Oisharya Das

CEO - Kotak Private Banking – Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd.

Oisharya Das heads the Private Banking business at Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd., and has been an integral part since its inception. She has played an important role in the growth of the business, both in India and overseas.

Oisharya chairs the management committee of Kotak Private Banking that drives the business’ growth charter. Prior to taking over as CEO, Oisharya was the National Director where she spearheaded client relations at a national level, and established the non-resident business as well.

She started her career with the Kotak Mahindra Group in 1994. From 1999 to 2004, she led the private client services business for the eastern region at Kotak Securities. Thereafter, she was responsible for the North, East and the West Regions of the Private Banking business.

Oisharya is a graduate in Political Science, and has done her Masters in International Relations. She has completed her MBA from IIM Calcutta.

S. Sriniwasan

Managing Director - Kotak Investment Advisors Limited

S. Sriniwasan (Srini) heads Kotak Investment Advisors Limited (“KIAL”). He is also a part of the Group Management Council that drives Kotak Mahindra Group’s growth charter.

Srini founded the Alternative Asset Management business and has grown it to an AUM of appx USD 8.8 billion which is one of India’s largest home grown Alternative Investment Manager. Leading investors in the funds under his leadership include Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), Govt Investment Corporation (GIC) Singapore, British International Investment, Allianz Germany, etc. Under his leadership KIAL invests in different asset classes including Real Estate, Infrastructure, Special Situations & Credit, Private Equity and Investment Advisory. As one of the earliest fund managers to raise and invest capital in India, Srini has introduced significant financing, financial structuring and negotiating skills in the alternate assets industry.

Prior to KIAL, he was a part of Kotak’s investment banking joint venture with Goldman Sachs from inception in 1995, and was co-head of Kotak Investment Banking until 2005. At Kotak Investment Banking, Srini advised leading domestic and international companies on capital raising, M&A and strategic divestitures.

Srini is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) subcommittee on Capital Markets. He is also a Board member of Asia Pacific Real Estate Association Limited (APREA) & Co-Chairman of the India Chapter. He is also a member of the Governing Council of Global Real Estate Institute (GRI) – India Chapter. He was a Member of the Executive Committee at the Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (IVCA) and is a Member of the Private Credit Council at Emerging Markets Private Equity Association (“EMPEA”).

Srini holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Delhi University and an MBA from the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad.

Rajeev Saptarshi

Whole-time Director & Chief Operating Officer – Kotak Investment Advisors Limited

Rajeev Saptarshi joined Kotak Investment Advisors Limited as the Chief Operating Officer in November 2013. He is responsible for the Finance, Legal, Compliance, Operations and Investor Relations functions of the entire alternate assets practice of the Kotak Mahindra Group.

Rajeev brings with him a wealth of experience in dealing with the regulatory authorities and is well versed with fund structuring and compliance matters. Rajeev has been with the Kotak Mahindra Group for over 20 years during which he has held several senior management roles across different businesses. In his earlier roles, Rajeev was the Chief Operating Officer of the Institutional Equities business at Kotak Securities Limited, where he led Technology initiatives and also headed the Operations and Finance functions. He was also the Chief Financial Officer of Kotak Mahindra Capital Company, the Investment Banking arm of the group where he managed finance and operations.

Rajeev is a Member of the Executive Committee at the Indian Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (IVCA).

Rajeev is a Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary.

Lakshmi Iyer

Additional and Whole time Director & CEO – Investments & Strategy - Kotak Investment Advisors Limited

Lakshmi Iyer is the CEO - Investments & Strategy at Kotak Investment Advisors Ltd (KIAL). She has been with the Kotak Groupfor over 22 years.

As part of KIAL, she is responsible for overseeing wealth advisory, strategy and product solutions spanning across fixed income, equities, real estate and alternates for Institutional and NHI clients.

In KMAMC, she was CIO Fixed Income & Head – Products. In this role she was responsible for credit research, deal execution, managing fund performance across all debt funds and assisting sales in client interaction. In addition to that, she has been a portfolio specialist, and managed product related initiatives such as product pricing and coordination with the funds management and sales team in that role.

Prior to joining Kotak, Lakshmi worked with Credence Analytics Pvt Ltd, as a research analyst where she was tracking corporate bond markets in India and generating research reports. She was also instrumental in conceiving various financial software tools in collaboration with software and technical teams.

Lakshmi holds an MBA degree in finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies. She has been recognised as one of the Top 25 most influential women in asset management in Asia by Asian Investor.

She loves exploring new places for travelling, is a big food lover, and is an ardent movie buff.