Mr. Shamsher Singh
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Shamsher Singh (Managing Director & CEO) 55 Years B.Com., CAIIB – Part II Mr. Shamsher Singh, Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI), is on deputation to SBI Funds Management Limited since November 02, 2022. Mr. Singh joined SBI in June 1990 as Probationary Officer and has more than 32 years of experience.
Before his deputation to SBIFML, he was heading the Ahmedabad Circle of SBI as Chief General Manager from November 2020 responsible for driving business growth and ensuring regulatory compliance across 1400+ branches of SBI. He spearheaded SBI’s retail business operations across the Gujarat State, Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Other key assignments held by Mr. Singh during the last 10 years with SBI are as under:
• General Manager - Head of Institutional Relationship Group of SBI with Indian and International Banks and Head of Treasury Team of International Banking Group (IBG) at SBI’s Corporate Centre overseeing treasury operations of all Foreign Offices of SBI across the globe. (December 2019 to November 2020);
• Regional Head - Middle East, West Asia and North Africa (MEWANA) region - General Manager, Dubai, UAE (December 2017 to December 2019);
• Country Head & CEO, SBI Operations, Bahrain - Deputy General Manager (August 2014 to December 2017);
• Deputy General Manager (Compliance), International Banking Group, Corporate Centre, Mumbai (June 2014 to August 2014);
• Deputy General Manager (SME), SBI, Local Head Office, Chandigarh (May 2014 to June 2014);
• Deputy General Manager – Defence Banking, Alternate Channels and Products, SBI, Local Head Office, Chandigarh (November 2013 to May 2014);
• Chief Dealer, Interest Rate Markets, Global Markets, Corporate Centre, Mumbai – Assistant General Manager (April 2012 to November 2013).
Mr. Denys de Campigneulles
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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 the Banking and Financial Services industry and has been associated with SBI Funds Management since 1998. As DMD & 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 29 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 has over 30 years’ rich experience in the financial services space. He has been associated with SBI Funds Management Limited since 2009 and as CIO – Equity directly manages a number of funds. He was formerly the Head of Equity. Srinivasan is a postgraduate in Commerce and has done his MFM from the University of Mumbai.
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
Aparna Nirgude
Executive Director & Chief Risk Officer
Aparna Nirgude has been associated with SBI Funds Management Limited for over 26 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.
Ganesan Sonaimuthu
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Ganesan has a rich experience of around 42 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.
Vinaya Datar
Chief Compliance Officer & Company Secretary (complianceofficer@sbimf.com)
Vinaya Datar has an overall experience of over 28 years, including over 21 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 over 26 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 SBIFML, 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.
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Mr. Amarjit Chopra
Independent Director
CA Amarjit Chopra is practicing the profession of Chartered Accountancy for the past 46 years with proven adroitness in varied areas. Mr. Chopra has specialization in Internal and Statutory Audits of Private and Public Sector enterprises, Banks and Insurance Companies including Company Law Matters, Accounting Standards and Audit and Assurance Standards. etc. Mr. Chopra was the President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India for the year 2010-11. He was also the Vice-President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) for the year 2009-10. He had been associated with ICAI as Council Member for 15 years and also held the office of Chairman of Northern Indian Regional Council of ICAI (1986-89). He has also been on the various Committees/Bodies constituted by the ICAI, Government and other regulators. He was also nominated Chairman of National Advisory Committee on Accounting Standards (NACAS) by Govt. of India for four years (2014-2018).
He has also been involved in training of Professionals/non-professionals in various training programs organized by Regulators (such as Comptroller & Auditor General of India, University of Petroleum and Energy), Bankers Training Colleges/professional bodies in and around India. He has also made significant contribution to the cause of accountancy profession through association with ICAI/Regulatory/Academic Forums.
Presently, he is on the Boards of Roop Automotives Ltd., Rico Auto Industries Limited, Rico Investments Ltd, TATA Power Delhi Distribution Ltd, TATA Power Trading Co. Ltd. and ICAI Accounting Research Foundation. He has also served on the Boards of First India Life Insurance Co. Ltd, Urban Improvement Co Pvt Ltd, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited, Confederation of Asia Pacific Accountant (CAPA) and South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), Insurance Regulatory Development of Authority and nominated as a member to the Quality Review Board of Actuaries.
