Our People

Qualification & Experience

• Mr. K Satyanarayana Raju is a seasoned Banker with over 33 years of rich experience in all segments of banking including branch banking, corporate credit, retail credit, MSME, Agri financing, credit monitoring, recovery, inspection, compliance, audit, general administration, information technology & digital banking, etc.
• He joined erstwhile Vijaya Bank in 1988 and has risen to the level of Chief General Manager in Bank of Baroda. During his tenure at erstwhile Vijaya Bank (Bank of Baroda), he has headed various branches including specialized corporate banking branch. He has served as Regional Head of various regions and also served as Zonal Head of Mumbai zone of the amalgamated Bank of Baroda. He has also headed the operations and services department at Head Office.
• He has served as a Director in BoB Financial Solutions Limited, subsidiary of Bank of Baroda and was also a member of the steering committee of BOB-IIT Bombay Innovation Centre.

Qualification & Experience

• Global Advanced Management Programme from Kellogg School of Management, USA  (2019)
• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), from ISACA (USA) (2002)
• MBA (HR), IGNOU, New Delhi(2000)
• Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB), Mumbai (1994)
• M.Sc (Ed) Life Sciences, Utkal University, Gold medalist (1980)
• B. Sc (Hons) – Miranda House, University of Delhi (1978)
• Ms. Nirmala Sridhar is a seasoned professional with more than 36 years of public sector banking experience mostly at corporate level. Her professional history consists of working with Bank of Baroda/ Vijaya Bank from Oct 1983 to August 2019. She is currently the Managing Director of Thakral Services (India) Ltd
• Ms. Nirmala has headed key departments at the corporate level at Bank of Baroda/ Vijaya Bank including Information Technology, Alternate Delivery Channels,  Risk Management, Planning and Strategy, Human Resource, Learning Academy and Customer Experience. She has also been designated as Chief Technology/Information Officer, Chief Risk Officer, Principal Nodal Officer, Chief Peoples Officer and Secretary to the Board of the Bank, during the course of her career
• She was the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the amalgamation of Vijaya Bank with Bank of Baroda
• She has received the Women of Excellence Award in 2017 from the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, the CSI Award for the Best CIO of the year 2017, and the top 100 Transformative CIOs Award for the years 2015 and 2016 from the CIO Forum

Qualification & Experience

• MBA (Finance), B.Sc.(Hons.), B.A.(Spl), CAIIB
• Mr. Mukherjee is presently the Executive Director of Canara Bank
• He has over 25 years of rich and multi-dimensional banking experience. He started his banking career with Punjab National Bank as a Financial Analyst in Scale II in 1994. Later, he joined United Bank of India as an Assistant General Manager (Credit) in the year 2006. He has worked in various capacities at Regional Offices, headed Corporate Finance Branch at Kolkata and was Regional Manager of Bihar Region.
• He has vast experience in Corporate Credit, Credit Monitoring and Recovery. Subsequently, he has taken charge as Executive Director of Canara Bank on 19.02.2018 and oversees the functions of Risk Management (including Capital Planning), Financial Management & Subsidiaries, MSME, Credit Administration & Monitoring, Stressed Assets Management and Recovery.

Qualification & Experience

• 62 years/ MBA, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, and MSc. (Hons) Economics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science.
• Mr. Ravindran is a thought leader in the financial services industry with a proven track record of building and growing successful businesses. Until his retirement in April 2023, Mr. Ravindran served as Chief Executive Officer of HSBC Asset Management (India) Private Limited, a leading provider of asset management services to retail and institutional clients in India. During his career path over the past 37 years, Mr. Ravindran managed and lead large teams across multiple functions, including investment management, sales, marketing, operations, corporate finance, capital markets and risk management.
• During his tenure with HSBC Asset Management (India) Private Limited as Chief Executive Officer, he led the landmark transaction i.e. the acquisition of L&T Investment Management India Ltd, one of the largest foreign investments in the Indian mutual fund industry. He successfully led and managed the integration of an exceptionally complex transaction catapulting HSBC to the 14th position in India.

