Axis Asset Management Company Ltd – Portfolio Management Services (PMS)

Fund Manager - PMS

Hitesh joined Axis AMC in 2022 as SVP & Head – Listed Equity Alternatives. He is responsible for managing the Axis PMS portfolios along with relevant CAT-3 AIF strategies. Hitesh has over 25 years of experience in portfolio management, investment banking and equity research. Prior to joining Axis AMC, he served as Head of Investments in the PMS business at Aditya Birla Mutual Fund. Hitesh has also worked with Enam Asset Management as Executive Director & Portfolio Manager and Edelweiss Capital as Senior VP & Co-Head of Institutional Research. He has managed large equity funds, authored research reports and executed a number of transactions in M&A, IPO and IB assignments that involved Restructuring and Delisting in his past roles. Hitesh has contributed his research to a book co-authored by two Harvard Business School Professors - ‘Wall Street Research – Past Present & Future’, co-authored by Prof. Boris Groysberg and Prof. Paul  Healy, published by Stanford Press. Qualification:- MBA from Mumbai University, Hitesh has also completed Advanced Management Program, Investment Management Program, and General Management Program from the Harvard Business School and Executive Development Program from The Wharton School. Also, he is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and an Advisor to the Board of HBS Club of India.

Fund Manager

Sourajeet Kar joined Axis AMC as a Fund Manager for Debt PMS, effective January 2025. Sourajeet brings nearly a decade of experience across Investment Strategy, Banking and Wealth Management having held key positions at Axis Bank, ICICI Bank and Blue-Sky Management Consultants. In his previous stint, he was the Head of Investment Strategy (Fixed Income) at Burgundy Private, Axis Bank. His expertise spans across Macroeconomics, Investment Strategy and Portfolio Management domains. In his new role, Sourajeet will oversee the fund management activities of the Fixed Income Investment Approaches, employing Duration and Credit strategies to optimize portfolio performance. Additionally, he will manage Axis Prime Factors AIF - I and the listed equities portfolio of Axis Growth Avenues AIF - I. Educational Qualification: Bachelor of Science in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, and MBA in Finance from NMIMS Mumbai. He is also a CFA charter holder awarded by CFA Institute, USA.