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.
Mr. P.B. Santhanakrishnan
Associate Director
Mr. P.B. Santhanakrishnan holds degree in Bachelor of Science and Chartered Accountancy. He is presently a senior partner of P. B. Vijayaraghavan & Co since 1979. He has an overall 43 years of experience in Statutory Audit of Public Sector Banks / undertakings / Charitable Institutions/ Educational Institutions and Non-profit Institutions. He has made numerous representations before SEBI, SAT, CBDT and ITAT on Corporate/Income Tax and FEMA matters. He is a former member of the following institutions / bodies; • RBI Committee on RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement) • Governing Board of PNB Institute of Information Technology, New Delhi. • Southern India Regional Council of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (1982 – 1988) • Committee of Central Council of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. • Hony. Treasurer of Tamil Nadu Tennis Association • Madras Gymkhana Club He was also on the boards of Oriental Bank of Commerce (2011 to 2014) and Can Fin Homes Ltd (2012 to 2016). Presently, he is on the Boards of Tamil Nadu News Prints and Papers Limited and Indo-Australian Chamber of commerce.
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. 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, 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. 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. Shamsher Singh
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Shamsher Singh (Managing Director & CEO) 55 Years B.Com., CAIIB – Part II Mr. Shamsher Singh, Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI), is on deputation to SBI Funds Management Limited since November 02, 2022. Mr. Singh joined SBI in June 1990 as Probationary Officer and has more than 32 years of experience.
Before his deputation to SBIFML, he was heading the Ahmedabad Circle of SBI as Chief General Manager from November 2020 responsible for driving business growth and ensuring regulatory compliance across 1400+ branches of SBI. He spearheaded SBI’s retail business operations across the Gujarat State, Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
Other key assignments held by Mr. Singh during the last 10 years with SBI are as under:
• General Manager - Head of Institutional Relationship Group of SBI with Indian and International Banks and Head of Treasury Team of International Banking Group (IBG) at SBI’s Corporate Centre overseeing treasury operations of all Foreign Offices of SBI across the globe. (December 2019 to November 2020);
• Regional Head - Middle East, West Asia and North Africa (MEWANA) region - General Manager, Dubai, UAE (December 2017 to December 2019);
• Country Head & CEO, SBI Operations, Bahrain - Deputy General Manager (August 2014 to December 2017);
• Deputy General Manager (Compliance), International Banking Group, Corporate Centre, Mumbai (June 2014 to August 2014);
• Deputy General Manager (SME), SBI, Local Head Office, Chandigarh (May 2014 to June 2014);
• Deputy General Manager – Defence Banking, Alternate Channels and Products, SBI, Local Head Office, Chandigarh (November 2013 to May 2014);
• Chief Dealer, Interest Rate Markets, Global Markets, Corporate Centre, Mumbai – Assistant General Manager (April 2012 to November 2013).
Mr. Denys de Campigneulles
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
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. 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. Shekhar Bhatnagar
Independent Director
Mr. Shekhar Bhatnagar has experience of 34 years working for Reserve Bank of India. He was Chief General Manager-in-charge, Foreign Exchange Department, Central Office Mumbai before superannuating from Reserve Bank of India.
He has a vast experience as a Member in the capacity of Nominee Director on the Boards of both private and public sector commercial banks and has been a member of several sub-committees of the Board of Directors. He was involved in corporate governance in banks, in the formulation of guidelines/ action plans/framework in the areas of risk management and formulation of the turnaround strategy, risk assessment and risk mitigation strategies of weak banks, innovation of products for Payment Systems etc. He was involved in the process of implementation of BASEL II and III. He has an experience of monitoring the process of NPA management in commercial banks as part of the banking supervision process.
He was involved in regulation and supervision of credit lenders and investment vehicles in equity/ debt markets, Asset Reconstruction Companies and Mortgage guarantee companies, PPI, and aggregators in the payment space for non-banking finance intermediaries. He was the Country Head for Foreign exchange/ cross border transactions where he handled responsibilities of policy formulation, supervision, monitoring and compounding process and management of capital flows, both equity and debt.