Qualification & Experience

• 51 years / Master’s Degree in Business Law, Bachelor’s degree in Science
• Mr. Kiyoshi Habiro is the CEO of ORIX Corporation UK Limited and ORIX Corporation Europe N.V. and the Executive Officer of ORIX Corporation. Mr. Habiro has almost 30 years of extensive experience since joining ORIX in 1993 in the financial sectors that includes M&A, infrastructure investments, life insurance, special investments and restructuring, alternative investments, securitization, real estate finance, corporate credit.

Qualification & Experience

• 41/Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Economics.
  Master’s Degree in Quantitative Finance, Econometrics.
• Mr. Tim van Hest has more than 15 years of experience in the financial industry and has fulfilled several management positions for considerable periods at Rabobank.
• Currently, Mr. van Hest is the Chief Risk Officer and Member of the Management Board of ORIX Corporation Europe N.V. He also has a lot of experience being a Board member of several ORIX group companies of Non-Bank Finance Institution in MENA region.

Qualification & Experience

• 62/CA, BA (Hons) Economics
• Mr. Suhail Chander is an accomplished banker with over 35 years of extensive experience in areas such as Strategic Planning, Corporate and SME Banking, Financial Institutions, Risk & Recoveries, Wealth Management, Retail Distribution and Credit Cards from his association with Grindlays Bank Plc, ABN AMRO Bank and IndusInd Bank, both in Domestic and international branches, in various capacities.

Qualification & Experience

• B.Sc (AG),CAIIB/ EPGP (Business Management and Advance Management)
• Mr. Agyey is a seasoned Banker with over 36 years of rich experience in administrative and functional capacities under various important verticals of large Public Sector Banks viz. Overseas Operations, International Banking, Corporate Credit, Risk Management, Recovery, Foreign Exchange, Treasury, Agricultural Banking and Human Resource Development.
• During his tenure with Bank of India he has headed various branches and strategically important zones of Bank of India at different grades including General Manager (National Banking Group West-1) and Chief Executive (Kenya and South Africa Operations).
• He later served as an Executive Director with Punjab National Bank and retired in April 2021.

Qualification & Experience

• MBA from Iona College, New York
• Rich experience with ANZ Grindlays, Standard Chartered, Alliance Capital AM,DBS Cholamandalam AM With Canara Robeco since September 2007

Qualification & Experience

• Mr. Nageswara Rao Y is a career banker having worked 36 years with Vjjaya Bank and thereafter with Syndicate Bank and Bank of Maharashtra.
• He started his career as Probationary Officer with Vijaya Bank and rose to the position of Executive Director of the Bank. During his tenure with the Bank, he has worked in various capacities including Head of various departments and has a rich and cross functional banking experience in Planning & Development, Merchant Banking Division, Card Division, Marketing & Public Relations, IT, MIS, Risk Management, Alternative Delivery Channels and related functions. Thereafter, he was associated with Syndicate Bank and Bank of Maharashtra as an Executive Director.

Qualification & Experience

• B.Com.,FCA, LL.B.
• Mr. Balasubramanian is a Chartered Accountant and a Senior Partner of M/s G. Natesan & Co. Chartered Accountants, Chennai. He is a veteran with a wealth of experience across various Banks and Corporates over 36 years.
• During his tenure, he headed various functions and responsibilities such as Member of Risk Management Committee of MCX, Auditor-ISO 9001:2000, Surveyor and loss Assessor, Member of erstwhile ICAI Committee of Insurance etc., besides being an auditor to various organizations.

Qualification & Experience

• MBA, B.A. Economics (Hons)

• Ms. Pallavi Kanchan is currently holding position of Independent Director at Axis Finance    Limited, Purearth Infrastructure Limited and a director at Karta Initiative India    Foundation. She has rich experience of over two decades in banking having worked with foreign banks like The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd, Standard Chartered Bank and ANZ Grindlays Bank. As Director Global Banking in HSBC, she spearheaded her team across frontline Relationship and Support Managers and was responsible for Strategy, P&L & Execution across asset, liability, treasury, transaction and investment banking. She was also appointed as CEO of The Indian and Eastern Engineers Co. Pvt Ltd, publisher of Verve and IQ magazines. She has also held the position of Independent director on the Board of Mahindra Holdings Limited. She espouses the causes of higher education, livelihood for craftspeople and women empowerment and is actively engaged in the social sector.

