Mr. Vinay M. Tonse
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Vinay M. Tonse has been deputed by State Bank of India (SBI) as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of SBIMF effective August 24, 2020. He is an Officer in the rank of Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI) and is on deputation to SBI Funds Management Private Limited since June 2020. Before his deputation to SBI Funds Management Limited, he was heading the Chennai Circle of SBI as Chief General Manager (June 2018 to June 2020). Other key assignments held by Mr. Tonse during the last 10 years in SBI are as under:
General Manager, Corporate Accounts Group – II, Mumbai (November 2016 to June 2018)
Deputy General Manager, Equity & Commodities (Global Markets), Mumbai (June 2013 to November 2016)
Mr. Denys de Campigneulles
Deputy CEO
Denys de Campigneulles has been deputed from Amundi Group as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFML) since March 2020. Denys has over 35 years of extensive experience in financial services.
Prior to joining SBIFML, he was the Chief Investment Officer of LCL Bank (former Credit Lyonnais) in Paris. From 2009 to 2016, he was the Head of Fixed Income Business Development & Investment Specialists with Amundi Paris. From 2005-2009, he was based in Hong Kong as Deputy Chief Executive Officer Asia for Amundi and between 2002 and 2005, he held the position of Chief Investment Officer of NH-Amundi, the joint venture of Amundi and NH Group in South Korea, located in Seoul. From 1994 to 2002 he held various senior investment positions in London and Paris for the Global Fixed Income and Currency Management Department of Amundi. Prior to joining Amundi, he worked with Banque Bruxelles Lambert from 1988 to 1994 and with Credit Lyonnais from 1986 to 1988.
Mr. D.P. Singh
Chief Business Officer
D. P. Singh has over 30 years of rich experience in Banking and Financial services industry and has been associated with SBIFM since 1998. As the Chief Business Officer he is responsible for all business verticals and segments of the organization. Over the years, he has overseen many roles across the various functions in the organization. Prior to joining the company, he was with SBI where he handled various assignments in Retail Banking, Corporate Credit and Information Technology Initiatives.
Mr. R. S. Srinivas Jain
Chief of Strategy, Digital & Technology
Srinivas Jain has experience of over 28 years in the financial services industry, with over 22 years in Investment management companies apart from Broking and Investment Advisory, He has been associate with SBI Funds Management since 2001. As Chief of Strategy, Digital & Technology he oversees key strategic initiatives of the organisation including heading Digital and Technology teams. He is also responsible for international business development initiatives and represents the organization on various sustainability initiatives. Over the years he has been spearheading various roles involving sales, product development, and marketing functions in the organization. Before joining the organization, he has worked with Birla Sunlife Asset Management and Kotak Securities. He is a Commerce Graduate from Bangalore University with a Cost Accounting background.
Mr. R Srinivasan
CIO - Equity
R Srinivasan joined SBI Funds Management as a Senior Fund Manager in May 2009; he is now CIO-Equity and directly manages a number of funds. He was formerly the Head of Equity. He has rich industry experience spanning 28 years and has previously worked at a number of leading organizations in the BFSI space. Srinivasan is a postgraduate in Commerce and has done his MFM from the University of Bombay.
Mr.Rajeev Radhakrishnan, CFA
CIO - Fixed Income
Rajeev joined SBIFM as a fixed income portfolio manager in 2008. He currently heads the Fixed Income desk at the AMC. Prior to joining SBIFM, Rajeev was Co-Fund Manager for Fixed Income with UTI Asset Management for seven years.
Rajeev is an Engineering graduate and holds a Masters degree in finance from Mumbai University. He is also a charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA
Ms. Aparna Nirgude
Executive Director & Chief Risk Officer
Aparna Nirgude has been associated with SBI Funds Management Limited for over 25 years and has been heading the Risk function since 2005. Before taking charge as Chief Risk Officer, she has handled various responsibilities within the company’s Investment Management and Research teams. Aparna holds a degree in Management from the prestigious Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies.
Mr. Ganesan Sonaimuthu
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Ganesan has a rich experience of around 39 years in various critical functional areas like admin, credit, financials, investment management, performance monitoring, marketing, planning and HR. He started his career as a marketing executive with an MNC and later joined Allahabad Bank as an officer. Prior to joining SBI Funds Management Limited, he was associated with State Bank of India (SBI) for 35 years since March 1985 and has held various important positions at SBI. Mr. Ganesan superannuated from the services of SBI as General Manager (Associates and Subsidiaries) on January 31, 2020. Mr. Ganesan has also served as Director on the four subsidiary Banks of SBI for over 2 years
Ms. Vinaya Datar
Chief Compliance Officer & Company Secretary (complianceofficer@sbimf.com)
Vinaya Datar has an overall experience of more than 25 years, including over 15 years in the financial services industry. She has worked extensively in the areas of Compliance, Secretarial, and Legal. Prior to this assignment, she was Assistant Vice President - Compliance with Mirae Asset Global Investments (India) Private Limited. Vinaya has also been previously associated with Reliance Capital Asset Management Ltd, IL&FS Limited and UTI Infrastructure & Services Limited. Vinaya is a Science and Law graduate and a member of Institute of Company Secretaries of India.
