Manager _ Overseas at Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd, with 5+ years of experience across accounting, equity research, quantitative investing, He holds an MSc in Banking & Finance from Queen Mary University of London and a Bachelor of Commerce. Previously, Divya was a Financial Consultant with London-based NGO Bhramrishi Mission and a Junior Portfolio & Operations Manager at Equations LLC. He began his career as a Junior Accountant with V. K. Pamecha & Associates
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Mr. Himanshu Mange
Exchange Traded Fund Manager
Mr.Jitendra Tolani
Exchange Traded Fund Manager
Mr. Himanshu Mange
Exchange Traded Fund Manager
Himanshu Mange is Exchange Traded Fund Manager at Nippon India Mutual Fund and is also responsible for ETF dealing desk. He is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University and a qualified Chartered Accountant. He has over 4 years of experience in Life Insurance and asset management industry. His previous stint was at TATA AIA Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
View Managed FundsMr.Jitendra Tolani
Exchange Traded Fund Manager
Jitendra Tolani is Exchange Traded Fund Manager at Nippon India Mutual Fund and is also responsible for ETF dealing desk. He is a Post-graduate from Bharti Vidyapeeth University, Pune. He has over 17 years of experience in Sales Trading in the Institution Equities . His previous stint was at Motilal Oswal Financial Services of a Sales Trader- Institution Equities.
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Mr. Parag Joglekar
Chief Financial Officer
MR. SAUGATA CHATTERJEE
President and CBO
Mr. Milind Nesarikar
Chief Officer - Operations & Customer Service
Mr. Muneesh Sud
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Mr. Prithwijit Mukherjee
Segment Head - Customer Service & Digital Operations
Mr. Rajesh Derhgawen
Chief Human Resources Officer
MR. Kaiyomurz Daver
Chief Marketing Officer
Mr. Arpanarghya Saha
Chief Digital Officer
Mr. Abhijit Shah
Chief Technology Officer
Mr. Rishi Garg
Chief Risk Officer
Mr. Parag Khetan
Head – Internal Audit
Mr. ARUN SUNDARESAN
Head - ETF
Mr. RAJESH JEYARAMAN
Head - Product Management
Mr. Parag Joglekar
Chief Financial Officer
Parag has total 25 years of rich experience, and he comes with multiple functional level expertise in operational, regulatory and compliance field. With over two decades of experience, Parag is recognised for his deep functional excellence. He is a Chartered & Cost Accountant and a rank holder in Costing.
Prior to joining Nippon Life India Asset Management he has worked with Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited, Strategic Capital Corporation Limited & Air Freight
Mr. Saugata Chatterjee
President and CBO
He is President and CBO . He leads and manages all the Segments of our sales function - Retail, Institutional & EPCG. Saugata has played multiple critical roles at NAM India and has extensive experience in leading large businesses successfully. Saugata has also successfully built the SME & HNI segment. Under His different roles and leadership responsibilities over the last 18 years, the distribution team has come a long way with increased focus on opportunities strategic approach and sharper execution. He was with Reliance General Insurance where he was instrumental in setting up the business channel and headed the channel during the period 2005 to 2009.
Prior to joining us, he was with the Reliance Group, Saugata was associated with ICICI Bank Ltd, Mumbai where he worked as Product Head( Bancassurance – General Insurance – Retail and Corporate).
Mr. Milind Nesarikar
Chief Officer – Operations & Customer Service
Mr. Milind Nesarikar has over 25 years of experience spanning various industries, organizations & geographies. He has worked in Sales, Operations, Digital Initiatives & Assurance. He has worked in the asset management business, both in the domestic & on the overseas front. In the past, he has worked with Praj Finance Limited, Thermax & Reliance Capital Limited.
Mr. Muneesh Sud
Chief Legal and Compliance Officer
Mr. Muneesh Sud (B.Com, ACS, AICWA, LLB) joined Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited in 2008 as Head of Legal. Subsequently, he went on to take additional responsibilities of Compliance & Secretarial functions. Presently, he is designated as Chief Legal & Compliance Officer.
Muneesh has around 30 years of rich & diversified experience across various sectors such as Asset Management, Financial Services, Capital Markets, Real Estate & Hospitality, Telecom, IT & ITES, Oil & Gas, and Manufacturing.
He has actively engaged in multiple & diversified areas ex. Corporate Laws, SEBI Regulations, Compliance & Risk management, Board processes & practices, Listing & Governance matters, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate restructurings, Setting up multi-jurisdictional & tax-efficient corporate/ fund structures, Int’l & Domestic listings, Strategic Contract negotiations & Litigations, to name a few.