Qualification & Experience

• B.S.M. in Finance, Tulane University, New Orleans, U.S.A B.A. in Law (University Of Cambridge, U.K) Legal Practise Course, College Of Law, London, U.K.
• Mr. Jai Diwanji is presently a partner in Desai & Diwanji, Advocates & Solicitors. Mr. Jai Diwanji is a practising advocate of over 10 years experience. As a part of his practise, he advises corporate and non corporate clients in the areas of Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity and general corporate law.

Qualification & Experience

• Bachelor of Economics (Honors), MMS, INSEAD’s Advanced Management Program.
• Mr. Joseph Silvanus is a career banker having worked 27 years with ANZ Grindlays and thereafter with Standard Chartered Bank across various geographies. He was CEO Standard Chartered Bank in Nepal, holding additional governance responsibility of Afghanistan and Bhutan.
• With deep working knowledge of financial markets across ASEAN; he drove sovereign engagement around ratings advisory, public policy guidance and development of capital markets. He played a pivotal role working with Multilateral/ Bilateral agencies, Development Finance and socially responsible Investors, for directing specific program based support towards entities in ASEAN and South Asia. Among the various positions held by him, he had been the CEO of Standard Chartered Bank in Afghanistan.
• He is the Promoter & Director of Coracle Capital Consulting and Corporate Services Pvt. Ltd., acts as a Strategic Advisor to eKisanCredit, Baroda and also is the Chairman of the Board of Nidan Hospital, Kathmandu.
• Further, he is the Strategic advisor for Dolma Impact (Private Equity) Fund and other Group entities in Nepal and heads Dolma Consulting, the advisory arm of Dolma Group besides being its Managing Partner.

Qualification & Experience

• Graduate in Agriculture, CAIIB, Certification in Credit Management, Diploma in Computer Applications in Financial Management
• Mr. Hardeep Singh Ahluwalia is a career banker having worked 31 years with Allahabad Bank (now Indian Bank). 
• He started his career as Agricultural Field Officer with Indian Bank and rose to the position of General Manager of the Recovery Department of the Bank. During his tenure with the Bank, he has worked in various capacities including Lead District Manager, Head of the International Branch, Zonal Head, Chandigarh & FGM/CGM Kolkata and various other verticals at administrative offices. He has also contributed immensely to the Sports Field as the President of Indian Bank Cultural & Sports Committee.  

Qualification & Experience

• MBA from Iona College, New York
• Rich experience with ANZ Grindlays, Standard Chartered, Alliance Capital AM,DBS Cholamandalam AM With Canara Robeco since September 2007

Qualification & Experience

Hilde joined Robeco in 2021 and worked for the Sales Strategy team at Robeco, based in Rotterdam. She focused on Robeco’s insurance segment and the institutional sales strategy for Europe, Africa, and North America. Prior to joining Robeco, Hilde worked for NN Group, a large multi-line insurance and asset management company in Europe and Japan. For NN, she focused on the management of strategic partnerships and was responsible for the customer experience and digital strategy for these partnerships. Hilde also worked for Delta Lloyd, an insurance and asset management company that focused on the Dutch market, here she was part of a high potential program. Hilde double majored in International Business Administration and Behavioral Psychology. 

Qualification & Experience

He is a Science graduate from Rajasthan University and did his Masters in Management from Devi Ahilya University , Indore & has qualified UGC-NET in Management .

Gaurav Goyal has a distinguished career of more than 22+ years in Financial Services across Banking, Life Insurance, Capital Markets & Mutual Funds. Known for being a Collaborative leader with a strong track record of performance in building new businesses, successful in turning around businesses, building & managing high performing teams in high pace organisations.

his past assignments in Mutual Fund Industry include working as President & Chief Business officer at ITI Mutual Fund ,  as National Head- Sales & Distribution at Principal Mutual Fund &  Vice President at ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund.

