Samir Arora, a graduate in engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, pursued an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He then completed his Master’s degree in finance from The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania. During his Master’s degree, he secured the Dean’s scholarship.

In 29 years of his work life, he has worked at Alliance capital and founded Helios Capital. Mr. Arora holds experience in fund management and research as the head of Asian emerging markets at Alliance capital management. He led alliance capital’s Indian mutual fund business as the Chief investment officer.

It was bestowed upon with more than 15 awards, and he also led India-dedicated equity funds. The renowned fund manager was awarded as Singapore’s most astute equity investor by The Asset magazine