Sanjay Sinha - Founder
Sanjay Sinha: Sanjay was till recently the CEO of L&T Mutual Fund which was known
as DBS Chola Mutual Fund before it was acquired by L&T Finance in January 2010.
During his 3 year stint with the company, he has managed to grow the assets under
management fivefold.
Before joining DBS Cholamandalam Asset Management in September 2008, Sanjay was
the Chief Investment Officer at SBI Mutual Funds.
He started his career with UTI AMC Pvt. Ltd. and was with them for over 16 years.
Funds managed by him were the first few funds from UTI that won awards for their
performance. Sanjay joined SBI Funds Management in 2005 (a joint venture between
SBI and Societe General Asset Management (SGAM)). During this tenure, the Fund House
won 34 awards in a span of 3 years i.e. from 2005 – 08 for the performance of its
funds. In this period funds managed by SBI Funds Management grew from Rs 6500 crs
to Rs 36000 crs.
He has managed the entire spectrum of equity funds - from exchange traded fund,
index funds, diversified equity to sector funds. In UTI he has also had hands on
experience in sales and marketing and operations in the initial part of his stint.
He, therefore, has the unique distinction of having an experience in all the three
key areas of functioning of a mutual fund – mobilization of funds, investments and
investor servicing.
He is currently also an active member of Mumbai Angels.
He has also served as a Director on the Board of Association of Mutual Funds in
India (AMFI)
He is an Honours Graduate in Economics from University of Delhi and a Post Graduate
from IIM Calcutta.
Pavan Tourani - Vice President
Part of the team for ~3 years
7+ years experience as an Equity Analyst and Commodities trader
Part of Equity Research Team at UBS Asia and Crisil
Part of IR team and MD’s office at an Indian listed e-commerce entity
He has done his MBA from NITIE