Qualification & Experience

Chartered Accountant, Bachelor of Commerce

Accomplished and dynamic qualified corporate finance executive with progressive and diverse experience executing high-level financial modelling and analysis for business assessments, turn-around strategies, acquisitions, divestitures, and profitability with notable success.

Total experience - 30 years

• Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited
  - Chief Financial Officer (from December 19, 2022)
• ENAM Asset Management Company Private Limited
  - Chief Financial Officer (December 2017 - December 2022)
• Reliance Power Limited
  - Vice President - Finance & Accounts (June 2014 - December 2017)
• Reliance Mediaworks Limited
  - Head - Finance & Accounts (July 2009 - June 2014)
• Reliance Industries Limited Group
  - General Manager - Finance (June 2006 - June 2009)
• Mahindra & Mahindra Limited Group
  - Senior Manager - Accounts & Taxation
  (October 2000 - June 2006)

Qualification & Experience

• Total experience - 14 years
• Fund Manager – Equities with Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Ltd. (July 2016 till September 2019)
• Head - Research/Portfolio Manager with SBI Pension Funds Pvt. Ltd. (July 2012 till June 2016).
• Senior Equity Analyst with Heritage India Advisory Pvt. Ltd (October 2009 till June 2012).
• Research Analyst with Motilal Oswal Securities (January 2008 till September 2009).
• Research Associate with MF Global Securities (April 2006 till December 2008).

Qualification & Experience

•  PGDM - IIM C, B.Tech - IIT Kharagpur
•  With Canara Robeco since September 2013
•  Head of Trading with Yes Bank Ltd. (August 2005 to January 2007).
• Senior Consultant - Professional Services with Misys Software Solutions (I) Ltd. (January 2007 to October 2008).
• Head of Fixed Income with Deutsche Asset Management (India) (October 2008 to December 2010)
• Senior Fund Manager with ICICI Prudential Asset Management (Company Ltd. (December 2010 to September 2013)

Qualification & Experience

• Chartered Accountant, B. Com
• Ms. Akshata Shenoy is the Chief Compliance Officer at Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited. She has over fourteen years of experience in the mutual funds industry. In her previous role, she served as the Compliance Officer at Union Asset Management Company Pvt. Ltd. She has also worked with Edelweiss Asset Management Company Ltd.

Qualification & Experience

•  B.Com, ACS
•  Mr. Ashutosh Vaidya has gathered diverse professional experience of about 17 years in private as well as public sector organisations handling Compliance, Secretarial, Risk Management & Legal functions, though his focus had been Compliance & Secretarial matters in Mutual Fund/AMCs. Before joining Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Limited, he was associated with Srei Mutual Fund Asset Management (P) Ltd as Company Secretary & Compliance Officer 

Qualification & Experience

• 46 Years/ Chartered Accountant (CA), B.Com
• Total experience - 22 years
• Details:
  PGIM India Asset Management Pvt. Ltd
  - Head - Risk Management (December 2017 to January 2022)
  Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co. Ltd
  - AVP, Operations & Fund Accounting (October 2005 to November 2017)

Qualification & Experience

• Total experience - 14 years
• Fund Manager – Equities with Canara Robeco Asset Management Company Ltd. (July 2016 till September 2019)
• Head - Research/Portfolio Manager with SBI Pension Funds Pvt. Ltd. (July 2012 till June 2016).
• Senior Equity Analyst with Heritage India Advisory Pvt. Ltd (October 2009 till June 2012).
• Research Analyst with Motilal Oswal Securities (January 2008 till September 2009).
• Research Associate with MF Global Securities (April 2006 till December 2008).

Qualification & Experience

• Head - Fixed Income
  Fund Manager – CR Income, CR Corporate Bond Fund, Conservative Hybrid Fund Co Fund Manager : CR Equity Hybrid Fund
• Responsible for overall performance Fixed Income. Incorporates macro view, trading strategy
• -Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Kolkatta.
• -21 years of experience in Banking & Asset Management.
• With Canara Robeco since September 2013.

