AXIS SECURITIES PURE CONTRA

Neeraj Gaurh, based in Mumbai, MH, IN, is currently a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager at Axis Securities Limited. Neeraj Gaurh brings experience from previous roles at Equirus Group, Freelance, Franklin Templeton Investments and Nomura /Lehman Brothers. Neeraj Gaurh holds a 2005 - 2008 CFA Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. With a robust skill set that includes Software, Workshops, Engineering, Driving, Film and more.

Mr. Nishit Master, through his diverse experience in both Buy side and Sell side firms brings in a fresh perspective on markets at Axis Securities. As Fund Manager, he is responsible for generating superior risk adjusted returns for customers as per their mandate. Nishit has more than 18 years of experience in the financial services industry and has worked with various companies like ING Investment Management, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Elara Capital, Reliance Securities, Anand Rathi, Motilal Oswal Financial Services etc. At Reliance Securities he was Senior Vice President and Head of Institutional Equities. His last assignment was with Emkay Global Financial Services as part of their Institutional broking team. Nishit is a FRM certificate holder and management graduate. He is an MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai and has an acute sense of understanding business models and picking outperformers amongst the investable universe.

Naveen has over 17 years of experience in the financial services and telecom sectors. He is a CFA and FRM holder. Naveen is a frequent contributor to numerous financial media, including CNBC TV 18, ET Now and The Economic Times. He has been voted consistently amongst the top research analyst for telecom, consumer and strategy in various surveys conducted by Asian Money, Institutional Investors. His team was rated among the top 3 most improved brokerages by Asia Money survey 2016 and 2017.