Carnelian Asset Management and Advisors Pvt Ltd – Portfolio Management Services (PMS)

Principal officer , Fund Manager

Kunal Shah has overall 12 years of professional experience and is a part of Fund management team & Investment Committee with Carnelian. He has been Carnelian since inception, he is a Chartered Accountant with All India Rank. Kunal's experience in research spans across sectors like Banking, Insurance, Consumer, Auto’s, Capital Goods, Chemicals, Pharma etc. He is passionate about reading & understanding various businesses across market caps.

Co-Founder

Chartered Accountant & CFA Charter holder (USA), having ~ 26 years of rich & diverse financial services experience with the marquee institutions – Edelweiss Securities, Morgan Stanley, RIL, HPCL. Manoj has spent 11 years at Edelweiss Securities as Dy. Head - Institutional equity research, Head - forensic, thematic & mid cap research. He is known in the industry for his non-consensus research. Pioneered differentiated forensic  research , popularly known as “Analysis Beyond Consensus” (ABC research) . ABC research has helped investors across the globe to take informed investment decisions based on true numbers instead of reported numbers, thus “avoiding pitfalls”- One of Carnelian’s virtues . His conservative style along with deep understanding of businesses has enabled him to identify several multi-bagger ideas with suitable risk reward like PI Industries, VIP Industries, Supreme Industries, Balkrishna Industries, AIA Engineering, ICRA, SKF and Gulf oil Represented various committees of The CFA Institute, in luding Chairperson of India Advocacy Committee, member of US based global CDPC committee.