Mr. C.A. Santosh
Investor Relations Officer
C.A. Santosh has more than 25 years of experience in Customer Service and has been associated with SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFML) since December 2007 in various capacities including Head – Customer Service and Zonal Customer Service Manager (West and Mumbai Zone). Prior to SBIFMPL, C A Santosh was associated with Kotak Mahindra Bank as Chief Manager – Customer Contact Center and was responsible for running the Contact Center Operations, handling queries, requests, and complaints of customers. His previous assignments have been with ICICI Bank, KLM/Northwest Airlines and Jet Airways.
Trustee Company
Mr. Dhruv Prakash
Independent Director
Mr. Prakash is a Management Consultant and Executive Coach. He has 42 years of experience in a variety of industries out of which about 22 years has been in very senior positions. He has an extensive background in consulting and had work with several of India's leading businesses to manage change, coach senior management, build high performance cultures, align executive compensation, restructure organizations and conduct post merger integration. Currently, he is serving as a advisor to helion Advisors who advice a venture fund and Space Matrix Design Consultants.
Prior to setting up his own practice, Mr. Prakash had held several important positions, viz:
Managing Director, Korn/Ferry International, Gurgaon (March 2010 -
November 2011);
Director HR, Helion Advisors Pvt. Ltd (January
2008 - February 2010);
Practice Leader, Hewitt Associates (June 1998 - December
2007);
President and whole time Director of DCM Financial
Services Limited (1994 - 1997);
Chief Financial Officer of DCM Toyota.
He had also held several senior positions in finance at Escorts, HCL and Amar Dye Chem and has also served on the Board of Intec Capital Limited, a NBFC, from May 2014 to October 2015. Currently, Mr. Prakash is a director on the Board of IndiaMart InterMesh Limited.
Mr. Prafulla P Chhajed
Independent Director
CA. Prafulla P Chhajed is a fellow and practising member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a Managing Partner of a Chartered Accountant firm M/s Mayur & Chhajed, Mumbai, since 2010.
Presently he is President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Chairperson of Executive Committee of World Congress of Accountants 2022 constituted by International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and Board member of Confederation of Asian & Pacific Accountants (CAPA) and South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA).
He is also Director in ICAI Accounting Research Foundation, Indian Institute Of Insolvency Professionals of ICAI, ICAI Registered Valuers Organisation & in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) India and serves as Independent Director in Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) with responsibilities of policy making and regulatory functions relating to Chartered Accountancy profession and Insurance respectively.
He is associated as a member in various committees like SEBI's Primary Market Advisory Committee, Insurance Advisory Committee of IRDA, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance Committee and Capital Market & Investor Protection Committee of ICAI and Chairman of SAFA's Small & Medium Practitioners (SMP) Committee. He has also served as special invitee to Banking & Finance Committee of Indian Merchants' Chamber (IMC), Mumbai.
Mr. Richard Mendonca
Associate Director
Mr. Richard Mendonca has over three decades of experience in the functional areas of Accounting, Auditing, Compliance, Secretarial and Finance. He has held various senior finance and related positions in a number of esteemed organisations – mainly multinational companies like J.Walter Thompson, Pennzoil India Ltd., Esab India Ltd. and SKF Bearings India Ltd. His experience spans various types of industries which include engineering, lubricants, welding, ball bearing ,advertising and communication. Mr. Mendonca is currently Operations Director, Commercial Finance Team, J.Walter Thompson located at Mumbai. In his current role he oversees a team which is involved in data collection and analysis of some of J. Walter Thompson’s global multinational clients. Mr. Richard is a B. Com (University of Mumbai), Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary.
Mr. Sunil Gulati
Independent Director
Mr. Sunil Gulati has over three decades of global experience in the banking industry across investment banking, corporate finance, relationship management, risk management and corporate strategy. In the last 15 years, Mr. Gulati was a key member of the management teams at RBL Bank Ltd (Chief Risk Officer), Yes Bank and ING Group, India. Mr. Gulati headed the GE Commercial Finance business for a short period. He was the head of the ING Barings business in India and was part of the core team that helped ING acquire a controlling stake in Vysya Bank. He was head of the Corporate and Investment Banking business at ING Vysya after the acquisition.
Mr. Gulati also worked with Bank of America, where he initiated their investment banking efforts in India in 1997. Before that, he was based in Hong Kong with primary responsibilities for Bank of America investment banking activities in North Asia. Mr. Gulati also handled strategic and corporate M&A exercises for Bank of America, throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including the divestment of its subsidiaries and branches in Malaysia, Thailand and Australia. Mr. Gulati had also worked with Standard Chartered Merchant Bank and with the management consultancy division of A.F. Ferguson & Co. in India.
Presently, Mr. Gulati is the non-executive Chairman of Merisis Advisors Pvt. Ltd., a boutique investment bank and is an Independent Director on the Boards of Fincare Small Finance Bank Ltd; Thirumeni Finance Pvt. Ltd, Visage Holdings and Finance Pvt. Ltd., Tapstart Capital Pvt Ltd, Samunnati Financial Intermediation & Services Pvt. Ltd., PNB Metlife India Insurance Company Ltd, Arthan Finance Pvt. Ltd., Paradime Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Empays Payment Services India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Gulati holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 1984 and B.Tech. in Electronics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 1982.