Presently, he is an Independent Consultant working with L&L Law Firm as an Off Counsel on Foreign Exchange investment issues and as an Independent Consultant with Standard Chartered Bank for regulatory and supervisory matters.
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.
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.
Dr. T. T. Ram Mohan
Independent Director
Dr. T. T. Ram Mohan has wide-ranging experience in academics, policy-making, banking, management consulting and financial journalism. Presently, he is a Part-time Member at Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council since October 2021.
Dr. Ram Mohan has held several other positions in the past as under:
. Visiting Faculty - Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, FY 2021-22
. Professor, Finance & Economics - Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad - (October 1998-January 2021)
. Visiting Faculty, Economics department - Stern School of Business, New York University (2001)
. Head of Research - Birla Marlin Securities, Bombay (August 1995-December 1996)
. Vice President, Equity Research - Bear Stearns, Hong Kong (May 1994-July 1995)
. Head of Strategic Development - Standard Chartered Bank, Bombay (April 1993-February 1994)
. Divisional Manager and Chief, Economics Division - Tata Economic Consultancy Services, Bombay (1982-84, 1989-93)
. Contributing Editor (South Asia) - Financial Times International Reports (1986-94)
. Economics Writer - India Abroad (New York) (1986-94)
. New York Correspondent - The Economic Times (1988-89)
. Officer, Projects - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) (1981-82)
Presently, Dr. Ram Mohan is an Independent Director on the Board of IndusInd Bank Limited and a member of HR Advisory Board, Indian Overseas Bank
He also has been a Director on the Boards of Royal Manor Hotels & Industries Ltd. (2003-05), Marwar Hotels Ltd. (2003-05), International Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd (2003-08), Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (2005-08), Brics Securities Ltd (2004-13), Paterson Securities Pvt. Ltd. (2009-16), SBI Pension Funds Pvt. Ltd. (2007-14), GNFC Ltd. (2005-14), IndusInd Bank Ltd. (2006-14), SBICAPS Securities Ltd (2014-19), Rural Electrification Corporation Ltd (2015-19) and Canara HSBC Life Insurance Company Ltd (2017- 20).
Mr. Ashwini Kumar Tewari
Associate Director
Mr. Ashwini Kumar Tewari is a career banker and started his career in State Bank of India (SBI/Bank) in the year 1991 as a Probationary Officer and has spent more than three decades with SBI in India and abroad in various assignments.
Mr. Tewari is a Managing Director (Corporate Banking and Subsidiaries) of SBI since November 21, 2023, and also a Whole Time Director handling the portfolio of Large Corporate and Commercial Credit business of SBI alongwith Associates & Subsidiaries of the SBI. This includes major non-bank business like Credit cards, Mutual Fund, Life & General Insurance, Capital Markets, Custodial Services etc.
Prior to his appointment in Corporate Banking and Subsidiaries department, he was Managing Director (Risk, Compliance and Stressed Assets) since June 2022. There he was focusing on driving Climate Risk Management in the Bank and shaping the Stressed Assets Strategy of the Bank. Earlier to this, he was the Managing Director, handling International Banking, Information Technology and Non-Bank Subsidiaries of the Bank from January 2021. He was also involved in a big refresh in the technology space in SBI. Prior to becoming Managing Director at SBI, he served as Managing Director and CEO of SBI Cards and Payment Services Limited where he oversaw key partnerships inked with GPay, PayTM, BPCL etc. and steered the Company through the immediate aftermath of the Covid period.
He was also the Country Head of the US Operations of SBI from April 2017 to July 2020. Prior to that, he was the Regional Head and General Manager, East Asia, for SBI, based in Hong Kong.
Over the years, he held other leadership positions at SBI, including, the Deputy General Manager (Operations & Information Systems) International Banking, Head of SBI’s Cash Management, Regional Manager, Branch Head, among others.
Mr. Olivier Mariée
Associate Director
Mr. Olivier Mariée is CEO of CPR Asset Management – Paris and Head of Joint Ventures at Amundi - Paris. Mr. Mariée joined Amundi in September 2021 from Direct Assurance (AXA Group).
