Our Leadership Team
Maneesh Dangi
Founder & CEO
PGDBM, FRM (GARP)
STEERING SUCCESS: 24+ YEARS OF FUND MANAGEMENT & LEADERSHIP
Co-Chief Investment officer, Head of Fixed Income and Fund Manager (2006-21)
Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund
- Directly managed INR 70,000 cr as Fund Manager at ABSL AMC
- Delivered 4.5% excess return over average competition in credit fund through ILFS & Covid19 crisis Valueresearch
- Grew ABSL Debt AUM from less than INR 10,000 cr to 1.6 lakh cr, elevating ABSL from 8th largest to top-2 in India
Independent Director
JM Financial Products
Board Advisor
IIM Udaipur, Center of Financial Research
Faculty, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management
IIM, Mumbai
Fund Manager/CIO of the Year Awards, ABSL MF
2018 & 2016
CIO of the year
2011
best Fund manager of the year
2012
best Fund manager of the year
2011 & 2012 (Winner)
2013 (Runner up)
best Fund manager of the year
2010, 2012, 2014 & 2015
most astute investor
of the year
2009, 2011, 2013 & 2016
One of the most astute investors of the year
Best Fund House of the Year, ABSL MF
2009, 2010, 2011 & 2013
best Fund HOuse of the year
2015
best Fund HOuse of the year
2008 & 2009
best Fund HOuse of the year
2014
best Fund HOuse of the year
2008
best Fund HOuse of the year
2012
best Fund HOuse of the year
Ajay Srinivasan
Chief Mentor and Board Advisor
PGDBM - IIM Ahmedabad
Proven track record of building and scaling businesses across India and Asia
CEO (2007-2023)
Aditya Birla Capital
- Under his leadership the Group became a leading financial services conglomerate with a position amongst the top 100 corporates in India with interests in a wide range of businesses.
CEO (2001-2007)
Prudential Corporation Asia, Hong Kong
- Managed $70 Bn across 10 markets, and became the second largest Retail Fund managers in Asia within seven years.
CEO (1998)
ICICI Prudential Asset Management
- Pioneered the establishment of ICICI Pru AMC in India.
Deputy CEO and CIO (1987)
ITC Threadneedle Asset Management
- Held key executive roles, contributing to the company’s strategic and investment management functions.
A. Dhananjay
Chief Risk Officer
PGDM, IIM Bangalore
30+ years of experience in providing oversight and strategic leadership for credit risk
Chief Compliance and Risk Officer (2008-23)
Aditya Birla Capital
- Responsible for overseeing the compliance and risk functions across all financial services businesses of the group.
- Built the risk, compliance, governance & regulatory policies and processes in ABC, with focus on lending and asset management.
- Responsible for asset quality across Mutual Fund, NBFC, Insurance and Housing Finance portfolios.
Head of Compliance (2002-08)
ABN Amro Bank
Head of Transaction Banking and Customer Services (1988-2002
Bank of America
R. Gopi Krishna
MD & CIO, Structured Finance
PGDM, IIM Ahmedabad
20+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN PRIVATE & PUBLIC CREDIT MARKETS ACROSS LENDING/INVESTMENT, TRADING, STRUCTURING & DISTRIBUTION
INR 16,000 Cr
Underwritten in last 15 years
INR 3,000 Cr
Direct Lending/ investments
<1.25%
NPA
100%
Recovery
MD & CIO of JM Credit Alternatives (2022-23)
JM Financial
- Led the Credit Alternatives platform focusing high yield and distressed credits
MD & CIO of JM Credit Alternatives (2022-23)
JM Financial
- Started the Private Credit Underwriting/Syndications business
- Proprietary lending/investment from NBFC
Executive Director – Fixed Income Structuring & Sales (2009-16)
Goldman Sachs
- Handled origination, structuring, underwriting and distribution of private credit deals
- Trading & sales of IG Credits and interest rate products
Vice President – Debt Capital Markets (2007-09)
Bank of America
- Origination, structuring & execution of IG Bonds, INR CLOs and INR Private Credits
Associate – Debt Capital Markets (2004-07)
DSP Merrill lynch
- Origination, structuring & execution of USD Bonds, INR Bonds, INR CLOs and INR Private Credits
Ashwini Kumar Hooda
MD & CIO Real Estate
MBA, Jamnalal Bajaj
B.Tech., IIT Roorkee
20+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN REAL ESTATE LENDING
INR 1.25L Cr
Underwritten in last 24 years
INR 50,000 Cr
Builder book managed
(125 developers, 200 projects)
INR 8,000 Cr
Mid market builder book*
*(20 – 100 Cr ticket size)
<1%
NPA
~17%
Yield
Professor of Finance (2012-24)
JBIMS
- 12 years of academia experience.
Deputy Managing Director (2010-23)
SAmmaan capital
- Responsible for transforming small NBFC into leading HFC in India.
- Created India’s most successful LAP franchise with over INR 50,000 Cr in disbursements.
Head of Corporate Real Estate and structured Finance Book
HDFC
- Managed book of INR 9,000 Cr with zero NPA.
- International Housing Program from Wharton School, UPenn.