Dr. Archana Hingorani
Independent Director
Dr. Archana Hingorani has over 25 years of experience in the asset
management business. In her formative years, she helped create a new
company and raise resources focused on oil exploration, a first for
India. This laid the foundation for understanding private
markets.
She has rich experience in fund raising,
investing, nurturing investments through four different economic cycles,
carving exit paths, and spearheading ESG programs.
Currently, she runs Siana Capital Management LLP, an asset management business focused on technology and impact investments. She also serves on the University of Pittsburgh’s Chancellor’s Global Advisory Council and the Advisory Board of TalentNomics, a Washington based group focused on encouraging upward movement of women in the workforce, and Global Impact Initiative, an Australian firm focused on impact investments.
In the recent past, she has also served on the Investment Commissions of
the United Nations Environment Programme and has been recognized for
leadership by Business World, Fortune India, and Asian Investor. She is
an Adjunct Faculty at the Katz Graduate School of Business, University
of Pittsburgh, for Private Equity and Alternative
Assets.
She has served as Director on many Boards in the
past, including their Corporate Governance, Compensation and Audit
Committees. She has also served as CEO & Executive Director of
IL&FS Investment Managers Ltd from 2009 to April 2017. She is
currently Director on the Boards of Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited,
Grindwell Norton Limited, SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd, DEN Networks Ltd
and 5Paisa Capital Ltd. She was also instrumental in creating one of the
earliest Trustee companies in 1996.
Mr. Achal Kumar Gupta
Associate Director
Mr. Achal Kumar Gupta has around 41 years of experience in the areas of Banking and Financial services. He has rich experience in diverse areas such as Credit Administration, Asset Management, Retail Banking, Branch Banking, Controller of branches, Agricultural Banking, NRI Services etc.
Mr. Gupta has served State Bank of India (SBI) group for more than 36 years and held several key positions in SBI group including an overseas assignment of 4 years at SBI, Bahrain OBU. During his association with SBI, Mr. Gupta was deputed as Managing Director of SBI Funds Management Private Limited from May 2008 to January 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Gupta was the Chief Operating Officer of SBI Funds Management Private Limited since November 2005. He has also served as Managing Director of State Bank of Patiala from April 2012 to November 2013.
Mr. Gupta has served as Deputy Managing Director of IFCI Ltd from December 2013 to December 2016. He was also on the Board of The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) and recently also served as independent / non-executive director on the Boards of The South Indian Bank Limited, Canara Robeco Asset Management Co. Limited and Capital India Finance Limited.
AMC
Mr. Vinay M. Tonse
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Vinay M. Tonse has been deputed by State Bank of India (SBI) as Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer of SBIMF effective August 24, 2020. He is an Officer in the rank of Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI) and is on deputation to SBI Funds Management Private Limited since June 2020. Before his deputation to SBI Funds Management Limited, he was heading the Chennai Circle of SBI as Chief General Manager (June 2018 to June 2020). Other key assignments held by Mr. Tonse during the last 10 years in SBI are as under:
General Manager, Corporate Accounts Group – II, Mumbai (November 2016 to June 2018)
Deputy General Manager, Equity & Commodities (Global Markets), Mumbai (June 2013 to November 2016)
Mr. Fathi Jerfel
Associate Director
Mr. Fathi Jerfel has an Engineering degree from Ecole Poly-technique, Engineering degree from the Institut Français du Petrole & Post graduate degree in Economics (Petroleum Management) from the University of Dijon. Mr. Fathi Jerfel is Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Amundi SA in charge of investment solutions for Retail Network Division. After a start at Credit Lyonnais as Head of Financial Engineering and Fixed Income (1986-2001), he joined Crédit Agricole Asset Management in 2002 as Head of Derivatives Arbitrage & Cumulative Research. In 2005, Mr. Jerfel was appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Crédit Agricole Structured Asset Management. Mr. Fathi is a Chairman on the Board of various Companies viz., Amundi Hellas; Amundi SGR S.P.A., Amundi Private Equity Funds, Amundi Immobilier, LCL Actions France, IKS KB, Etoile Gestion, Amundi Finance Emission, Amundi India Holding, Amundi Polska, LCL Emission, Amundi Issuance and Director on the Board of AMUNDI, Societe Generale Gestion, Wafa Gestion (Monoc), Structura, Amundi Japan Ltd, DNA, Radian, Amundi Finance, BFT Gestion, Nextstage SAS & Bawag PSK Invest.