Mr. Prithwijit Mukherjee
Segment Head - Customer Service & Digital Operations
Prithwijit brings with him over 17 years of rich experience in Customer Services across telecom, financial services, BPO, and hotel industry. He has been with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited (Formerly Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management Limited) for almost a year. He was with Bharti Airtel where he was designated as GM. Prior to this he was Senior Manager for the International Banking Division at ICICI Bank. Prior to joining Nippon India, Prithwijit managed various key positions in Bharti Airtel Ltd, ICICI Bank Ltd, Reliance info streams Pvt Ltd and The Taj Group of Hotels.
Mr. Rajesh Derhgawen
Chief Human Resources Officer
Physics (Hons) graduate and a PGDM in Human Resources from XISS, Ranchi, Claritas Investment Certification awarded by the CFA Institute, USAHe strongly believes in the HR function being a key strategic link in any business which can add tremendous value through leveraging human capital. He has in-depth experience and proven capabilities in building, nurturing, engaging and retaining a top performing team in a very dynamic environment, and can help create an enabling culture for the business to grow. His areas of interest among others include Performance Management, Change Management, Organisational Development, Culture building and Employee Engagement and Leadership Development.
MR. Kaiyomurz Daver
Chief Marketing Officer
Kaiyomurz Daver , brings with him over two decades of experience across BFSI , media and service sectors.He has worked with leading organisations like Kotak group , Bandhan asset management ( erstwhile IDFC MF ) ,Motilal Oswal , Business standard etc across brand , marketing and corporate communications functions.
At Nippon life asset management , Kaiyomurz is responsible for brand strategy and growth , media management and marketing communications
Mr. Arpanarghya Saha
Chief Digital Officer
Arpan has a rich domain experience of 25 + years in setting up Digital functions and execution of Digital Business & AI Infrastructures across various industries spanning from BFSI, Retail & Ecommerce. He is amongst the very few who migrated to setting up Digital Centres of Business and Excellence as early as 2004, thus being able to closely watch, learn & adopt Digital Transformation and Innovation happening across India and the World. Arpan is currently Chief Digital Officer, Nippon India Mutual Fund & has been instrumental for building the Digital Business and implementing the Digital Transformation Strategy for Nippon India MF through new age channels and innovations.
In his stint here, he has jointly partnered and co-created solutions with Global Digital Verticals, Ecommerce platforms, Digital Ecosystems & AI infrastructures to increase Mutual Fund penetration in India, digitally, for the last mile retail investor. Prior to joining Nippon India MF, he was working with Snapdeal where he was responsible for various path breaking ecommerce initiatives. Arpan holds an MBA from the prestigious and reputed FMS, Delhi.
Mr. Abhijit Shah
Chief Technology Officer
Abhijit brings with him over 25 years of experience in various IT leadership roles at reputed organizations like DCB, Polaris Consulting and Services, Sears Holding and Wipro Technologies. He comes with great experience of having driven IT and digital strategies for large organizations as well as in consulting roles. His last assignment was for a startup- Growth source Financial Technologies where he was working as partner and Chief Technology Officer. Abhijit will be responsible for leading the IT function and will contribute significantly to our IT strategy, technical capabilities and future readiness. He brings a wealth of valuable expertise that will facilitate our ambitions of further extending our digital reach, connect and transformation and virtual pace-up capabilities for the future. Abhijit has completed his MBA from SIBM, Pune University and his B.E. Computers from VJTI, Mumbai.
Mr. Rishi Garg
Chief Risk Officer
Mr. Rishi Garg has joined Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited as Chief Risk Officer. He comes with over 25 years of experience across all facets of Risk Management, including Market Risk, Credit Risk, Enterprise Risk, Liquidity Risk, Operational Risk, Reputation Risk, and Environmental & Social Risk. Rishi has worked with eminent organizations like ABN AMRO, Royal Bank of Scotland, CRISIL, TATA Motors and Daiwa Capital Markets. He is an IIM Lucknow alumnus and B.E. from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology.
Mr. Parag Khetan
Head – Internal Audit
a. Parag is a Chartered Accountant and is the Head – Internal Audit. Parag brings with him 20 years of rich experience in the areas of Governance, Risk and Compliance, including Internal Audit, Internal Financial Controls, Enterprise Risk Management, etc. Along with CA, Parag is certified CIA, CISA, DISA and CPA. Prior to joining Nippon India, he has also worked with companies like RSM Astute Consulting, Deloitte, Genpact, ICICI Bank, Poeticgem, Ceat Tyres.
