Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC – Portfolio Management Services (PMS)

Fund Manager

With over 22 years of professional experience, including approximately 14 years at Aditya Birla Capital, as well as roles at ICICI Bank, Ernst & Young, and other organizations, Mr. Amit Kansal has built a broad and deep expertise in finance and investment. He conceptualized and led the joint venture between Aditya Birla Capital and Värde Partners, a US-based credit fund. At Aditya Birla Finance, he headed the Project & Structured Finance vertical for the North and East regions, delivering project-linked lending, structured debt, and corporate finance solutions to large and mid-market corporates. His experience spans the full investment spectrum, from low-yield instruments to high-yield special situation transactions. He is an alumnus of Shri Ram College of Commerce and a rank-holding Chartered Accountant.

Fund Manager

Has 13+ years in Portfolio Management and Equity Research, Salvin has extensive experience in managing Indian Equities. His endeavour is to maximize returns for the investors while keeping an eye on portfolio risk. He has been successful at identifying themes and stocks at a very early stage which has resulted in multi-bagger returns for the investors. Prior to joining ABSLAMC, he 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.

Head - AIF

Has 27+ years 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) Pvt Ltd. Managed segregated mandates across both growth (Caterpillar) & value (RISE & DAWN ) strategies. Has also set up the Adani Family Office in Sep 2011. Began his buy-side career with BNP Paribas Asset Management in 2006 where he advised o ? shore mandates. Has varied sell-side experience through his stints at SSKI, Enam Securities & Motilal Oswal. Sameer holds a Master in Management Studies (MMS) from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and B.E. degree with specialization in Production Engineering

Principal Officer & Head – GIFT IFSC

Mr. Sudir S is a seasoned professional with over 23 years of proven track record in the field of Sales & Distribution of Mutual Funds, Advising Corporate Treasuries, Family Offices and Trusts.He joined ABSLAMC in March 2007 and since then he has led the Sales team in both Retail Sales and Institutional Sales Function. Prior to assuming the role of Principal Officer, he worked as Zonal Head – South, Institutional Sales. He is a postgraduate holding an MBA from University of Mysore specialising in Financial Management.

Fund Manager

Vikas Agrawal is the Fund Manager for Special Mandates at ABSL AMC, with 21 years of overall experience, including 14 years in debt fund management. He holds a PGDBM in Finance & Marketing and a B.Com in Banking & Finance. Prior to his current role, he served as Director at JM Financial Products Ltd (2021-2024) and Fund Manager at JM Financial Mutual Fund (2011-2021). He has also worked at SPA Securities Ltd and Centrum Capital Ltd in fixed income roles. Vikas’ expertise spans managing fixed income portfolios across short-term and long-term mandates. He has been with ABSL AMC for 8 months and is expected to manage portfolio and interest rates starting in August 2024. There may also be a new fund manager hired for the CMPFO portfolio once awarded.