Mr. Denys de Campigneulles
Deputy CEO
Mr. Denys de Campigneulles has been deputed from Amundi Group as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of SBI Funds Management Ltd. w.e.f March 07, 2020. Mr. has over 33 years of extensive experience in financial services. Prior to joining SBI Funds Management Ltd. as Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Campigneulles worked as CIO with LCL Bank Paris France. Prior to working as CIO with LCL Bank Paris France, Mr. Campigneulles worked from 2009 to 2016 as Head of Fixed Income Business Department & Investment Specialists with AMUNDI Paris France. He worked from 2005-2009 as Deputy Chief Executive Officer Asia with AMUNDI Hong Kong. He also held the position of CIO from 2002-2005 with NH-CA Asset Management, Seoul. From 1994 to 2002 he held various position in London and Paris for Global Fixed Income Management Department. Between 1988 to 1994, he worked with BANQUE BRUXELLES LAMBERT (PARIS). From 1986 to 1988, he worked from CREDIT LYONNAIS (Paris)
Mr. Om Prakash Gahrotra
Independent Director
Mr. Om Prakash Gahrotra has rich experience of over 35 years in various areas. viz. administration & finance sectors. He belongs to the 1969 batch of Indian Administrative Services (IAS), Maharashtra Cadre and retired as Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra As an Additional Chef Secretary, Finance he has responsible for the overall budgeting, planning and fiscal management of the State Of Maharashtra and during his tenure, the Government Presented Revenue Surplus budgets for the years of 2005-06 & 2006-07 (after a break of 13 years) which helped in rising the CRISIL rating of the Govt. of Maharashtra to 'Investment Grade'. Some of his key positions are Sales Tax Commissioner, Chief Secretary & Managing Director Maharashtra State Textile Corporation ad MD of Maharashtra State Co-operative Cotton Growers Marketing Federation Limited. As a Senior Executive Director of SEBI his responsibilities included regulating Primary Market, Foreign Institutional Investors, Corporate takeovers, Overseas Coordination and interaction with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to ensure that the regulations and guidelines framed by SEBI are in line with international standards. He also handled the functioning of Secondary Markets in India including all Stock Exchanges. During this period, he was responsible for the introduction of Demat and the Derivative trading in the Indian capital market. Presently, Mr. Gahrotra is on the Board of various Companies, viz, Kalpataru Limited, Synergy Li Power Resources India Pvt. Ltd, Uttam Galva Steels Ltd, Intarvo Technologies Ltd, Banyan Tree Bank, Mauritius & Onang Management Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd
Dr. Prafulla Agnihotri
Independent Director
Dr. Prafulla Agnihotri holds a Master’s Degree in Management Studies (M.M.S.) in Marketing and Ph.D. in International Marketing Strategy and also holds a post-graduate diploma in Training and Development. He has a very rich experience in the Industry in sales, marketing and training as a professional corporate trainer and conducted numerous corporate training programmes like Management Development Programmes. He also has rich experience in Academics as professor, he teaches topics like Marketing Management, International Marketing, Services Marketing and Strategic Brand Management. He is the Founder Director & Professor of Marketing & Strategy at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Tiruchirappalli. Before taking over the current post, he was a Professor of Marketing & Strategy at IIM Calcutta since July 2006 to February 2011 (currently on special leave to set up IIM Tiruchirappalli). He has co-authored a book titled ‘Principles of Marketing’, with Philip Kotler, Northwestern University, USA; Gary Armstrong, University of North Carolina, USA and Ehsan Ul Haq, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan which has been published by Pearson Education (Prentice Hall). He was declared the Best Teacher in Marketing Management at 16th Business School Affair and Dewang Mehta Business School Awards in September 2008 and was awarded the Best Professor in Marketing award at the Asia's Best B-School Awards by CMO Asia on 23rd July, 2010 at Singapore. He was also awarded with the "Bharat Jyoti Award " for his exemplary services in the education sector by India International Friendship Society.
Mr. Dinesh Kumar Khara
Associate Director
Mr. Dinesh Kumar Khara is the Chairman of State Bank of India. Before
taking over the charge as Chairman, Mr. Khara was Managing Director
(Global Banking & Subsidiaries) of the Bank supervising the
businesses of
Global Market, Corporate Banking and the businesses of non-banking
subsidiaries of the Bank. The subsidiaries are engaged in diverse
financial activities such as Asset Management, Life Insurance, General
Insurance,
Custodial Services, Primary Dealership, Investment Banking, Broking,
Credit Cards, Pension Funds and Factoring services. He was entrusted
with the role of supervision of 18 Regional Rural Banks (sponsored by
SBI)
having over 5,500 branches, with more than 55 million customers.
Mr. Dinesh Kumar Khara, 58 is an Alumni of FMS (University of
Delhi) and Delhi School of Economics. He is also a Certified Associate
of Indian Institute
of Bankers (CAIIB). Mr. Khara joined SBI as Probationary Officer in 1984
and has over 36 years of experience in all facets of Commercial banking
such as Retail Credit, SME/Corporate Credit, deposit mobilization,
international banking operations, branch management, etc. During his
tenure with State Bank of India, he held various positions including
Chief General Manager – Bhopal, Network General Manager Chennai &
has been posted to the Bank’s Chicago office.