Mr. ARUN SUNDARESAN
Head - ETF
Arun Sundaresan has a total work experience around 20 years, all in the financial services Industry, with the last 19 years in Nippon India Mutual Fund. He has held various positions in the Sales & Distribution function and has had a stint at the corporate strategy function. His last role was as Head- Product Management & Investor Relations. In his current profile, he is responsible for the development and growth of passive business – ETFs and Index Funds. He also leads sustainability and CSR efforts in the company. He holds Certificate in ESG Investing, recognized by UN PRI and administered by CFA Institute. He has done his BE (Hons) Chemical from BITS, Pilani and followed it up with Post Graduate Diploma in Entrepreneurial Management (PGDEM) from T.A.Pai Management Institute, Manipal. He has also earned the right to use the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) charter from the CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Sundeep Sikka
Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. SAILESH RAJ BHAN
President & CIO – Equity Investments
Mr. Amit Tripathi
President & CIO – Fixed Income
Mr. Sundeep Sikka
Mr. Sundeep Sikka brings over 30 years of experience in financial services and currently acting as ED & CEO of NAM India.He joined the organization in 2003 and later became one of the youngest CEOs in India’s mutual fund industry in 2009.Under his leadership, the Company achieved industry-leading scale, built a strategic partnership with Nippon Life Insurance ,acquired Goldman Sachs Asset Management India , and successfully listed on the stock exchange.He is currently serving his second term as AMFI Chairman and has led several key industry committees including CII,FICCI,IFSCA. Mr. Sikka is also a prominent speaker at National and Global forums.He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.
Mr. SAILESH RAJ BHAN
President & CIO – Equity Investments
Mr. Sailesh Raj Bhan is President & CIO – Equity Investments at Nippon India Mutual Fund. He has over 27 years of experience in Indian Equity Markets with over 19 years at Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited. He has been managing multiple flagship funds namely, Nippon India Large Cap Fund, Nippon India Multi Cap Fund & Nippon India Pharma Fund for over 15 years.
Mr. Amit Tripathi
President & CIO – Fixed Income
Amit has 25 years of experience in Capital Markets. He has been with NIMF for around 20 years. He has successfully managed various fixed income and hybrid funds which have been recognized for superior performance both nationally and internationally. In his current role as President & CIO – Fixed Income, he leads a team of 20 highly motivated and experienced fixed income professionals.
Mr. Brijesh Sharma
Co-Country Head Distribution – West & South
Mr. Akash Singh Rana
Co-Country Head Distribution – North & East
Mr. Sanjiv Gudal
Head - Retail Business Development & Rural & Emerging Markets Group
Mr. Brijesh Sharma
Co-Country Head Distribution – West & South
Brijesh Sharma is the Co-Country Head Distribution – West & South handling Mumbai, Gujarat, Rest of Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Brijesh Sharma is a management graduate and brings with him 20 years of rich experience of banking & financial services. He has been with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited, first as – Regional Head of Punjab & Haryana then as the Regional Head of Punjab, Haryana & Rajasthan before taking mantle of Zonal Head- North Zone. Prior to joining Nippon India, Brijesh has managed various key positions with prestigious organizations like ICICI Bank for 8years and HDFC Bank for around 5years.
Mr. Akash Singh Rana
Co-Country Head Distribution – North & East
Akash Singh Rana is the Co-Country Head Distribution – North & East which comprises of Delhi/NCR, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. Akash is a Law Graduate and did his PG Diploma in Management, he brings with him over 23 years of rich experience in Banking, Distribution and Mutual fund industry across North and West zones in various capacities. He is associated with Nippon Life India Asset Management Limited since last 10 years and worked as Regional Head - Uttar Pradesh then as the Senior Regional Head - Gujarat and MPCG. Prior to joining Nippon India Akash has managed various key positions with prestigious organizations like ICICI Bank Ltd for 8years plus and his last assignment was Regional Head - Branch Banking and Aditya Birla Sunlife for around 4years plus.
Mr. Sanjiv Gudal
Head - Retail Business Development & Rural & Emerging Markets Group
Sanjiv heads the Retail Business Development & Rural & Emerging Markets Group nationally and is responsible for driving the Alternate Channel & Acquisition of IFA's. Earlier to this role, he was a Senior Zonal Head for west. Sanjiv is a commerce graduate who brings with him over 21 years of rich experience in financial sector. He possesses deep understanding of retail marketing, creating brand awareness and brand equity, developing and tapping of high net worth clients.
Sanjiv vision is to establish NAM India as a market leader in the PSU sector for selling non-banking products and creating a business pipeline for the MF vertical.
Sanjiv has managed various key positions in M.G. Brothers, Kotak Mahindra Finance Ltd, Fortis Financial Services Ltd (Ranbaxy Group) and LLOYDS Finance Ltd. Sanjiv had been instrumental in driving the business with his people focus and in-depth understanding of the complex business dynamics.