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Key Personnel


Mr. Anthony Heredia Chief Executive Officer Qualification : B.Com, C.A. Mr. Anthony Heredia has more than 22 years of experience predominantly in the investment management industry. Prior to joining the AMC, Mr. Heredia was the Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, responsible for the Investment Management business in India . He was also associated with HSBC Asset Management India as Senior Vice President and prior to that with Birla Sun Life Asset Management as Associate Vice President-Business Development. Mr. Kiran Deshpande Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Qualification : B.Com, M.I.M, AICWA, ACS, CFP, Fellow of Insurance Institute of India Prior to joining the AMC in May 2014, Mr. Deshpande worked with Deutsche Asset Management (India) Pvt Ltd for over 6.5 years as Chief Operating Officer with prime responsibilities of business management, oversight of operations including business support functions and coordination on shared services, implementation of global policies and assisting the Business Head in the execution of strategies. His total work experience is 29 years, all through in financial services. During the course of his employment with different organisations, he has handled various functions that include Finance & Accounts, Sales & Marketing, Client Services, Distribution Operations, Channel Management, Product Development, Life Insurance corporate agency, Compliance, Corporate Secretarial and General Management.

Mr. Sanjay Chawla Chief Investment Officer Qualification : MMS from BITS, Pilani Mr. Chawla has over 29 years of experience in fund management, equity research and Management Consultancy. Prior to joining the AMC, he has worked with Birla SunLife AMC as Sr. Fund Manager-Equity, managing various schemes with different strategies. Mr. Chawla has also worked as Head of Research with SBI Capital Markets and in various capacities in the equity research space in Motilal Oswal Securities, IDBI Capital Markets, SMIFS Securities, IIT Invest Trust & Lloyds Securities. He is the fund manager along with Mr. Dipak Acharya for few equity schemes of the Mutual Fund. Mr. Mahmood Basha Head - Sales Qualification : MBA (Finance), Osmania University Mr. Mahmood Basha brings with him 21 years of total experience. In his previous assignment, he was National Sales Head for Pine Bridge Investment Asset Management Company (India) Private Ltd. He has also worked for companies like Franklin Templeton Investments and Karvy Consultants.

Mr. Alok Sahoo Head, Fixed Income Qualification : BE, MBA (Finance, Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar) Mr. Alok Sahoo has been working in the investment area in the asset management industry for over 17 years. Prior to joining the AMC, he was fixed income fund manager at UTI Mutual Fund and at HSBC Mutual Fund. He was also the Fund Manager for Employee Provident Fund at HSBC Asset Management. He has experience in the credit research of companies as well.

Mr. Dipak Acharya Fund Manager Equity Qualification : MCom. AICWA, CAIIB Mr. Dipak Acharya has been working in the investment area in the asset management industry for over 13 years. He is the Fund Manager for the equity schemes of the Mutual Fund and has been with the organization since September 2008. He was also the Fund Manager at BoB Mutual Fund from August 2003. Prior to this, Mr. Acharya was with Bank of Baroda, where he worked in the Treasury Dept. and Credit Dept for 10 years.

Ms. Hetal P. Shah Fund Manager (Debt) Qualification : B.Com, MBA, and JAIIB Ms. Hetal P. Shah has over 18 years of experience in treasury and fund management. Before joining Baroda Pioneer Asset Management Co. Ltd in December 2006, she was working in the Treasury Department of Bank of India from May 1999. Mr. Karn Kumar Fund Manager & Senior Credit Analyst Qualification : CA, B.Com (Hons) Mr. Karn Kumar has more than 13 years of experience in Fixed Income, credit research and corporate finance. Prior to joining the AMC, he worked with CRISIL Ltd. and ICICI Bank in areas of credit research and structured finance. He has also worked with Sterlite Industries Limited in the Corporate Finance team.

Ms. Farhana Mansoor Head - Compliance and Company Secretary Qualification: CS, LLB, B.Com Ms. Farhana Mansoor has more than 18 years of experience. Prior to joining Baroda Pioneer AMC, she was the Head - Compliance & Company Secretary at Daiwa Asset Management (I) Pvt. Ltd. where she was responsible for the compliance, legal and corporate secretarial functions of the company. She has also worked for companies like JM Financial Asset Management Company Ltd., Alliance Capital Asset Management (I) Pvt. Ltd., FDC Ltd. and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. in the compliance, corporate secretarial and legal functions.

Mr. Amitabh Ambastha Investor Relations Officer Qualification : B.Sc (Hons), PGDM, CAIIB, EEPSM (IIM Kozhikode) Mr. Amitabh Ambastha has nearly 20 years of experience in Asset Management Industry primarily in Investor Service, Operations & Risk (AML, KYC). He is a management graduate, holds Strategy Management Diploma from IIM Kozhikode (EEPSM) and is a Green Belt certificate holder. He also holds KYC & AML certification from Indian Institute of Banking & Finance and Licentiate Certificate from Insurance Institute of India. Prior to joining Baroda Pioneer Asset Management Co. Ltd., he was associated with TATA Asset Management Co. Ltd and UTI Technology Services Ltd. Please Click here to view DISCLOSURE OF EXECUTIVE REMUNERATION