Management
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CEO Speak
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Mr. V.R. Narasimhan (CEO) |
All those who are employed have the benefit of provident fund – a mandatory savings scheme. The fund is available to you to meet your marriage expenses, buy your house, get your children educated and get them married. If you are not able to meet all these expenses out of your regular savings, you will draw from your provident fund. Children, in these days will move on to places where they find brighter career prospects and settle; you would settle where you have bought your house. In such a scenario, would you have adequate financial support? You can plan and provide for your ‘golden age’ financial assurance in a simple and profound way. Save small amounts regularly every month till you retire. Invest such money in a safe and gainful scheme and draw the benefits of your savings. Check out the power of small but disciplined savings and power of compounding using the pension wealth calculator provided on this site. The New Pension Scheme (NPS) administered by the Pension Fund Development and Regulatory Authority (PFRDA) and schemes managed by Kotak Pension Fund provide you the safety of government supervision and benefit of professional fund management. The schemes under NPS are not too risky like other schemes having full exposure to the equity market and not too conservative like investments only government securities. They have a blend of both – solid government security exposure and equity exposure. Financial security in your retired life is in your hands now. Invest in the Kotak Pension Scheme and lay the foundation for a secure financial life ahead. Dr V.R. Narasimhan is a post graduate in commerce, MBA and a member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and a PhD. He has over 30 years of experience in finance and capital markets. He was a member of senior management in National Securities Depositories Limited- the first depository in the country since its inception till 2006. He worked as a Division Chief in Securities and Exchange Board of India before joining NSDL. He joined Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company in 2006 as chief compliance officer and company secretary. |
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Board of Directors
Mr. Tushar Mavani (Independent Director) is a partner with Messrs. Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A. Shroff & Co and has more than 15 years of experience in the legal field. He is on the Board of Directors of Kotak Mahindra Trusteeship Services Ltd and Shanti Vijay Jewels Ltd.
Mr. Shivaji Dam (Independent Director) is a Bachelor of Commerce and an Associate Member of The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI), Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ACA) and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). Mr. Dam holds independent directorship on the Boards of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Ltd. and Kotak Mahindra Trusteeship Services Ltd. In his last assignment, he was the Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Ltd and had the responsibility of overall management of business.
Mr. Balan Wasudeo (Independent Director) has over 36 years experience in the areas of Treasury, Finance, Projects, Strategic Planning, Risk Management and General Management. His significant achievements include financing large organic and inorganic growth through various debt and capital market instruments in India and abroad. Mr. Balan's career spans a unique combination of Multinational Companies, Public Sector Company and Family Owned Companies. It also involves developing sound relationships with International Multilateral agencies, International Commercial banks and Financial Institutions and banks in India.
Mr. Balan Wasudeo is the Founder of NeoCFO, an organsiation offering services of an Independent Director to Companies. Prior to that, he was Chief Financial Officer of Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd. Mr. Balan Wasudeo has also received the Best Performing CFO Award in Logistics Sector from CNBC TV18 in 2006.
Mr Gaurang Shah (Associate Director) is the Group Head – Asset Management and Life Insurance at Kotak Mahindra Group and is responsible for Domestic and International Asset Management and Life Insurance businesses of the Group. In his immediate prior assignment, he was the Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Old Mutual Life Insurance Limited, (a 74:26 joint venture between Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., its affiliates and Old Mutual plc) among India’s leading Life Insurers.
Mr. T V. Raghunath (Associate Director) is Executive Director and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Kotak Investment Banking. He also looks after the Group Strategy for Kotak Mahindra Group. Prior to joining the Kotak Mahindra Group in 1998, Raghunath had been a Partner with S.B. Billimoria & Co. which represents Deloitte in India. During his career as an investment banker, Raghunath has advised a number of clients including, Wal-Mart on its India entry strategy, Standard & Poor’s on its CRISIL acquisition and Bombay Stock Exchange on its demutualization. Whilst Raghunath has assisted several Indian and multinational corporates in their growth and restructuring plans, he is a specialist in Restructuring, Valuations, Deal Structuring, Joint Ventures and India Entry services. He has spent about a year with Ernst & Young, Sydney in their Corporate Advisory Services division, undertaking valuations in Australia, including Technology valuations. Raghunath brings to bear a multi-disciplinary background, being an Engineer (IIT, Madras), MBA (IIM, Bangalore) and a FCA (Chartered Accountant; All-India 6th Rank), and with an advisory services experience of over 21 years in various management disciplines, especially financial advisory services. Raghunath is widely quoted in the Indian media on topics related to M&A. He has authored several papers published in the Indian financial media.
Mr. Jaimin Bhatt (Associate Director) is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Cost Accountant and has been with Kotak Group for 15 years with total 25 years of working experience. Mr. Jaimin Bhatt is Group Chief Financial Officer and heading Centre Division which includes finance, tax, secretarial, internal audit, investor relations, strategy and management accounts, facilities management. Mr Jaimin has earlier worked with Godrej Group as a Manager – Project Finance and with Indus Venture, a private equity fund.
Fund Manager
Mr Vinod A N : Having a 15 years experience in the Banking industry, Mr. A.N.Vinod started his career as Probationary Officer in State Bank of India , joined the Treasury Front Office of the Bank in 2002 and held key assignments for the next three years responsible for fund deployment as Dealer in Money Markets, Fixed Income markets & Corporate Bonds and another two years as Dealer in Equity Market investments handling the Equities & Mutual Funds Investment and Trading Book of the largest bank in the country. Subsequently, joined Kotak Mahindra Bank as Associate Vice President in December, 2007 and was responsible for managing the Equity Proprietary Investments & Trading Book of the Kotak Group before joining Kotak Mahindra Pension Fund as Fund Manager. His academic and professional qualifications include Bachelor of Science, M.A in History, Masters in Financial Management (JBIMS,Mumbai), CAIIB and Diploma In Treasury Investments & Risk Management. In the span of last eight years in Indian Financial Markets, his experience covers in Equities, Money and Fixed Income Markets.