ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Investment Team

Mr. Manish Kumar: Chief Investment Officer

Manish Kumar is the Chief Investment Officer at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. He has been associated with ICICI Prudential Life for about 18 years now. He has the overall responsibility for managing the entire investment portfolio of the company. Before ICICI Prudential Life, he worked with a leading Indian Asset Management Company. He has over 29 years of experience in the area of equity research, trading and fund management. He is an engineer from IIT Kanpur and holds an MBA from IIM Kolkata.

Fixed Income:

Mr. Arun Srinivasan: Senior EVP and Head – Fixed Income

Arun holds a master’s degree in Management Studies from Mumbai University and has 24 years of experience in the areas of treasury and trading. Before ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Arun worked with a leading Indian fund house.

Ms. Vidya Iyer: VP and Fund Manager

Vidya has over 14 years of experience in fund management and credit. Prior to ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, she worked with a leading foreign bank. Vidya is an engineer and holds an MBA degree from XLRI Jamshedpur. She is also a Financial Risk Manager certified by the Global Association of Risk Professionals.

Mr. Ketan Parikh: VP and Fund Manager

Ketan is a commerce graduate with a PGDBA from ICFAI (Mumbai) and CFA from ICFAI (Hyderabad). Prior to joining ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Ketan worked for a leading debt broking house and has 20 years of experience in the domain of fixed-income markets, derivatives, and risk advisory.

Mr. Jai Ladhani: AVP - Fixed Income Dealing and Analysis

Jai is a commerce graduate with PGDBA (Finance) from ICFAI (Hyderabad). He has a total work experience of 13 years. Prior to joining ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, he had worked with a domestic life insurance company.

Ms. Mihika Savla: Sr. Manager I – Fixed Income Dealing and Analysis

Mihika is a Chartered Accountant and has been associated with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance for 6 years. Prior to the Fixed Income dealing, she has been associated with the Investment Operations team of the company.

Equity Team:

Mr. Jitendra Arora: Senior EVP and Fund Manager

Jitendra is a management graduate and has a PGDM from IIM Bangalore. He has been a part of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance for over 21 years, with expertise in the areas of financial risk management, product development, actuarial and fund management.

Mr. Gautam Sinha Roy: EVP and Fund Manager

Gautam has over 19 years of experience, predominantly in equity research and portfolio management. He has been working in equity portfolio management for the last 15 years and has been actively managing an AUM of a few billion dollars. Gautam is an Engineering graduate with a PGDM from IIM-Calcutta.

Mr. Aakash Manghani: VP and Fund Manager

Aakash has over 13 years of rich work experience primarily in the Equity Markets across equity research, portfolio management and investment banking. Prior to joining ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Aakash worked as a Fund Manager at a Mutual Fund where he was managing multiple strategies. He is an Engineering graduate from Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai and also holds an MBA (Executive) from SP Jain School of Global Management.

Mr. Prateek Pareek: Chief Manager and Fund Manager

Prateek is a Chartered Accountant. He has also completed the Company Secretary program. He has over 11 years of experience in equity research, due diligence, and consulting. Before joining ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Prateek has worked with a domestic brokerage house and leading consulting companies.

Mr. Nandish Shah: AVP - Equity Dealing and Analysis

Nandish is a commerce graduate with PGDBA from Symbiosis, Pune. He specialises in the field of equity trading and has a total experience of 17 years. Prior to his association with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, he has worked with a leading Indian Asset Management Company.

Mr. Sandeep Jain: Chief Manager - Equity Dealing and Analysis

Sandeep is a Business Graduate with an MBA – Finance having a total of 17 plus years of experience in Equity dealing. Before joining ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Sandeep was associated with leading Broking house/Life Insurance Co/AMC and has worked with various business like Retail/HNI/PMS.

Mr. Utsav Gogirwar: AVP - Equity Analyst

Utsav has over 12 years of experience in the field of equity research. Before joining ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, he has worked with an MNC brokerage house and a leading Credit Rating agency. He pursued a Bachelor of Business Management (BBM – Finance) from Bangalore University and a Diploma in Business Finance (DBF) from ICFAI University. Utsav is a CFA Level II candidate.

Mr. Vikrant Gupta: Sr. Manager II - Equity Analyst

Vikrant has over 4 years of experience in the field of equity research. Before working with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, he has worked with domestic brokerage houses as a sell-side Equity Research Analyst. He is a B.E from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and had done his MBA from IIFT, Delhi.

Mr. Achal Phade: Sr. Manager I - Equity Analyst

Achal has a total work experience of 5 years in the field of equity research. Before working with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, he has worked with an MNC equity brokerage house. Achal is a Chartered Accountant and has completed all 3 levels of the CFA, USA program.

Mr. Keyur Pandya: Sr. Manager I - Equity Analyst

Keyur has pursued PGDM (Finance) from Welingkar Institute, Mumbai and a Master in Commerce (Gold Medalist) from the M.S. University of Baroda. Keyur is a CFA Level III candidate. He has a total work experience of 7 years in the field of equity research. Before working with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, he has worked with a domestic equity brokerage house.

Mr. Vaibhav Shah: Sr. Manager I - Equity Analyst

Vaibhav is a management graduate and has completed his MBA from NMIMS Mumbai. He has a total work experience of over 3 years. Vaibhav has cleared CFA Level II.

Mr. Anuj Suneja: Sr. Manager I - Equity Analyst

Anuj is an Applied Psychology Graduate from the University of Delhi and has done his MBA from IIM-Visakhapatnam. Before working with ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, he has worked with EY, the Government of Gujarat and start-ups. He has authored a book by the name ‘Casual Finance – A Millennial’s Guide to Personal Finance’.

Mr. Darsh Doshi: Sr. Manager I - Equity Analyst

Darsh is a Chartered Accountant. He has also completed his MBA from IIM-Shillong and has a total work experience of over 2 years.