Core Team

Umeshkumar Mehta has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Prior to Samco AMC, he headed Samco Group’s Research Team and managed Public Relations through regular interaction in Business Channels and Print Media. He has extensive experience in analysing Business Models, assessing Balance Sheets, Profit and Loss accounts and has rated and ranked almost all companies listed on the National Stock Exchange. He has taught investing to students in various Business Schools. He is a Chartered Accountant and MBA in Finance. He has been associated with the group for the last eight years.

Viraj Gandhi has over 13 years of experience in stock market, setting distribution channel for online sales with deep knowledge of BFSI sector due to his past role as research analyst with ICICI Securities and ASK investments. He is an MBA in Capital Markets from NMIMS University and his expertise of BFSI sector, public relations and marketing skills will be key to his role for setting up banking, broking and wealth management channel sales for the company.

Nirali Bhansali (B.E.,MBA Finance, pursuing CFA - US certification at final level) has nearly 8 years of experience with over 6 in capital markets & investment research. Her deep understanding of fundamental analysis has enabled her to provide cutting edge insights in conceptualising and developing Samco's flagship research and Investment products like HexaShield Framework, Stock Rating , StockBasket etc. She is a regular panelist on media & business news channels such as Bloomberg Quint, Money9 Live, CNBC TV18 etc.

S. V. Durga Prasad has over 29 years of total experience, out of which 23 years have been in the Mutual Fund industry in the fields of Investor and Distributor Services, R&T operation, MIS reports, Banking operations and Unit Admin. Prior to the current assignment, he was with IDBI Asset Management Limited as Head Investor & Distributor Services. He has also been associated with Edelweiss Mutual Fund, JM Mutual Fund.

Sachin Shetty has over 15 + years of extensive career in financial services, Sachin has leveraged his expertise to augment functions like Asset Management, Customer Service, Banking, Treasury and Investment Operations. In addition to this, Sachin has the experience of handling various functions including audit, Unit Admin, Fund operations and general management. His last association was with ITI Asset Management where he served as Chief Operations Manager. He has also worked with institutions like Kotak Asset Management, Peerless Fund Management prior to this.

Sachin believes in persistent learning and is currently working on expanding his multi-sector knowledge with an Executive Management Program from IIM Lucknow.

Balasubramanian has over 11 years of experience in the Mutual Fund industry in the fields of Compliance, Secretarial and Legal. He is a qualified Company Secretary and holds a bachelor degree in Law and Commerce. Prior to the current assignment, he was associated with ITI Asset Management Limited as Head - Compliance, Secretarial & Legal. He has also been associated with Union Mutual Fund, Nippon Life Mutual Fund and Sundaram Mutual Fund.

Ms. Pujarani Hati is a qualified Chartered Accountant and she has overall 10 years of experience in managing the financial actions of the Company. Prior to the current assignment, she was a Senior Manager – Finance & Accounts in Samco Securities Limited since March 2018.

Mr. Manish Sharma carries 13+ years of rich experience in IT field, his expertise on handling System network administration. Prior to the current assignment, he was managing Network Operation in Samco Securities Limited since last 6 years.

Ms. Keerthana Bangera has an experience of 5.5+ years in HR and Admin activities. Prior to the current assignment, she was managing HR functions in Samco Securities Limited. She has pioneered the whole HR and Admin team. She has a track record of high performance in the hiring process, onboarding, performance management, grievances, HR Compliance, employee engagement, employee exits, payroll and admin pursuits.