Designation Managing Director

Education Chartered Accountant

A rank holder from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), Krishna is the promoter and Managing Director of the company. Krishna has rich and varied experience of over 31 years in all aspects of the Equity Capital Markets and leads the Research, Equity Asset Management and Corporate Advisory divisions at Emkay.

Designation Managing Director

Education Chartered Accountant

Prakash is an accomplished Chartered Accountant from the 1987 batch of the prestigious ICAI, boasting over three decades of invaluable experience in the dynamic Capital Market. Prakash's expertise extends beyond the corporate realm; he has made significant contributions as a member of the SEBI Committee on Derivatives. Moreover, his seasoned leadership has played a pivotal role in his directorship on the boards of Bombay Stock Exchange Limited, Central Depository Services (India) Limited, and BOI Shareholding Limited, a subsidiary of the Bank of India. During his tenure as Director at BSE Limited, he also served as a member of the Audit Committee. He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee of the NSE and serves as a Director on the Board of West Coast Paper Mills Ltd.

Designation CEO - Institutional Equities

EducationMBA - Symbiosis Institute of Business Management

Nirav spearheads Emkay's Institutional Equities vertical, as its CEO. In a career of more than 25-years, Nirav has held several leadership positions across capital markets and financial services industry. His most recent position was as the Head of Institutional Equities at SBI Capital Securities.

Before joining SBI, Nirav worked with Edelweiss as Head of Sales and subsequently as the Head of Research & Strategy. His experience in the industry is across a wide range of areas including Corporate Access, Research and Portfolio Management among others.

In one of his previous assignments, Nirav was in charge of the PMS Equity Investment team at ICICI Prudential as Head of Portfolio Management, directly managing assets over 12 bn INR.

Nirav comes with a strong research background and is acclaimed for his capabilities at expanding business and enhancing corporate access.

DesignationHead of Research & Strategist

EducationCFA Charterholder, MBA (Finance) – XLRI Jamshedpur, Economics graduate – Presidency College

Seshadri brings over thirty years of experience in equity research, primarily on the sell-side, with notable involvement on the buy-side as well. His extensive career as a BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) analyst spanned two decades, encompassing almost nine years at JP Morgan, alongside positions at Macquarie Capital and SocGen (SG Asia). Throughout this period, his expertise was acknowledged in polls conducted by Institutional Investor, Asiamoney, and Starmine.
In his most recent role as Head of Research at Alchemy Capital Management, Seshadri built the research department from ground-up. Collaborating closely with the Chief Investment Officer (CIO), he played a pivotal role in stock selection, portfolio construction, and refining valuation metrics. Additionally, he held the position of a fund manager at ICICI Pru AMC during the early 2000s.

Designation Director and Chief Investment Officer

EducationB.Com. (Hons.), MBA (Finance)

Manish Sonthalia serves as the Chief Investment Officer of Emkay Investment Managers Ltd. He has over 3 decades of exhaustive experience in equity fund management and research covering Indian Markets.

A commerce graduate from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, Manish is also a member of The Institute of Cost and Works Account of India, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and The Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He has completed his MBA in Finance from IISWBM. His research paper on Indian Markets ‘A Rising Consumer Class', was published by the Global World Economic Forum in 2010. His views are frequently sought by leading Media channels in India as well as globally.

DesignationExecutive Director and Fund Manager

EducationCFA (ICFAI), B.Com

Roles and responsibilities at Emkay Sachin is a seasoned fund manager with over two decades of experience in the Indian equity markets. By virtue of his extensive research, Sachin realised early-on the need for a framework in which companies with evasively tricky standing needed to be filtered out very objectively, leading to the development of E-Qual Risk, EIML’s proprietary module which helps us to evaluate and compare listed companies on various aspects of governance. Sachin shares his knowledge and insights through various media interactions across print and digital platforms.

DesignationHead of Research and Fund Manager, Emkay Investment Managers Ltd.

EducationPGDM – Finance (Sydenham Institute of Management Studies)

Kashyap Javeri is a Fund Manager with two decades of experience in company and sector research. As the Head of Research, he brings exceptional insights to EIML's macro economic and stock research function. Prior to joining Emkay Investment Managers, he was a rated BFSI analyst in Emkay Institutional Equities for eight years, and also worked with Sharekhan Ltd. as a midcap analyst. Kashyap brings with him immense in-depth knowledge not only in a variety of manufacturing and services sectors, but also in banking and economics.

DesignationHead Of Sales – Emkay Wealth

EducationMBA – Finance (Executive program on leadership from IIM Kozhikode)

A post graduate in Finance from Pune University, Parag holds over 24 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has had decade long stints with ICICI Bank and Aditya Birla Group. He is renowned in the industry for his astute leadership skills and has been extremely successful in building businesses during his earlier stints. At Emkay, he drives the entire sales & client service function of the wealth division and is responsible for setting out quality standards for various operational areas, implementing quality systems and procedures to facilitate a high quality customer experience.

DesignationHead of Research – Emkay Wealth

EducationPhD in Management

A Masters in Economics and a Ph.D. in Management, Dr. Thomas brings to the table a rich experience spanning three decades. His views on the economy, markets, portfolios and financial products are highly appreciated and pursued. He is a visiting faculty at numerous management and professional institutes and has also presented research papers at national and international conferences.

DesignationHead of Products – Emkay Wealth

EducationMMS Finance – JBIMS
B.E. Electronics – V.J.T.I
E.P.M – Columbia Business School (New York)

An alumnus of Columbia Business School, a Masters in Management from JBIMS and an Engineer from VJTI, Mumbai, Ashish brings in over 25 years of experience in financial services and investment management. He has been a fund manager for various funds, ranging from private equity, fixed income and hybrid to Equity. As a CIO and Head of PMS and Offshore Funds in his previous stints, he has led teams and built assets across products. He brings in a rich experience and product knowledge to the team and his process-oriented approach and background are an asset to Emkay’s Institutional and high net-worth clients.