Mr. Jean-Yves Glain
Associate Director
Mr. Jean-Yves Glain is the Head of the International Support and Marketing Intelligence Departments of Amundi, Paris and also responsible for joint venture supervision of Amundi. He has over 32 years of experience in the Finance industry. Mr. Glain has been associated with Amundi since 1995 and has worked in various capacities like Secretary General of the Support Department, heading the international development of the Amundi. Prior to joining Amundi, he was also associated with Cyril Finance Gestion (French asset manager) as Head of Sales from April 1991 to July 1995; BAFIP (French asset manager) as member of Institutional Sales team from Oct 1987 to March 1991 and with Bank of America, Paris from Feb 1985 to Sept 1987.
Mr. C. N. Ram
Independent Director
Mr. C. N. Ram has done B.Tech (Electronics) from IIT, Madras & PGDM
from IIM Ahmedabad. Presently, he is associated with Warburg Pincus
India Private Ltd. as Senior Advisor since 2015.
He started his
career in 1979
as a graduate trainee at Tata Steel in Jamshedpur and moved to Bank of
America in Mumbai in 1982 managing IT and served as VP & Country
Systems Manager till 1994. Mr. Ram joined HDFC Bank as Chief Information
Officer and Head of Information Technology since July 1994 and was
responsible for its IT activities as well as its subsidiaries. He
supported the entire range of banking services from Retail Banking to
International
operations and managed a team of 350 IT professionals. He worked at HDFC
Bank until June 2008. He also worked with Essar Ltd as Group President –
CIO from 2010 to 2013.
Mr. Ram is the Co-Founder & Director
of Rural Shores Business Services, a socially-oriented commercial
company to help rural entrepreneurs set up BPOs in villages. He has
served as a member of the Global Customer Advisory Board of NCR
Corporation for
their Self-Service business, the Asia-Pacific Technology Advisory Board
of VISA International & the Customer Executive Advisory Board of Sun
Microsystems. He was also a Member of the Reserve Bank of India's
(RBI) IT Advisory Committee. He had served on committees constituted by
the RBI to advise on Cheque Truncation, Technology for Financial
Inclusion, setting up of a multi-bank telecommunications network etc. He
has
also served as an Advisor to the National Depositories Limited and the
National Payments Corporation of India Limited. Most recently he was on
the RBI’s Technology Committee for Mobile Banking and the Forward
Markets Commissions’ Advisory Committee on Technology. He is also a
member of the CIO Angel Network (CAN).
Mr. Ram is the first
recipient of The Konrad Zuse Medal of Honour for Lifetime Achievement in
Business
Technology instituted by the CIO Association of India in 2013. He was
conferred the CIO Masters Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by
Biztech2.com & Network18 in 2013. He is also the recipient of the
Lifetime
Achievement Award conferred by the CIO Leadership forum C-Change in
2015.
Mr. Moiz Miyajiwala
Independent Director
Mr. Moiz Miyajiwala is a Chartered Accountant in practice with an all
India ranking of 27. He has also completed his Bachelor of General Law
from KC Law College, Mumbai University and Bachelor of Arts in Economics
and Statistics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai
University.
Currently, Mr. Miyajiwala is an Independent
Management Consultant and Proprietor at Moiz Miyajiwala, CA,
Freelancing. He has successfully reorganized Finance function of a
Limited Liability Company, improved processes and helped in
outsourcing/centralisation of some parts of the Finance function. He is
on the Board of Anjuman-I-Islam (a Section 8 Non-Profit Company engaged
in Educational and Charitable activities and Honorary Treasurer of the
Trust), Transpact Enterprises Limited and Benares Hotels Ltd., a
publicly listed Company, where he chairs the Audit, Risk Management
Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee.
Previously,
he had held the position of CFO and Executive Vice President (Finance) /
Compliance Officer with Voltas Ltd, till 31st May 2011 where he was
overall in charge of Finance / Accounts, Compliances, General
Management, Strategic Management, IT, Legal, Strategic Planning,
Investor Relations and was a member of Corporate Management Committee.
He has also served as an Advisor to the Managing Director of Voltas Ltd.
and Board member of various associate and Group Companies and advisory
and/or supervisory role for Voltas Ltd. from 2011 to 2013. He has held
various position in Voltas Ltd. since 1980.
Mr. Miyajiwala was
also a Partner of Dara Sorabji, Chartered Accountants, Mumbai, from
1978–1980, where he was responsible for Statutory Audits of Limited
Companies, Trusts, Hospitals and Internal Audits & Taxation -
direct and indirect.
His major achievements include restructuring
the businesses of Voltas Ltd. and its revival. He was also involved in
restructuring finances of the Company for improving leverage, rating and
costs.
Mr. Miyajiwala is acknowledged as subject matter expert on
Economic Data by Media. He has been awarded Prestigious ‘Super Achievers
Award by Indira Institute of Management Studies and featured as a
‘Growth Manager’ on the cover page of a prominent Business Magazine.
Mr. Ashwini Kumar Tewari
Associate Director
Mr. Ashwini Kumar Tewari started his career in State Bank of India (SBI)
in the year 1991 as a Probationary Officer. Presently, he is the
Managing Director of SBI and handling the portfolios of International
Banking, Information Technology and Subsidiaries of the Bank. He has
been a part of SBI for almost three decades now and has handled several
assignments for the Bank, across various locations in India and
abroad.
