KRISH SHANBHAG
Equities

Krish Shanbhag has over 18 years experience in equity research and fund management. His previous assignments include being an advisor at Clareville Capital, and as a fund manager at HSBC Asset Management & ING Investment Management.

Krish was a core member of the investment team at HSBC Asset Management which was amongst the largest institutional investor in equities in India and received numerous awards for fund performance as given below:

• HSBC Equity Fund ranked 21st among the ‘World’s Top 100 performing Equity Funds for a 5 year period ended March 2008’ by Lipper, a Thomson Reuters Company.
• HSBC Equity Fund awarded the best performing open-ended equity diversified fund – three-year period ending December 31, 2005 by ICRA Online
• HSBC Equity Fund awarded the best performing open-ended equity diversified fund – one year for 2003 and 2004 by ICRA Online.
• HSBC Equity Fund awarded the best performing open-ended equity diversified fund – one year for 2003 by CNBC – TV 18-BNP Paribas.

He has also been a research analyst at prominent broking houses such as Indosuez W I Carr Securities and ING Barings Securities.

AKSHAYA KUMAR
Real Estate

Akshaya is a Chartered Accountant and a leading authority and commentator on real estate. He is a leading speaker on the panel of CNBC for his views on real estate markets. Previously, he was the CEO of Colliers International’s Indian operations from May 1997 to Jan 2007. He is vastly experienced on all aspects of the Real Estate business including leasing, sales, investments and Project management.

Prior to Colliers, he set up and led the mortgage business at Citibank India. During this stint, he extensively interacted with all key developers across India and travelled into Citi overseas markets to bring back expertise to the Indian markets.

Akshaya has over 20 years of experience in the Indian real estate market.

NEETI MALLICK
Art & Collectibles

Neeti grew up in London and through the early part of her life, nurtured a strong interest in Art and Culture further reinforced by the exposure gotten during many years of living & travelling to various parts of the world. Living in Australia helped her get acquainted with Aboriginal art along with visits to museums and libraries in Melbourne and Brisbane.

She has also spent time at various galleries, museums & other art institutions in Paris, Amsterdam & New York, and the Art Fair at Basel. She has participated in coursework at Sotheby's on photography, and has attended a number of important international auctions on modern and contemporary Indian art. In Chennai, she spent a lot of time at Cholamandal, the artist village.

Neeti's expertise has strengthened over the last seven years while working at Osian's, one of the pioneering private arts & cultural institutions in India & she has gained a ring side view of the evolution of the Indian art market. Over the years at Osian's she was involved in numerous art & cultural events. These experiences have given her an unique perspective of the subject, and made her a professional in the field.

VIVEK SHRIVASTAVA
Associate Vice President, Sales

Vivek is a career banker with experience in advising marquee clients on how to manage, grow and preserve their assets. His expertise encompasses Investment Management and Corporate Finance, backed with strong fundamentals in core consumer banking.

Over the years and through various market cycles, his clients have entrusted him with management of their assets. As a result of his contributions, Vivek has been a recipient of a number of accolades spanning 10 years with global banks such as Centurion Bank, HSBC Bank  & HDFC Private Bank. Vivek's experience spans the gamut in providing expert financial advice assisting clients preserve and grow their wealth. He has been among the top performers in every organisation he has worked for and the contributions are noteworthy.

Vivek  is an alumnus of ICFAI, Hyderabad, he attended on a scholarship and graduated with a major in Marketing.

MIHIR KAPADIA
Manager, Investments

Mihir Kapadia has joined us in the investments and product management team. He comes with a rich experience in the field of finance especially having worked for over three years in the Indian capital markets.

He started his career at an early age having worked in the hedge fund team of Edelweiss Capital Ltd.,India and later headed the Treasury (Equity & Derivatives desk) at Focus Shares & Securities Pvt. Ltd.,India.

His flair for finance made him pursue a Bachelors in Banking & Insurance followed by a Masters in Banking & Finance. He has also completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Advising from the India Institute of Banking & Finance. His quest for education took him to Dubai & Singapore to complete his MBA in Finance from the prestigious S P Jain Center of Management. While he was in Dubai he worked on a research project for the Government of Dubai in their FDI division and also completed another consultancy project for ANZ Private Bank in Singapore.

He was also the Founder Member of the Finance Club at S P Jain and assisted the college for it's Public Relation activities.

DEVAKSHI CHANDRA
Associate, Investments & Product Management

Devakshi Chandra joined Wodehouse to pursue her passion for Investment Management and Finance after a stint at Ernst & Young in their IPO Advisory Division. Prior to that, Devakshi graduated Suma Cum Laude with Honors from Babson College in Boston. Devakshi has diverse experience in consulting and finance.

While she was in Boston she wrote her Honors thesis titled “Bankruptcies, Bailouts, and Buyouts: Predicting the Solvency of Financial Institutions” for which she created a logistic regression model which predicts the probability of solvency of banks with 85% accuracy.

While at Babson, Devakshi also gained international consulting experience and went to Switzerland to advise a client on creating a market entry strategy. She has interned with Standard Chartered Bank and IDFC.

Devakshi enjoys traveling, reading and her idol is Indra Nooyi.

ASHANK CHHABRIA
Associate, Investments & Product Management

Ashank began his career as an Analyst in the Governance, Risk and Compliances Services department in KPMG, Mumbai. Ashank earned his Bachelors in Business Administration at Symbiosis Center for Management Studies, a member of the Symbiosis International University, one of the premier institutes for Management in India. Ashank is currently pursuing the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) certification. His passion for finance and investments led to him pursing and completing a certified course specialized in Investment Banking and Equity Research from the School of Investment Banking in Mumbai.

During his time at KPMG, Ashank worked with several with high-profile clients like Castrol, Radio-City, PVR Pictures and Percept D’ Mark. While at KPMG, he was involved in the internal audits of various processes for different clients.  He has also worked as an Intern with BK Gulf LLC in the finance department.
During his graduation years, he was one of the Co-Founders of Sympulse (an international level festival) and was avidly involved in several extracurricular events and activities.