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Krishnamurthy Vijayan – Whole-time Director & Chief Executive Officer

Krishnamurthy Vijayan has had a long career in the mutual fund industry.
He started his career with UTI in 1986 where he spent 10 years.  He then joined Jardine Fleming Asset Management India Private Limited where he spent 5 years in Marketing, Operations and Compliance before joining JM Financial Asset Management Private Limited as the Chief Executive Officer, a post he held till October 2005.
Krishnamurthy holds a B.Com. and M.A. degree.

 

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 - Business Development

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 – Fixed Income

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

Age: 34 years; 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.

 

Prabal Nag – Head – Sales and Distribution

Prabal heads the sales and marketing functions leading and mentoring a team spread around the country.
Prior to joining JPMorgan Asset Management India Private Limited, Prabal was Head of Sales & Marketing with JM Financial Asset Management Private Limited, an organisation he worked at for 12 years.

Prabal’s academic qualifications are B.A., LLB, MBA (University of Connecticut), USA.

 

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.

Yash Kumar is a commerce Graduate from Delhi University. He holds an MBA from Indraprastha University, Delhi and also a LLB from University of Delhi. He has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Enterprise Risk Management from ICFAI University.

 

Thrivikram Iyer - Head – Risk Management.

Thrivikram has around 12 years combined experience in the areas of risk management, consultancy and accounting.

Prior to joining JPMorgan Asset Management, he worked with ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company as Associate Vice President handling Risk Management for a period close to 2 years. Prior to that he worked with Ocwen Financial Solutions Private Limited (subsidiary of Ocwen Financial Corporation) as Global Risk Manager where he gained extensive experience and was involved in the implementation of the requirements of Sarbanes Oxley Act .

He started his career with Elder Pharmaceuticals Limited and subsequently worked with Credit Lyonnais Bank and later Synergy Software Systems in Dubai (U.A.E) where he was involved in re-engineering processes and providing consultancy in the implementation of industry specific solutions.

Thrivikram holds a BCom degree from the University of Mumbai and is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Management Accountant.

 

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).

 
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