BOIMF - Key Persons
Gita Narasimhan has worked with State Bank of India from December 1976 till September 2015 in various positions in branch banking, bank marketing, corporate and mid corporate credit, training. She retired as General Manager from SBI where she was incharge of vertical in SBI which was marketing third party products (Mutual Funds, Life and General Insurance products, demat account etc.)
In her previous stint, she was associated with IDBI AMC as an Independent Director from July 29, 2021 till February 26, 2024.
Job Titles:
- Chief Investment Officer
- Member of the LEADERSHIP TEAM
Alok is a Post Graduate in Business Administration from ICFAI Business School and a CFA with over 20 years of experience in Fund Management. He has a wealth of experience and impressive track record in fund management both for resident as well as for overseas investors. As part of his previous employer BNP Paribas Mutual Fund, Alok has won numerous awards for stellar fund performance during his career span. Alok heads the overall Equity & Fixed Income Investment Operations for Bank of India Investment Managers as Chief Investment Officer.
Mr. Arvind Kumar Jain served as an Executive Director of Punjab & Sind Bank till January 2017. Prior to this, he served as Chief General Manager at the Oriental Bank of Commerce. He holds a strong professional banking experience of over 38 years in Treasury, Corporate Credit, International Banking, Equity and Debt Capital Raising, Compliance, and Risk Management.
Currently, Director on the Board of Financial Institution, NBFCs, Insurance, Venture Capital & investment services companies besides Member of Review Rating Committee of a leading Rating Agency and Trustee member of Pension Trust Fund of a Government Organization. He also has Board experience of around five years in an Asset Management Company.
Mr. Ashok Kumar Pathak started his career with Bank of India in May, 1992 and over a span of 28 years has held several distinguished positions during his career with Bank of India. In various capacities, he has effectively discharged his responsibilities as Branch Head, Zonal Head, NBG Head. Mr. Pathak has worked as Credit Head at BOI Nairobi from 2001-2008. Mr. Pathak believes in hard work and has always set high standards of commitment in each of his endeavors. He holds M.Sc. (Chemistry) from Gorakhpur University. Before joining Bank of India he has worked as Junior Research Fellow (CSIR) Applied Science Department of Institute of Engineering & Technology, Lucknow. Presently, Mr. Pathak is General Manager - Human Resources Department of Bank of India.
Job Titles:
- Chief Financial Officer
- Operating Officer
Chandrasekaran is a commerce graduate with CA (Inter) and has 30 years' experience with 23 years exclusive experience in Mutual Fund industry. He was earlier associated with UTI Infrastructure Technology and Services Ltd, and ICICI Prudential Asset Management in various capacities.
Dhruv Bhatia has over 11 years of experience in equity research and portfolio management and currently serves as an Equity Fund Manager at Bank of India Investment Managers. In his last assignment, Dhruv was working with Sixteenth Street Capital Pte. as an Investment Consultant. Previously he has worked with firms such as AUM Fund Advisors LLP and Sahara Mutual Fund as an equity research analyst. Dhruv holds a Bachelor's degree in Management Studies from University of Mumbai and PGDM from SIES College of Management Studies, Mumbai.
Mr. Ganesan Rajamani was associated with Bank of India (BOI) for more than 39 years. He has over 15 years of experience in Treasury and has also worked in Tokyo for 4 years as Head-Treasury. He has held several distinguished positions during his career with BOI and has effectively discharged his responsibilities in various facets of Treasury Function - Forex, Equity, Derivatives and Fixed Income segments. During his tenure with Bank of India, he held directorships of 6 associate companies of BOI. He was an advisor at Vijaya Bank and Bank of Baroda, during the Financial Year 2018-19 and at Canara Bank during the Financial Year 2019-20.
Job Titles:
- Company Secretary
- Compliance Officer
- Member of the LEADERSHIP TEAM
Harish is a Commerce and Law Graduate and Company Secretary with over 15 years of experience in Company Secretarial function, Compliances, Regulatory affairs and Legal. Prior joining to Bank of India, Harish was Sr. Vice President & Company Secretary with National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX), Mumbai. His previous stints includes YES Bank Limited, Financial Technologies (India) Ltd., Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and TDI Infrastructure Ltd. Harish is Vice President, Company Secretary and Compliance Officer at Bank of India Investment Managers.
Mr. M. Karthikeyan was General Manager (Corporate Development Officer) with Indian Bank. He is Master of Science in Agriculture, Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB), Diploma in GUI Application, Diploma in Management. During his professional journey of over 32 years, he has extensive exposure of Corporate office and field level banking. He was Zonal Manager of Dharmapuri, Pune and Chennai North Zone. He was Field General Manager Delhi Controlling 8 Zones. He has successfully headed the Recovery, Legal Department and HRM at Head Office.
He was also on the Board of Tamil Nadu Grama Bank which was formed as a merged entity of two RRBs namely Pandian Grama Bank, a subsidiary of Indian Overseas Bank with Pallavan Grama Bank, a subsidiary of Indian Bank.
He has taken charge as Executive Director, Bank of India on 10.03.2021.Presently at Bank of India he is handling the following Departments: Credit Monitoring, Recovery, Stressed Asset Resolutions, Financial Inclusion (RSETl's & RRBs), Govt. Business, Compliance, Publicity & PR, Bancassurance, CSR and Marketing.
Job Titles:
- Independent Director
- Banker
Shri Biswal is a seasoned banker with 37 years of rich experience in various administrative and functional capacities at branches, regional office, zonal office and corporate offices of public sector banks. He also worked as CEO of PNB's Dubai Branch and Middle East operations. He started his career as a Management Trainee with Punjab National Bank and rose to the level of General Manager of the bank. On his elevation, he joined as Executive Director of Union Bank of India and superannuated after serving there for more than 3 years.