Having spent most of his career with the AXA Group, Mr. Olivier Mariée has in-depth knowledge of the asset and wealth management industry and its clients. He was CEO of Direct Assurance (AXA Group) since 2020. Prior to that, he was Sales Director at AXA France since 2017, where he was in charge of defining and implementing the distribution strategy, marketing strategy and sales promotion. He was also in charge of the sales teams of the Life business lines (Savings, Pensions, Provident, Health) and the distribution networks of AXA France.
From 2012 to 2017, Mr. Olivier Mariée was CEO of AXA Wealth Management and Head of Life & Savings Business Lines at AXA France, during which he was actively involved in the creation and development of AXA Wealth Europe in Luxembourg.
Prior to 2012, he was Marketing Director of the AXA Group, having held various senior positions in Japan and the UK since 1999.
From 1997 to 1999, he was Head of Private Banking at AXA Investment Managers. He joined the AXA Group in 1992 as Sales Manager for AXA France’s network of Provident & Wealth management agents.
Mr. Olivier Mariée is a graduate of the Institut Supérieur de Gestion, a French business school.
PMS
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 has over 25 years of experience in financial services and capital markets in various capacities. He has been associated with SBI Funds Management (SBIFM) since 2010. Prior to joining SBIFM, Dinesh was a fund manager with L&T Investment Management. He has also been associated with Reliance Asset Management Limited and Reliance General Insurance Company Limited.
Dinesh is a Commerce graduate and holds his Master’s degree in Finance from Mumbai University.
Mr. R. Arun
Fund Manager
R Arun has over 18 years of experience including 10 years in the mutual fund industry. He has been associated with SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFM) since 2009 as a credit analyst before moving on to a fund management role. Prior to SBIFM, he has been associated with ING Investment Management, Deutsche Bank and Crisil.
Arun is a commerce graduate from Mumbai University and holds a Masters in Finance degree from Mumbai Education Trust. He is also a FRM Charterholder of Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP).
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 has over 17 years’ experience in research in the fixed income market. He has been associated with SBI Funds Management (SBIFM) since 2014 as a Credit Analyst and now has fund management responsibilities. Prior to SBIFM, he has been associated with Aditya Birla Sunlife Asset Management Company Limited as a fund manager and credit analyst. He is a Charterholder of the CFA Institute, USA and also a FRM Charterholder 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.
Ranjana Gupta
Fixed Income Dealer & Fund Manager
Ranjana has over 27 years’ experience in capital markets and has been associated with SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFM) since 2008 as a fixed income dealer and fund manager. Prior to SBIFM, Ranjana was associated with Twentyfirst Century Shares and Securities Ltd., where she headed the broking activities, and 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 Andani has been managing equity funds at SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFM) since 2010. She joined the company in 2007 and worked as Head of Research for 3 years before moving to fund management responsibilities. Sohini has over 27 years’ experience in the financial services industry, including 11 years of experience in equity research on the sell side. Prior to SBIFM, Sohini has been associated with organisations like ING Investment Management, ASK Raymond James, LKP Shares & Securities Limited, CRISIL, KR Choksey Shares & Securities Private Limited handling primarily equity research responsibilities. Sohini is a Commerce graduate from Mumbai University and a Chartered Accountant from ICAI.
Mr. Richard D'Souza
Fund Manager
Richard D’Souza joined SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFM) as Fund Manager for the Retail PMS division and currently manages equity funds at SBI Mutual Fund. Richard has over 31 years’ experience in equities as a fund manager and as research analyst on the sell side. Prior to joining SBIFM, Richard was associated with ASK Investment Managers as a portfolio manager of their PMS schemes. He has also worked as a research analyst with sell-side organizations like Antique Share & Stock Brokers Private Limited, Sunidhi Consultancy Limited, and Alchemy Share & Stock Brokers Private Limited. Richard is a Science graduate from Mumbai University.