Qualification & Experience

• Age / Qualification: 54 Years / Mcom, MBA
• Total of experience - 28 years
• Avendus Capital
  - Fund Manager (August 2018 to November 2021)
• Deutsche Bank
  - Head of India Equity Research and Equity Strategy (July 2008 to July 2018)

Qualification & Experience

• Fund Manager: Gilt Advantage; Co Fund Manager: Dynamic Bond, Short Term, Liquid, Treasury Advantage, Floating Rate, GiltResponsible for research and fund management
• Responsible for research and fund management:
• MBA (Finance) from SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore, India
• 16 years of experience in Asset Management, 9 in Fixed Income; With Canara Robeco since May 1997

Qualification & Experience

• Qualification: 40 / B.Com, ACA
• Total experience - 18 years
• Daiwa Portfolio Advisory (India) Private Ltd.
  - Portfolio Manager (April 2018 – April 2021)
  - Jr. Portfolio Manager (July 2013 – March 2018)
• Daiwa Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.
  - Sr. Research Analyst (January 2011 to June 2013)
• Shinsei Asset Management (India) Pvt. Ltd.
  - Sr. Research Analyst (April 2009 to January 2011)

Qualification & Experience

• Age / Qualification: 36 Years / PGDBM, (Finance)
• Total experience - 12 years
• Tata Asset Management Ltd
  - Assistant Fund Manager (April 2018 to September 2021)
  - Research Analyst (January 2014 to March 2018)
• Phillip Capital (India) Pvt Ltd.
  - Research Analyst (April 2011 to December 2013)
  - Research Associate (April 2009 to March 2011)

Qualification & Experience

• Age / Qualification: 35 years / PGDM (Finance)
• Total experience - 11.5 years
• Aditya Birla Sunlife Asset Management
  - Fund Manager, PMS
  (January 2019 to December 2021)
  - Assistant Fund Manager, PMS
  (June 2017 to December 2018)
• Tata Asset Management
  - Assistant Fund Manager (May 2016 to May 2017)
  - Research Analyst (April 2013 to April 2016)
• Prabhudas Lilladher
  - Research Analyst (May 2012 to March 2013)
  - Research Associate (February 2010 to April 2012)

Qualification & Experience

• 38 Years / MBA - Specialization in Finance & Marketing
• Total Experience - 14 years
• PGIM India Mutual Fund
  - Fund Manager - Fixed Income
  (January 2018 to July 2022)
• India bulls Mutual Fund
  - Fund Manager - Fixed Income
  (September 2016 – December 2017)
• LIC Mutual Fund
  - Fund Manager - Fixed Income
  (August 2014 - August 2016)
• Kotak Mutual Fund
  - Dealer - Fixed Income and Fund Manager - PMS Fixed Income
  (January 2008 - August 2014)

Qualification & Experience

• Chartered Accountant,
• 21+ years of experience including Invesco AMC
• With Canara Robeco since Nov 2023

Qualification & Experience

• Chartered Accountant, Masters in management studies from Jamnalal Bajaj institute of Management studies
• 22+ years of experience including Alchemy Capital management Pvt Ltd
• With Canara Robeco since Aug 2023

Qualification & Experience

• Amit is a Chartered Financial Analyst and has a rich experience of over 20 years. Prior to joining Canara Robeco, he has worked in equity research across organisations such as LIC Mutual Fund and Sykes and Ray Equities Ltd

• At Canara Robeco

• At Canara Robeco AMC, Amit is a fund manager for Canara Robeco Focused Equity Fund and Canara Robeco Conservative Hybrid Fund. He is also a dedicated fund manager for overseas investments.  

Qualification & Experience

• She is a sector specialist looking at the Banking and Financial Services. She has been associated with Canara Robeco since May 2015.  Silky has done her Masters in Finance from ICFAI University Hyderabad.

• Silky Jain has over 13 years of total experience in the equity market and has worked with Nirmal Bang Research prior to joining Canara Robeco Mutual Fund.