Prior to becoming Managing Director at SBI, he served as
Managing Director and CEO of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd., from
July 2020 to January 2021. As Managing Director & CEO of SBI Cards
and Payment Services Ltd, he oversaw key partnerships inked with GPay,
PayTM, BPCL, etc and steered the company through the immediate aftermath
of the COVID-19 period.
Earlier, he was the Country Head of the
US Operations of SBI from April 2017 to July 2020. This included its
offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington DC and Sao Paulo
(Brazil). Prior to that, he was the Regional Head and General Manager,
East Asia, for SBI. Based in Hong Kong, he oversaw the business
development and control of State Bank of India, in Hong Kong, China,
Japan, Korea and the neighbouring region.
Over the years, he held
other leadership positions in SBI including Deputy General Manager
(Operations & Information Systems), International Banking Group,
Mumbai, Head of SBI’s Cash Management, Regional Manager, Branch Head,
amongst others.
Mr. Tewari has served on the Board of
International Institute of Bankers, New York, and the Board of
University of Washington Global Bankers Program. He is also a Director
on the Boards of SBI Capital Markets Ltd, SBICAP Securities Ltd, SBICAP
Ventures Ltd, SBI Cards & Payment Services Ltd, SBI Infra Management
Solutions Pvt Ltd, SBI Life Insurance Co Ltd, SBI Payment Services Pvt
Ltd, SBI General Insurance Co Ltd, SBI Global Factors Ltd, SBI Pension
Funds Pvt Ltd and SBI DFHI Ltd.
Mrs. Sudha Krishnan
Independent Director
Mrs. Sudha Krishnan joined the Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IAAS)
in 1983 and retired on November 30, 2020 as Member Finance to the Space
Commission and Atomic Energy Commission. As Member Finance, she served
as the principal advisor to the Commission on financial business
pertaining to the Departments of Space and Atomic Energy
Commission.
She has close to four decades of experience in public
policy and finance. She has worked on secondment at the Ministry of
Finance in different capacities where she has handled diverse portfolios
including World Bank projects, personnel matters of the Central
Government and writing memoranda and reports for the Finance Minister on
improving the overall effectiveness of Government spending.
She
has also served as Financial Adviser to the Ministry of Housing and
Urban Poverty Alleviation. She has also served as Government Nominee
Director on the Boards of many Government companies and banks.
In
her parent department namely, the office of Comptroller and Auditor
General of India (CAG) (the Supreme Audit Institution of India), she led
and coordinated the production of several audit reports including the
audit of the Central Board of Direct Taxes. As Principal Director
(International Cooperation), she was directly responsible for advising
and implementing the CAG’s international obligations both bilateral and
multilateral. In her last assignment in the office of the CAG, she was
responsible for developing and strengthening professional standards and
practices in audit.
Mrs. Krishnan is an Independent Director on
the Board of IDFC Financial Holding Company Ltd.
PMS
Ms. Aparna Shanker
Fund Manager
Aparna joined SBIFM in 2007. Prior to that Aparna was a research analyst with Sahara Asset Management and Birla Global Finance for four years. Aparna started her career in 1989 with UTI Asset Management. She had been associated with the investment and fund management team of UTI for over 11 years.
Aparna is a Science graduate and also a graduate in general law from Mumbai University. She also holds a Master’s degree in Finance and a post graduate diploma in Treasury & Forex Management from ICFAI University.
Mr. Ajit Dange, CFA
Fund Manager & Head of PMS (Domestic)
Ajit is working as a Fund Manager & Head of Domestic PMS since July 2014. Ajit joined SBIFM as a research analyst in 2007 and was subsequently promoted as a fund manager in last quarter of 2010. Prior to joining SBIFM, Ajit was a sell side analyst with leading broking firms such as HDFC Securities and UTI securities for two years. Before that Ajit worked at SICOM Ltd. on various project finance assignments for eight years. Ajit is an engineering graduate with specialization in Metallurgy and holds Masters in Finance degree. He is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Ravi Ratanpal
Fund Manager, Fixed Income
Ravi has joined SBIFM as a Fund Manager – Fixed Income (PMS) in December 2016. Prior to joining SBIFM Ravi worked with JPMorgan for more than 12 years. In his last assignment, Ravi was the fixed income fund manager at JPMorgan Asset Management India. Ravi started his career with JPMorgan India in 2004 and initially worked in different roles, before he moved to JPMorgan Asset Management India in January 2007 as a Fixed Income Investment Analyst.
AIF
Mr. Sanjeev Patkarr
Portfolio Manager
Sanjeev is the Fund Manager for AIF. Sanjeev joined SBIFM as Head of Research in 2011. He has been tracking the Indian equity markets for over 22 years. Sanjeev started his career as a Rating Analyst with Crisil in 1992. He has also been associated with the Portfolio Management Services of Kotak Securities and ENAM as a core member of their investment team. He has worked on the buy side with reputed asset management companies like GE Capital and Jardine Fleming for eight years. Sanjeev joined SBIFM from Almondz Global Securities where he was the Director–Research for two years. Prior to that, he was Director (Research) at Dolat Capital, a leading broking outfit. In these assignments he was instrumental in identifying multibagger ideas. Sanjeev also has a complementary experience in Corporate Strategy with Welspun Group of 2 years.