He has served as a whole time director in the board of Union Bank of India and as a Nominee Director in the Board of UBIUK Ltd, London, SWIFT India Ltd., ACRE Ltd. (Asset Care and Reconstruction Enterprise) and as a Board of Trustee in SASF (Stressed Asset Stabilisation Fund) of Govt of India.
Mithraem Bharucha joined Bank of India Investment Managers in August 2021 and has more than 14 years of experience in the fixed income markets- trading and portfolio management. Prior to Bank of India Investment Managers, he was associated with organizations such as YES Mutual Fund and BNP Paribas Mutual fund. His qualifications include Bachelor's degree in Management Studies from Mumbai University and Master's in Business Administration with specialization in Finance.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the LEADERSHIP TEAM
Mohit brings with him over 26 years of professional experience in Mutual Funds & Financial Services industry with a strong performance track record and achievement of significant results in areas of Sales & Distribution, Team building, Marketing & branding, building of Digital eco-system, MF industry focused project work, process & quality enhancements and business planning. Mr. Bhatia is a BE (Mechanical Engineering) and an MBA from Management Development Institute (Gurgaon).
Nilesh Jethani joined Bank of India Investment Managers in November 2021 and has more than 9 years of experience in equity research across the BFSI, IT, and capital goods sectors. In his last assignment, Nilesh was working with Envision Capital Services Pvt. Ltd. as an Investment Analyst. He was also associated with HDFC Securities, HDFC Bank, and ASK Investment Managers as an equity research analyst. He graduated with a Bachelor of Financial Markets from HR College (2012) and further pursued his Postgraduate Program in Global Financial Markets from BSE Institute Ltd. (2015).
Nitin has graduated as Bachelors of Management studies from Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwala College (2004) and further pursued his Masters in Finance from The Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) (2010). He joins us with over 16 years of professional expertise in Equity Research and Fund management. His most recent career stint was with Invesco Asset Management (India) Private Ltd. as a Fund Manager. He has also been associated with IFCI Financial Services, B&K Securities, SKP Securities Ltd. and NDA Securities Ltd. in his career span.
Mr. Parveen Kumar Gupta led Retail Banking and Risk Management functions in State Bank of India, the largest commercial bank in India, having a balance sheet of more than USD 525 bn and ranked amongst the top 55 banks globally. During a career of over 37 years, Mr. Gupta dealt with all aspects of banking including retail, risk, compliance, treasury, international banking, investment banking, private equity etc. He was a part of the top management team of the Bank and a member of Board/Key Investment Committees for more than 4 years. He had also worked as CEO of Investment banking arm and as Deputy CEO of Infra fund set up by the Bank in partnership with Macquarie and IFC, World Bank Group. Mr. Gupta managed the Balance Sheet of the Bank as CFO, had two international postings and also headed Treasury of the Bank. At present Mr. Gupta is the Chairman (Non-Executive Part Time) of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited and is also on the Boards of some companies.
Job Titles:
- Member of the LEADERSHIP TEAM
- VP, Head - Sales, Business Development & Marketing
Rajesh Singh joined Bank of India Investment Managers in August 2012. During his tenure here, he has handled various roles - Head (Institutional sales), Head (Institutional, Banking & ND's channel), Head (Sales and Distribution), before being elevated to his current role as Head - Sales, Business Development & Marketing in March 2022. He is responsible for retail sales, institutional sales, investor services, and marketing. He has over 23 years of rich experience in the financial services sector with over 19 years in investment management companies in the private and public sector across the region in sales, distribution, client advisory, products and business development. He has worked with companies like L & T Mutual Fund, Sundaram Mutual Fund, SBI Mutual Fund, Anand Rathi Financial Services, and Transcorp International Ltd. Rajesh holds an M.B.A in Finance and a B.com from the University of Pune, along with a D.I.M from the L.N. Welingkar Institute in Mumbai.
Mr. Sinha joined Bank of India as a Direct Recruit Officer on completing his post-graduation in Physics with distinction. He served the Bank for over three decades, across key verticals of retail, credit, international, BPR, and Learning & Development. He also worked through different key roles in Nairobi, Kenya, in his foreign stint, and as In-charge Communications, working closely with McKinsey & Co., as part of the reorganizational change management initiative of his Bank. As General Manager- Learning & Development, and Business Process Re-engineering, in the Bank's Corporate Office, he brought about novel changes in the arena of learning, training and business processes.
Mr. Sinha has authored a motivational book "X-Factor @ Workplace" published by Tata McGraw Hill, and is invested in management education/programs and competency mapping as a visiting faculty to management institutes, and as an Expert in Interview Committees in leading banks and financial institutions. He is also a Principal Advisor/Consultant, on Banking and Education, to National Productivity Council.
He writes extensively in newspapers and digital media of repute on the contemporary issues of Banking, HR, Strategic Planning and Corporate Leadership. He is an Opinion Columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine.
Mr. Sharda Bhushan Rai has been associated with Bank of India since 2012 in various positions. He is currently working as Chief General Manager in Bank of India.
Job Titles:
- Member of the LEADERSHIP TEAM
- SVP, Head - Human Resources, Facility Management & Administration
Beena is a Science Graduate and a certified Human Resource professional with over 20 years of diverse experience in financial services and other versatile businesses. Beena joined Bank of India IM in June 2006. Prior to which she was associated with Royal Sundaram General Insurance, MSC Shipping, Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Pvt. Ltd and Bhimrajka Impex Group maneuvering multi-dimensional role and responsibilities. Beena leads the entire spectrum of Human Resources, Facility Management & Administration for Bank of India Investment Managers as Senior Vice President.