Supriya Bharadwaj
MD & Head – Legal & Compliances
Bachelor of Law, Govt Law College, Mumbai
20+ years of experience in legal & dispute resolution, structuring, negotiations, Special Situations and Distressed Debt
General Counsel
Reliance Capital & Subsidiaries
- Led asset monetization efforts
- Led stake sale worth INR 6,000 Cr in Reliance AMC
Legal Advisor
Tata Steel
- Closed the INR 35,000 Cr acquisition of Bhushan Steel, marking the first IBC case approved by NCLT.
Head of Legal
India RF
- Managed the legal closure and documentation for setting up the fund and facilitating fund-raising by investors.
Legal Advisor
Bajaj Finserv
- Managed the Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) deal worth INR 1,400 Cr.
Girish Kamath
Chief Operating Officer
Bachelor of Engineering, PGDM
30+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE SPANNING ACCROSS FINANCIAL SERVICES, POWER AND CONSULTING
PARTNER (2020-2024)
COGNITIVA
- Providing consulting insights to MSME and Startups in building capabilities to scaleup and in enhancing organizational effectiveness.
Head of Human Resource and Business Excellence (2013-2019)
ADITYA BIRLA SUNLIFE ASSET MANAGEMENT
- Anchored the human resource strategy that supported business resulting in industry leading performance of moving to rank 3 from rank 6
- Implemented practices and built a performance culture that led to the organization being ranked amongst top 10 Great Places to Work in BFSI Industry
Head of Talent Management and OD (2010-2013)
ADITYA BIRLA CAPITAL
- Played a key role in the design and rollout of talent management frameworks for ABC
Associate Director –People and Change (2009-2010)
PRICE WATERHOUSE COOPERS
Programme Manager (2002-09)
GROW TALENT / RIGHT MANAGEMENT
- Consulting in the areas of Change Management, Talent Management, Leadership Development etc.
Aditi Deshpande
Executive Director - Structured Finance
CA & IIM Calcutta
20+ years of experience in Credit Underwriting & Structuring, across Corporate Finance and Capital Market domains
National Credit Head (2016-2024)
ADITYA BIRLA FINANCE LIMITED
- Led the underwriting and monitoring of Loan portfolio of approx. Rs 10,000 Cr, with Gross NPA below 0.5%
- Managed multiple verticals such as Capital Market Group / Supply chain finance / NBFC onward lending / Structured finance, pioneering several structured product underwriting models and risk management initiatives.
Vice President, Credit Risk (2014-16)
JM Financial Products Limited
- Managed end to end Credit assessment, monitoring, structuring, deal negotiations of Promoter financing / Corporate Bond deals, handling Loan book of Rs 3,000 Cr, with negligible NPA
Lead Credit Research (2013-2014)
CRISIL LIMITED
- Was the Lead for Credit Research at Global Research & Analytics division
Sector Lead, FI / Corporate Debt Products (2007-2013)
BANK OF AMERICA (CONTINUUM INDIA)
- Sector Lead managing the Bank /FI lending product portfolio for Wholesale lending division of Bank Of America N.A.
- Managed a team of 30 senior credit analysts supporting loan book across US/Europe/Asia.
Manager, Treasury & Fund Accounting (2004-2007)
ICICI PRUDENTIAL MUTUAL FUND
- Assisted Fixed income Fund managers with Gsec / Corporate
bond investments, handling an average liquid treasury book of Rs. 5000 Cr.
Amit Thakkar
Executive Director – Real Estate
Institute of Chartered Accountants
of India
CA (Final 29th AIR)
20+ years of expertise in fund management, corporate finance and investment banking in real estate industry
Head – Structuring (2023-2024)
SSG Group
- Led capital raising for real estate portfolio valued at INR 4,000 Cr
- Development of digital platforms & solutions which forms a connected ecosystem amongst home buyer, developer, land-owner and banker
Partner (2021-2023)
Curry Capital Partners (Entrepreneur)
- Advised a family office cum real estate developer in launching an
INR 300 Cr CAT-2 AIF fund focused on investments in
development of greenfield residential projects - Raised INR 200 Cr of debt for various real estate projects
SVP – Fund Management (2015-2021)
Indiabulls Investment Management Limited
- Launched and managed four real estate private equity funds and one real estate PMS across commercial & residential segments.
- Raised ~ INR 2,000 Cr of domestic capital from 1,300+ domestic investors and deployed/committed same in 16 projects.
- Managed two special situation funds with a size of ~ INR 4,000 Cr
Associate Director – Corporate Finance (2011-2015)
Jones Lang Lasalle India
- Deal advisory including M&A, JVs, sale & leaseback, asset sales and portfolio exits (fund level)
- Closed transactions worth ~ INR 1,000 Cr
Manager, Investment Advisory (2006-2010)
DTZ International Property Advisors (now Cushman & Wakefield)
- Deal sourcing / Business Development and closure of fund raising transactions
- Successfully raised ~ INR 1,200 Cr for clients
Associate - Investment Banking (2002-2006)
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd
- Raised ~ INR 400 Crore for private unlisted companies operating in sectors like shipbuilding, chemicals, FMCG, real estate and textile
