Much of the credit for sustained performance of SBIMF goes to our team. They are the real performers whose expertise and capability rewards our investors.
Chief Investment Officer :
Sanjay Sinha
Mr. Sanjay Sinha has taken over as Chief Investment Officer with effect from June 1, 2007. Mr. Sinha joined SBI Mutual Fund as the Head of Equities in November 2005 and has managed the largest number of funds in SBI MF covering the entire spectrum of equity funds – from index funds, diversified equity funds to sector funds.
He has over 18 years of experience in the Mutual Fund Industry. Prior to joining SBI MF, Mr. Sinha worked as Senior Fund Manager with UTI Mutual Fund and was managing a corpus of over Rs 28 billion (over US$600 million). A Post Graduate from IIM Kolkatta, Mr. Sanjay Sinha has a rich experience in managing funds.
Head Portfolio Management Services / Fund Manager :
Nipa Ladiwala
After obtaining a post graduate degree in Business Management and Law, Nipa worked as an equity analyst, and dealer for the offshore Funds of UTI. Subsequently she was appointed as Fund Manager for India Growth Fund, which was listed on NYSE. She was head of Research at UTI Securities before joining SBIMF as Head of PMS. Nipa has 6 years experience as Fund Manager. She has a total of 15 years experience and has been with SBI Funds Management Pvt Ltd since October 2005.
Debt / Fixed Income :
Parijat Agrawal (Head – Fixed Income)
Parijat has done his B.E (ECE) and PGDM (IIM Bangalore). He has got 12 years experience in capital markets in areas like research, dealing and fund management. Parijat is associated with SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd. since July 2006.
Prior to joining SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd., he was with State Bank of Mauritius Limited, Mumbai as Head – Treasury.
Ganti N Murthy (Asst. Vice President & Fund Manager)
Mr. Murthy did his B.Sc (Hons) from Osmania University and his Masters in Financial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai. He has over 12 years experience in the Mutual Fund Industry, 9 years in Unit Trust of India and 3 years in Cholamandalam AMC Ltd. Prior to joining SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd., he was with Cholamandalam Mutual Fund as Fund Manager – Debt.
Offshore Funds - Fund Manager :
Anand Gupta
Anand holds charter from CFA Institute, USA and Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. Before joining SBI Funds Management in October 2005, Anand has worked with HSBC securities and domestic brokerage house as equity research analyst for 3 years. Anand has 5 years of experience in capital markets and 3 years of experience in Audit & Business consulting.
Investment Team (Equity) :
Aashish Wakankar (Vice President & Fund Manager)
Aashish Wakankar is a Bachelor of Science from University of Mumbai and holds Post Graduate Diploma in Management Studies from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, University of Mumbai. He has more than 12 years of experience in capital markets ranging from institutional equities, equity research and fund management. He is associated with SBI Funds Management from December 2005.
Prior to joining SBI Funds Management, he has worked with Kotak Mahindra Asset Management, Deutsche Asset Management - part of Deutsche Bank Group, and TATA TD Waterhouse Securities - a joint venture between the TATA Group, India and TD Bank Financial Group, Canada. At Deutsche Asset Management, he was responsible for advising the offshore fund Deutsche India Equity Fund, Japan and MetLife Insurance.
Pankaj Gupta – Fund Manager
Pankaj has done his B.Com (Hons), PGDBM, C.S and PGDBM IIM – Lucknow. He has experience of over 4 years in Mutual Fund, Equity Research and Corporate Banking. His last assignment was ICICI Bank Ltd. and has been with SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd. since December 2005.
Jayesh Shroff – Fund Manager
Jayesh has done his B.Com and PGD (MBFS) – ICFAI. He has experience of over 5 years as Fund Manager. He also has wide experience in investment banking activities including M&A activities, venture capital funding, preparation of business plans, project reports etc. His last assignment was with BOB Mutual Fund and has been with SBI Funds Management Pvt. Ltd. since March 2006.
Vivek Pandey – Fund Manager
Vivek is a Science graduate and has done his CFA from ICFAI. He has about 7 years of experience in the industry. He is currently placed in Investment Department as a Junior Fund Manager since June 2007.