Spokesperson's Profile

Neil Parag Parikh

CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

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He has been a part of the Capital Market for over a decade with experience across wealth management, research, Institutional desk, marketing, operations, broking, key client management to name a few.

He started his career as an intern with JM Morgan Stanley in 2003. He has been a part of Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd. since July 2004 in various capacities. At PPFAS Mutual Fund, apart from handling key client relationships, he is also entrusted with the fulfillment of strategic responsibilities.

Keeping with his father's, Parag Parikh's philosophy, Neil believes in Value-investing and is a strong advocate of applying behavioral finance fundamentals in investing.

Neil's academic excellence is reflected in his qualification from prestigious universities. He holds a Masters in Business Administration from IESE Business School, Spain and a BA in Economics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Educational Qualifications:

Masters in Business Administration from IESE Business School, Spain and a BA in Economics from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Rajeev Thakkar

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER & EQUITY FUND MANAGER

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He managed PMS Scheme of PPFAS (with a corpus of around Rs. 300 crores.

Till March 2012 he was acting as a Chief Executive Officer of PPFAS (Sponsor Company). He has joined the company in 2001. He started his career in the year 1994 and he has experience of working in areas like: merchant banking, managing fixed income portfolio, broking operations, PMS operations. He was functioning as a Fund Manager for PMS service of PPFAS managing a portfolio of around Rs. 300 crores. He is acting as a Chief Investment Officer and Fund Manager to the Company.

Educational Qualifications:

B. Com(Bombay University), Chartered Accountant, CFA Charter Holder and Grad ICWA

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Raunak Onkar

HEAD - RESEARCH

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Raunak Onkar is a Fund Manager & Research Head at PPFAS Mutual Fund. He started his career with PPFAS in 2008 as an intern in the Research Team.

He graduated from the University of Mumbai with a BSc in IT & MMS (Masters in Management Studies) in Finance.

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Raj Mehta

DEBT FUND MANAGER

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Beginning his career as an intern with PPFAS Mutual Fund in 2012, Raj swiftly moved up the ranks, and is currently part of the Fund Management team.

Apart from being a Commerce graduate from University of Mumbai (N.M. College), he is also a Fellow Member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a CFA Charter Holder. He has also earned a Certificate for the 'NSE Debt Market Module' issued jointly by FIMMDA and NCFM. He is also featured as a regular participant on various TV channels and a columnist in select financial publications.

Educational Qualifications:

B.Com, M.Com (Mumbai University), Chartered Accountant, CFA Charter Holder

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Rukun Tarachandani

DOMESTIC EQUITY FUND MANAGER

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Rukun is part of the Fund Management team at PPFAS Mutual Fund. He has more than 9 years of experience in Equity Markets.

He started his career in 2013 as an Equity Research analyst with Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research. Prior to joining PPFAS, he worked with Kotak Mahindra Asset Management as an Equity Research analyst and also managed the Kotak Equity Arbitrage fund from May 2019 to Dec 2019. He is an avid reader of books on Behavioral finance, Value Investing and Quantitative Investing.

Educational Qualifications:

MBA (Finance) from Management Development Institute Gurgaon, B.Tech (Information Technology) from Nirma University, CFA Charterholder and CQF (Certificate in Quantitative Finance) certificate holder