Mr. A. Balasubramanian is the Managing Director & CEO of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited. A stalwart of the mutual fund industry, he brings with him over three decades of rich experience.

He has been associated with the organisation since 1994. Prior to assuming the role of CEO in 2009, Mr. Balasubramanian served as Chief Investment Officer from 2006 to 2009. As Managing Director & CEO, Mr. Balasubramanian oversees over ₹ 3 lakh crore in Assets Under Management at Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited (“ABSLAMC”). Before joining ABSLAMC in the year 1994, he worked with GIC Mutual Fund, Can Bank Financial Services and Pandit & Co. between 1989 and 1994.

Mr. Balasubramanian has been awarded the CEO of the Year title by Asia Asset Management in 2018 and 2020. He has been awarded Chairman’s Individual Award by The Aditya Birla group for being an Outstanding Leader in 2015 and for being a Leader of Leaders in 2018.

Mr. Balasubramanian is closely associated with key industry bodies. He has been on the Board of AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) since 2009 and was the Vice Chairman of AMFI in 2015-2016. From 2016-2018, he was the Chairman of AMFI. He has been reappointed as the Chairman of AMFI in 2021 and is also the ex-officio Chairman of AMFI’s Financial Literacy Committee. He is also a Governor on the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM) and a Member of the Advisory Committee of the SEBI Investor Protection and Education Fund (IPEF).

He has completed Advanced Management Programs at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore and Harvard Business School. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science (Mathematics) and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from GlobalNxt University.

Mr. Sameer Narayan has over two decades of experience in Indian Equity markets with significant alpha generation track record over longer time periods. Prior to joining ABSLAMC, he was Head – PMS at Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Limited. He managed segregated mandates across both growth (Caterpillar) & value (RISE & DAWN) strategies. Prior to Invesco, he had set up the Adani Family Office in Sep 2011. He began his buy-side career with BNP Paribas Asset Management in 2006 where he advised offshore mandates. He has had varied sell-side experience through his stints at SSKI, Enam Securities & Motilal Oswal. Sameer holds Master in Management Studies (MMS) from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and B.E. degree with specialization in Production Engineering.

Mr. Amit Kansal has over 21 years of experience in Investment / Portfolio Management, Project Finance & Valuation, Corporate Finance and Credit Appraisal. He has been with the Aditya Birla Group for more than a decade and has spearheaded the group’s entry into Asset Reconstruction and Stressed Asset Management. In his last stint, he was the Business Head for Stressed Asset Platform at Aditya Birla Capital. He has also worked with organizations like ICICI Bank and Ernst & Young. He is a commerce graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce and a Rank Holder Chartered Accountant.

Mr. Akshat Pandya has experience of over two decades of real estate private equity, investment banking and construction finance experience in India. Prior to joining Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Limited in July 2013, he was Vice President - Real Estate Investment Banking at ENAM / AXIS Capital where he was part of a ~USD 1 billion fund raise through initial public offerings. Before ENAM, he worked with the Real Estate Prop Investments book at Lehman Brothers/ Nomura and prior to that with HDFC Limited in their developer finance team.

Mr. Amit Jain has over a decade of experience spread across Compliance, Secretarial and Finance functions within the financial services industry. Prior to joining ABSLAMC, he has been associated with Kotak Mahindra Bank, BNP Paribas Group and Deutsche Bank. He holds a master’s degree in business management from Mumbai University. He is also an associate member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India.

A dynamic investment professional with 14+ years of rich experience in capital market, building investment product roadmaps & wealth proposition, Investment Advisory and championing New Initiatives in the Financial Sector. Prior to joining ABSLAMC, he was heading Alternate & Structured Products and Investment Processes at DBS Bank India Limited. Has also set up the India’s first dedicated Retirement Solutions entity under Principal Financial Group. Developed India Venture Board as a marketplace to facilitate Venture Capital/Private Equity deals in India and SME Exchange as part of National Stock Exchange

Qualification: MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and B.E. degree with specialization in Electrical Engineering.

Salvin has an experience of over a decade in Equity Research and Portfolio Management. Prior to joining ABSLAMC, he has worked with Sanctum Wealth Management as Co-fund Manager in their PMS business. Before Sanctum, Salvin was a part of equity research team at Edelweiss Securities and Athena Investment Management. He is a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and a commerce graduate from Mumbai University.

Mr. Vikas Agrawal has experience of over two decades in managing Fixed Income Funds, debt capital markets and corporate advisory. Prior to joining ABSLAMC, he worked with JM Financial Group on the fixed income verticals of Asset Management and Debt Capital Markets.

Mr. Niladri Dey has over 14 years of experience spread across Private Credit, Impact Investment, Venture Debt, Investment Banking, Structured Finance, Corporate Banking, Product Development and Banking Technology. Prior to joining ABSLAMC, he was associated with Samena Capital as Principal of the Private Credit fund. He has also worked with Northern Arc Capital Limited, ECL Finance Limited, YES Bank, AON Hewitt and Accenture.