Christopher Spelman – Whole time Director & CEO

Christopher Spelman is Whole time Director and Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Asset Management India Private Limited. He is responsible for managing all aspects of the India asset management business including sales & marketing, product development, operations, staffing and budgetary controls. He has been with J.P. Morgan for over 12 years, working in a number of locations around the world, which has provided him with an extensive knowledge of the Group and its businesses. He was part of the core team that was instrumental in setting up the firm’s successful asset management business in Korea.

Chris is a BA (Hons) in Accountancy and Finance from Nottingham Trent University and is a Chartered Management Accountant.

Anutosh Bose – Chief Operating Officer

Anutosh Bose has over 14 years of experience in the mutual fund industry, spanning Investor Services, Investment Accounts, Technology and Operations.

He started his mutual fund career with UTI in 1993.  He was given ‘Best Employee Award’ in 1994.  He has successfully implemented various projects in the field of investor relations, fund accounts, operations and technology.

He worked with JMFinancial Asset Management Private Limited for over two years in Operations Support and Technology Infrastructure.

Prior to joining UTI, his work experience includes automation of marketing, distribution and operations of various pharma and retail consumer goods, as a freelancer and consultant.

Anutosh holds a B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Physics from Delhi University. His professional qualification includes CAIIB (UTI-exam), PGDMSM, PGDCA, Oracle Financials and MBA (Finance) from JBIMS, Mumbai University.

Arindam Ghosh – Head - Retail Sales

Arindam Ghosh has had a long career in the financial services industry.

He started his career with Paterson & Co. in 1995 where he spent 4 years. He then joined ICICI Capital Services Limited where he spent 1 year in Sales and Distribution of Investment products (products launched by ICICI Bank and other 3rd Parties) he then joined HDFC asset management company limited where he spent more than 4 yrs and was responsible for sales and distribution  function in Mumbai before joining Fidelity Fund Management Private Limited where he was responsible for the sales & distribution function across West and East India, a post he held till September 2006.

Arindam holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and M.B.A.

Nandkumar R. Surti – Chief Investment Officer

Nandkumar has about 17 years of experience in the financial services sector in India.

He was the fund manager for GIC Asset Management Company Ltd. for two years from 1992 to 1994. He then worked as the Head-Fixed Income with JM Financial Asset Management Private Limited for more than 11 years from December 1994 to February 2006. Thereafter he joined Lotus India Asset Management Company Ltd. and worked for a period of around 7 months. He joined JPMorgan Asset Management India Private Limited in November 2006 as Chief Investment Officer –Fixed Income.

Nandkumar is a Graduate CWA

Harshad Patwardhan – Fund Manager Equity

Harshad has around 13 years experience in the equities markets.

Prior to joining JPMorgan Asset Management he worked for 2 years with Deutsche Equities India Private Limited as a Senior Research Analyst and has extensive experience with several foreign brokerage houses covering a variety of sectors.

Harshad holds a B.Tech (IIT), MBA (IIM) and CFA.

Amit Gadgil – Associate Fund Manager Equity

Amit has about 5 years of experience in the accounting and financial services sector.

Prior to joining JPMorgan Asset Management India Private Limited, he worked for 7 months with Hansberger Global Investors as a Research Analyst and with Deutsche Equities India Private Limited as an Analyst covering the  banking, insurance and cement industries.  In addition, he has worked on research and analysis of US companies and UK telecom companies in his earlier jobs. Amit did a summer internship with JPMorgan, New York where he was engaged in research of US apparel stocks.

Amit started his career in the auditing and business services areas during his tenures with Price Waterhouse Coopers and A F Ferguson.

Amit holds a M.Com., ACA, PGDM (IIM Ahmedabad).

Pradeep Rajasekharan - Head: Marketing & Communication

Bachelors Degree in Commerce and M.B.A.

Total experience: 12 years

Pradeep heads the marketing and communication function. He has over 8 years of experience in the marketing communications space with long stints at agencies like Lintas and Hanmer MS&L,

Handling clients in the corporate & financial services space. Pradeep holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce and is an M.B.A.

Farrokh Bharucha – Company Secretary and Legal Liaison

Farrokh Bharucha has been with the JPMorgan group since 1995 in the secretarial & legal liaison function.

In December 2005, he passed the AMFI Certification Test on Mutual Funds with distinction (90%).

Farrokh's experience in the compliance, legal and company secretarial field extends over 25 years, including 7 years in the field of mutual funds.

Farrokh is a Commerce graduate and has a Bachelor of General Law (‘BGL’) qualification. He is an Associate member of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

Yash Kumar – Head, Compliance and Monitoring

Yash has worked with various leading organizations like the Securities and Exchange Board of India, Reliance Capital Asset Management Limited and National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited.

Namdev Chougule – Assistant Fund Manager – Fixed Income Dealing

Namdev has worked in the financial services sector for over 6 years as a dealer, analyst and fund manager for several leading mutual funds and banks.

Prior to joining JPMorgan Asset Management India Private Limited, Namdev worked for a year as Fund Manager – Fixed Income with Lotus India Asset Management Company Private Limited and around 6 months as an Analyst – Fixed Income with JM Financial Asset Management Company Limited.

Namdev holds a B.E. (Elect) and MMS (Finance) and he has passed the Financial Risk Managers (FRM) examination conducted by the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Karan Sikka – Dealer

Karan has worked with Principal Asset Management Company Private Limited, ICICI Bank Limited and J.P. Morgan Services India Private Limited.  He joined the JPMorgan group of companies in December 2004.

Karan is a Chartered Accountant and a Commerce Graduate.

Mayur Dharamshi – Dealer

Mayur has been with JPMorgan  group since 1996. Mayur has extensive exposure in the areas of Equity Settlements, Finance and  Accounts, prior to his moving into the Asset Management team, where he was a part of the AMC operations team before moving into Equity Dealing.

Mayur is a Commerce Graduate from the Mumbai University.

Ravi Ratanpal – Dealer

Ravi has been with JPMorgan group since 2004. Ravi has experience in debt capital markets research. Prior to his moving into the Asset Management team, he was part of Investment Banking Research.Ravi is a Commerce Graduate from the Mumbai University and MBA (Finance).