ASK Emerging Opportunities Fund

Bharat Shah : Executive Director – ASK Group

• Mr. Bharat Shah holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from the University of Bombay and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
• He is also a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and a member of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India.
• He is a member of the Board at ASK and spearheading Investment Management business at the firm for over 18 years.
• He has over 30 years of experience in the field of investment management and has previously worked as CIO at Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund.
• Bharat provides strategic guidance to the CEOs in managing their respective businesses while closely supervising the IM business of the group.
• Bottom-up investment philosophy, with stock picking being a special strength

Prateek Agrawal : Business Head & CIO – ASK Investment Managers

• Has 27 years of experience in capital markets with SBI CapitalMarkets asHead of Research (10yrs), and Head of Equity with ABN Amro and Bharti Axa AMCs (3.5yrs each)
• In SBI Capital Markets besides heading research he was part of team that handled VSNL privatization for the government and handled Hindustan Zinc for Vedanta group. On the advisory side he was actively involved in the power sector and in the oil and gas space, two areas where SBI Caps had leadership.
• At ABN AMRO MF, he was head of equity and managed / advised over $ 1 bn of equity assets ($ 300 mn domestic & $ 700 mn offshore) and delivered stellar performance. He then helped set up the equity business at Bharti Axa IM in the post Lehman period. He joined ASK Investment Managers as CIO in April 2011.

Nimesh Mehta Director & Country Head – Business Development & Products

Nimesh Mehta is in charge of domestic business development for Equity PMS and Real Estate Funds, as well as overseas sales through the distribution network. He has over 20 years ofexperience in areas such as NBFCs, Equities, Asset Management, and Financial Services as a Commerce graduate, MBA, and Certified Financial Planner (CFP). He has worked for Motilal Oswal AMC, GE Money, and Godrej Appliances, and is the author of ‘Sales Booster’.