Fund Management Team
The fund management team comprises of seasoned and passionate investment professionals to deliver long term sustained compounding of capital to both Policy-Holder’s and Share-Holder’s.
Mr. Akhilesh Gupta: Chief Investment Officer
Akhilesh has an extensive experience of over 25 years in managing investments in various asset classes such as Equities, Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange & Trade and Structures Finance. His core skills include Asset Allocation, Portfolio Construction, Asset & Liability Management to contribute to economic value & Governance. He has already had a successful stint with Aviva India as Associate Director and founding team member from 2002 to 2011. Previously, he has worked as Chief Investment Officer with Reliance Nippon Life Insurance, Dundee Mutual Funds and Cargill India & has a track record of long term compounding of capital. He is a member of NSE – Index Committee and an alumnus of Institute of Management Studies, BHU and IIM-A. He has been credited with the ET – S&P Micropal award for the best performance of Dundee Liquidity Fund for FY 2000.
Mr. Jayesh Sundar: Head – Equity
Jayesh is a Chartered Accountant & brings to the team more than 15 years of experience in Fund Management & Equity Research. He is responsible for asset allocation & portfolio construction to deliver sustained long term out-performance along with maintaining highest standards in terms of Governance.
Prior to joining Aviva, he has worked as an equity research analyst with Tata Securities, IL&FS and CRISIL
Mr. Nitin Garg: Fund Manager - Fixed Income
Nitin holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics from University of Delhi and PGDM from IIPM. He brings more than 11 years of experience in Fixed Income Market. He is responsible for managing Unit Linked Fixed Income Funds along with maintaining highest standards in terms of Governance.
Prior to joining Aviva, he was Dealer - Fixed Income team with Max Life Insurance Company Limited.
Gurpreet Singh Arora: AVP / Assistant Fund Manager - Equity
Gurpreet is a Post-graduate in Management with dual specialization in Finance and Insurance & Banking from MSRIM, Bangalore and also holds a PG Diploma in Securities Law from GLC Mumbai.
A consummate investment professional with a firm belief in fundamental research & value investing, He carries over 14 years of multi - cycle experience in equity research across sectors and has also been exposed to active fund management. He is managing Unit Linked Thematic Funds: PSU & Infrastructure as well as responsible for equity research.
Prior to joining Aviva he has worked with Quest PMS, family office of Mr. Narotam Sekhsaria and Bajaj group treasury.
Mr. Sumit Singhania: AVP / Equity Research Analyst
Sumit holds a Masters degree in Commerce from Mumbai University. He brings in more than 9 years of experience in equity research across sectors. He is responsible for equity research.
Prior to joining Aviva, he was worked with Nepean Capital, Daiwa Portfolio Advisory, DAM Capital, & Nirmal Bang Equities.
Mr. Dharmesh Shah: Senior Manager / Equity Trader
Dharmesh Shah holds MIFA (Masters of Investment and Financial Analysis) by ICFAI University & Bachelor’s in Electronics Engineering from University of Mumbai
He brings to the team 15 years of rich experience in equities and derivative trading. He is responsible for equity trading.
Prior to joining Aviva, he has worked with Taurus Mutual Fund.
Mr. Mandar Pandeshwar: Manager / Fixed Income Trader
Mandar is a MBA (Finance), and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)) from CFA Institute, USA.
He brings to the team 11 years of experience in treasury including 6 years of experience in fixed income trading. He is responsible for fixed income trading.
Prior to joining Aviva, he has worked with Saraswat Co-Operative Bank Ltd.
Ms. Swapna Kamat: AVP/ Equity Research Analyst
Swapna holds Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Mumbai University and Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management with specialization in Finance from Chetana’s Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai.
She brings in more than 15 years of cross-cycle experience in equity research across sectors.
Prior to joining Aviva, she worked as an equity analyst with Narotam Sekhsaria’s Family Office.