SHARAD KUMAR – Managing Director & CIO
SHARAD KUMAR
Managing Director & CIO
Sharad is Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at ProAlpha Capital. He is based in Mumbai and brings with him 20 years of rich experience in the Indian capital markets.
Sharad, along with his team, is responsible for creating differentiated long-short market neutral strategies with strong risk-adjusted returns for the Indian markets using their quant expertise and extensive experience. He is responsible for the overall management of the firm’s public market investment strategies.Prior to joining ProAlpha, Sharad was Desk Head- Equities and Derivatives at Phillip Capital India, for more than 10 years where he was instrumental in managing large relationships across various derivatives and equities strategies. He started his career with Kotak Securities as part of the equity team and later moved up to manage large client portfolios.
He holds an MBA degree from Goa Institute of Management and is a graduate in Geological Sciences from IIT Kharagpur.
RAJESH BHATT
COO
Rajesh Bhatt is COO at ProAlpha Capital and is primarily responsible for all functions in India related to operations and regulatory compliance.
Rajesh has 29 years of extensive experience in financial services. Prior to joining ProAlpha Capital's office, Rajesh held various roles where he was handling back office operations, compliance, accounts, custodial and depository participant's activities, registrar and transfer agent roles for various firms including CAN Bank Mutual Fund, Apple Mutual Fund (now part of Birla), GIC Mutual Fund, ICICI Venture Fund and SICOM Ltd.
Rajesh holds a Bachelors of Commerce Degree from Mumbai University (1987) with special subjects as Financial Accounting & Auditing.