Mr. Dinesh Balachandran, CFA
Credit Analyst, Fund Manager
Dinesh Balachandran has over 22 years of experience in the industry. He joined SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFM) in 2012 as a Senior Credit Analyst, subsequently becoming Head of Research before moving on to managing equity funds. 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 for over 10 years. Dinesh holds a B. Tech degree from IIT, Mumbai and a M.S degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is also a Charterholder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Nidhi Chawla
Analyst & Fund Manager
Nidhi Chawla has over 16 years’ experience in the Mutual Fund Industry. She joined SBI Funds Management Limited in 2007. She has fund management responsibilities and as an equity research analyst covers various sectors including Real Estate, Infrastructure and Construction.
Nidhi has completed her Bachelors in Business Studies from CBS, Delhi University and holds a Masters’ Degree in Economics from the University of Delhi. Nidhi is also a Charterholder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Saurabh Pant
Analyst & Fund Manager
Saurabh Pant has over 16 years’ experience in capital markets. He joined SBI Funds Management Limited as a research analyst and currently manages equity funds.
Saurabh is a Commerce graduate and holds a Master’s Degree in Business Economics from the University of Delhi.
Mr. Tanmaya Desai
Analyst & Fund Manager
Tanmaya has over 18 years’ experience with over 11 years in capital markets. He joined SBI Funds Management in 2008 as a research analyst and currently has fund management responsibilities.
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 Charterholder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Prior to pursuing his Master’s Degree, Tanmaya worked with Patni Computer Systems as a Software Engineer and has been a lecturer in the 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.
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 Shimpi joined SBI Funds Management Limited in 2006 as an Equity Analyst. He started managing the Offshore Fund in 2011 before moving on to the Portfolio Management Services (PMS) division in 2015. In 2018, Rohit moved to Mutual Funds division and is responsible for fund management and advisory services.
Prior to SBIFM, he has been associated with SGA News Ltd (TV18 Group) as a Research Analyst for the firm’s flagship financial news channel, CNBC-TV18 and as a Researcher with JP Morgan’s offshore research centre.
Rohit is a Commerce graduate from Mumbai University and has completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM) with specialization in Finance from Sydenham Institute of Management Studies. He is also a Charterholder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Milind Agrawal, CFA
Fund Manager
Milind Agrawal has a total of over 14 years of experience with over 12 years in the financial services industry. Milind joined SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFM) in 2018 as an equity analyst and currently has fund management responsibilities as well.
Prior to SBIFM, Milind has been associated with Goldman Sachs as an Equity Analyst and has experience in FX Consulting and IT sector.
Milind has completed his 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
Bhavin Vithlani has over 19 years’ experience in the financial services industry. He joined SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFM) in 2018 as an Equity Research Analyst and currently has fund management responsibilities as well.
Prior to SBIFM, he has been associated with Axis Capital Limited (erstwhile ENAM Securities) and Tower Capital & Securities Private Limited as an equity analyst covering industrial and power sectors.
Bhavin is a Commerce graduate and has completed his MMS in Finance.
Dealing Team
Mr. Raviprakash Sharma, CFA
Head of Equity Dealing & Fund Manager
Raviprakash Sharma has over 24 years of experience in Indian capital markets spanning across Equity and Fixed Income segments. Raviprakash joined SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFM) in 2011 and currently is Head – Equity Dealing and Fund Manager.
Prior to SBIFM, Raviprakash has been associated with HDFC Asset Management in the portfolio management services division. In his earlier assignments he has also worked with Citigroup Wealth Advisors India Pvt. Ltd. (as a Financial Advisor), Kotak Securities Ltd. (Non-Discretionary PMS) as well as with Birla Sun Life Securities Ltd. (Fixed Income Segment).
Raviprakash is a Commerce graduate from Mumbai University and a Chartered Accountant from ICAI. He is also a Charterholder of the CFA Institute, USA.
Mr. Neeraj Kumar
Equity Dealer & Fund Manager
Neeraj Kumar has over 25 years of experience in the financial services industry across equity dealing, research and finance & accounting. Neeraj joined SBI Funds Management Limited (SBIFM) in 2006 as an Equity Dealer and currently has fund management responsibilities as well.
Prior to SBIFM, Neeraj has been associated with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) where he handled assignments across finance & accounting, analyst and dealing.
Neeraj is a Commerce graduate from Magadh University and is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI.
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