Hrishikesh Parandekar, CEO

Hrishikesh is the CEO of Karvy Private Wealth of which Karvy iTrust is an integral part. He is also part of the KARVY Group leadership team.

An MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, Hrishikesh was awarded the President’s Gold Medal for graduating first in his class. He has worked for 17 years after that in strategy consulting and private wealth management across India, USA and Latin America. Before joining as CEO of Karvy Private Wealth, Hrishikesh was the Managing Director and Head of the Latin American Private Wealth and the International Retail businesses of Morgan Stanley, sitting on the Global Private Wealth Management Executive and Operating Committees. His responsibility spanned professionals based in the U.S., Latin America and Switzerland. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he was with McKinsey Consulting, where he advised companies in the financial services sector. Besides India, he also had stints working out of the firm’s offices in Abu Dhabi, Chicago, Kuala Lumpur and New York.

Sunil Mishra, National Head – Wealth Management

Sunil takes care of running the Wealth Management business of Karvy Private Wealth, wherein he is also responsible for managing the teams of Wealth Advisors across India, and for delivering revenues. In addition, he is also the Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer for Karvy Private Wealth.

Sunil is an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a BE in Electronics from VJTI, Mumbai. He has 16 yrs of experience in the areas of Investment Analysis, Business Strategy and Sales & Marketing Operations, across India and UK. Sunil brings to the table rich senior management experience in building organisations of scale and exhaustive knowledge of direct marketing and sales. He was the Head of Marketing for Airtel - Mumbai, Maharashtra & Goa before joining Karvy. Prior to that, he has worked for KPMG Consulting, Reliance Communications and WorldTel UK (Private Equity).

Swapnil Pawar, Chief Investment Officer

Swapnil heads the Products and Advisory functions at Karvy Private Wealth and is responsible for the overall investment strategy as well as the product platform. This involves running in-house products and strategies of Karvy Private Wealth as well as on-boarding judiciously selected third-party products to make the overall platform comprehensive.

Swapnil is an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and a B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Bombay. He was one of the co-founders of PARK Financial Advisors – a wealth management boutique. Prior to that, Swapnil worked with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Mumbai, advising clients across various industries including banking, technology and engineering. He is a Certified Financial Planner CM.