Sanjeev is an Engineering graduate with specialization in Electronics from Mumbai University and holds Masters degree in Management Studies (MMS – Marketing) from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai.
Mr. Vishal Saraf
Analyst
Vishal joined SBIFM in 2007. Prior to joining SBI FM, Vishal was an analyst with Motilal Oswal Securities for three years. Vishal is a Commerce graduate from Nagpur University and a Chartered Accountant from ICAI. He is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Fixed Income Team
Mr. Rajeev Radhakrishnan, CFA
CIO - Fixed Income
Rajeev joined SBIFM as a fixed income portfolio manager in 2008. He currently heads the Fixed Income desk at the AMC. Prior to joining SBIFM, Rajeev was Co-Fund Manager for Fixed Income with UTI Asset Management for seven years.
Rajeev is an Engineering graduate and holds a Masters degree in finance from Mumbai University. He is also a charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA
Mr. Dinesh Ahuja
Fund Manager
Dinesh Ahuja joined SBIFM in 2010. Prior to joining SBIFM, Dinesh was a fund manager with L&T Investment Management and Reliance Group for four years. Dinesh started his career in 1998 as a fixed income dealer on the sell side. Thereafter he worked in leading broking outfits for eight years before moving on the buy side in 2006.
Dinesh is a Commerce graduate and holds his Masters degree in Finance from Mumbai University.
Mr. R. Arun
Fund Manager
R Arun joined as a credit analyst at SBIFM in 2009 and subsequently became a fund manager for cash funds in April 2012. Prior to joining SBIFM, Arun was a credit analyst with ING Asset Management and Deutsche Bank for two years each. He started his career as a credit analyst with Crisil Ltd. in 2006.
Arun is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University and holds Masters in Finance degree from Mumbai Education Trust. He is also a FRM Charter holder of Global Association of Risk professionals (GARP).
Ms. Mansi Sajeja
Credit Analyst, Fund Manager
Mansi Sajeja joined SBIFM in 2009. Prior to joining SBIFM Mansi was a senior rating analyst at ICRA Limited (A Moody’s Investors Service Company) for over three years. Mansi holds bachelor’s degree in Financial & Investment analysis from Delhi University and has completed post graduation diploma in Business Management from MDI, Gurgaon. She is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Lokesh Mallya, CFA
Credit Analyst
Lokesh Mallya joined SBIFM in 2014. He brings along 9 years of experience in research in the Indian fixed income market and fund management. Prior to joining SBIFM, Mr. Mallya was working with Birla Sunlife Asset Management, Investment Team as fund manager for short term and ultra-short term funds. He is a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA and also a FRM charter holder of Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).
Mr. Mohit Jain, CFA
Credit Analyst
Mohit Jain joined SBIFM in 2015. Prior to joining SBIFM, Mohit was working as a Senior Research Analyst in CRISIL Limited. He is a graduate in Engineering from Sathyabama University and has completed CFA level III from the CFA Institute, USA.
Ms. Ranjana Gupta
Fixed Income Dealer & Fund Manager
Ranjana Gupta joined SBIFM in 2008. Prior to joining SBIFM, Ranjana was heading the broking activities at 21st Century Shares and Securities for 12 years. She started her career as a dealer in 1995 with OTCEI (Over the Counter Exchange of India). Ranjana is a Commerce graduate from Mumbai University.
Equity Team
Mr. R Srinivasan
CIO - Equity
R Srinivasan joined SBI Funds Management as a Senior Fund Manager in May 2009; he is now CIO-Equity and directly manages a number of funds. He was formerly the Head of Equity. He has rich industry experience spanning 28 years and has previously worked at a number of leading organizations in the BFSI space. Srinivasan is a postgraduate in Commerce and has done his MFM from the University of Bombay.
Sohini Andani
Fund Manager
Sohini joined SBIFM as Head of Research in 2007 and was subsequently promoted as a portfolio manager in 2010. Prior to joining SBIFM, Sohini was a senior research analyst at ING Investment Management. Sohini has over.11 years of experience in research on the sell side. Her previous assignments were with leading broking outfits such as ASK Raymond James, LKP Shares and Securities, Advani Share Brokers and KR Choksey Shares and Securities. Sohini is a Commerce graduate from Mumbai University and a Chartered Accountant from ICAI.
Mr. Richard D'Souza
Fund Manager
Richard currently manages thematic funds at SBIMF. He joined SBIFM in 2010 as Fund Manager for the Retail PMS division. Richard had joined us from ASK Investment Managers where he was the portfolio manager for PMS schemes. Prior to joining ASK, Richard was a sell side analyst with various broking firms such as Antique Shares, Sunidhi Consulting and Alchemy Shares for 17 years. He started his career in 1992 as a research analyst at Ajit Vajani Share Brokers. Richard is a Science graduate from Mumbai University.
Mr. Dinesh Balachandran, CFA
Credit Analyst, Fund Manager
Dinesh joined SBI FM in 2012 as a Senior Credit Analyst. He subsequently became Head of Research and is now an equity fund manager. Dinesh started his career with Fidelity in Boston USA in 2001 where as an analyst he covered Structured Finance, and local US fixed income market over 10 years. Dinesh holds a B.Tech degree from IIT, Mumbai and M.S degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Ms. Nidhi Chawla
Analyst & Fund Manager
Nidhi joined SBIFM in 2007. Nidhi has completed Bachelor in Business Studies from CBS, Delhi University and holds a Masters’ Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi. Nidhi is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Saurabh Pant
Analyst & Fund Manager
Saurabh joined SBIFM in 2007 as Research Analyst. Saurabh is a Commerce graduate and holds Masters Degree in Business Economics from University of Delhi.
Mr. Tanmaya Desai
Analyst & Fund Manager
Tanmaya joined SBIFM in 2008. Tanmaya is an Engineering Graduate with specialization in electronics and holds a Master Degree in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. He is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA. Prior to pursuing his Masters, Tanmaya was a Software Engineer at Patni Computer Systems for a year and a lecturer in Electronics Department at D J Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai for two years.
Mr. Ruchit Mehta
Head of Research
Ruchit joined SBIFM in 2010. Ruchit joined us from HSBC Asset Management where he was an analyst and assistant fund manager for four years. Prior to HSBC, Ruchit was as a sell side analyst with leading broking firms like ASK Raymond James and Prabhudas Liladhar for two years. Ruchit is a Commerce graduate from Mumbai University and holds Master’s Degree in finance from Lancaster University, UK. He is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Ms. Namrata Mittal
Economist
Namrata joined SBIFM as an Economist in 2014. Prior to this, she has worked as a consultant at Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, India in various capacities. She has also been associated with HSBC where she assisted in tracking South East Asian economies. Namrata holds a Masters Degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics and Bachelors Degree from Hansraj College, University of Delhi.
Sukanya Ghosh
Quantitative Analyst
Sukanya Ghosh joined SBIFM in 2014. In 2015, she joined the Investment Team as quantitative analyst. Prior to joining SBIFM, she worked with Axis Asset Management Company Ltd, Fortis Investment Management (India) Pvt. Ltd and Birla Sun Life Asset Management Co. Ltd. Sukanya is Commerce graduate from Mumbai University and is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and FRM charter holder from Global Association of Risk professionals, USA (GARP).
Mr. Rohit Shimpi, CFA
Fund Manager
Rohit has been with SBI Funds Management since 2006. He has been managing and advising equity portfolios at SBI FM since March 2011. Rohit has also been a member of our research team. Before joining SBI funds Management, he worked with Television Eighteen Group as a research analyst for the firm’s flagship financial news channel, CNBC TV18. Prior to that, he was an analyst with JP Morgan’s offshore research centre. Rohit started his career as a management trainee with HDFC Standard Life Insurance.
Mr. Milind Agarwal, CFA
Fund Manager
Milind joined SBI Funds Management Limited in 2018 as an Equity Research Analyst. He has an experience of almost 11 years in the Financial Services industry. Before joining SBIFML, he has worked with Goldman Sachs Asset Management as an Equity Research Analyst for 6 years. Prior to that, he has worked in IT and FX consulting. He has done a PGDM from MDI Gurgaon and B. Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Nirma University. He is a CFA Charterholder from CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Bhavin Vithlani
Equity Analyst & Fund Manager
Mr. Bhavin Vithlani joined SBIFML in October 2018 as an Equity Research Analyst. He has over 18 years of experience in the finance sector.
Prior to join SBIFML, he was previously associated with following entities (assignments held during last 10 years).
Axis Capital Limited (Erstwhile ENAM Securities Private Limited) (March 2006 - September 2018) - Primarily involved in equity research for Industrial and Power sectors.
Tower Capital & Securities Private Limited (October 2004 - March 2005) - Primarily involved in equity research for Industrial sectors.
Dealing Team
Mr. Raviprakash Sharma, CFA
Head of Equity Dealing & Fund Manager
Raviprakash joined SBIFM in 2011. He has over 17 years of experience in Indian capital markets, spanning across Equity & Fixed Income. Raviprakash had joined us from HDFC Asset Management where he was part of the portfolio management team for almost four years. Prior to that, he was a financial advisor at Citigroup Wealth Advisors, India. Raviprakash has also worked with Kotak Securities, a leading securities brokerage house in India, where he was a part of the Equity Dealing platform. He started his career in 1999 with Birla Sun Life Securities.
Raviprakash is a Commerce graduate from Mumbai University and a Chartered Accountant from ICAI. He is also a Charter holder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Neeraj Kumar
Equity Dealer & Fund Manager
Neeraj joined SBIFM in 2006 as an Equity Dealer. Prior to joining SBIFM Neeraj was associated with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for 10 years. He started his career as an assistant administration officer in finance and accounts department of LIC. Thereafter he worked as an equity analyst for five years and subsequently as a dealer for three years.
Neeraj is a Commerce graduate from Magadh University and Chartered Accountant from ICAI.